Caribbean Report 29-04-1996
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1996-04-29
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:25)
2. The call for a single Caribbean currency has received the backing of a top regional economist. In Britain the question of a single currency for Europe is causing internal turmoil in the governing Conservative Party. UWI Economist Dr Karl Theodore and Prime Minister John Major are interviewed (00:26-04:27)
3. The future of Caribbean sugar exports are the discussions in Jamaica. ACP Secretary General Carl Greenidge is interviewed (04:28-06:03)
4. Former Bahamian Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling is recovering at the Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA after undergoing surgery over the weekend. He was diagnosed with having prostrate cancer. Nassau Guardian Newspaper Journalist Tony Capron reports (06:04-08:58)
5. Documents show that President John F Kennedy turned down a 1961 peace offer from Cuban Revolutionary Leader Che Guevara (08:59-09:21)
6. Voters in the Dominican Republic are going to the polls on May 16th 1996 just two years after 1994 presidential elections. Jean-Michel Cairot reports. (09:22-12:24)
7. More black white couples in Britain. Carol Orr reports (12:25-14:40)
8. Some exporters of non-traditional crops from the Eastern Caribbean and Jamaica have been getting a first hand look at the condition under which their products are allowed to access the UK market (14:41-15:21)
2. The call for a single Caribbean currency has received the backing of a top regional economist. In Britain the question of a single currency for Europe is causing internal turmoil in the governing Conservative Party. UWI Economist Dr Karl Theodore and Prime Minister John Major are interviewed (00:26-04:27)
3. The future of Caribbean sugar exports are the discussions in Jamaica. ACP Secretary General Carl Greenidge is interviewed (04:28-06:03)
4. Former Bahamian Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling is recovering at the Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA after undergoing surgery over the weekend. He was diagnosed with having prostrate cancer. Nassau Guardian Newspaper Journalist Tony Capron reports (06:04-08:58)
5. Documents show that President John F Kennedy turned down a 1961 peace offer from Cuban Revolutionary Leader Che Guevara (08:59-09:21)
6. Voters in the Dominican Republic are going to the polls on May 16th 1996 just two years after 1994 presidential elections. Jean-Michel Cairot reports. (09:22-12:24)
7. More black white couples in Britain. Carol Orr reports (12:25-14:40)
8. Some exporters of non-traditional crops from the Eastern Caribbean and Jamaica have been getting a first hand look at the condition under which their products are allowed to access the UK market (14:41-15:21)