Caribbean Report 03-02-1999 - Richards, Ken (anchor, interviewer); Carr, Lee (correspondent); Ballin, Hirsch (correspondent); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Bontempi, Rinaldo ((interviewee); Roberts, Andy (interviewee); Maharaj, Ramesh Lawrence (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999)
1. Headlines with anchor Ken Richards (00:26)
2. Colombian authorities have arrested a man from the US Virgin Islands alleged to have planned Caribbean cocaine drops. James Spencer Springette was arrested in Medellin Colombia and charged with drug trafficking and money laundering. Springette faces extradition back to the US Virgin Islands. Lee Carr reports (00:27- 02:12)
3. A move by Caribbean countries to establish a regional justice protection programme is viewed as a priority by Trinidad and Tobago Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj. The proposal received attention when CARICOM Attorney Generals met in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Maharaj is seeking to implement a domestic legal framework which would assist regional states in accommodating witnesses and judicial officers in the justice system. This measure would support the region’s move towards Caribbean integration. Ken Richards reports (02:13 - 05:36)
4. Twelve tourists accused of a drunken brawl abroad an Air Tulsa flight from London to Jamaica were released after being held and questioned by police in Gattwick Airport in London. Hirsch Ballin reports on NorthWest Airlines decision to offer the stranded passengers a free flight home after they were detained in Norfolk Virginia (05:37 - 07:03)
Keywords: Cocaine -- Colombia; Drug traffic -- Colombia; Witnesses – Protection -- Caribbean Area; Air rage; Airlines -- Safety measures; Cricket -- West Indies -- Management; Cricket -- West Indies -- Planning; Springette, James Spencer