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Caribbean Report 21-07-1993
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:40)2. Meetings are held in Antigua and Barbuda between the government and Caribbean Aviation Enterprises (CAE) over the privatization of the regional airline, LIAT. CAE’s Chairman, Steve Hobson has been meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister, Lester Bird who is expected to address Cabinet, today, on the issue. At the recent Nassau’s Summit, Caribbean leaders had agreed in principle to CAE’s privatization plan for LIAT. The absence from the meeting of Prime Minister, Vere Bird meant that Antigua and Bermuda could not agree. Mike Jarvis reports that it appears the country’s endorsement of the plan may not be readily forthcoming. Interviews with Steve Hobson, Chairman of CAE and Lester Bird, Foreign Affairs Minister, Antigua and Barbuda (00:41- 04:25)3. In Antigua and Barbuda, Foreign Affairs Minister, Lester Bird says he is confident of winning the party’s leadership at the postponed convention to be held in September. Since the announcement of Vere Bird’s resignation, there has been a leadership tussle among Lester Bird, John St. Luce, Minister of Information and Hugh Marshall, a former minister in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Commerce. Interview with Lester Bird, Foreign Affairs Minister, Antigua and Barbuda (04:26-06:24)4. Grenada is hoping to reestablish an arrangement with Indonesia to sell its nutmeg on the world market. The two countries shared the global market for the product with Indonesia controlling 75 percent and Grenada, 25 percent. In recent times, Grenada’s nutmeg industry has been in a slump. Hugh Crosskill reports that a new agreement with Indonesia is crucial to the island’s nutmeg industry and the economy. Interview with Nicholas Brathwaite, Prime Minister of Grenada (06:25-10:35)5. Aruba’s Prime Minister, Nelson Oduber says he has been the target of an assassination attempt. Over the weekend, a petrol bomb is reported to have been found underneath his car. However, opposition leader, Henny Eman dismisses these claims as being orchestrated. Interviews with Jan Hendrix “Henny” Albert Eman and a publisher of an Aruba Newspaper (10:36-14:34)6. Caribbean and other ACP banana producers clashed with Latin American growers in the ruling Council of the GATT over the European Community’s new banana import policies. After nearly three hours of debate and with many countries seeking to speak, the meeting was adjourned until September (14:35-14:57
Caribbean Report 10-03-1994
No full text1. Headlines with Debbie Ransome (00:00-00:28)2. Caribbean Basin countries in 1993 increased volume and value of garments exported to U.S. Further increase is expected. This is as a result of special arguments for increased access quota (00:29-02:04)3. Caribbean countries which choose to protect their whales could benefit from the growth in the new brand of eco-tourism. These comments come from the secretary of the whaling commission. Caribbean countries which are not members of the whaling commission could be mission out because it could be an added boost to tourism i.e. whale watching (02:05-04:05)4. Highlights the political career of VC Bird Senior following his election as President of the Antigua Labour Union in 1943. Bird moved to Chief minister then to Prime Minister. This and the succeeding segments features interviews with VC Bird and those who knew him (06:10-06:59)5. Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, ANR Robinson talks about Vere Bird who was described by Robinson as a major personality, at towering figure on the Caribbean political science and a visionary (07:00-07:52)6. Tim Hector talks about the early achievements of Vere Bird Senior and people of Antigua air their views about him as well (07:52-10:21)7. The criticism of Vere Bird is strongest from Hilborn Frank of the Barbuda movement. According to Hilborn Frank on Bird’s leadership: “if you give a teaspoon of sugar today and give us gall the rest of the day you haven’t given us anything”(10:22-11:11)8. In VC Bird’s latter days he attracted criticism beyond Barbuda, VC’s budget presentation in 1991 was described as a ninety-minute ramble. Lester Bird defended his father (11:12-14:45)9. VC Bird turned his back on a pro-integrationist stance. ANR Robinson comments (11:46-12:26)10. In his last interview in 1993 with the BBC Caribbean , VC Bird told Mike Jarvis how he had been pulled into giving backing to his son Lester in the race to replace him (12:27-13:55)11. VC Bird of the 1960s is the politician most Antiguan’s will remember. In a recorded interview with VC Bird Snr., he discusses how he will explain independence to the people of Antigua (13:56-14:51)12. Wrap up and theme music (14:52-15:03
