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    Caribbean Report 01-04-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-04-01) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Heath, Edward (interviewee); O'Mara, Raymund E. (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Jones, Kirby (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Symonette, Vernon (interviewee); Little, Cheryl (interviewee); Michaux-Chevry, Lucette (interviewee); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Guyana’s privatization programme is to be made public at the end of this month. Correspondent Debbie Ransome interviews Finance Minister Asgar Ali in London, who explains government’s financial plans, process and financial relations with other CARICOM countries. Former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath called on the US government to end its economic blockade against Cuba speaking at a Euro Money Seminar in London – entitled - “Investment in Cuba.” He said that with the collapse of the Soviet empire that hostility is no longer valid. American Kriby Jones – Chairman of the Euro Money Seminar, in an interview with correspondent Hugh Croskell explains the growing pressure on the US and the Clinton administration to relax the economic blockade on Cuba. The Chief of Trinidad and Tobago’s Defense Force – Brigadier General Ralph Brown said that his unit is prepared to be part of any peace keeping mission to Haiti. US Atlantic Deputy Commander Raymund E. O'Mara told the region’s military chief’s at a Conference of the Region Security Chiefs that they must be prepared to assist Haiti if the situation there deteriorates – correspondent Tony Fraser reports. The government of the Bahamas continues to defend its policy of repatriating Haitians despite fears of persecution by the army. In an interview with correspondent Mike Jarvis - Speaker of the Bahamas Parliament - Vernon Symonette says the policy has to be pursued because the country cannot cope with the strain on the country’s economy’s resources from 40, 000 illegal Haitians already there.
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    Caribbean Report 02-04-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-04-02) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Coughlan, Geraldine (correspondent); Michaux-Chevry, Lucette (interviewee); Little, Cheryl (interviewee); Gordon, Alec (correspondent); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); Jones, Kirby (interviewee); Croskell, Hugh (correspondent); Sanchez-Parodi, Ramon (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Correspondent Geraldine Coughlan reports from Saint Martin on the political career and socialist philosophy of Madame Lucette Michaux-Chevry known as Guadeloupe’s iron lady. Haitian communities throughout the Caribbean are hopeful that she will take up their plight in her role as Guadeloupe’s deputy leaning towards social development programme. The US State Department has agreed to let 36 Haitian refugees infected with AIDS leave Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to enter the US for treatment. This is in response to a Federal court ruling directing the government to provide medical care at the base or elsewhere. Attorney for the refugees Cheryl Little in an interview with correspondent Debbie Ransome - states extensively that this is still not enough, effective or humane solution to the dire situation. Alec Gordon, British commodities expert, economist and editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit has warned that time is running out for trade packs based on former moral obligations between the north and south and says that Caribbean countries should seek to move out of commodities and into manufacturing where possible. In an interview with correspondent Debbie Ransome, he explains the economic reasons responsible for the change. Guyana is pinning its economic revival hopes on changing its tax structure and – expanding private sector activity. After six months in office Finance Minister Asgar Ali is trying to find a solution to the country’s debt. In an interview with correspondent Yvette Rowe, he outlines the inherited size of the foreign debt and economic problems of a two day Euro Money seminar on investment in Cuba in London – American Kirby Jones speaks to correspondent Hugh Croskell about the investment possibilities in Cuba. Hugh Croskell also speaks to Deputy Foreign Minister Ramón Sánchez-Parodi and gets his perspective on the matter of investing in Cuba and its political stability.
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    Caribbean Report 07-10-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-10-07) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Spindler, William (correspondent); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Persaud, Yesu (interviewee); Wilson, Ava (interviewee); Rose, Renwick (interviewee); Persaud, Avinash (interviewee); Geoff, Leslie (correspondent)
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    Caribbean Report 09-12-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-12-09) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Blake, Ivor (interviewee); Sabari, Joyce (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Willey, David (correspondent); Harper, Roger (interviewee); Williams, Wendy (interviewee); Wendon, Kathryn (interviewee)
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    Caribbean Report 10-08-1999
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999-08-10) Ransome, Debbie (anchor, correspondent); Hoyte, Desmond (interviewee); Ramotar, Donald (interviewee); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Richardson, Wakefield (correspondent); Robertson, Jessica (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 11-05-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-05-11) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Nicholls, Neville (interviewee); Compton, John (interviewee); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Richardson, Richie (interviewee); Croskill, Hugh (correspondent); Alexis, Francis (interviewee); Bennendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    St Lucian police officers could be sent to Haiti if a US proposal to deploy an international police force is accepted by the UN John Compton, St. Lucian Prime Minister gave that commitment. In Suriname local radio stations went off the air after an arson attack over a bitter dispute about who should be chief of the army. At the international whaling commission meeting in Japan – four Caribbean IWC members have sided with Japan, Norway, Chili and North Korea to vote against the establishment of the whale sanctuary in Antarctica. St Lucia and Guyana are calling on the international donor community to pay more attention to the region’s economic problems. Guyana’s Finance Minister - Asgar Ali said that he was expecting a more generous debt write off by the Paris club than what was announced. West Indies Captain Richie Richardson made his debut for English County team- Yorkshire. Richardson. Richardson speaks about his new role in this new club contract from a well-attended press conference. Senior police officers in Trinidad and Tobago have joined their junior counterparts in support of their embattled commissioner Jules Bernard – the police commission wants him to retire; he has been cited with not being cooperative with a Scotland Yard investigation.Hubert Alexander Ingraham, Bahamas Prime Minister says that he hopes that the Clinton administration will embrace free trade in the Caribbean, as well as Mexico.
