Caribbean Report 02-06-1998
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1998-06-02
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1. Headlines with Orin Gordon (00:00-00:29)
2. In Guyana, the long awaited report of the CARICOM Audit team has validated the results of last year's controversial elections. Colin Smith reports (00:30-04:24)
3. In Trinidad, two major energy companies, Amoco and Spanish firm Repsol announced that they plan to invest 3 billion dollars in a natural gas project. Tony Fraser reports on how much the country will fully benefit from the deal (04:25-06:42)
4. The Commonwealth conference on money laundering ended in London with the warning that the banana-producing countries of the Caribbean are particularly vulnerable and it has turned its fire on the WTO (06:43-10:04)
5. Britain's Parliamentary Committee has criticised some of the new European's proposals to replace the current Lome Conventions and describes them as failing to give consideration to the vulnerability of less developed countries (10:05-10:49)
6. American Senator Jesse Helms has condemned the deal watering down his legislation aimed at deterring foreign investments in Cuba. President Clinton agreed to the changes during an European visit in mid-May (10:50-13:53)
7. Jamaican football coach Rene Simoes gets ready to announce his squad for France 1998. Simon Crosskill reports on who may be on the plan to France (13:54-15:15)
2. In Guyana, the long awaited report of the CARICOM Audit team has validated the results of last year's controversial elections. Colin Smith reports (00:30-04:24)
3. In Trinidad, two major energy companies, Amoco and Spanish firm Repsol announced that they plan to invest 3 billion dollars in a natural gas project. Tony Fraser reports on how much the country will fully benefit from the deal (04:25-06:42)
4. The Commonwealth conference on money laundering ended in London with the warning that the banana-producing countries of the Caribbean are particularly vulnerable and it has turned its fire on the WTO (06:43-10:04)
5. Britain's Parliamentary Committee has criticised some of the new European's proposals to replace the current Lome Conventions and describes them as failing to give consideration to the vulnerability of less developed countries (10:05-10:49)
6. American Senator Jesse Helms has condemned the deal watering down his legislation aimed at deterring foreign investments in Cuba. President Clinton agreed to the changes during an European visit in mid-May (10:50-13:53)
7. Jamaican football coach Rene Simoes gets ready to announce his squad for France 1998. Simon Crosskill reports on who may be on the plan to France (13:54-15:15)