Caribbean Report 17-09-2001
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)2. Washington calls on Caribbean support and solidarity for its declaration of war against terrorism. Charge D'Affaires at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington Courtenay Rattray is interviewed (00:28-02:54)3. United States diplomats decline to comment on reports that a cell of terrorists have been found in Trinidad and Tobago. Acting United States Ambassador to Port of Spain David Steward is interviewed and Tony Fraser reports (02:55-04:47)4. In the Cayman Islands, police authorities say they will continue to detain three Afghan nationals in the wake of a published letter linking them to the chief suspect in the United States attacks, Osama bin Laden. Police Commissioner of the Cayman Islands David Thursfield and Author of the Letter Byron Barnett are interviewed (04:48-08:59)5. In Antigua and Barbuda, Prime Minister Lester Bird has reacted sharply to people in the country who have appeared to be rejoicing over the terror attacks against the United States. Julius Gittens reports (09:00-11:27)6. Air Jamaica remains pessimistic about a region wide recovery from the United States disaster. Vice President for Marketing and Sales Allen Chastanet is interviewed (11:28-14:13)7. Royal Caribbean Cruises, many of these liners ply the region says it expects loses up to US$25 million as a result of last week's attack in New York and Washington (14:14-15:16
Caribbean Report 15-05-1997
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Opposition allegations of intimidation are being made ahead of tomorrow's presidential elections in the Dominican Republic. How confident are the people that the elections would go smoothly? Ian Bruce and Morris Walsh report (00:30-05:57)3. Antiguan Prime Minister Lester Bird has reshuffled his cabinet. Prime Minister Lester Bird is interviewed (05:58-08:24)4. Caribbean countries are being advised that they should give a lower priority to marijuana eradication in the fight against drugs. This is one of the proposals before a regional conference on drug control cooperation which began in Bridgetown, Barbados today. Bertrand Niles reports (08:25-09:57)5. The question of freedom of the press in Grenada continues to divide the government and the media. Prime Minister Keith Mitchell and Managing Editor and Publisher of the Grenadian Voice are interviewed (09:58-14:38)6. Cuban authorities say that the country's sugar harvest this year yielded a million tons more than in 1995 (14:39-15:18
Caribbean Report 29-06-1999
No full text1. Anchor Keith Stone Greaves anchors a special edition of the BBC Report on the death of Antigua’s Father of the Nation and elder statesman Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Senior. Tributes and interviews in this segment are presented by his son and current Prime Minister Lester Bird Junior, opposition leader Leonard Tim Hector, Sir Ronald Sanders Antigua and Barbuda High Commissioner to London, and politicians in the Caribbean region (01:25)2. Orin Gordon presents an extensive biographical overview of the political career and influence of Vere Bird Senior in Antigua and the wider Caribbean region (01: 26 – 15:07
Caribbean Report 27-04-2001
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Several people are arrested as the United States Navy resumes bombing exercises in Vieques. Pete Agresta and Shannon Novak report (00:30-03:57)3. Antigua's Prime Minister Lester Bird argues his case for moving the OECS Secretariat and Lou Smith reports on the Summit in Grenada. Prime Minister Lester Bird is interviewed and Lou Smith reports (03:58-10:23)4. Environmental group Green Peace International is said that Eastern Caribbean Nations are in favour of the creation of a whaling sanctuary in the South Pacific. Emma Joseph reports (10:24-12:21)5. Six years on from the volcano how far has Montserrat come? Governor Tony Abbott is interviewed (12:22-15:43
Caribbean Report 03-07-2001
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)2. Caricom leaders begin their annual Summit in Nassau, the Bahamas. Caricom's Assistant Secretary General for Regional Trade and Economic Integration Byron Blake and Prime Minister Lester Bird are interviewed. Ken Richards reports from Nassau (00:29-05:59)3. Venezuela's claim to the Island of Aves in the Caribbean could become an emergency item on the Caricom's Summit agenda. President Bharrat Jagdeo and Prime Minister Lester Bird are interviewed. Emma Joseph reports (06:00-08:33)4. Aruba is off the OECD list of harmful tax havens. Outgoing Prime Minister Henny Eman is interviewed and Geraldine Cockland reports from The Hague (08:34-10:19)5. So what does the removal of Aruba mean for the wider Caribbean? Director of International Business in Barbados Lynette Eastman is interviewed (10:20-12:19)6. Trinidad and Tobago gets a good rating in the global corruption survey but the news is less good for the Dominican Republic. Consultant at Transparency International Dr Neville Linton is interviewed (12:20-15:26
