Browsing by Author "Eades, David (correspondent)"

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    Caribbean Report 14-01-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-01-14) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Eades, David (correspondent); Norton, Aubrey (interviewee); Kaufman, Gerald (interviewee); Lloyd, Tony (interviewee); Foulkes, George (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Symons, Elizabeth, Baroness (interviewee); Thomas, Moya (correspondent); Sanders, Ronald (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Europe appears set to exchange trade for aid in its effort to overhaul the banana regime to become WTO-compliant. The current import licenses will be abolished and funding will be made available over a ten year period. Guyana prepares to receive a team of Caribbean statesmen sent to diffuse the political crisis. People's National Congress' Secretary General states what his party would like to see happen. In the British Parliament, Jamaica's penal system has once again come into focus. Labor MP Gerald Kaufman called on the government to withhold trade and aid packages to the Caribbean countries depending on their human rights record. Meanwhile, the British government has approved of half a million pounds more to upgrade the hospital in Montserrat. The Antiguan government is denying reports that the recreation ground would not be ready for the fifth test of the England tour. The West Indies Cricket Board comments on this issue.
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    Caribbean Report 16-01-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-01-16) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Luncheon, Roger (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Clements, Tom (interviewee); Foulkes, George (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Symons, Elizabeth, Baroness (interviewee); Eades, David (correspondent); Naysmith, Electra (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In Guyana the government has rejected calls from the opposition People's National Congress (PNC) for fresh elections. The CARICOM team seeking to end the political crisis continues to meet with the political parties. Environmental group Greenpeace is calling on CARICOM to campaign against an imminent shipment of nuclear fuel through the region. Greenpeace spokesman Tom Clements comments on the dangers the Caribbean may face. British and Caribbean officials are to hold several high level meetings to discuss issues including bananas, Lome and Montserrat. The European Community's proposals for changes to its banana import arrangement will be discussed next week in Brussels. The licenses arrangement will be scrapped and in its place funding will be made available to ACP banana producers. In Britain, press attention has been focused on the trial of four ten-year-old school boys accused of raping a Jamaican classmate last May.
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    Caribbean Report 18-04-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-04-18) Orr, Carol (anchor); Eades, David (correspondent); Brenner, Philip (interviewee); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Forsyth, Justin (interviewee); Savage, Frank (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The European Union has agreed to drop its dispute with the United States over an American law blocking foreign trade in Cuba. The EU will now suspend its appeal to the World Trade Organisation. In return Washington will end its block on visas for businessmen with interest in Cuba. Next, the Prime Minister of Grenada says he does not expect his visit to Cuba to create problems for Grenada/United States relations. He is scheduled to leave for Havana tomorrow on a visit he hopes will strengthen ties between St. Georges and the Fidel Castro government. Next, pro-government candidates in Haiti have been claiming that supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide are rigging results from a recent legislative elections. Officials results from the April 6th election are due on the 2nd May. Next, the international aid group Oxfam, a World Bank and IMF plan to offer debt relief to around 20% of the world’s poorest countries is in danger of failing. It is claimed that new life ought to be breathed into the initiative. Next, Tony Abbott is the next governor for Montserrat. His first priorities would be to familiarise himself with the volcanic activity there and meeting the people on the island. Next, in Britain ten black candidates have been nominated to contest the United Kingdom general elections in less than two weeks times. The number of Afro-Caribbean and other black candidates taken as a proportion of all candidates is a revealing comment on the level of apathy reported among black voters. In the final segment, are stories of Caribbean interest appearing in the British press.