1995 July-December CR

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    Caribbean Report 13-09-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-09-13) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Drakes, Peter (interviewee); Williams, Eddie (correspondent); Junest, Jean (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Norris, Carl (interviewee); Castle, Christopher (interviewee); Williams, Colin (correspondent); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Annis, Carlos (interviewee); Giacomelli, Giorgio (interviewee); Rush, George (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report, yet another storm threatens part of the Caribbean region. This time Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia are put on alert for tropical storm Marilyn. In Dutch St. Martin there are delays in the cleanup operations and the full details of the damages caused are slowly emerging. The hurricane caused the demolition of the shanty towns where illegal immigrants used to live and consequently, Dutch St. Martin is offering free passage home to these illegal immigrants. The very active hurricane season is impacting negatively on the insurance sector and could lead to increase premiums. Marine insurance could also rise ,this has implications for the tourism sector. In St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a different storm is brewing on the political future of the Attorney General Parnell Campbell who is expected to announce his resignation soon. In Jamaica, there is mounting speculation that the leading members of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) may be forming a third political party. Anti-drug units from around the world have been invited to a UN Conference in Havana, Cuba next month, to discuss ways to improve international cooperation. The Director-General of the UN Drug Control Program, Giorgio Giacomelli presented the Cuban Drug Commission with more than one million dollars worth of drug fighting equipment. In Bermuda, there is a storm of controversy about what to do with the American fast food chain McDonald's, as the US closes down its military bases there.
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    Caribbean Report 13-10-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-10-13) Richards, Ken (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Dookeran, Winston (interviewee); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Farrakhan, Louis (interviewee); Page, Clarence (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Markham, Adam (interviewee); Callander, Bruce (interviewee); Roberts, Andy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report a form of electoral accommodation in Trinidad is threatening the chances of the ruling People's National Movement (PNM) holding on to power. Leader of the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR), A.N.R. Robinson and Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday of the United National Congress (UNC), began talks on unity in order to fight the monolith that is the PNM. In Jamaica, Edward Seaga, Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and former JLP Chairman Bruce Golding quarrel about who controls the Central St. Catherine seat. In the US there is growing concern over the Million Man March in Washington by black American men. However, the real controversy is over the march organizer Louis Farrakhan, a radical black Muslim leader. The Trade Union Congress, one of Britain's largest trade unions, has pointed to high levels of racial discrimination within Britain's labour market. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Adam Markham comments that more should be done to protect the environment from the hurricanes that ravage the Caribbean region. In cricket, the West Indies face an uphill task to make it to the finals following their second defeat to Pakistan. Team manager Andy Roberts talks about what went wrong. In Haiti residents are gearing up to celebrate a year since President Jean Bertrand Aristide was restored to office.
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    Caribbean Report 14-07-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-07-14) Orr, Carol (anchor); Walcott, Clyde (interviewee); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Clarke, Oliver (interviewee); Henry, Steinberg (interviewee); Carlisle, John (interviewee); Herbert, Peter (interviewee); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Gould, Peter (correspondent); Lieberman, Joe (interviewee); Tucker, Delores (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report: the West Indies cricket team will have to buck up its game if it wants to avoid being further fined for failing to achieve the minimum overs for test matches. Following bribery allegations, the ICC has inserted an additional paragraph into its Code of Conduct forbidding players and officials from laying bets on matches. The Jamaica Opposition party is warning the PJ Patterson Administration not to commit the country to a Caribbean Court of Appeal. Recently the Jamaica Gleaner lost a record twenty-three million Jamaican dollar libel lawsuit. The Managing Director, Oliver Clarke comments on how this will impact on the way the paper practices journalism. British MP Bernie Grant recounted that it has been a bad month for blacks in Britain. Grant described the black community as reeling after a month of sustained insults. In the US there are voices of protest against the new wave of gangster rap. Activist Delores Tucker expressed her concern about the damage the music does to the image of African Americans.
