Caribbean Report 08-09-1999 ﻿ - Gordon, Orin (anchor, correspondent); Schroeder, Patricia (interviewee); Stone Greaves, Keith (correspondent); Sanders, Ronald (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Quarrie, Donald (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999)
1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:30)
2. Eleven of the fifteen Puerto Rican prisoners linked to bombings in the US in the 1970s and 1980s and are advocating for the independence of Puerto Rico have accepted offers of clemency by President Bill Clinton. Hillary Clinton has publicly disapproved of the clemency. Democratic Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder comments on Clinton’s non-supportive decision. Juan Figueroa President of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund in New York expresses his views on the Republican’s opposition and derailment of the President plans for releasing the prisoners and perceived partisan politics (00:31 – 06:57)
3. Caribbean countries are monitoring talks in Brussels on the future of the banana import deal with Europe. Antigua/Barbuda High Commissioner to London Ronald Sanders analyses future implications of tariff only subsidy and the adverse effects on the Caribbean banana industry Keith Stone Greaves reports (06:58 – 09: 56)
4. Debate continues on the state award of a pay increase for Guyana public sector workers. Chairman of the Arbitration Panel Aubrey Armstrong panel discusses the outcome of the negotiations (09:57 – 10:35)
Keywords: Political prisoners -- Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico -- Foreign relations -- United States; Banana industry -- Caribbean Area; Wage bargaining -- Guyana; Wages -- Guyana; Airlines -- Trinidad and Tobago; British West Indian Airways; Athletes -- Caribbean Area; Hurricanes -- Caribbean Area; Doping in sports -- Jamaica