The University of the West IndiesRichards, Ken (anchor)Venries, Patrick (interviewee)Ballandras, Jean (interviewee)Fraser, Tony (correspondent)2014-01-162014-01-161997-04-24CAR2304https://hdl.handle.net/2139/21415In French Guiana officials say that nine police were wounded during another night of riots in the Capital, Cayenne. Demonstrators are protesting against the arrest of Pro-independent activists. The arrests were linked into inquiries into the burning down last December of the prosecutor’s home of the French overseas territory. Next, Jamaica’s Commissioner of Correction told Caribbean Report that he was responsible for sending four death row inmates for hospital treatment after suspecting that excessive force was used in last month’s recapture. Next, the need for prison reform was earlier this month re-emphasised in a meeting in Port of Spain. A call for closer co-operation between government, prison officials and non-government bodies working with prisons was highlighted. Next, an agreement has been signed to bring South Africa into membership of the Lome Convention which links seventy developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific with the European Union. Apart from the ACP group welcoming South Africa whole heartedly into its ranks the group also raised matters of special Caribbean interest affecting rum and bananas. Next, in Haiti a former Haitian lawmaker was shot and killed. He briefly served as Vice President of Haiti’s Lower House of Parliament. He was elected to the legislature in 1990 and became House Vice-president in 1992. He was a fervent partisan of the Haitian army that ousted then President, Jean Bertrand Aristide in the 1991 coup. In the final segment, regional airlines BWIA and Air Jamaica are signing an agreement for technical co-operation. Airline officials are, however, being cautious about promoting the move as the start of real progress towards having a regional air carrier.1. Headlines (00:00-00:31)2. An uneasy calm in French Guiana after two straight nights of disturbances. Head of the cabinet of the prefect, Jean Ballandras is interviewed. Journalist, Patrick Vinories is interviewed (00:32-04:17)3. Jamaica's Commissioner of Corrections admits he suspects the use of excessive force in the recapture of escaping prisoners (04:18-07:43)4. There is a call for closer co-operation between government, prison officials and non-government bodies working with prisons. Wendy Singh, Vice President of Prison Reform is interviewed (07:44-10:10)5. At the signing to bring South Africa into membership of the Lome Convention, the ACP group also raised matters of special Caribbean interest affectlng rum and bananas. Clifford Smith reports (10:11-12:20)6. A former Haitian lawmaker has been shot and killed (12:21-12:57)7. Co-operation between BWIA and Air Jamaica could bring progress towards a regional carrier. CEO, BWIA is interviewed (12:58-15:29)Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit15 min. 29 sec.Sound, mp3enCopyright British Broadcasting CorporationRiots -- French Guiana.Prisons -- Spanish Town.Prison reform.Rum -- Caribbean.Bananas -- Caribbean.Lawmaker -- Haiti.Airlines -- Caribbean Area.Air Jamaica.BWIA.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.