Caribbean Report 24-09-1999 - Gordon, Orin (anchor, correspondent); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); Fernandez, Lionel (interviewee); Thompson, David (interviewee); Holder, Gene (interviewee); Navarro, Gerard (interviewee); Coakley, Michael (interviewee); Walker, Peter (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999)
1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:26)
2. Thirty Cuban immigrants have escaped from the main prison in the Bahamian capital of Nassau. Fugitives were among a group of detainees transferred to safety during hurricane Floyd (00:27 – 00:46)
3. In Barbados, police are still searching for convicted murderer Vincent Hall who escaped for a record third time. Hall had previously been recaptured in St. Vincent and Trinidad. He is currently serving a life sentence for the 1985 murder of a plantation owner. Opposition leader David Thompson shares his views on administration of the attorney general/home affairs portfolio, problems of low morale, performance, crime, indiscipline and the state of Barbados prisons. Bertram Niles reports (00:47 – 06:35)
4. Officials in the Dominican Republic criticized World Bank and IMF officials for the current method of evaluating ways in which countries receive aid and the amount of financial aid allocated. President Lionel Fernandez presents a case at the UN General Assembly for Caribbean countries to receive more aid via HIPC (heavily indebted poor countries) programme given the nature and small size of their economies (06:36 – 07:35)
Keywords: Immigrants -- Cuba; Immigrants -- Bahamas; Prisons -- Barbados; Prisoners -- Barbados; Debt -- Developing countries; Developing countries - - Economic assistance; Developing countries - - Economic conditions; Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States; Tourism -- Caribbean Area