The University of the West IndiesRowe, Yvette (anchor)Niles, Bertram (anchor)Carrington, Edwin (interviewee)Grant, Jennifer (correspondent)Lewis Cooper, Marjorie (interviewee)Polius, Julius (interviewee)Hector, Tim (interviewee)Goffe, Leslie (correspondent)Johnson, Gwendoline (interviewee)2016-09-232016-09-231996-12-20CAR2215https://hdl.handle.net/2139/429191. Headlines (00:00-00:32)2. Caricom Secretary General announces that most inter-regional trade barriers will come down tomorrow. Caricom Secretary General Edwin Carrington is interviewed and Bertrand Niles reports (00:33-03:24)3. In 1997 the Caricom Secretariat will have its first woman Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett formerly the deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Belize (03:25-03:47)4. With only twelve days left to go in 1996 the total number of persons murdered in Jamaica so far now stands at eight hundred and ninety-nine with the murders of three persons in separate incidents over the last twenty-four hours. Jamaica's Chamber of Commerce Mr James Moss-Solomon and Jamaica Council of Churches Reverend Majorie Lewis Cooper are interviewed. Jennifer Grant reports (03:48-05:51)5. From St. Lucia a reminder that the mealybug pest is the whole region's business. Director of Agriculture Services in St. Lucia Julius Polius is interviewed (05:52-06:51)6. The United States Justice Department yesterday charged Royal Caribbean Cruisers, a Norwegian owned company of repeatedly dumping oil waste from several of its vessels in many parts of the Caribbean Sea and around the US coast (06:52-07:24)7. The government of Antigua and Barbuda says no agreement on allowing Guadeloupe fishermen to use the island's waters has been made. Editor of the Outlet Tim Hector is interviewed (07:25-10:27)8. In Puerto Rico workers have pulled out two more bodies from the rubble of a blasted out shoe store (10:28-11:01)9. An African American alternative to Christmas increases in popularity. Afro-American black store owner Gwendoline Johnson and Debbie Medina of the Daily News are interviewed (11:02-15:35)Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit15 min. 35 sec.Sound, mp3enCopyright British Broadcasting CorporationTrade blocs -- Caribbean Area.Women -- Caribbean Area.Crime -- Jamaica.Mealybugs -- Caribbean Area..Oil pollution of water -- Caribbean Area.Fishers -- Antigua and Barbuda.Shoe stores -- Puerto Rico.Kwanzaa -- United States.Caribbean Report 20-12-1996Recording, oralAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.