Caribbean Report 19-12-1996
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:33)2. A United States report claims that NAFTA would fall short of expectations. Leslie Goffe reports (00:34-02:05)3. Caricom Chairman Lester Bird hopes to assign specific tasks to leaders who will expedite action on regional issues. Chairmam Lester Bird and Dr. J. B. Yankee of the OECS Economic Affairs Secretariat are interviewed (02:06-07:23)4. The Cuban Foreign Ministry says it is in constant contact with the Peruvian government over the hostage crisis in Peru. The United States, Britain and Germany have all announced that they are sending teams of experts to Peru and a Japanese Foreign Minister is also due there. Dominica's Opposition Leader Rosie Douglas is interviewed. Rosie Hayes and Carol Orr report (07:24-11:37)5. Montserrat prepares for Christmas under the shadow of the volcano. Montserratians are interviewed and James White, Jr reports (11:38-14:31)6. Former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley who has been battling prostate cancer is seriously ill (14:32-14:49)7. In the United States civil rights groups have halted a boycott of the Oil Company Texaco (14:50-15:36
Caribbean Report 12-03-1999
No full text1. Headlines with anchor Debbie Ransome (00:28)2. Head of the Commonwealth Observer Team reviews the results of Antigua elections which he describes as free with a level playing field for all political parties. Antigua Prime Minister Lester Bird comments on the Observer Team report. The Supervisor of Elections Richard John discusses electoral reform. Debbie Ransome reports ( 00: 29 - 05:12)3. The Caribbean Media Workers Association is urged to examine alleged infringement on press freedom in two Caribbean countries Antigua and Dominica. In Antigua Prime Minister Lester Bird refutes allegations of government interference and influence on the media in the recently concluded general elections. Charles James editor of the Sun newspaper in Dominica comments on lessons to be learnt from the Antiguan experience (05:13 – 07:184. CARICOM political negotiator Morris King is attempting to restart the political peace process in Guyana after violent mobs demonstrated in the streets of Georgetown. The main issue is the 1997 general elections and attempt by the political parties to reach political consensus. Colin Smith reports (7:19 – 09:16)5. The war of words continue between Washington and Brussels in the banana trade dispute. Caribbean diplomats at embassies in the Eastern Caribbean try to find common ground. Eastern Caribbean High Commissioner to Brussels Edwin Laurent discusses the impasse. Debbie Ransome reports (09:17 – 12: 36)6. West Indies and Australia meet for the second test series in Sabina Park in Jamaica. Australia won the first test series. Simon Crosskill interviews Jamaican cricket fans and analyses the team’s chances in winning the match (12: 37 - 15:19
Caribbean Report 30-04-2001
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Bombing exercises continue on Vieques but Puerto Rico's governor tells us the fight is not over. Governor Sila Calderon is interviewed (00:30-04:09)3. Montserrat tells us that a cut in British aid would be a terrible mistake. Chief Minister John Osborne is interviewed and Keith 'Stone' Greaves reports (04:10-06:17)4. Prime Minister Lester Bird makes a compassionate case for relocating the headquarters of the OECS. Anguilla's Finance Minister Victor Banks and Prime Minister Lester Bird are interviewed (06:18-10:21)5. South Africa's secret victory over the big drug companies means that Caribbean countries will likewise benefit from cheaper copies of anti-aids drugs are not necessarily the views of a leading campaigner for Aids/HIV in the region and a senior official at the Caricom Secretariat. HIV survivor Yolanda Simon is interviewed and Tony Fraser reports (10:22-12:39)6. Member of Parliament John Townend comments that immigration is creating a mongrel Britain. Lord Taylor Warwick and Conservative Party Leader William Hague are interviewed. Karen Weir reports (12:40-15:06)7. Finally the European Union and Ecuador say they finally come up with an agreement that pleases the Ecuadorians (15:07-15:44
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