Caribbean Report 12-04-1996

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)
2. Concerns in Europe over faulty HIV testing kits are now being shared by St. Lucia. Spokesman Matt Koon, Abott Laboratories and Dr Stephen King, Head of the Island's Main Hospital Laboratory and Dr Belali Kamara, CAREC are ineviewed. Neil Dickson reports (00:28-06:06)
3. Scientist in Montserrat continue to monitor the island's volcano. Is the economic aid offered to Montserrat sufficient? Chief Minister Reuben Meade is interviewed (06:07-07:55)
4. Living with the volcano - Hawaii tells us how it lives with the problem (07:56-10:43)
5. There have been support for Trinidad and Tobago journalists from a publisher in the region.Guyanese Publisher David de Caires is interviewed. Tony Fraser reports (10:44-12:42)
6. Guyanese rice exports are under pressure from European Union rice producing countries. Chairman of the Guyana Rice Develoment Board Charles Kennard is interviewed (12:43-14:30)
7. St. Lucia's Prime Minister Vaughn Lewis wants disaster probe Caribbean Islands like Montserrat be measured by a vulnerability index by donor countries (14:31-15:21)

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