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    Caribbean Report 11-07-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2015-09-29) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Merrin-Best, Patrice (interviewee); Burns, Nicholas (interviewee); Osana, Roy (correspondent); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Ali, Fazal (interviewee); Grant, Jennifer (correspondent); Crawford, Don (interviewee); Sobers, Garfield (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 13-10-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-10-13) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Manning, Patrick (speaker); Blades, Hayden (interviewee); Jagan, Cheddi (speaker); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Lewis, Laurie (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Khan, Imran (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 22-10-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-10-22) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Patterson, P. J. (speaker); Small, Hugh (speaker); Seaga, Edward (speaker); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Martin, Atherton (interviewee); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Harrabin Roger (correspondent); Baptiste Sandra (correspondent); Fraser Tony (correspondent); Manning Patrick (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 23-05-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-05-23) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); Hinds, Samuel (interviewee); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Rush, George (correspondent); Legard, Jonathan (correspondent); Richardson, Richie (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    A report on non-tariff barriers to intra-CARICOM trade suggests that Trinidad and Tobago is the biggest offender. Trinidad and Tobago based airline, BWIA announced its decision to enter into a strategic alliance with LIAT. Guyana's Prime Minister Samuel Hinds comments on the delay in the public notification of a cyanide spill from the Omai Gold Mine into the river killing hundreds of fishes, raises concern about environmental protection. Guyana's former Finance Minister Asgar Ali has responded to accusations that he was the victim of internal wrangling within the ruling party. A Guyanese engineer working in Britain may be forced to repay his legal aid bill after misleading the Authorities. A telephone survey conducted in Bermuda reports that public support for independence appears to be waning. As England and the West Indies prepare for the opening One Day International (ODI), West Indies captain, Richie Richardson responds to criticisms.
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    Caribbean Report 23-10-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-10-23) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Hoyte, Desmond (speaker); Harrabin, Roger (correspondent); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Fawcett, Tim (correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Sobion, Keith (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 27-01-1994
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1994-01-27) Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Meade, Reuben (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Jessop, David (interviewee); Pryce, Michael (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This report looks at the reactions to the conference in Georgetown Guyana; Monsterrat's implementation of a common external tariff; Caribbean rum producers and their lobbying for an increase in import quotas; a Jamaican born businessman pledges to support the classic Saint Ledger race; and Barbadian horse trainer Michael Stoute shows form in a game of cricket.
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    Caribbean Report 28-01-1994
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1994-01-28) Gordon,Orin(correspondent); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Lamb, Freddie (interviewee); Cockland,Geraldine (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Robertson, Paul (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report, the Guyanese govenremnt receives 300 million in foregin aid; the Caribbean Aviation Enterpries(CAE) is seeking compensation after their bid is rejected; A group of Caribbean and North American businessmen have launched a new carrier;independence in the French Caribbean is a non-issue according to Britian's ambassador to France; the Prime Minister of Barbados takes up the tourism portfolio in that country; Cuba's economic problems are high of that government's agent and; six passengers detained who were detained on the Christmas flight from Jamaica have disappeared.
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    Caribbean Report 30-03-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-03-30) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Soudriette, Richard (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Amory, Vance (interviewee); Lindsay, Keeva (interviewee); Bufton, Taffy (interviewee); Holding, Michael (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 31-03-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-03-31) Greaves, Keith Stone (anchor); Nadir, Mansoor (interviewee); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Yankana, David (interviewee); Walker, Danville (interviewee); Douglas, Denzil (interviewee); Naysmith, Electra (correspondent); Joseph, Emma (correspondent); Bright, Mark (interviewee); Miller, David (interviewee); Banks, Tony (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation