Browsing by Author "Gourde, Rejean (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 16-04-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-04-16) Orr, Carol (anchor); Gibb, Tom (correspondent); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Taylor, Claudette (interviewee); David, Judith (interviewee); Gourde, Rejean (interviewee); Nakhid, David (interviewee); Gordon, Warren (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The European Union has warned they will resume a complaint proceedings at the World Trade Organisation if the United Sates reneges on a deal to defuse the Helms-Burton row. Cuba’s Foreign Minister is on his way to Japan on a two day visit. The trip is the final leg to his short tour of the Far East. Next, a group of leading British lawyers plan to call on the UK government to intervene in the case of Trinidad born Krishna Maharaj. He is currently facing execution in Florida following a conviction for murder. Next, a British family of six, three sisters along with their children who were stranded in Jamaica for the last ten days are to fly home tonight after a local church stepped in and offered to pay their fares. They were stranded in Montego Bay after demonstrators protesting poor road conditions blocked the roads. In this segment, three Guyanese citizens have filed a law suit accusing a Canadian Mining Company, Cambio of spilling 3.2 billion litres of cyanide waste into Guyanese rivers in August of 1995. Cambio has totally rejected the allegations. Next, a United States request to extradite a former Haitian police chief has been rejected by the Honduras authorities. A High Court Judge in the Honduras capital said he had acquitted him of smuggling Columbian cocaine in the United States because the evidence was weak. Finally, a Trinidadian footballer heads home to Trinidad to clear his name following a dispute with a Lebanese club over a transfer fee.
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    Caribbean Report 29-11-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-11-29) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Spray, Paul (interviewee); Gourde, Rejean (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Short, Peter (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This report highlights the possible cuts in British bilateral aid to the Caribbean. Aid agencies warn that it is part of a larger trend of the North turning their backs on the countries in the South. Christian Aid, Policy Director Paul Spray comments on how the Caribbean could expect to be affected. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has constituted its Court of Appeal as the highest level at which a country could appeal an international trade conflict. In Guyana, the General Manager of Omai Gold Mines, Re-jean Gourde has strongly rejected a statement by UN expert that the cyanide spill could have been prevented with better monitoring. Cuban President Fidel Castro makes his first official visit to China to improve bilateral relations and economic cooperation. In Washington, President Clinton's Special Advisor for Cuba, Richard Nuccio is under criminal investigation for allegedly divulging classified C.I.A. information. Meanwhile in cricket, the President of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control, Peter Short has rejected accusations of high handedness in the Lara controversy. Brian Lara's decision to opt out of the Australian tour continues to make headlines in the British press. Ten French observers are expected to monitor Haiti's presidential elections on December 17th.