Caribbean Report 19-04-1991
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2014-07-21
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1. Headlines by Soriah Patrick (00:00-00:51)
2. The Commonwealth Secretariat in London announces that it will send a team of observers to Guyana to monitor the elections. The team consists of members from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and two representatives from Canada. Commonwealth Secretary General Chief Emeka Anyaoku gives Leslie Goffe more details on the composition of the team (00:52-03:48)
3. Doctors and teachers of the Dominican Republic are on strike where it is claimed that several persons have died over the strike period. Jean Michel Caroit reports from Santo Domingo (03:49-05:14)
4. Lionel Martin reports from Havana after his recent visit to the site where the failed attempted invasion of southern Cuba took place 30 years ago (05:15-07:20)
5. British Virgin Island Chief Minister, Mr. Laverty Stoute has taken another swipe at the British government over the decision on the abolition of the death penalty in the BVI. He claims that there was no consultation with his government about this matter as Mike Jarvis reports from Tortola (07:21-08:56)
6. The West Indian Commission ended its week long visit to Britain today. At the closing press conference, Commissioner Marshall Hall pointed out that at the top of the agenda is the need to develop Caribbean media. Commissioner, Reverend Allan Kirton, also spoke about the lack of government policy in the region. Sir Shridath Ramphal head of the West Indian Commission expressed that the concerns by British Caribbean residents are similar to those in the region. He noted that reports indicated that the same kind of awareness that the political environment of the region must be more receptive to the realities of a common identity. The WI Commission met with Mr. Mark Lennox Boyd, Minister of Foreign State and Commonwealth Affairs. Pat Ransome spoke to Minister Boyd before he departed and he made it clear that the British Government has always given unwavering support for the Caribbean region. Soriah Patrick ends the broadcast (08:57-15:09).
2. The Commonwealth Secretariat in London announces that it will send a team of observers to Guyana to monitor the elections. The team consists of members from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and two representatives from Canada. Commonwealth Secretary General Chief Emeka Anyaoku gives Leslie Goffe more details on the composition of the team (00:52-03:48)
3. Doctors and teachers of the Dominican Republic are on strike where it is claimed that several persons have died over the strike period. Jean Michel Caroit reports from Santo Domingo (03:49-05:14)
4. Lionel Martin reports from Havana after his recent visit to the site where the failed attempted invasion of southern Cuba took place 30 years ago (05:15-07:20)
5. British Virgin Island Chief Minister, Mr. Laverty Stoute has taken another swipe at the British government over the decision on the abolition of the death penalty in the BVI. He claims that there was no consultation with his government about this matter as Mike Jarvis reports from Tortola (07:21-08:56)
6. The West Indian Commission ended its week long visit to Britain today. At the closing press conference, Commissioner Marshall Hall pointed out that at the top of the agenda is the need to develop Caribbean media. Commissioner, Reverend Allan Kirton, also spoke about the lack of government policy in the region. Sir Shridath Ramphal head of the West Indian Commission expressed that the concerns by British Caribbean residents are similar to those in the region. He noted that reports indicated that the same kind of awareness that the political environment of the region must be more receptive to the realities of a common identity. The WI Commission met with Mr. Mark Lennox Boyd, Minister of Foreign State and Commonwealth Affairs. Pat Ransome spoke to Minister Boyd before he departed and he made it clear that the British Government has always given unwavering support for the Caribbean region. Soriah Patrick ends the broadcast (08:57-15:09).