Caribbean Report 18-06-1993
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1993-06-18
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:39)
2. At next month’s CARICOM Heads of Government Summit, leaders will be asked to consider setting up a regulatory body for visiting cruise ships. That was the main resolution at an informal meeting of some regional leaders in St. Lucia. The leaders also proposed a uniform cruise ship head tax throughout the islands. Pete Ninvalle reports (00:40-02:28)
3. Jamaica’s budget features a 3.5 billion dollar tax package. The 40.2-billion-dollar budget was presented by Finance Minister, Hugh Small. In the budget speech, Small stressed the importance of stabilizing the dollar by tightening the money supply and avoid borrowing. He also spoke on the increased taxation with the aim of balancing the budget. Interview with Gary Allen, BBC correspondent (02:29-06:31)
4. According to a Seminar on Women in the Region, the Caribbean is in danger of losing the gains it has made by women. Professor Ralph Henry, Head of the Economics Department at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine concurs and says structural adjustment is reversing the advances made by Caribbean women. The effects of structural adjustment on women roles came up at another conference in Vienna. At that controversial UN Conference on Human Rights, Elaine Hewitt, Program Officer with the UWI’s Women in Development Unit made similar points during her presentation (06:32-10:09)
5. The European Council of Justice is expected to consider Germany’s call for the suspension of the EC’s new banana regime as soon as next week. This could mean a ruling on the new import rules before the regime comes into force on July 1st. Meanwhile, Costa Rica’s President, Raphael Calderón says he plans to meet with Caribbean countries on the banana regime issue. The three-day meeting will take place in Barbados in the first week of July. Edwin Carrington, CARICOM’s Secretary General says closer ties between CARICOM and Latin America can work despite differences over the banana regime (10:10-10:38)
6. Following the appointment of two women leaders in Canada and Turkey, questions have been raised worldwide about the number of women in government. According to a Commonwealth report, some Caribbean countries are leading the way with higher than average number of women. Interviews with Teresa Gorman, Conservative MP in the UK; Glenda Jackson, Labour MP in the UK and Janet Jagan, MP in Guyana. Yvette Rowe reports (10:39-14:15)
7. Hundreds of mourners gathered today for a memorial service for black teenager, Stephen Lawrence who was killed in an alleged racist attack. Although Stephen is to be buried in Jamaica next month, his parents held a memorial in South London where the family lived (14:16-14:55)
2. At next month’s CARICOM Heads of Government Summit, leaders will be asked to consider setting up a regulatory body for visiting cruise ships. That was the main resolution at an informal meeting of some regional leaders in St. Lucia. The leaders also proposed a uniform cruise ship head tax throughout the islands. Pete Ninvalle reports (00:40-02:28)
3. Jamaica’s budget features a 3.5 billion dollar tax package. The 40.2-billion-dollar budget was presented by Finance Minister, Hugh Small. In the budget speech, Small stressed the importance of stabilizing the dollar by tightening the money supply and avoid borrowing. He also spoke on the increased taxation with the aim of balancing the budget. Interview with Gary Allen, BBC correspondent (02:29-06:31)
4. According to a Seminar on Women in the Region, the Caribbean is in danger of losing the gains it has made by women. Professor Ralph Henry, Head of the Economics Department at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine concurs and says structural adjustment is reversing the advances made by Caribbean women. The effects of structural adjustment on women roles came up at another conference in Vienna. At that controversial UN Conference on Human Rights, Elaine Hewitt, Program Officer with the UWI’s Women in Development Unit made similar points during her presentation (06:32-10:09)
5. The European Council of Justice is expected to consider Germany’s call for the suspension of the EC’s new banana regime as soon as next week. This could mean a ruling on the new import rules before the regime comes into force on July 1st. Meanwhile, Costa Rica’s President, Raphael Calderón says he plans to meet with Caribbean countries on the banana regime issue. The three-day meeting will take place in Barbados in the first week of July. Edwin Carrington, CARICOM’s Secretary General says closer ties between CARICOM and Latin America can work despite differences over the banana regime (10:10-10:38)
6. Following the appointment of two women leaders in Canada and Turkey, questions have been raised worldwide about the number of women in government. According to a Commonwealth report, some Caribbean countries are leading the way with higher than average number of women. Interviews with Teresa Gorman, Conservative MP in the UK; Glenda Jackson, Labour MP in the UK and Janet Jagan, MP in Guyana. Yvette Rowe reports (10:39-14:15)
7. Hundreds of mourners gathered today for a memorial service for black teenager, Stephen Lawrence who was killed in an alleged racist attack. Although Stephen is to be buried in Jamaica next month, his parents held a memorial in South London where the family lived (14:16-14:55)