Browsing by Author "Croskell, Hugh (correspondent)"

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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 16-07-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-07-16) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Johnson, Andy (correspondent); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); Reid, David (correspondent); Knight, K. D. (interviewee); Hrinnak, Donna (interviewe); Brathwaite, Nicholas (interviewee); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Allen, Ken (interviewee); Croskell, Hugh (correspondent); Brathwaite, Nicholas (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    K.D. Knight, Jamaica’s Minister of National Security states that according to intelligence reports - the current urban crime wave is the work of twenty gangs comprising of deportees from the US and Britain. He also outlined the administrative measures being taken to monitor the movement of these deportees – correspondent Gary Allen reports. Ken Allen, Editor of the Jamaican Gleaner newspaper - reports in an interview with Debbie Ransome on the paper’s decision to run articles about the glaring and heinous crime situation in its overseas publications. Jules Bernard Trinidad and Tobago’s Police Commissioner is fighting calls for his resignation in the public interest through the Port of Spain High Court – Andy Johnson reports. The United States administration says it’s disappointed that Caribbean leaders decided not include stipulations on Human Rights and Democracy in the CARICOM Cuba Commission Agreement. The decision to establish the Commission was taken at the Heads of Government Conference in the Bahamas. Hugh Croskell interviews Donna Hrinak – Deputy Assistant Secretary of Inter-American Affairs in the US State Department who attended the conference as an observer. However, Nicholas Brathwaite, Grenada’s Prime Minister states that it was the right approach in the context of a trading relationship. Belize Prime Minister, Manuel Esquivel wants to have Belize’s agreement with Guatemala reviewed and have the legislation suspended stating that the country has given up too much - journalist David Reid reports. The Roman Catholic Church has once again indicated its opposition towards Haiti’s President Jean Bertrand Aristide’s leadership.
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    Caribbean Report 22-03-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-03-22) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Bhola, Ronnie (correspondent); Musa, Said (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Perez, Maria (interviewee); Croskell, Hugh (correspondent); Richardson, Richie (interviewee); Douglas, Rosie (interviewee); Garner, Joel (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Recent reports in two leading UK newspapers said that Britain plans to withdraw its military garrison from Belize, as part of the Ministry of Defense cost cutting exercise. Foreign Minister Said Musa said that the removal of the troops were a surprise to him, and this has raised much concern that the drug trafficking trade may increase and Belize may become a drug haven for traffickers as a result – correspondent Ronnie Bhola reports. The intercessional meeting of CARICOM leaders got on the way in Dominica, and host Dominican Prime Minster Eugenia Charles said that she was optimistic that this meeting would yield a positive outcome and firm decisions would be made on CARICOM issues - correspondent Yvette Rowe reports. Cuba has been forced to make a rare appeal for international help, due to the major battering experienced as a result of the hurricane waves and floods that hit the island. This has severely further weakened the country’s economy. The damages are estimated between 1.5 and 2 billion dollars, especially in the areas of tourism and agriculture (bananas and other staple export crops). Maria Perez - Cuban national and computer specialists in an interview with correspondent Lionel Martin pledges her volunteer assistance towards the crisis. The West Indies cricket team takes on Pakistan at Sabina Park in Jamaica as a series of three, 5 - One Day Internationals. The teams will also play 3 test matches in what is being billed as the unofficial World Championship. During last Summer’s tour of England, the Pakistani fast bowlers were accused in the press as using illegal methods to gain a prodigious late swing and some observers put it down to sour grapes. However, these allegations were never substantiated. In an interview with correspondent Hugh Croskell, former West Indies fast bowler - Joel Garner in defense of the Pakistanis said that the Pakistanis must be given credit for their hard work and development of their skills. Dominican Opposition Leader Rosie Bernard Douglas has stepped up his efforts to secure the future the port of Portsmouth, he recently met with Gordon Baker – Head of the West India Atlantic Department - Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to present his case that Portsmouth has been the first port since 1949 from which banners were exported since then and – correspondent Yvette Rowe reports from an interview with Mr. Douglas.
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    Caribbean Report 22-04-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-04-22) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Huntley, Earl (interviewee); Colorado, Antonio (interviewee); Mendez, Juan (interviewee); Thatcher, Margaret (interviewee); Ibrahim, Mansoor; Stickland, Michael (interviewee); Malcolm, Solomon; Fadipe, Charlotte (correspondent); Gordon, Rexton Rawlston Fernando (interviewee); Croskell, Hugh (correspondent); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Bird, Vere (interviewee); St. Luce, John (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The Prime Minister of Antigua, Barbuda – Vere Bird Senior have come out in support of his son Lester Bird. John St. Luis is locked into a two way battle Mike Jarvis interviews Prime Minister Vere Bird Senior about the reasons he feels that his son is most competent for the office, as well as the views of John St. Luis – Minister of Information. Dominica’s Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles says an opinion poll is needed to determine if a referendum on Windward Islands political “Unity” initiative should be held. She feels that the support for Unification is already waning - Hugh Croskell interviews Prime Minister Eugenia Charles. General Raúl Modesto Castro has revealed that Cuba was told by the former Soviet Union in the 1980’s that will not come to its aid if it was attacked by the US.
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    Caribbean Report 25-03-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-03-25) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Yakov, Carol (correspondent); Fadipe, Charlotte (correspondent); Robertson, Benson (interviewee); Patterson, P. J. (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Croskell, Hugh (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Following the arrest of Trinidad’s most wanted man - Dole Chadee, who has been at large for many years. Chadee was actually charged for murder, and as a result of his arrest the government has once again turned its attention on combating crime. This has raised much discussion about implementing legislations for - anti- money laundering, phone tapping and setting up witness protection programmes - correspondent Tony Fraser reports. Aides to President Bill Clinton are studying proposed changes to the 936 Investment Programme following a meeting with Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Rossello. Governor Rossello put forward these changes in an attempt to change the plans of the Clinton administration about cutting some of the pillars of the 936 exercise, as part of Clinton’s budget cutting exercise – Yvette Rowe reports. Environmental conditions at Latin American banana plantations have come under scrutiny on British television. A BBC programme looks at the banana wars, as the Caribbean and Latin America fight over access to the European market. The assignment programme dealt with both sides of the argument but then focused on the environmental risk of dollar banana producers, showing that the Latin America banana industry is damaging much of Latin America itself, for example in Costa Rica - the environmental damage to the coral reefs has also significantly affected the tourism industry as well. Correspondent - Charlotte Fadipe reports from an interview with Benson Roberstson, Marine Biologist and a concerned hotelier. Race continues to be an issue during Jamaica’s elections campaign, through the employment of subtle music and slogans at campaigns, promoting an undercurrent that suggests that Prime Minister PJ Patterson is “black and one of us” meaning that he is of Jamaican birth versus his political opponent - Edward Seaga, who was born in the United States. However, Prime Minister PJ Patterson continues to promote the message of national unity. Dr. Brian Meeks, Social Scientists in an interview with correspondent Yvette Rowe gives his analysis of the political climate surrounding the elections campaigning. Since the September 1990 Coup, Haiti’s media has come under increasing pressure from the de facto authorities. This BBC Caribbean Report begins with the voice of Radio Tropique – journalist Corlson Dormé, who was kidnapped and badly beaten while covering a demonstration. Correspondents Hugh Croskell, Michael Norton and Carol Yakov all report on how journalists have coped over the last seventeen (17) months, and the negative reactions of the Haitian military (dictatorship)towards the media’s coverage of political and social issues and the consequences in Haiti.