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    Caribbean Report 19-10-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-10-19) Richards, Ken (anchor); Bourne, Richard (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Stern, Vivien (interviewee); Davies, Wyre (correspondent); Blanchard, Desmond (interviewee); Carle, Lee (interviewee); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Cross, Tony (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report the influential pressure group Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) urges all Commonwealth leaders to make a clear commitment to freedom of expression. CHRI Richard Bourne states that the Caribbean is not doing too badly on human rights issues. Hugh Crosskill interviews Vivien Stern, Secretary General of Penal Reform International on prison conditions in the Caribbean. At the 11th Non-Aligned Summit, Jamaica's Prime Minister P.J. Patterson called for democratic reform of the UN and Cuba's President Fidel Castro launched an attack on the world's economic powers. In Dominica, the police believe that some Chinese nationals are using the island as a backdoor for entry into the US. In Jamaica, Parliament now officially has a second Opposition party - the National Democratic Movement. Scientists from Britain plan to take the Asian wasp to Grenada to fight the dreaded pink mealybug. Entomologist Tony Cross explains how the wasp destroys the mealybug.
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    Caribbean Report 24-10-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-10-24) Richards, Ken (anchor); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Seaga, Edward (interviewee); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Wint, Carl (interviewee); George, Kenneth (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Chenard, Pierre (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report CARICOM leaders continue to have their say at the 50th Anniversary of the UN. Guyana's President Cheddi Jagan strongly criticized the unjust world economic order. CARICOM Chairman Prime Minister Edison James also comments on the world order and the future role of the UN but made a brief reference to the banana issue and world trade. Trinidad's Opposition Leader, Basdeo Panday comments on the adjournment of the decision on whether he will face sexual offenses charges in the High Courts. Tony Fraser reports on why the Magistrate postponed his decision until after the general elections. Crime and violence has become the major issue on the campaign trail in Trinidad and Tobago. In Jamaica, politicians are calling for an end to the political motivated violence in garrison constituencies. In Guyana, public hearings into Guyana's Omai Gold Mine cyanide spill begins, but Commission Chairman Justice Kenneth George expresses disappointment with the lack of interest. In Haiti, Emile Jonassaint, the military-backed President who surrendered to a US-led intervention force, has died of unspecified natural causes.
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    Caribbean Report 26-10-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-10-26) Richards, Ken (anchor); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Roce, Olance Nogueras (interviewee); Alfonso, Miguel (interviewee); Singh, Rickey (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Manning, Patrick (interviewee); Kirk, Charles (interviewee); Fletcher, Pascal (correspondent); Orr, Carol (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In Jamaica, one person is left dead and five injured after a television camera crew, filming a demonstration, became the focus of police attention. In Cuba, the independent journalist Olance Norgueras Roce spoke about his ordeal after his release from a high security jail. However, Cuban Foreign Ministry spokesman Miguel Alfonso denies that the journalist was ever arrested. There are many reports of government interference of journalists in many parts of the Caribbean. Trinidad's Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday has invited the incumbent Prime Minister Patrick Manning to join his national front government if he wins the general elections. The Puerto Rico-based US Immigration Services has appealed to Caribbean countries to help deal with the flow of illegal Chinese immigrants to the US. Caribbean leaders came under criticism for their failure to put forward regional concerns at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the UN. Meanwhile, Cuba's President Fidel Castro main focus was the embargo and Cuban relations with the US. In Britain, Prime Minister John Major condemned reports of plans to tighten immigration procedures in the forthcoming Immigration and Asylum bill. At the Miami International Airport, Lazaro Sanchez, a 17 year old Cuban national soccer player defected to the US after a ten day visit to Philadelphia.
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    Caribbean Report 30-11-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-11-30) Richards, Ken (anchor); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Brookes, Adam (correspondent); Guerra, Jose (interviewee); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Barnett, Jonathan (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This report highlights the major political unrest ahead of Haiti's presidential elections as the US government has uncovered an assassination plot against supporters of President Aristide. Meanwhile, President Aristide has decided to leave office, after his successor takes power. In Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minister Basdeo Panday wants to hold on to his trade union roots. Economics and politics dominates Cuba's President Fidel Castro first visit to China. China's President Jiang Zemin comments on the US embargo on Cuba and the Cuban Ambassador to China, Jose Guerra, is optimistic that the Cuban embargo will be lifted. The Jamaican Council for Human Rights is staring closure in the face by year's end and is engaged in a desperate fund raising activity to avoid this. Jamaican cricket fans have their say on the Brian Lara controversy. Brian Lara's British-based agent, Jonathan Barnett states that the cricketer needs support rather than chastisement and comments on the danger of loss of some sponsorship.