Caribbean Report 14-07-1993 - Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Sandiford, Erskine (speaker); Manning, Patrick (interviewee); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Burnell, Richard (interviewee); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:40)
2. Barbados’ Prime Minister, Erskine Sandiford speaking at the 14th CARICOM Summit in Nassau referred to a proposal for some sort of three-way union involving Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. Mr. Sandiford said that he would want to see each country retaining power over major areas of economic and political activity with specific responsibilities given to a central body to deal with coordination. Speaker, Erskine Sandiford, Prime Minister of Barbados. Interviews with Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana. Hugh Crosskill reports (00:41-03:30)
3. Hearings to determine the future of the 936 Programme begin in Washington with indications that the scale down package will at least still be beneficial to the region. Under the 936 Programme, Caribbean and other Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) countries have access to loan funds which are derived from tax concessions granted to US firms operating in Puerto Rico. The ongoing review of US tax laws could severely reduce the money available for lending. Interview with Richard Burnell, Jamaica’s Ambassador to the US (03:31-06:56)
4. In London, the Privy Council hearing of an appeal by two Jamaican death row prisoners concluded. The Privy Council was considering the appeal from Earl Pratt and Ivan Morgan on the basis that the many years they have served on death row constitute cruel and inhumane treatment and contrary to the Jamaican constitution. Yvette Rowe reports (06:57-08:27)
Keywords: Caribbean Area -- Politics and government; Caribbean Community. Conference of Heads of Government; Economic assistance -- Caribbean Area; Capital punishment -- Jamaica; Great Britain -- Privy Council; Cuba -- Economic integration; Economic assistance -- Cuba; Barbados Labour Party; Barbados -- Politics and government; Haiti -- Politics and government; Haiti -- Military relations; Manning initiative -- Caribbean Area; 936 Programme; CARICOM-Cuba Commission