Caribbean Report 21-11-1995

In this report Dutch St. Martin rolls out the tourist welcome mat only two months after the devastation of hurricane Luis. The Lt. Governor of St. Martin, Dennis Richardson comments on the emphasis of getting the tourism stock back on track and how this affected the rebuilding of locals' homes. In Guyana, the hearing into the cyanide wastes spill of the Omai Gold Mines focused on the absence of environmental protection legislation in the country. Antigua and Barbuda's newest political party holds a series of meetings across the country as Hugh Marshall comments on how he is going to publicize the third party locally. Meanwhile in Dominica, Charles Severin, Opposition candidate for Roseau Central will sit in Parliament for the first time since being elected. Mr. Severin won an appeal against a previous High Court ruling which had disqualified him from taking up the seat. In Britain, black and Asian nurses find that they are remaining at the bottom of the pile in the health system.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	The British Broadcasting Corporation, Ransome, Debbie (anchor), Heyliger, Theodore (interviewee), Richardson, Dennis (interviewee), Gordon, Orin (correspondent), Wilfred, William (interviewee), Georges, Telford (interviewee), Marshall, Hugh (interviewee), Richards, Ken (correspondent), Savarin, Charles (interviewee), Alexander, Norma (interviewee)
Other Authors:	The University of the West Indies
Format:	Recording, oral biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	The British Broadcasting Corporation 1995-11-21
Subjects:	Tourism, > Government policy, > Saint Martin, Tourism, > Economic aspects, > Saint Martin, Saint Martin, > Economic conditions, Governmental investigations, > Guyana, Pollution, > Environmental aspects, > Guyana, Environmental protection, Gold mines and mining, > Guyana, Political parties, > Antigua and Barbuda, Advertising, Political, > Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda, > Politics and government, Politicians, > Dominica, Representative government and representation, Dominica, > Politics and government, Nursing services, > Administration, Nurses, > Job satisfaction, > Great Britain, Nurses, Black, > Great Britain, Nurses, Asian, > Great Britain,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/2139/18030
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