Caribbean Report 12-11-1992
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1992-11-12
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)
2. US President elect, Bill Clinton, says he plans to change American policy towards Haitian Boat People, without specifically stating how the policy will be changed. Interview with Steve Forester, an attorney at the Haitian Refugee Center in Miami (00:28-02:20)
3. Anglican bishops in the Caribbean are still debating whether to ordain women priests. Comments from Guyana’s bishop Randolph George, a strong opponent of the measure. Sandra Baptiste reports (02:21-05:21)
4. The European Community this week adopted the safety net system to help Caribbean banana producers when Europe’s single market comes into effect. The EC market will allow imports of 2 million tons of bananas a year (05:22-06:08)
5. The Caribbean Banana Exporters Association is lobbying the British government to convince its European partners to maintain the Caribbean special access to the European banana market. Jeffery Bowden of the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association is coordinating the petition (06:09-07:17)
6. St. Vincent’s Prime Minister, James Mitchell, hopes that any gains made by the Caribbean with Europe will not be thrown out under GATT. The Prime Minister is hopeful that there will be a conclusion of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade and Europe will stick to its Lome commitments (07:18-08:38)
7. Citrus growers in the Caribbean community say that despite the 40% CET rate for agricultural products, producers from outside CARICOM are undercutting them. Chairman of the Belize Citrus Growers Association and the Caribbean Citrus Association, Anthony Chinona says that some Caricom countries may be weakening in their resolve to keep up the current CET level for citrus (08:39-11:11)
8. Trinidad and Tobago Appeal Court will on Monday hear a constitutional motion seeking to stop the execution of three convicted murderers. Lawyers for the convicts are dissatisfied with last night’s decision by the High Court judge, Lionel Jones who described their motion as an abuse of court process (11:12-11:55)
9. Evander Holyfield is 11 to 8 to make a successful defense of his world heavyweight boxing title against Ridduck Bowe in Las Vegas, tomorrow night. Interviews with Frank Bruno and Rock Newman, Bowe’s manager in a report by John Rawling (11:56-14:13)
10. Kensington Oval, Barbados claims another cricket first today when a visiting couple got married in mid pitch. Englishman David Parker and New Zealander Noreen Miskimon tied the knot just minutes after Parker scored an unbeaten 50 against the West Indies (14:14-14:37)
2. US President elect, Bill Clinton, says he plans to change American policy towards Haitian Boat People, without specifically stating how the policy will be changed. Interview with Steve Forester, an attorney at the Haitian Refugee Center in Miami (00:28-02:20)
3. Anglican bishops in the Caribbean are still debating whether to ordain women priests. Comments from Guyana’s bishop Randolph George, a strong opponent of the measure. Sandra Baptiste reports (02:21-05:21)
4. The European Community this week adopted the safety net system to help Caribbean banana producers when Europe’s single market comes into effect. The EC market will allow imports of 2 million tons of bananas a year (05:22-06:08)
5. The Caribbean Banana Exporters Association is lobbying the British government to convince its European partners to maintain the Caribbean special access to the European banana market. Jeffery Bowden of the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association is coordinating the petition (06:09-07:17)
6. St. Vincent’s Prime Minister, James Mitchell, hopes that any gains made by the Caribbean with Europe will not be thrown out under GATT. The Prime Minister is hopeful that there will be a conclusion of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade and Europe will stick to its Lome commitments (07:18-08:38)
7. Citrus growers in the Caribbean community say that despite the 40% CET rate for agricultural products, producers from outside CARICOM are undercutting them. Chairman of the Belize Citrus Growers Association and the Caribbean Citrus Association, Anthony Chinona says that some Caricom countries may be weakening in their resolve to keep up the current CET level for citrus (08:39-11:11)
8. Trinidad and Tobago Appeal Court will on Monday hear a constitutional motion seeking to stop the execution of three convicted murderers. Lawyers for the convicts are dissatisfied with last night’s decision by the High Court judge, Lionel Jones who described their motion as an abuse of court process (11:12-11:55)
9. Evander Holyfield is 11 to 8 to make a successful defense of his world heavyweight boxing title against Ridduck Bowe in Las Vegas, tomorrow night. Interviews with Frank Bruno and Rock Newman, Bowe’s manager in a report by John Rawling (11:56-14:13)
10. Kensington Oval, Barbados claims another cricket first today when a visiting couple got married in mid pitch. Englishman David Parker and New Zealander Noreen Miskimon tied the knot just minutes after Parker scored an unbeaten 50 against the West Indies (14:14-14:37)