Caribbean Report 13-11-1992
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1992-11-13
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:31)
2. As the new Guyana government settles into office, Caribbean Report has obtained details of the salary and allowances paid to former President Desmond Hoyte. In Guyanese dollars, he was paid a tax free salary of $37,204 per month; travel allowance of $240,000 per year; and an outfit allowance of $900,000 per year. Comments from Dr. Roger Luncheon, Head of the new Presidential secretariat in Georgetown (00:32-03:46)
3. The call by Guyana’s ex-president Desmond Hoyte for public sector workers to react in the proper way to the proposed 8% pay rise has added fuel to growing complaints by the public sector union. Sharief Khan reports (03:47-05:42)
4. Latin American bananas have been entering the UK market illegally in recent months putting increased pressure on Caribbean exports. Courtney Ratchery, Deputy Executive Director of the London-based Jamaica Marketing Company confirmed that the so-called dollar bananas have been entering in excess of their quota allocation (05:43-07:33)
5. The prices paid to Caribbean banana farmers have fallen significantly in the recent months. The devaluation of the pound, increased shipping cost and competition from other fruits are the main factors (07:34-07:54)
6. The Food and Agriculture Organization warned that the export price of many of the Caribbean agricultural products would fall even further if the GATT talks fail. Comments from Richard Perkins, Director of Commodities and Trade of the Rome-based FAO (07:55-09:40)
7. If the Caribbean is to align itself with a large trading bloc, the North American free trade area (NAFTA) would seem to be the obvious choice. However, it remains to be seen what shape NAFTA will take under the US President elect Bill Clinton. Comments from Jamaica’s Ambassador to Washington, Richard Bernal (09:41-12:05)
8. According to the provincial synod of the Church of the West Indies, women in the Caribbean’s Anglican Church will have to wait 18 months to know whether they can be ordained as priests. The Windward Islands, Guyana and the Bahamas have opposed the ordination and they will have until June 1994 to state their position. Sandra Baptiste reports that the delay has been greeted with disappointment and interviews Drexel Gomez, Anglican bishop of Barbados (12:06-14:39)
2. As the new Guyana government settles into office, Caribbean Report has obtained details of the salary and allowances paid to former President Desmond Hoyte. In Guyanese dollars, he was paid a tax free salary of $37,204 per month; travel allowance of $240,000 per year; and an outfit allowance of $900,000 per year. Comments from Dr. Roger Luncheon, Head of the new Presidential secretariat in Georgetown (00:32-03:46)
3. The call by Guyana’s ex-president Desmond Hoyte for public sector workers to react in the proper way to the proposed 8% pay rise has added fuel to growing complaints by the public sector union. Sharief Khan reports (03:47-05:42)
4. Latin American bananas have been entering the UK market illegally in recent months putting increased pressure on Caribbean exports. Courtney Ratchery, Deputy Executive Director of the London-based Jamaica Marketing Company confirmed that the so-called dollar bananas have been entering in excess of their quota allocation (05:43-07:33)
5. The prices paid to Caribbean banana farmers have fallen significantly in the recent months. The devaluation of the pound, increased shipping cost and competition from other fruits are the main factors (07:34-07:54)
6. The Food and Agriculture Organization warned that the export price of many of the Caribbean agricultural products would fall even further if the GATT talks fail. Comments from Richard Perkins, Director of Commodities and Trade of the Rome-based FAO (07:55-09:40)
7. If the Caribbean is to align itself with a large trading bloc, the North American free trade area (NAFTA) would seem to be the obvious choice. However, it remains to be seen what shape NAFTA will take under the US President elect Bill Clinton. Comments from Jamaica’s Ambassador to Washington, Richard Bernal (09:41-12:05)
8. According to the provincial synod of the Church of the West Indies, women in the Caribbean’s Anglican Church will have to wait 18 months to know whether they can be ordained as priests. The Windward Islands, Guyana and the Bahamas have opposed the ordination and they will have until June 1994 to state their position. Sandra Baptiste reports that the delay has been greeted with disappointment and interviews Drexel Gomez, Anglican bishop of Barbados (12:06-14:39)