Caribbean Report 13-11-1990
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1990-11-13
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)
2. Trinidad and Tobago wants Caricom to send an observer team to monitor the upcoming elections in Guyana. Sahadeo Basdeo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, also comments on the appointment of the Caricom Commissioner and the contribution of Edwin Carrington (00:30-03:08)
3. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Industry Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, is currently visiting London and having talks with Lloyd’s Insurance concerning compensation for the businesses affected by the July 27th insurrection (03:09-04:34)
4. A senior UN official says Haiti is on track for credible elections on December 16th. Chris Gunness interviews Reinhart Helmke of the UNDP on the reason for the UN's involvement in a political matter of assistance with the Haitian elections (04:35-06:36)
5. A Jamaican-born horticulturalist in England experiments with the growth of tropical peppers in England. Nevel Vassel, a senior lecturer at a British university comments on the prospects of growing Caribbean vegetables in England and Ramon Marks of Grenada Development bank states that such competition from Britain will be devastating for Caribbean vegetable producers (06:37-12:23)
6. Kirkland Lang, Jamaican born European boxing champion, defends his European World Weltweight title in Italy tomorrow against Patrizio Oliva. Lang attributes his energy and strength to a cow foot diet from childhood days in Jamaica (12:24-14:58)
2. Trinidad and Tobago wants Caricom to send an observer team to monitor the upcoming elections in Guyana. Sahadeo Basdeo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, also comments on the appointment of the Caricom Commissioner and the contribution of Edwin Carrington (00:30-03:08)
3. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Industry Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, is currently visiting London and having talks with Lloyd’s Insurance concerning compensation for the businesses affected by the July 27th insurrection (03:09-04:34)
4. A senior UN official says Haiti is on track for credible elections on December 16th. Chris Gunness interviews Reinhart Helmke of the UNDP on the reason for the UN's involvement in a political matter of assistance with the Haitian elections (04:35-06:36)
5. A Jamaican-born horticulturalist in England experiments with the growth of tropical peppers in England. Nevel Vassel, a senior lecturer at a British university comments on the prospects of growing Caribbean vegetables in England and Ramon Marks of Grenada Development bank states that such competition from Britain will be devastating for Caribbean vegetable producers (06:37-12:23)
6. Kirkland Lang, Jamaican born European boxing champion, defends his European World Weltweight title in Italy tomorrow against Patrizio Oliva. Lang attributes his energy and strength to a cow foot diet from childhood days in Jamaica (12:24-14:58)