Caribbean Report 19-12-1997
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1997-12-19
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)
2. Guyana's election results announcement bogged down in legal challenges from the country's opposition parties. The People's Progressive Party led by Janet Jagan has won the presidency. Joseph Edmonds, former St. Lucian Ambassador to Washington, Rupert Roopnarine, Chariman of the Opposition Working People's Alliance and Doodnauth Singh, Election's Commissioner are interviewed and Colin Smith reports (00:30-06:47)
3. P. J. Patterson returned to office and the report looks at Jamaica's political scene following Tuesday's vote. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Professor Brian Meeks, UWI, Mona, Jamaica are interviewed (06:48-12:31)
4. Vere Bird, Jr is flown out of Antigua for surgery following Tuesday's shooting. The Bufton's have been demanding US$2 million in compensation for the removal from their home of thirty-two years. Foster Derrick of Save the Guiana Island project is interviewed and Louis Daniel reports (12:32-15:20)
2. Guyana's election results announcement bogged down in legal challenges from the country's opposition parties. The People's Progressive Party led by Janet Jagan has won the presidency. Joseph Edmonds, former St. Lucian Ambassador to Washington, Rupert Roopnarine, Chariman of the Opposition Working People's Alliance and Doodnauth Singh, Election's Commissioner are interviewed and Colin Smith reports (00:30-06:47)
3. P. J. Patterson returned to office and the report looks at Jamaica's political scene following Tuesday's vote. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Professor Brian Meeks, UWI, Mona, Jamaica are interviewed (06:48-12:31)
4. Vere Bird, Jr is flown out of Antigua for surgery following Tuesday's shooting. The Bufton's have been demanding US$2 million in compensation for the removal from their home of thirty-two years. Foster Derrick of Save the Guiana Island project is interviewed and Louis Daniel reports (12:32-15:20)