Caribbean Report 14-09-1992

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:32)
2. Regional manufacturers reject a proposal to reduce the top rate of the Common External Tariff from 45 to 35 percent at a meeting in Trinidad. Neil Poon Tip, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association explains. (00:33-04:44)
3. Edison James Opposition Leader of the United Workers Party of Dominica dismisses the changes proposed by Prime Minister Eugenia Charles regarding the economic citizenship program as cosmetic. (04:45-07:51)
4. Sharief Khan looks at the election manifesto of Guyana’s Ruling People’s National Congress which was released today. (07:52-09:40)
5. Representatives from 14 countries of the commonwealth are chosen to be part of a 16 member observer team to be sent to Guyana for the upcoming elections. (09:41-10:12)
6. Dr. Trevor Munroe, Head of the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, says that spiraling crime in Jamaica reflects an underlying problem linked to the economically disadvantaged. (10:13-14:26)
7. Recap of headlines (14:27-14:48)

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