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Caribbean Report 03-03-1992
No full textTrade unionists in London have pledged support with Grenada’s trade union movement to shut down the country over stalled wage negotiations with government and the private sector. An investigation is being called into claims that Senior EC Commissioner Abel Matutes has business interest in Hotel Dominicana Fiesta which was the venue for a major ACP-EC meeting. The pressure mounting from the World Cup cricket match between West Indies and South Africa is being viewed as a psychological clash with the focus on the skills of Captain Richie Richardson. Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and Jamaica answer the call by London based commodities analyst Robin Stainer for Caribbean cocoa growers to upgrade the quality of cocoa to make its mark on an already slumping market. Finally, Ras Blue of the Centenary Committee for Rastafari and Ras Kassa of the London branch of the Ethiopian World Federation plan events in celebration of the birth of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia.1. Headlines (00:00-00:36)2. Grenada’s trade union movement plans to shut down the country over stalled wage negotiations. Eric Pierre, Vice President of Grenada’s trade union council discusses planned action (00:37-03:47)3. EC Commissioner Abel Matutes faces allegations of using his influence to host a major ACP-EC meeting at a hotel in Santo Domingo in which he might have shares. Correspondent Simon Ingram reports from Brussels (03:48-06:04)4. The West Indies cricket team plays South Africa in their first international match after 22 years. Correspondent Hugh Crosskill speaks with sports psychologist Dr. Rudy Webster (06:05-09:13)5. Caribbean cocoa growers are advised by Robin Stainer, a London based commodities analyst to improve the quality of Caribbean cocoa (09:14-12:37)6. Centennial celebrations for the late Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia are being planned by Britain’s Rastafarian communities (12:38-14:46
Caribbean Report 23-03-1989
No full text1. Thirty persons including a close friend of the Prime Minister of Bahamas, Sir Lynden Pindling were indicted in Florida, USA for alleged drug trafficking. Interview with Sir Robert Genzman ( )2. Newly elected Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Sir Kennedy Simmonds says his country will sign the new convention on the dumping of toxic waste. Although 30 countries have signed the convention, no other Caribbean country has done so. In his interview, Sir Kennedy Simmonds outlines waste dumping policy ( )3. In Financial News, Indonesia cuts its price for nutmeg for most grades by up to $2,000. Such a move put under threat the agreement between Indonesia and Grenada. Interview with Pat Hagan and Robin Stainer ( )5. Arrow, the Montserratian Soca King, receives an MBE (Member of the British Empire) from the Queen in London. Interview with Alphonsus (Arrow) Cassell (12:36-15:04
Caribbean Report 16-01-1989
No full textThe annnouncement by Prime Minister Edward Seaga that Jamaicans are to go to the polls on February 9th has given new impetus to the campaign. Opinion polls suggest that the more likely winner is Seaga's arch rival, Michael Manley. Views on the elections are canvass from persons in Jamaica and in Britain from persons with connections to Jamaica. Commodity analyst, Robin Stainer reports on the first meeting of the year for the International Cocoa Organisation. The organization has a deficit of some 75 million dollars (US) (08:46-10:36)5. England's cricketing community has reacted with sadness to the death of Vincentian born, Middlesex opening batsman, Wilf Slack (10:37-13:08)6. Interview with Wilfred Slack and on his illness (13:09-15:24
Caribbean Report 03-07-1989
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)2. Threat of a boycott hangs over the Commonwealth games. Political action is to disrupt the games schedule for New Zealand in 1990 if British Rugby players accept an invitation to take part in the South African board centenary celebrations. Rather than enforce the boycott, African nations would first press for the exclusion of the United Kingdom (00:30-02:59)3. In Cuba, the trial of top army and state security officers for involvement in drug trafficking and corruption is into its third day. Lionel Martin reports (03:00-04:10)4. Financial news (04:11-05:42)5. The price of coffee slumps dramatically in anticipation of bad news emerging from the International Coffee Organization meeting in London. A decision to suspend all export quotas as of midnight will allow exporters to ship as much as they want into an already glutted market. Hugh Crosskill interviews Robin Stainer (05:43-07:52)6. Jamaica's PM, Michael Manley gives the keynote address at the tenth Caribbean Heads of Govenment meeting in Grenada. Included in the agenda are issues such as, Haiti, drugs, the dismantling of trade barriers and the preparations ahead for the Single European Market in 1992. Hugh Crosskill interviews Alan Tomlinson (07:53-11:34)7. As a news editor and six other staffers are fired, a revolt by workers of Haiti's radical Catholic radio station, Radio Soleil has been effectively put down by the Conservative Catholic Hierarchy. Hugh Crosskill interviews Michael Norton (11:35-14:48
Caribbean Report 28-07-1988
No full textThis program features news on a pending agreement between the Jamaican Government and an American Aluminum company which would reopen Jamaica’s largest bauxite refinery. It also features the controversial body searches being conducted at British airports, which largely targets tourists from Caribbean destinations. The falling price of coffee on the wholesale market and efforts by the International Coffee Organization to address the phenomenon is also briefly examined, and the program concludes with highlights of both the IAAF World Junior Championships in Sudbury, Canada and the cricket match between the visiting West Indies team and Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.1. Headlines – Hugh Crosskill (anchor) (00:21-00:48)2. Jamaican Government and Kaiser Aluminum of America set to sign an agreement which will reopen the island’s largest bauxite refinery. The BBC’s Jerry Timmins interviews Dr. Carlton Davis Executive Director of Jamaica’s Bauxite Institute, and negotiator on behalf of the Government of Jamaica. The estimated levels of production of the refinery and the implications for the Jamaican economy are among the topics discussed. (00:53-04:39)3. The BBC’s Jerry Timmins discusses the issue of body searches at British airports with customs and excise officials. The discussion includes the controversial strip searches and “intimate” searches, and the rights of individuals where these types of searches are concerned. (04:49-07:38)4. Financial News – (Hugh Crosskill). This segment also includes comments from analyst Robin Stainer. (07:42-09:00)5. The International Coffee Organization meets in London in an attempt to restore order to the coffee market in the wake of rapidly falling prices. Hugh Crosskill interviews Robin Stainer regarding the issue. (09:05-11:12)6. Highlights of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Sudbury, Canada. BBC correspondent Andy Edwards reports. (11:13-12:48)7. Cricket Highlights: -- Nottinghamshire vs. the West Indies at Trent bridge. BBC correspondent Andy Knowles reports. (12:49-14:43
Caribbean Report 16-07-1990
No full textA number of diplomats at the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Havana are taken hostage by a group of Cubans seeking political asylum from the Czechoslovakian government which has been sympathetic to the plight of Cubans under the Castro regime. Following the Financial News, the major opposition party in Guyana, the People’s Progressive party, is a force to be reckoned with as it gains momentum on the campaign trail by attracting large crowds at public meetings. The report concludes with an ultimatum issued by six of Haiti’s political parties to President Trouillot for the arrest of Roger Lafontant and Williams Regala by noon today. Despite no arrest taking place, President Trouillot has decided that the arrest of these two former military leaders is imminent.1. Headlines (00:00-00:30)2. Diplomats at the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Havana taken hostage. Mary Hockaday reports from Prague (00:31-08:13)3. Financial News. Robin Stainer, Commodity Analyst, comments on coffee prices (08:14-09:35)4. Guyana's opposition People's Progressive Party attracts large crowds on the campaign trail. Sharief Khan reports (09:36-11:30)5. Haiti's two most feared men still free. Hugh Crosskill interviews Hubert De Ronceray of the National Mobilization for Development Party (11:31-14:55
Caribbean Report 14-02-1989
No full textThe controversy of book “The Satanic Verses” by Indian born, British author Salman Rushdie continues with the death sentence passed by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeni. There are strong reactions from Muslims in the Caribbean region. Brinsley Samaroo, Minister in the Trinidad and Tobago government does not support this response as he wishes to see people commenting on the book after having themselves read it. Grenada Deputy Prime Minister, Ben Jones who was in London and participated in the Independence Day celebrations speaks on developments for the island's next election. Jones rejects accusations that the Grenadian government is weakening the trade union movement. On other trade issues, an emergency meeting was called by the International Cocoa Organization to settle the mounting debts encumbered by producers. In Haiti, President Prosper Avril invites twenty-three organizations to discuss the setting up of an institution that will organize and supervise a free elections.1. Headlines: Iran's Ayatollah Khomeni sentences author, Salman Rushdie to death for blasphemy and insults to Muslims; Grenada Deputy Prime Minister, Ben Jones reacts to accusations that his goverment is weakening trade unions; and, the International Cocoa Organization calls an emergency meeting to avert a cocoa crisis (00:00-00:35)2. Interview with Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses" on the death sentence passed by Ayatollah Khomeni (00:36-01:50)3. Interview with Brinsley Samaroo, Minister in the Trinidad and Tobago government on reactions to the book "The Satanic Verses" in the region (01:51-03:56)4. Interview with Ben Jones, Grenada's Deputy Prime Minister who was in London and participates in the Independence Day celebrations. Jones rejects accusations that the Grenadian government is weakening the trade unions. Jones also speaks on developments for the next election (03:57-08:40)5. Financial News (08:41-10:10)6. Robin Stainer reports that the International Cocoa Organization emergency meeting is to settle the mounting debts encumbered by producers (10:11-12:27)7. President Prosper Avril of Haiti invites twenty-three organisations to discuss the setting up of an institution that will organise and supervise a free election (12:28-14:56
