Caribbean Report 14-02-1997

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1997-02-14

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The British Broadcasting Corporation

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Just hours to go for a resolution to end the pay dispute between American Airlines and the company’s management, contingency plans are stepped up across the region. Next, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago A.N.R. Robinson is elected president of the country. Next, the forty-three Chinese migrants who were discovered in a Guyana’s registered ship off the coast of Venezuela are to be flown to Guyana from the Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The Guyanese government has agreed to provide temporary humanitarian assistance for the Chinese nationals. Next, Head of the Caribbean Conservation Association says that there is a high level of awareness among Caricom governments of the environmental problems facing the regions. In the final segment, the Daily Mail, a British national newspaper carried front page photographs of the five men who the paper accuses of murdering black teenager, Stephen Lawrence. Some lawyers have denounced such action and are suggesting that it is a trial by media.

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:31)
2. Contingency plans for dealing with the effects of the American Airlines strike have been stepped up, the deadline is midnight Eastern standard time. Vincent Vanderpool Wallace, Director General of Tourism, Bahamas is interviewed (00:32-04:54)
3. A.N.R. Robinson is sworn in as the President of Trinidad and Tobago. Hamid Ghany, Political Analyst is interviewed. Tony Fraser reports from Port of Spain (04:55-06:59)
4. Forty-three Chinese migrants were discovered in a Guyanese registered ship off the coast of Venezuela (07:00-08:38)
5. Caricon governments are aware of the environmental problems facing the region. Glenda Medina of Caribbean Conservatlion Association is interviewed (08:39-12:00)
6. A British newspaper names the men who killed Stephen Lawrence and says sue us if we are wrong. John Wadham of the Civil Right Group, Liberty is interviewed and Ken Richards reports (12:01-15:30)

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