The University of the West IndiesRansome, Debbie (anchor)Ross-Robinson, Hazel (interviewee)Nixon, Kirkland (interviewee)Greaves, Keith 'Stone' (correspondent)Osana, Roy (correspondent)2020-05-052020-05-051998-10-26CAR2696https://hdl.handle.net/2139/490181. Headlines with Debbie Ransome (00:00-00:26)2. Washington lobbyist Hazel Ross-Robinson discusses the importance of the pro-banana lobbying in the American Capital. Hurricane Mitch veers south of the Cayman Islands. A hurricane watch remains in place. Lobbyist Hazel Ross-Robinson and Hurricane Co-ordinator for the Cayman Islands Kirkland Nixon are interviewed (00:27-03:36)3. In Guyana, the Columbian captain of a ship involved in the country's biggest drug bust was fined and sentenced to five years in prison by a Georgetown magistrate today. The Captain Thomas Fortune pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges (03:37-04:03)4. Four Caribbean High Commissions have come under scrutiny as Britain's Foreign Office looks at possible savings. The diplomatic representation in Grenada, Antigua, St. Vincent and St. Lucia are mentioned in a working document which could have implications for Foreign Office spending cuts. Keith 'Stone' Greaves reports (04:04-06:16)5. About fifty demonstrators converge on the White House in a show of support for the Caribbean banana industry. The demonstrators were protesting the United States policy on Caribbean banana exports to Europe. An American Pastor Darnell Peterman and Senior Adviser on Capital Hill Hazel Ross-Robinson are interviewed and Roy Osana reports (06:17-13:13)6. Thanksgiving from the Spice Isle fifteen years after the United States led intervention. Grenadian Diplomat Roland Bullen is interviewed and Lou Smith reports (13:14-15:26)Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit15 min. 26 sec.Sound, mp3enCopyright British Broadcasting CorporationBanana trade -- Caribbean AreaHurricanes -- Cayman IslandsDrug traffic -- GuyanaForeign officesDiplomatic and consular services -- Caribbean AreaRevolutions -- GrenadaRecording, 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.