Caribbean Report 16-03-1990
No full textNicholas Brathwaite is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Grenada after three days of wrangling between the successful parties at Tuesday’s general elections. The National Democratic Congress won seven of the 15 seats and the recent support of Ben Jones and Alleyne Walker of the Grenada National Party provides a clear majority for the new government. Ben Jones will be appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister. The new prime minister comments on the accommodation with the GNP, the immediate tasks of the government and the new era of change in Grenada. The second segment highlights the emergency meeting of the Guyana Support Group in response to the cut back of US financial aid to Guyana. Following the stories of interest to the Caribbean appearing in the British press, the British fruit importers assess the quality of banana imports from the Dominican Republic.1. Nicholas Brathwaite sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Grenada. Jerry Timmins reports from St. Georges, includes comments from Paul Scoon, Governor General. Telephone interview with the new Prime Minister of Grenada, Nicholas Brathwaite (00:00-07:31)2. Financial News. Robin Stainer, commodity analyst comments on the supply of sugar on the world market (07:32-09:01)3. Guyana Support Group holds an emergency meeting in Washington. Adrian Porter reports from Washington (09:02-11:32)4. Stories of Caribbean interest appearing in the British press (11:33-13:37)5. British fruit importers assess the quality of banana imports from the Dominican Republic (13:38-15:06
Caribbean Report 01-03-1990
No full textIncludes a musical interlude at the beginning of the report.First time in sixteen years the English cricket team registers a test triumph over the West Indies by winning the first test of the five test series at Sabina Park, Jamaica. Following the Financial News, the Caricom ministers call for a face-to-face meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic to explain his country’s position on the export of bananas to Europe. The next segment covers the potential row between the Caribbean countries and Africa over the election of a Director General for Brussels-based Centre for the Development of ACP Industry. The report concludes with the proposal by the new government of Belize to deregulate the media.1. Headlines (00:00-01:36)2. First victory for the English cricket team against the West Indies in 16 years. Comments from West Indies' Captain Vivian Richards, England's Captain, Graham Gooch and England's Captain in 1974 Mike Denness (01:37-04:23)3. Financial News. Robin Stainer, commodity analyst, comments on the rising price of cocoa (04:24-06:03)4. Caricom ministers call for a March 18th meeting with the Secretary of States for Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic. Interview with George Mallet, St. Lucia's Trade Minister (06:04-09:54)5. Competition for another top ACP post weakens relations between the Caribbean and Africa. Shada Islam reports from Brussels (09:55-12:44)6. Deregulation of the media in Belize. Jerry Timmins interviews Said Musa, Belize's Minister for Economic Development and Education (12:45-15:46
Caribbean Report 17-03-1989
No full textThe Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis calls for a violent free election in the twin island federation. Both, Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition denied allegations of violence in their campaigns to the election. At the Canadian Enquiry into Drug Use by Amateur Athletes, sprinter Angela Taylor-Issajenko rap-up her testimony before the Commission. Prime Minister, Michael Manley on his North American tour asked Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney for assistance in the fight against the drug trade, share intelligence and policing. The report continues with what the British Press has to say that are of interest to the Caribbean. These include passports for sale in Belize to Hong Kong residents; Alex Pascall quits as Chairman of the Carnival and Arts Committee; the experiences of Britain's first female black MP; and interesting place names in Jamaica (Constant Spring, Heart Ease and The Land of Lookbehind). An extended report focuses on the Falkland Islands Fishing Policy by Andrew Rosenberg, a Professor at the Imperial College, London.1. Headlines (00:00-01:02)2. Prime Minister, Kennedy Simmonds of St. Kitts/Nevis issues a call for a violent free election (01:03-06:45)3. Financial news. Robin Stainer, Commodity Specialist reports on the glut in cocoa prices (06:46-08:09)4. Angela-Taylor-Issajenko raps up her testimony before the Canadian Enquiry into Drug Use by Amateur Athletes (08:10-10:10)5. Prime Minister of Jamaica, Michael Manley asks Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney for assistance (10:11-11:45)6. Review of what the British press has been saying this week that are of interest to the Caribbean (11:46-15:02)7. Interview with Andrew Rosenberg, Imperial College Professor on a Falkland Islands Fishing Policy (15:03-16:55
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