Caribbean Report 19-11-1997

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:30)
2. Montserrat government and insurance companies agree on some compensation for volcano victims. Chief Minister David Brandt is interviewed (00:31-03:58)
3. The government of the Dominican Republic is ready to grant its citizens living abroad the right to vote from overseas. The voting rights measure is on its way through the Dominican Congress. Leslie Goffe reports (03:59-06:20)
4. A warning that tougher American Immigration Laws could have serious consequences which the Caribbean must unite to fight. Co-directors of the Caribbean Immigration Services Irwine Clare and Winston Tucker are interviewed and Pete Ninvalle reports (06:21-09:47)
5. In Britain the Commission for Racial Equality which is viewed as an advocate of Afro Caribbean and other minority causes has found itself of being accused of racial discrimination (09:48-11:31)
6. A coach and a calypsonian expess their views of Jamaica's qualification success.In cricket the West Indies could hava a hard time avoiding defeat in the first test against Pakistan in Peshawar. Calyposian Michael 'Lord Have Mercy' Ollivierre is interviewed (11:32-15:28)

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