Browsing by Author "Burton, Dan (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 09-02-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-02-09) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Morris, Christopher (correspondent); Helms, Jesse (interviewee); Burton, Dan (interviewee); Shuttleworth, Alvin (interviewee); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); Perreira, Joseph 'Reds' (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In Washington, Senator Jesse Helms, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee moves to tighten the US embargo against Cuba. Christopher Morris reports on this controversial bill and how Senator Helms intends to tighten the Cuban embargo. British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), British shippers of controversial nuclear shipments has gone to court to challenge the Greenpeace by protest. BNFL Secretary, Alvin Shuttleworth comments on the issue referring to their safety record and the need to protect their lawful business. Bertram Niles reports on the Frenchman Guy Delage who set a world record when he swam ashore in Barbados after completing a 2,500 miles solo effort across the Atlantic. Reds Pereira comments on the start of the second test between the West Indies and New Zealand cricket teams in Wellington.
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    Caribbean Report 17-07-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-07-17) Orr, Carol (anchor); Clarke, Oliver (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Scott, Peter (interviewee); Burton, Dan (interviewee); Higgins, Sigrid (interviewee); Turner, Michael (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 22-09-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-09-22) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Beven, Jack (interviewee); Pankow, Robert (correspondent); Coffey, Kendall (interviewee); Cadman, Dan (interviewee); Cuffy, Victor (interviewee); St. Pierre, Allen (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Burton, Dan (interviewee); van der Merwe, Casper (interviewee); Springer, Henderson (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report the Miami Weather Bureau has dismissed fears in the Windward and Leeward Islands that yet another hurricane is on the way. In the US, more than one hundred alleged Jamaican drug traffickers have been arrested following an undercover operation which provided green cards in exchange for cocaine and cash. Kendall Coffey of the US Attorney Office and Dan Cadman, Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) comment on the operation. In Trinidad, American marines with local police and soldiers carried out a marijuana eradication exercise, codename "Weed-eater". Human rights campaigner Victor Cuffy questions what will be put in place to assist after the US authorities has eradicated all these drugs. However, as the US moves to eradicate marijuana production in the Caribbean, within its own borders it has become its largest cash crop. Allen St. Pierre, Deputy National Director of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) comments on the increase in marijuana production within the US. Republican Congressman Dan Burton is urging US President Bill Clinton to support his anti-Cuba bill following the overwhelming vote in the House of Representatives. In cricket, contrary to press reports, Barbadian cricket Henderson Springer has not been appointed as captain to the South African side, Western Transvaal, for the upcoming season.