Caribbean Report 27-05-1998
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1998-05-27
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)
2. At the formal opening of the OECS Heads of Government summit, Director General Swinburne Lestrade states that the organization is in dire financial straits. Also on the agenda is the proposed OECS-Barbados confederation (00:29-02:33)
3. In Cuba, visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia held a meeting with one of the island's leading dissidents and he also stated that Cuba should comply with the democratic clauses in the OAS Charter. Tom Gibb reports (02:34-04:53)
4. Barry McCaffrey, President Clinton's drug policy advisor is in the Dominican Republic to talk about measures aimed at combating drug trafficking in the Caribbean. Orin Gordon reports (04:54-06:04)
5. Commonwealth finance and legal officials meet in London next week to consider tougher measures in the fight against money laundering. Diane Stafford states that problem is not only restricted to the Caribbean (06:05-08:43)
6. The OECS Ambassador to Brussels, Edwin Laurent is calling on small banana farmers in the Windward Islands not to lose hope. Laurent is still optimistic as the EU has made it clear that it will continue the preferential arrangement for bananas (08:44-12:01)
7. The authorities in St. Lucia suspect that an elaborate scam is behind the case of 31 Asians with forged travel documents being held on the island. Pete Ninvalle reports (12:02-13:24)
8. Brian Weeden, the police officer that headed the investigation into the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, admitted that his ignorance of some elements of criminal law hampered progress in the case. Reeta Chakrabarti reports on the inquiry (13:25-15:05)
2. At the formal opening of the OECS Heads of Government summit, Director General Swinburne Lestrade states that the organization is in dire financial straits. Also on the agenda is the proposed OECS-Barbados confederation (00:29-02:33)
3. In Cuba, visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia held a meeting with one of the island's leading dissidents and he also stated that Cuba should comply with the democratic clauses in the OAS Charter. Tom Gibb reports (02:34-04:53)
4. Barry McCaffrey, President Clinton's drug policy advisor is in the Dominican Republic to talk about measures aimed at combating drug trafficking in the Caribbean. Orin Gordon reports (04:54-06:04)
5. Commonwealth finance and legal officials meet in London next week to consider tougher measures in the fight against money laundering. Diane Stafford states that problem is not only restricted to the Caribbean (06:05-08:43)
6. The OECS Ambassador to Brussels, Edwin Laurent is calling on small banana farmers in the Windward Islands not to lose hope. Laurent is still optimistic as the EU has made it clear that it will continue the preferential arrangement for bananas (08:44-12:01)
7. The authorities in St. Lucia suspect that an elaborate scam is behind the case of 31 Asians with forged travel documents being held on the island. Pete Ninvalle reports (12:02-13:24)
8. Brian Weeden, the police officer that headed the investigation into the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, admitted that his ignorance of some elements of criminal law hampered progress in the case. Reeta Chakrabarti reports on the inquiry (13:25-15:05)