Browsing by Author "Ghany, Hamid (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 11-07-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-07-11) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Richards, Ken (correspondent); James, Edison (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Ghany, Hamid (interviewee); Bruce, Ian (correspondent); Chamberlain, Greg (analyst); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report: Dominica's Prime Minister Edison James is off on a whirlwind tour of Europe to solicit support for Caribbean banana exports to Europe. The European Commission appears to be stepping back from its request to reopen negotiations with the US on the banana regime. In Trinidad and Tobago, a heated debate is continuing in Parliament to determine whether the Speaker can be allowed to sit in the Chair during a no confidence motion debate against her. Chile is set to become the fourth member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by the end of 1995. In Haiti, it is probable that the Mayor of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince position has been captured by Haiti's best known protest singer Manno Charlemagne. Greg Chamberlain, analyst comments on what impact this could have. In Guyana, there are a growing number of applications for radio licences but government is yet to break the state monopoly. President Jagan comments on how long it would be before the state monopoly is broken.
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    Caribbean Report 13-02-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-02-13) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Lewis, Vaughn (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Ghany, Hamid (interviewee); Valley, Kenneth (interviewee); DeSio, Mark (interviewee); Sloley, Cheryl (interviewee); Thompson, Julia (interviewee); Sharma, Dev (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Talks aimed at preventing the impending strike by pilots for American Airlines, continues today in Washington. The pilots are demanding higher wages. Leaders of the Caribbean Community and the Caribbean Tourism Organisation say there will be serious repercussions for the region’s tourist industry if the strike is not averted. Next, the Opposition Party in Trinidad and Tobago, the People’s National Movement move to expel one of its members of parliament. Mr. Vincent Lasse, defects to the government's side and declares himself an independent. However, hours later he is sworn in as a minister in the coalition government. Next, a report by the United Nations says that the Caribbean’s delicate environment is being harmed by the illegal discharge of industrial waste. Next, a spokesman for United States Senator Jesse Helms says that Senator Helms’ approval of a proposal to greatly expand the number of media outlets in Cuba, is aimed at breaking the information monopoly of the government of President Fidel Castro. Next, the hope of a more efficient flow of aid from the British government to Montserrat is resting on the Duke of York, Prince Andrews’ visit to the island. Next, in Britain today a unanimous verdict of unlawful killing was handed down by the jury of the inquest into the death of black teenager, Stephen Lawrence. Lastly, appeals have been made to Caricom leaders by Caribbean prisoners serving time in New York State prisons to sign a rehabilitation agreement with the United States to help convicts who are sent home.
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    Caribbean Report 13-07-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-07-13) Richards, Ken (anchor); Compton, John (interviewee); Ford, Henry (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Sobion, Keith (interviewee); Ghany, Hamid (interviewee); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Ross, Leone (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report: St. Lucia's Prime Minister John Compton testified before the commission of inquiry into the alleged misuse of UN funds. Under cross examination by Counsel for the Cabinet Henry Ford, Mr. Compton disputed testimony given by former UN Ambassador Dr. Charles Flemming. In Trinidad, constitutional expert Dr. Hamid Ghany warns that the country is at a constitutional precipice after the Speaker of the House threw out government's no confidence motion. In Haiti, a self-styled communist folk singer, Manno Charlemagne is to become the new Mayor of the capital Port-au-Prince. In Britain, a British- Asian man is having a legal tussle with his wife over eighteen million pounds he won in the national lottery. Steve Dean was named Man of the Match as the West Indies cricket team crashed to defeat in the fifty-five overs match against the Minor Counties in Reading.
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    Caribbean Report 21-07-2003
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2003-07-21) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Persaud, Vidushi (speaker); Persaud, Lionel (speaker); Shillingford, Cecil (speaker); Ghany, Hamid (interviewee); Hamilton, Conrad (correspondent); Lorne, Michael (speaker); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Livingstone, Ken (speaker); Lawrence, Doreen (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation