Caribbean Report 01-08-1997 - Gordon, Warren (anchor); Osana, Roy (correspondent); McCurry, Mike (interviewee); Antoine, Denis (interviewee); Butler, Arlington (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); Cooke, Howard (interviewee); Melville, Eliane (interviewee); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Cape, Stephen (correspondent); Horton, Mark (interviewee); et al. (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:33)
2. A sharp reaction from Caribbean ambassadors to a new bill to discourage contact with Cuba. Mike McCurry, Grenada's Ambassador and Bahamian Ambassador, Denis Antoine are interviewed. Roy Osana reports (00:34-05:59)
3. Taiwan's dollar diplomacy and the Caribbean continues. Debbie Ransome reports (05:60-08:23)
4. It is quieter today as the Soufriere Hills volcano is emitting less ash than the day before. All the tickets for a fund raising concert for Montserrat was snapped up within ninety minutes of going on sale in Britain today. Dr Howard Fergus, Acting Governor of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory is interviewed (08:24-09:29)
Keywords: Embargo -- United States.; Economic assistance -- Taiwan.; Volcanoes -- Montserrat.; Emancipation Day (British West Indies) -- Jamaica.; Shipwrecks -- Great Britain.; Economic sanctions -- United States.; Dollar diplomacy -- Taiwan.; Fund raiser concert -- Montserrat.; Rapparee Cove.; Montserrat Volcano Observatory.; Soufrière Hills Volcano (Montserrat); Caribbean community.; Regionalism -- Cuba -- Caribbean area.