Browsing by Author "Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 08-08-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-08-08) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Blades, Hayden (interviewee); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Durant, Orville (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); Murphy, Pat (correspondent); Agnew, Jonathan (correspondent); Cozier, Tony (correspondent); Young, David (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 08-11-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-11-08) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Varsi, Mehdi (analyst); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Richardson, Selwyn; Panday, Basdeo; Marshall, Morris; Roopnarine, Rupert (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Perreira, Joseph 'Reds' (correspondent); Thatcher, Margaret; Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 14-08-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-08-14) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Martinez, Roberto (interviewee); Jean-Louis, Marie-Denise (interviewee); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); Benson, Howard (correspondent); Silver, Howard (interviewee); Musa, Billy (interviewee); Musa, Said (interviewee); Dean, Everard (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 19-04-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1900-04-19) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Binnendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Jeffery, Mark (analyst); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); McKnight, Franklin (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The Surinamese politicians call for more effective enforcement of the death penalty due to the recent rise of crime rates in the country. In an emergency meeting, the members of the National Assembly pleaded for the death sentence to be enforced more readily. Secondly, general elections are on the agenda for Haiti and Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a radical priest, expressed a lack of confidence in the Haitian army and the new civilian government in ensuring free and fair elections in Haiti. Following the Financial News, Jamaica is on the brink of easing its commercial debt through a deal negotiated with the advisory committee of the commercial banks. The new agreement may result in an annual savings of approximately forty to fifty million dollars for Jamaica. The report concludes with comments from the editor of the Jamaican Gleaner on the standard of reporting in British newspapers, the need for a resident Gleaner correspondent in Britain and the current status of the press in Jamaica.
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    Caribbean Report 19-05-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-05-19) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor ; interviewer); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Ellis, David (correspondent); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Singh, Rickey (correspondent); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 22-06-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-06-22) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Roy, Michaele (interviewee); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Haitian workers are expected to support a one-day stoppage in protest of yesterday’s armed attack on the meeting of the country’s Council of State. Four Gunmen opened fire on the members of the Council of State killing one union leader and wounding a Council member. Witnesses claim that the gunmen were seeking to assassinate the president of the Council of State, Roy Louis, and Dr. Louis’ wife confirms that she was warned of an attempt to kill her husband. Secondly, the president of the Dominican Republic, Joaquin Balaguer, removes the Governor of the Central Bank and the government sues several hotels for refusing to change the foreign currency at the official rate. Following the Financial News, a group of senior government officials, academics and leading Commonwealth businessmen recently concluded a meeting in London which considered the impact of global economic and political changes on developing countries. The meeting was chaired by the Governor of the Bank of Jamaica who also comments on the Jamaican debt burden and the economic future of Jamaica.
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    Caribbean Report 25-06-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-06-25) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Pike, Roger (analyst); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); Williams, Eddie (correspondent); Osborne, John (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Haiti’s Finance Minister who was at the centre of a row between the country’s interim president and the Council of State has resigned. The minister’s decision came seventy-two hours after the violent attack on the Council of State in which three people were killed. Secondly, Guyana’s leading opposition parties forming the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy emerged from a weekend meeting without agreeing on a consensus presidential candidate for the next general elections. Dr. Cheddi Jagan insists that he should be the candidate and opposes the consensus presidential candidate put forward by the other parties. Following the Financial News, the Governor of the Bank of Jamaica is in Washington for continued negotiations with the IMF. He contends that dealings with the IMF consumes sixty percent of his time and distracts him from attending to other pressing matters. In the next segment, John Osborne, Montserrat’s Chief Minister, voices his anger over the British changes to the island’s constitution. He charges that the people of Montserrat have been denied the right of a nationality due to the racist stance of the British government. The report concludes with strike action undertaken by the trade union federation of Suriname in protest of the failure of the government to meet the six major demands of the unions.
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    Caribbean Report 26-09-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-09-26) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); St. Cyr, Eric (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation