Caribbean Report 21-02-2003 - Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Weir, Karen (correspondent); Teixeira, Gail (interviewee); Ratner, Michael (interviewee); Skerritt, Ricky (interviewee); Letang, Thomas (interviewee); Montas, Michele (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2003)
1. Headlines with anchor Mike Jarvis (00:00-00:26)
2. In Dominica, another meeting means another standoff as the Public Service Union and government fail to agree. Thomas Letang, General Secretary of the DPSU says that his members have made concessions and can offer alternatives to cutting public servants’ pay. BBC correspondent Mike Jarvis reports (00:27-02:49)
3. In Guyana, controversy overshadows Mashramani, Guyana's annual Carnival which marks the country’s anniversary of becoming a Republic. However, members of the Guyana Indian Heritage Association and others believe that this thirty-third anniversary should be a day of remembrance. Gail Teixeira, Minister of Culture is interviewed. BBC correspondent Colin Smith reports (02:50-05:13)
4. As Carnival approaches, there is controversy in Trinidad over the perceived anti-gay lyrics of a calypso (05:14-05:21)
Keywords: Labor unions -- Dominica; Carnival -- Guyana; Cultural fusion -- Guyana; Airlines -- Management; Airlines -- Caribbean Area; Airlines -- Economic aspects; Human rights -- Caribbean Area; Detention of persons -- Guantánamo Bay Naval Base; International law and human rights; Mass media -- Political aspects; Violence -- Haiti; Gay rights -- Caribbean Area; Calypso (Music) -- Social aspects; Calypso (Music) -- Antigua and Barbuda; Costume designers -- Trinidad and Tobago; LIAT (Airline); Caribbean Airlines Limited; British West Indian Airways; Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR) -- United States; Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU); Guyana Indian Heritage Association (GIHA)