Caribbean Report 25-01-2001
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2001-01-25
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)
2. Time is running out as Guyana's main political parties remain undecided on who governs the country. Senior Council and Professor of Law, Univeristy of Guyana Peter Britton (00:29-04:02)
3. United States banana giant Chiquita takes the European Commission to court in a half billion dollars lawsuit. Debbie Ransome reports (04:03-05:49)
4. Power struggle between the President and the Prime Minister continues apace in Trinidad and Tobago. Political Expert on Trinidad and Tobago Reginald Dumas is interviewed (05:50-09:18)
5. Joint working group of countries from the Commonwealth and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will meet at the Commonwealth Secretariat from tomorrow. Warren Gordon reports (09:19-11:29)
6. Rumman Faruqi, Director of the Economic Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat discusses why Commonwealth and Caribbean countries are anxious to get the OECD to rule out a July sanctions deadline. Rumman Faruqi is interviewed (11:30-13:17)
7. World Bank has called for developing countries to improve what the bank calls social safety nets to protect the poor during periods of economic upheaval and natural disaster. Robert Hoffman of the World Bank and a former Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs are interviewed. Ken Richards reports (13:18-15:19)
2. Time is running out as Guyana's main political parties remain undecided on who governs the country. Senior Council and Professor of Law, Univeristy of Guyana Peter Britton (00:29-04:02)
3. United States banana giant Chiquita takes the European Commission to court in a half billion dollars lawsuit. Debbie Ransome reports (04:03-05:49)
4. Power struggle between the President and the Prime Minister continues apace in Trinidad and Tobago. Political Expert on Trinidad and Tobago Reginald Dumas is interviewed (05:50-09:18)
5. Joint working group of countries from the Commonwealth and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development will meet at the Commonwealth Secretariat from tomorrow. Warren Gordon reports (09:19-11:29)
6. Rumman Faruqi, Director of the Economic Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat discusses why Commonwealth and Caribbean countries are anxious to get the OECD to rule out a July sanctions deadline. Rumman Faruqi is interviewed (11:30-13:17)
7. World Bank has called for developing countries to improve what the bank calls social safety nets to protect the poor during periods of economic upheaval and natural disaster. Robert Hoffman of the World Bank and a former Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs are interviewed. Ken Richards reports (13:18-15:19)