Caribbean Report 01-04-1996
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1996-04-01
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)
2. Residents near Montserrat's erratic volcano are told to evacuate at night as more ash is emitting. James White, Jr reports (00:28-02:19)
3. Dr Vaughn Lewis gets set to take up the reigns of power in St. Lucia. Former Prime Minister John Compton is interviewed (02:20-03:18)
4. The pink mealybug which has been devastating crops in the Caribbean is a problem which should be addressed by world nations and not just the Caribbean. Entomologist Janice Reid, CARDI, Jamaica is interviewed (03:19-05:40)
5. Following the announcement last week that St. Vincent and the Grenadines were bannning importation of British beef and beef related products Dominica followed suit with an announcement on Saturday. Dr Janice Reid, CARDI, Jamaica is interviewed (05:41-07:16)
6. OECS politicians who are members of the subregional grouping SCOPE are calling for Windward Islands governments to ask banana farmers to play a greater role in the industry. Mr Julian Hunte of SCOPE is interviewed (07:17-09:45)
7. In Jamaica the managing director of the World Bank has wrapped up a series of meetings with the Latin American and Caribbean region external advisory group. It was planned that urban poverty across the Caribbean and Latin America along with the establishment of a new social investment fund in Jamaica would be high on the agenda (09:46-10:14)
8. Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to London is warning the British government that it could lose millions of pounds worth of armed sales if it grants political asylum to Dr Muhammad Al-Massari one of the leading critics of the Saudi government. Saudi Dissent Mohammad Al-Massari is interviewed (10:15-13:06)
9. In the United States the faces of the famous are used to sell anything from toothpaste to toilet paper. The image of Martin Luther King, Jr is going to be use to sell porcelain jugs, compact discs, commemorative cheques and medallions from the Atlantic Games. Leading Caribbean American churchman Elder Michael Brann is interviewed (13:07-14:14)
10. An overcrowded ferry has sunk in the Caribbean Sea off the remote part of southwestern Haiti drowning at least fifteen people (14:15-14:46)
11. Cuban authorities are concerned about a suspected pension scam by public sector workers (14:47-15:21)
2. Residents near Montserrat's erratic volcano are told to evacuate at night as more ash is emitting. James White, Jr reports (00:28-02:19)
3. Dr Vaughn Lewis gets set to take up the reigns of power in St. Lucia. Former Prime Minister John Compton is interviewed (02:20-03:18)
4. The pink mealybug which has been devastating crops in the Caribbean is a problem which should be addressed by world nations and not just the Caribbean. Entomologist Janice Reid, CARDI, Jamaica is interviewed (03:19-05:40)
5. Following the announcement last week that St. Vincent and the Grenadines were bannning importation of British beef and beef related products Dominica followed suit with an announcement on Saturday. Dr Janice Reid, CARDI, Jamaica is interviewed (05:41-07:16)
6. OECS politicians who are members of the subregional grouping SCOPE are calling for Windward Islands governments to ask banana farmers to play a greater role in the industry. Mr Julian Hunte of SCOPE is interviewed (07:17-09:45)
7. In Jamaica the managing director of the World Bank has wrapped up a series of meetings with the Latin American and Caribbean region external advisory group. It was planned that urban poverty across the Caribbean and Latin America along with the establishment of a new social investment fund in Jamaica would be high on the agenda (09:46-10:14)
8. Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to London is warning the British government that it could lose millions of pounds worth of armed sales if it grants political asylum to Dr Muhammad Al-Massari one of the leading critics of the Saudi government. Saudi Dissent Mohammad Al-Massari is interviewed (10:15-13:06)
9. In the United States the faces of the famous are used to sell anything from toothpaste to toilet paper. The image of Martin Luther King, Jr is going to be use to sell porcelain jugs, compact discs, commemorative cheques and medallions from the Atlantic Games. Leading Caribbean American churchman Elder Michael Brann is interviewed (13:07-14:14)
10. An overcrowded ferry has sunk in the Caribbean Sea off the remote part of southwestern Haiti drowning at least fifteen people (14:15-14:46)
11. Cuban authorities are concerned about a suspected pension scam by public sector workers (14:47-15:21)