Browsing by Author "Dookeran, Winston (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 09-06-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-06-09) Orr, Carol (anchor); Bruney, Mike (correspondent); Alleyne, Brian (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Douglas, Rosie (interviewee); Smith, Lew (correspondent); Trevena, Claire (correspondent); Shelly, Christine (interviewee); Laurent, Edwin (interviewee); Fortuna, Silvana (interviewee); Dookeran, Winston (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Gration, Harry (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Campaigning for the general elections in Dominica moves into top gear. The island's rival three political parties comment on what they think are the major issues for Dominica. In Grenada, unemployment is the major issue as the island goes to the polls. In the Canada provincial elections, Jamaican Alvin Curling was the only success story among the three Caribbean-born candidates. Robert Vesco, an American fugitive financier has been arrested by Cuban authorities. Washington remains interested in Vesco who fled the US twenty-three years ago to avoid fraud charges. Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean, Edwin Laurent expressed concern and intends to press for a re-consideration of proposed changes to the EU banana protocol. Winston Dookeran, now an economist at the Harvard Institute, states that CARICOM as an integration movement is obsolete. Tony Fraser reports that Dookeran makes his comments on regionalism in the context of globalization. In cricket, the West Indies move into a 37-1 lead on the second day of the first test at Headingley.
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    Caribbean Report 13-10-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-10-13) Richards, Ken (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Dookeran, Winston (interviewee); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Farrakhan, Louis (interviewee); Page, Clarence (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Markham, Adam (interviewee); Callander, Bruce (interviewee); Roberts, Andy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report a form of electoral accommodation in Trinidad is threatening the chances of the ruling People's National Movement (PNM) holding on to power. Leader of the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR), A.N.R. Robinson and Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday of the United National Congress (UNC), began talks on unity in order to fight the monolith that is the PNM. In Jamaica, Edward Seaga, Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and former JLP Chairman Bruce Golding quarrel about who controls the Central St. Catherine seat. In the US there is growing concern over the Million Man March in Washington by black American men. However, the real controversy is over the march organizer Louis Farrakhan, a radical black Muslim leader. The Trade Union Congress, one of Britain's largest trade unions, has pointed to high levels of racial discrimination within Britain's labour market. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Adam Markham comments that more should be done to protect the environment from the hurricanes that ravage the Caribbean region. In cricket, the West Indies face an uphill task to make it to the finals following their second defeat to Pakistan. Team manager Andy Roberts talks about what went wrong. In Haiti residents are gearing up to celebrate a year since President Jean Bertrand Aristide was restored to office.
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    Caribbean Report 16-05-2001
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2001-05-16) Richards, Ken (anchor); Schreiber, Daniel (correspondent); Ruiz, Camila (interviewee); Garcia, Joe (interviewee); Ramphal, Shridath (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Dookeran, Winston (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Caroit, Jean-Michel (correspondent); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 26-04-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-04-26) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Williams, Clyde (interviewee); Lalor, Gerald (interviewee); Niles, Bertram (anchor); Dookeran, Winston (interviewee); Frederick, Hilary (interviewee); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Lewis, Nicole (correspondent); Hernandez, Andy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation