Browsing by Author "Buxton, Neil (analyst)"

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    Caribbean Report 07-06-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-06-07) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Buxton, Neil (analyst); Pack, Chris (analyst); Binnendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); Brathwaite, Nicholas (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    At a recent conference in Puerto Rico, David Jessop, the Executive Director of the London-based West India Committee says that a lack of creative thinking amongst the private and public sectors in the Caribbean is preventing its successful penetration of European markets after 1992. He outlines ten main constraints facing the Caribbean and proposes ideas for consideration. In response to Mr. Jessop’s statements, Pat Thompson of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce says that Caribbean initiatives are already underway to develop export markets in Europe but he agrees that a lot more needs to be done. Following the Financial News, according to a report published in London the world sugar market is likely to remain tight in spite of recent adjustments to assessments of the 1989-1990 supply and demand balance. In the next segment, Suriname is calling on the Organization of American States to assist in disarming the rebel groups that have been fighting amongst themselves over the last two years. The report concludes with Nicholas Brathwaite, Grenada’s Prime Minister, dismissing claims of shabby treatment of the former High Commissioner of London, Oswald Gibbs. Mr. Brathwaite states that it was in fact the senior diplomatic staff in London that did not act in accordance with diplomatic protocol.
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    Caribbean Report 10-04-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-04-10) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); King, Maurice (interviewee); McNeill, Kenneth (interviewee); Elwin, A. (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Buxton, Neil (analyst); Mathur, Ira (correspondent); Naipaul, V.S. (interviewee); Singh, Rickey (interviewee); Henry, Hollis (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Barbados and Jamaica are moving ahead with the introduction of new legislations for harsher penalties for drug traffickers. New legislations are about to be debated in the Barbados Parliament and the Jamaican government will be implementing laws focusing on treaty arrangements including the seizure of assets and extradition laws. Secondly, the Guyanese bauxite industry is experiencing another strike as workers in the town of Linden demand the payment of retroactive allowances. Following the Financial News, V.S. Naipaul visits Trinidad and Tobago to receive the Trinity Cross, the nation’s highest honour. In response to the claim that East Indians feel alienated in the Trinidadian society, Naipaul asserts that the East Indian population was politically alienated due to the historical pettiness of their politics, such as rivalry, personalities and family feuds. The final segment provides coverage of the tensions between the English and Caribbean journalists during the final day of the Fourth Test Match in Barbados. BBC commentator, Christopher Martin Jenkins was banned from the Voice of Barbados after making controversial comments about Umpire Lloyd Barker, and another British commentator allegedly swore at a Barbadian journalist.
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    Caribbean Report 15-05-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-05-15) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Telkamper, Wilfried (interviewee); Lewis, Patrick (interviewee); Buxton, Neil (analyst); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Heath, Roy (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The Green Parties in the European Parliament are hoping to amass support to prevent the ratification of Lome IV. The Green Parties regard the trade and aid deal between the European Economic Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries as a new form of colonialism and recommends a new form of dialogue. Secondly, an investigating team is sent to Israel by the Antiguan government in an attempt to clarify how arms sent to Antigua ended up on the estate of a Columbian drug baron. According to the British press the team had a week of fruitless enquiries whilst the Antiguan government reports that documents were obtained that may prove to be useful in the investigation. Following the Financial News, while it may seem to be a two-horse race between Joaquin Balaguer and Juan Bosch in the elections of the Dominican Republic, the issue of religion may divert votes to the Social Democratic Dominican Revolutionary Party led by Jose Francisco Pena Gomez. After 30 years of residing in London Roy Heath, Guyanese novelist, returns to Guyana to collect the prestigious literature prize of Guyana. He recently published his autobiography entitled “Shadows Round the Moon,” Roy Heath and states that Guyana is suffering from a brain-drain and returning exiles can make a positive impact on Guyana.
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    Caribbean Report 21-02-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-02-21) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Markowitz, Arnold (correspondent); Robinson, A.N.R. (interviewee); Buxton, Neil (analyst); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Honeyghan, Lloyd (interviewee); Dark, Ian (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program reports on the address of A.N.R. Robinson, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago at the United Nations Special Assembly on Drugs. The proposal issued by Trinidad and Tobago includes the setting up of an International Criminal Court and an International Tribunal. Secondly, the nineteen year old brother of Bob Marley, Anthony Booker is shot dead in Miami after rampaging through a shopping precinct with a firearm. Following the Financial News, Haiti moves nearer to the start of the electoral timetable and a census is due to start in March. One of the members of the electoral council which drafted the electoral schedule is calling for it to be revised. The report also covers the return of three exiled opposition leaders to Haiti. The final segment explores the upcoming WBA Welter Weight Title between Lloyd Honeyghan and Mark Breland.
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    Caribbean Report 23-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-23) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Vougy, Fritz (interviewee); Roy, Jean Sebastian (interviewee); Jarman, Brian (correspondent); Buxton, Neil (analyst); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Beckwith, David (interviewee); Briley, Harold (correspondent); Smith, Roy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program features the resignation of the Haitian ambassador in Washington over the exiled opposition leaders from Haiti. According to the Charge d’Affaires at the embassy, the ambassador’s resignation was an emotional blunder. The report also covers the views of the supporters of democracy in Port-au-France who claim that the future of Haiti is in a quandary due to the recent state of siege. Following the Financial Market news, the segment examines the upcoming visit of Dan Quayle, US Vice President to Jamaica to meet with Prime Minister Michael Manley on the US invasion of Panama. The final segment addresses a campaign launched by the British government to facilitate the entry of more black recruits into the British armed forces. According to a report by the Ministry of Defence in Britain, the racial discrimination factor was a major deterrent for applicants of ethnic minorities.
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    Caribbean Report 24-05-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-05-24) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Sainsbury, Tim (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Williams, Eddie (correspondent); Buxton, Neil (analyst); Barrow, Nita, 1916-1995 (interviewee); Gunness, Chris (correspondent); Kallicharran, Alvin (interviewee); Weitenberg, Hans (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Tim Sainsbury, aBritish government minister, is interviewed by Hugh Crosskill. Secondly, according to the Daily Express newspaper in Britain, “Caribbean tragedy takes grotesque turn” with reports of alleged drug connections in the murder of a wealthy Englishman in St. Maarten. Following the Financial News, Dame Nita Barrow leaves the United Nations to take up the post of Governor-General in Barbados. Dame Nita Barrow comments on the recognition of Caribbean countries at the UN, the Caribbean debt, the role of small states in the UN and the need for solidarity amongst Caribbean countries. The report concludes with the lifting of the ban on former cricket captain, Alvin Kallicharran by the West Indies Cricket Board. Banned for playing cricket in South Africa, Alvin Kallicharran is disappointed with the Board’s approach to allow South Africans to play cricket in the Caribbean.