Browsing by Author "Benn, Nigel (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 15-05-1989
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1989-05-15) Morton, Michael (correspondent); Darke, Ian (correspondent); Patterson, Stuart (interviewee); Avason, Ingrid (interviewee); James, Norris (interviewee); Watson, Michael (interviewee); Benn, Nigel (interviewee); Timmins, Jerry (anchor); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 21-03-1989
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1989-03-21) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Powell, Christopher (correspondent); May, Steve (correspondent); Evans, Gerry (interviewee); Manley, Michael (interviewee); van Geest, Leonard (interviewee); Illueca, Jorge (interviewee); Benn, Nigel (interviewee); Porter, Adrian (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 27-01-1989
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1989-01-27) Patrick, Soraya (anchor); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Greaves, Evelyn (interviewee); Buchan, Janey (interviewee); Gonzalez, Manuel Marin (interviewee); Stainer, Robin (correspondent); Benn, Nigel (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The new EEC Development Commissioner is Spaniard, Manuel Marin Gonzalez. Gonzalez has built a reputation of being tough and an uncompromising negotiator. Interviews were conducred with Manuel Marin Gonzalez, EEC Development Commissioner; Evelyn Greaves, Barbados' Foreign Minister; Janey Buchan, Labour MP; and, Margaret Daly, Vice President of the Development Commission on the formation of LOME IV and its implications for trade with the ACP States. The International Cocoa Conference in London ended in total failure with producers and consumers unable to agree on revising measures to stabilise the world price of cocoa. The report continues with news of the past week in the British Press that are of interest to the Caribbean. These include Catholic Church expelled Bertrand de Aristide; comments on the International Cricket Conference on their stance on apartheid; and the attempted arrest of Nigel Benn, Commonwealth Middleweight champion. The report concluded with an interview with Nigel Benn as he defends his Commonwealth Middleweight crown against Zambia's Mike Chilambe on February 8th.
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    Caribbean Report 30-04-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-04-30) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Brathwaite, Nicholas (interviewee); Stainer, Robin (analyst); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Mckenzie, L. (interviewee); Dark, Ian (correspondent); Benn, Nigel (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The World Union of Guyanese for Democracy protests in support of the exile community of Guyanese concentrated in New York, London and Toronto. In St. George’s, Grenada a major fire destroys the financial complex of the government, including the buildings of the Treasury, Inland Revenue, the Post Office and the Government Printery. With damages estimated between fifteen and seventeen million dollars, Prime Minister Nicholas Brathwaite is seeking assistance in determining the cause of the fire and rules out the possibility of arson. Following the Financial News, sugar prices on the world market hits a nine-year high and ACP members will be meeting in London on May 9th to discuss measures aimed at safe guarding the sugar industry in the light of changing economic and political situations in Europe. The next segment covers the conclusion of a three-day conference on Natural and Alternative Medicine in Havana, Cuba attended by medical practitioners from over one hundred countries. Cuba is exploring ways to reduce the country’s existing health cost by returning to alternative medicine. The final segment focuses on the injuries of British Middleweight boxer, Nigel Benn, after his victory against American Doug Dewitt in the World Boxing Organization Title fight.