The University of the West IndiesWhitehorne, Pat (anchor)Khan, Sharief (correspondent)Norton, Michael (correspondent)Islam, Shada (correspondent)Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent)Williams, Eddie (correspondent)2013-06-132013-06-131990-06-14CAR0514https://hdl.handle.net/2139/15574Reports and speculations in Georgetown, Guyana of another devaluation of the Guyana dollar are fuelled by a scheduled address by the Minister of Finance to at a special sitting of Parliament tomorrow. Secondly, Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council announces that general elections will be held in September since the new president should take office by 7th February. However, there are widespread concerns about the readiness of the country for elections. Following the Financial News, Trinidadian Edwin Carrington, former Secretary General of the ACP, is currently at the centre of a row surrounding the post of Director of the Centre for Development of Industry. In the next segment, the police force in the Dominican Republic has arrested more than 200 people accused of lighting candles in front of their homes as a political protest against the “death of democracy” pending the results of the general elections that took place a month ago. In addition, the decree that all travellers arriving in the Dominican Republic are required to change US$100.00 has been postponed. The report concludes with anxieties in St. Martin over the approaching single market in Europe after 1992.1. Headlines (00:00-00:39)2. Guyana braces for a further devaluation of the dollar. Sharief Khan reports from Georgetown (00:40-02:54)3. Haiti announces that general elections will be held in September 1990. Michael Norton reports (02:55-05:49)4. Financial News (05:50-06:44)5. Edwin Carrington, former Secretary General of ACP, at the center of a bitter row in Brussels. Shada Islam reports (06:45-09:56)6. Police force in the Dominican Republic arrests over 200 people for lighting candles as a political protest. Jean Michel Caroit reports from Santo Domingo. Update on the decree for travellers arriving in the Dominican Republic (09:57-12:06)7. Anxieties grow in St. Martin as Europe 1992 approaches. Eddie Williams reports (12:07-15:06)Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit15 min. 11 sec.Sound, mp3enCopyright British Broadcasting CorporationGuyana -- Economic aspectsDevaluation of currency -- GuyanaElections -- HaitiCarrington, Edwin W.Centre for the Development of Industry (ACP-EC)Dominican Republic -- Social aspectsElections -- Dominican RepublicTourism -- Dominican Republic -- Economic aspectsTrade -- Saint MaartenEuropean Economic CommunityTrade -- St. MartinCaribbean Report 14-06-1990Recording, 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.