Browsing by Author "Adie, Kate (correspondent)"

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    Caribbean Report 01-08-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-08-01) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Mathur, Ira (correspondent); Adie, Kate (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Madeira, Laura Lee (interviewee); Basdeo, Sahadeo (interviewee); Pantin, Dennis (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The Muslim gunmen holding forty hostages at Parliament building and the television station in Port of Spain have surrendered and the hostages are being released. Ira Mathur (correspondent) speaks on the release of the women parliamentarians, Gloria Henry and Jennifer Johnson at Parliament building, the mood of the population in Port of Spain and reported casualties at the city's hospital. Kate Adie (correspondent) describes in detail the surrender of the fifty insurgents who were later driven away in army vehicles. Laura Lee Madeira, daughter of Jones P. Madeira, hostage and journalist is thankful for the release of her father and Trinidadians voice strong disapproval of the coup. Much thought provoking issues come up with the coup d'etat including the fragility of Caribbean democracies and the impact of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on small economies. Sahadeo Basdeo,Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Affairs Minister and Dennis Pantin, vice-president of the Association of Caribbean Economist speak on the issues.
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    Caribbean Report 02-08-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-08-08) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Adie, Kate (correspondent); Clark, Gregory (interviewee); Manigat, Leslie (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Hoyte, Desmond (interviewee); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); Sandiford, Erskine (interviewee); James, Canute (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 04-08-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-08-04) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Maraj, Ralph (interviewee); Adie, Kate (correspondent); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Velazquez, Victoria (interviewee); Dausa, Rafael (interviewee); Cozier, Tony (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report the government of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a limited state of emergency and placed the controversial Speaker of the House under arrest. This move has led to the resignation of Public Utilities Minister Ralph Maraj in portest of the decision to place the Speaker under house arrest. Maraj is the brother of the Speaker and has called the government's action unnecessary, high-handed and dictatorial. Caribbean Report looks back at 1990 as this state of emergency comes five years after the last one was declared when Yasin Abu Bakr attempted to violently overthrow the then government. Trinidadians are interviewed on their reaction to this recent dramatic developments. Meanwhile, the regional human rights network, Caribbean Rights has written to Prime Minister Patrick Manning criticizing what it calls the government's unprecedented action. In Havana, visitors from more than forty countries are expected to join in a solidarity with Cuba march organized by the Young Communist Party. In cricket, Ottis Gibson stars as the West Indies beats Somerset by 155 runs.