The University of the West IndiesNiles, Bertram (anchor)Smith, Lou (correspondent)Abbott, Diane (interviewee)Eastman, Lynette (interviewee)Panday, Basdeo (speaker)Manning, Patrick, 1946-2016 (speaker)Fraser, Tony (correspondent)Luncheon, Roger (speaker)Carberry, Lance (speaker)Smith, Colin (correspondent)2019-02-062019-02-062002-02-14CAR3560https://hdl.handle.net/2139/464251. Headlines (00:00-00:26)2. The High Court in Grenada orders the release of three of the seventeen people jailed for the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop but the government immediately seeks a stay of execution of the order from Justice Brian Alleyne. Lou Smith reports (00:27-03:19)3. In London a court convicts four men and a fifth pleads guilty to drug smuggling charges for sailing a 1.3 billion dollar cocaine consignment to Britain from the Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (03:20-03:54)4. British Member of Parliament, Diane Abbott, says it will be wrong for the British government to impose visa restrictions on Jamaicans entering Britain. The Home Office is yet to comment on London press reports that it is considering the move as part of measures to stem an inflow of cocaine and guns from Jamaica and violent crime by Yardie gangs (03:55-06:52)5. Police in north Florida stop two sons of the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley for speeding and arrest them on Marijuana possession charges (06:53-07:24)6. A group of Commonwealth off-shore tax centres write to the OECD seeking a commitment that its tax guidelines apply to its own members as well, as four of the OECD’s member states are refusing to back the organisation’s tax initiative. Lynette Eastman, Director of the Barbados-based International Tax Investment Organisation (ITIO) and the Director of International Business in Barbados explains why Barbados will be removed from a tax haven blacklist ahead of the mounting deadline (07:25-10:31)7. Trinidad and Tobago is functioning without a Parliament and we hear the view of the country’s two political leaders - Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning - on what has been happening as Tony Fraser reports (10:32-13:17)8. In Guyana a parliamentary impasse is preventing the appointment of supervisors and managers in the public service. Constitutional changes were enacted to give the opposition a key role in the composition of three oversight commissions, but the parliamentary parties have failed to reach an agreement on this. Cabinet Secretary, Roger Luncheon, tells Colin Smith the government is considering legal advice to break the gridlock and Executive Member of the Opposition and Lance Carberry, says his party feels the government is deliberately resisting the implementation of any constitutional reforms (13:18-15:30)Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit15 min. 30 sec.Sound, mp3enCopyright British Broadcasting CorporationBishop, MauricePolitical prisoners -- GrenadaJudgments, Criminal -- Assassination -- GrenadaJudgments, Criminal -- Great BritainCocaine industry -- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCocaine industry -- Great BritainGreat Britain -- Government policy -- JamaicansVisas -- JamaicansArrest -- United StatesTax havens -- BarbadosOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentFinancial institutionsGuyana -- Officials and employees -- Appointment to officeMarley, BobConstitutional amendments -- GuyanaFirearms -- Great BritainFirearms -- JamaicaPolitical impasse -- Trinidad and Tobago -- 21st centuryYardie gangs -- Crime -- EnglandBlacklists -- Money laundering -- Caribbean AreaInternational Tax Investment OrganisationParliamentary impasse -- Guyana -- 21st centuryAlleyne, Brian George KeithRecording, 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.