Caribbean Report 06-05-1993

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Jamaica’s National Security and Justice Minister K. D. Knight says that violent crimes linked to deportees has led to a bill monitoring and restricting the movement of deportees convicted elsewhere. British banana and food distributing company Geist hit the financial headlines as their shares fell by almost a third, partly linked to a drop in banana prices in Europe. The president of the National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago says that governments must be held accountable for the economic policies, even if those policies are largely dictated by external forces. A group of Cuban exiles and their opponents in Havana have just ended a meeting on democracy held in Cuba.

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Headlines with anchor Mike Jarvis (00:43)
1. Jamaica’s National Security and Justice Minister K. D. Knight says that violent crimes linked to deportees has led to a bill monitoring and restricting the movement of deportees convicted elsewhere - Mike Jarvis reports (00:44 - 06:00)
2. British banana and food distributing company Geist hit the financial headlines as their shares fell by almost a third, partly linked to a drop in banana prices in Europe. Debbie Ransom reports (06:01 – 09:20)
3. The president of the National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago says that governments must be held accountable for the economic policies, even if those policies are largely dictated by external forces - Mike Jarvis reports (09:21 -14:53)
4. A group of Cuban exiles and their opponents in Havana have just ended a meeting on democracy held in Cuba - Lionel Martin reports (14:54 -10:53)

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