Caribbean Report 18-01-2002 - Niles, Bertram (anchor); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Cuales, Orlando (correspondent); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Auffant, Pablo (interviewee); Williams, Natalie (correspondent); Laurent, Edwin (interviewee); Joseph, Emma (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2002)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:24)
2. The people of the Netherlands Antilles are voting to choose a new administration for the five island federation. Spending cuts by the coalition government of Prime Minister Miguel Pourier can hurt their chances of being re-elected (00:25-03:18)
3. The Haitian Prime Minister Jean Marie Chérestal has tendered his resignation amidst mounting criticism of the government’s failure to improve the troubled economy. President Jean Bertrand Aristide must agree for the resignation to take effective (03:19-04:35)
4. In Guyana a state of shock and disbelief engulf the eastern village of Crabwood Creek where the burnt remains of four persons including the fifteen year old son of the owner and two farm workers are discovered (04:36-06:23)
Keywords: Elections -- Netherlands Antilles; Government spending policy -- Netherlands Antilles; Prime ministers -- Haiti -- Resignation from office; Haiti -- Economic conditions -- 21st century; Murder -- Guyana; Aeronautics, Commercial -- Security measures -- United States; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence; Energy industries -- Taxation -- Caribbean Area; Tax evasion -- United States; Free trade -- Caribbean area; International Committee of the Red Cross -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay; Human rights monitoring -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bay; Crime and race -- Norway; Race relations -- Norway; Witnesses -- Assassination attempts -- England; Drug dealers -- England; Chérestal, Jean Marie -- Haiti -- Resignation from office; Enron -- Tax evasion -- Caribbean area; Yardie gangs -- Crime -- England