Caribbean Report 08-04-1998
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1998-04-08
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1. Headlines with Orin Gordon (00:00-00:36)
2. St. Lucia's businessman Nicholas Zephirin has attacked CARICOM position on internal trade and criticised unfair trading competition from Trinidad and Tobago (00:37-02:44)
3. Jamaica's Ambassador Richard Bernal states that CARICOM is prepared to change its approach to getting upgraded trade benefits with the US. As CARICOM seeks NAFTA parity Ambassador Bernal comments on whether this mission is impossible (02:45-04:11)
4. US Congressman Lincoln Diaz Balart states that CARICOM cannot have it both ways as he urges Washington to withhold NAFTA parity unless CARICOM rethinks its policy on Cuba. Ambassador Bernal comments (04:12-07:25)
5. Canada has already begun accepting some of Cuba's political prisoners but some of the prisoners to be relocated may be rejected because of their criminal records (07:26-09:48)
6. In Britain, former Detective Inspector Philip Jeynes that investigated the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence has admitted that there was enough evidence to make arrests within 48 hours. Electra Naysmith reports (09:49-11:32)
7. For many Caribbean women immigrating to Britain in the 1950s and 60s, nursing was the usual entry level job but in the last 10 years the numbers have plummeted. Reeta Chakrabarti reports the decline is being blamed on racism (11:33-14:49)
8. In cricket, the West Indies defeated England by 57 runs in the 5th and Final One Day International and the last match of the England tour (14:50-15:18)
2. St. Lucia's businessman Nicholas Zephirin has attacked CARICOM position on internal trade and criticised unfair trading competition from Trinidad and Tobago (00:37-02:44)
3. Jamaica's Ambassador Richard Bernal states that CARICOM is prepared to change its approach to getting upgraded trade benefits with the US. As CARICOM seeks NAFTA parity Ambassador Bernal comments on whether this mission is impossible (02:45-04:11)
4. US Congressman Lincoln Diaz Balart states that CARICOM cannot have it both ways as he urges Washington to withhold NAFTA parity unless CARICOM rethinks its policy on Cuba. Ambassador Bernal comments (04:12-07:25)
5. Canada has already begun accepting some of Cuba's political prisoners but some of the prisoners to be relocated may be rejected because of their criminal records (07:26-09:48)
6. In Britain, former Detective Inspector Philip Jeynes that investigated the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence has admitted that there was enough evidence to make arrests within 48 hours. Electra Naysmith reports (09:49-11:32)
7. For many Caribbean women immigrating to Britain in the 1950s and 60s, nursing was the usual entry level job but in the last 10 years the numbers have plummeted. Reeta Chakrabarti reports the decline is being blamed on racism (11:33-14:49)
8. In cricket, the West Indies defeated England by 57 runs in the 5th and Final One Day International and the last match of the England tour (14:50-15:18)