Caribbean Report 05-05-1995
Saint Lucia's Prime Minister John Compton has spoken out to try and offset a national strike by the country's most powerful trade unions. Dominica's Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles has difficulties accepting the allegations which seek to implicate the St. Lucian government in the misappropriation of UN funds. Jamaica's Foreign Minister Seymour Mullings is in Washington meeting with US officials and members of the Congress to discuss US-Jamaica trade relations. In Bermuda, the government is still to announce the date on which the referendum on independence will be held. A high ranking Barbadian Church official is calling for whites to join the country's police force. Dean of St. Michael's Anglican Cathedral, Harold Crichlow suggested that whites were needed to combat harassment against mainly white visitors. Countries worldwide are preparing to celebrate Victory in Europe Day and the end of World War II.
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| Format: | Recording, oral biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
1995-05-05
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| Subjects: | Saint Lucia, > Politics and government, Labor unions, > Saint Lucia, Labor disputes, > Saint Lucia, Political corruption, > Saint Lucia, Dominica, > Politics and government, Allegiance, Jamaica, > Foreign economic relations, > United States, United States, > Foreign economic relations, > Jamaica, Free trade, > North America, Jamaica, > Commerce, Banana trade, > Caribbean Area, Bermuda Islands, > History, > Autonomy and independence movements, Bermuda Islands, > Politics and government, Referendum, Police, > Barbados, Whites, > Barbados, Tourism, > Barbados, V-E Day, 1945, Great Britain, > Social life and customs, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2139/14301 |
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