Caribbean Report 31-07-2003 - Niles, Bertram (anchor); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Lampitt, Harley (speaker); Edwards, Raymond (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Ali, Linda (speaker); Crooks, Paul (speaker); Canty, Katherine (interviewee); Nunes, Neil (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2003)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)
2. About half of Haiti’s population is being affected by a silent food crisis. At the same time, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a six million dollar aid appeal for that country. Orin Gordon reports (00:27-03:58)
3. Following on the recent arrest of twenty-seven Jamaicans suspected of dealing in crack cocaine, three more people are taken into custody. Dr. Harley Lampitt offers his perspective (03:59-06:16)
4. A recent raid by members of Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit has resulted in four Guyanese and one Columbian appearing in court on charges of possession of over forty thousand dollars in forged US bills (06:17-06:49)
Keywords: Malnutrition -- Haiti; AIDS (Disease) -- Haiti; Children -- Diseases -- Haiti; Economic assistance -- Haiti; Cocaine industry -- Great Britain; Crack (Drug) -- England; Bank notes -- Forgeries -- Guyana; Sugar industry -- Trinidad and Tobago; Labor disputes --Trinidad and Tobago; Minorities in nursing -- United Kingdom; Caribbean Area -- Emigration and immigration; World Trade Organization -- Canada; Money -- Caribbean Area; Money -- Suriname; Caribbean Community; Pan American Games; Hosting of sporting events -- Dominican Republic; Traffic violations -- United Kingdom; Football players -- Trinidad and Tobago