Caribbean Report 04-07-1995

In this report: the new Prime Minister of St. Kitts/Nevis, Dr. Denzil Douglas comments on his party triumph and his main priority to clean up the country's tarnished image. The sixteenth CARICOM Summit opened in Georgetown, Guyana and the proposal for the privatization of LIAT features prominently. In St. Lucia, public servants returned to work after being embroiled in a dispute with the government over issues of remuneration. The government of Trinidad and Tobago, through the Attorney General has filed a motion of no confidence in the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms. Occah Seepaul. However, Ms. Seepaul has no intention of abiding with the government's wish for her to leave office. Chairman Reg Taylor, Derbyshire County Cricket Club is urging the Cricketers' Association to take legal action over a magazine article. In cricket, West Indies Manager Wes Hall cancelled the practice session ahead of the third test to make way for a full scale Caribbean-styled bar-be-que. Debbie Ransome reports on the CARICOM Summit which covered other pressing issues such as the idea of free movement of skills and the banana issue under attack by the United States.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	The British Broadcasting Corporation, Crosskill, Hugh (anchor), Douglas, Denzil (interviewee), Ransome, Debbie (correspondent), Esquivel, Manuel (interviewee), James, Edison (interviewee), Fraser, Tony (correspondent), Seepaul, Occah (interviewee), Bhola, Ronnie (correspondent), Lawrence, David (interviewee), Taylor, Reg (interviewee), Frith, David (interviewee)
Other Authors:	The University of the West Indies
Format:	Recording, oral biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	The British Broadcasting Corporation 1995-07-04
Subjects:	Prime ministers, > Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, > Politics and government, Saint Kitts and Nevis, > International status, Caribbean Community, Airlines, > Caribbean Area, Privatization, > Caribbean Area, Regionalism, > Caribbean Area, Saint Lucia, > Politics and government, Strikes and lockouts, > Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, > Politics and government, Parliamentary practice, > Trinidad and Tobago, Cricket, > England, Cricket players, > West Indies, Racism in sports, > Great Britain, Cricket, > West Indies, Banana trade, > Caribbean Area, Freedom of movement, > Caribbean Area, LIAT (Airline),
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/2139/15333
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