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National Radio 2pm Bulletin
1. DOCTORS LEAVE - The Resident Doctor's Association says many doctors have left for overseas and the problem will become serious if nothing is done about it in the next six months.
2. Y2K BUG - Questions are being asked around the world about the billions of dollars spent on fixing the y2k bug. Some are suggesting it was scam by programmers to make money.
3. ROAD TOLL - The Holiday road toll has reached eight with more in hospital with serious injuries.
4. CUBA
- A light plane has dropped leaflets over Havana calling
Fidel Castro a dinosaur and calling for people to overthrow
him.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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