The University of the West IndiesGoffe, Leslie (anchor)Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent)Compton, John (interviewee)Jarvis, Mike (correspondent)Goertfield, Hugh (correspondent)Joseph, Cecil (interviewee)Lymand, Desmond (correspondent)Eubank, Chris (interviewee)Khan, Sharief (correspondent)2014-07-222014-07-222014-07-21CAR0734https://hdl.handle.net/2139/387841. Headlines by (00:00-00:27)2. In his recent budget speech St. Lucia’s Prime Minister, John Compton indicated his reluctance to implement the common external tariff as Pete Ninvalle reports from Castries, St. Lucia (00:28-03:16)3. The budget was just presented in the British Virgin Islands by the Finance Minister, Sir Laverty Stoute. It was viewed as a rosy economic outlook for this British dependency with over 50 million dollars in revenue and an expenditure of 46 million dollars over the next year as Mike Jarvis reports from Tortula (03:17-05:12)4. A Spanish government Minister held talks in Madrid with leaders of Cuban opposition groups in exhile. Hugh Goertfield reports that this is an important shift in Spanish policy (05:13-06:58)5. Cuba and the Soviet Union have agreed on trade prices for key commodities such as sugar and oil. The Soviet Union will buy Cuba’s sugar for more than twice the world market price giving Cuba 2.2 billion dollars from the sale of sugar. However, the Soviet Union would peg oil prices with international standards (06:59-07:25)6. Ms. Sally G. Cowal, Washington’s Deputy Secretary of State for the region is now visiting Guyana. Her visit is to keep up American pressure so that Prime Minister, Desmond Hoyte would hold free and fair elections. Sharief Khan reports that future American aid to Guyana will depend upon whether the elections are held above board. Washington is prepared to work along with whoever wins the elections and pledges its support for greater assistance to the country if this happens (07:26-08:52)7. A two day regional conference of higglers, huxters and side walk vendors ended yesterday in Dominica representing about 30,000 informal traders. It is the first time that traders from English, French and Dutch areas have come together. Cecil Joseph, Coordinator of the conference responds to the question on how traders answer charges from the established business community that they offer unfair competition (08:53-10:41)8. The West Indian Commission arrived in Birmingham, the 2nd largest city of Britain to find out what proposals they have to offer for the Caribbean future. A vocal audience took the Commission to task for the need for one monetary system and to be able to move freely throughout the region (10:42-13:31)9. Chris Eubank, British boxer, with Jamaican roots defends his World Boxing middleweight title tonight. Within 6 rounds Eubank successfully defended his title and spoke to BBC correspondent Desmond Lymand (13:32-14:39)Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit14 min. 39 sec.Sound, mp3enCopyright British Broadcasting CorporationSaint Lucia -- Economic aspectsTariff -- Saint LuciaBritish Virgin Islands -- Economic aspectsCuba -- Political aspectsInternational relations -- CubaInternational relations -- Soviet UnionElections -- GuyanaForeign relations -- GuyanaCommerce -- Caribbean area.Caribbean communityBoxers (sports) -- United KingdomBoxers (sports) -- JamaicaCARICOMWest Indian CommissionStoute, Laverty SirInformal traders -- Caribbean AreaCowal, Sally G.Hoyte, Desmond.Recording, 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.