Browsing by Author "Hinds, Sam (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 06-03-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-03-06) Richards, Ken (anchor); Hinds, Sam (interviewee); Roopnarine, Rupert (interviewee); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); Gordon, Warren (correspondent); Thompson, Julia (correspondent); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee); Douglas, Denzil (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (interviewee); Bousquet, Earl (interviewee); Singh, Rickey (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Dr. Cheddi Jagan has passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning at a Washington hospital. The news was broken in Georgetown this morning by acting President Sam Hinds who was sworn in this morning as Guyana’s new executive president. Next, in this 1963 interview obtained from the BBC World Service Archives, Dr Jagan talks about his early life and Warren Gordon traces the latter part of it. Next, Julia Thompson gives the reactions of some prominent Caribbean leaders and Caricom Heads of government following the death of Dr Cheddi Jagan. Next, tributes to President Jagan. In the following Caribbean journalist discusses Dr Jagan’s contribution to Caribbean politics. In the final segment, the President’s long terms successor is discussed.
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    Caribbean Report 13-01-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-01-13) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Hinds, Sam (interviewee); Hoyte, Desmond (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Thomas, Christopher (interviewee); Antoine, Denis (interviewee); Singh, Laleshwar (interviewee); Ellis, David (correspondent); Simmons, David (interviewee); Bart, Delano (interviewee); Cunningham, Jack (interviewee); Laurent, Edwin (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    There has been further clashes between the police and demonstrators in Guyana as the opposition People's National Congress (PNC) plans to defy a government ban on marches. The Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed its concern with developments in Guyana. OAS Assistant Secretary General Christopher Thomas comments on the situation and states the poll was a clean one. A team of eminent Caribbean statesmen prepares to travel to Guyana to help resolve the dispute. Meanwhile, travel advisories have been issued by the US and British governments and Guyana's High Commissioner to London, Lal Singh comments on these advisories. A proposal for a new code of ethics for regional journalists is discussed by a working group comprised of regional Attorney Generals. The EU is set to release details of proposed changes to its banana arrangement to make it WTO-compatible.
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    Caribbean Report 14-03-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-03-14) Richards, Ken (anchor); Jones, Wendell (interviewee); Maraj, Ralph (interviewee); Nagamootoo, Moses (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Hinds, Sam (interviewee); Roach, Pearlene; Gordon, Warren (correspondent); Meade, Reuben (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report, thousands of Bahamians are going to the polls today to seek a new government that will combat crime and fight unemployment. Next, four more executives of Canadian Sheraton International, which possesses a nicko mining operations in Cuba that was stolen from an American corporation, were targeted under the provision of the Helms-Burton law, that seeks to restrict foreign investment in Cuba from entering the United States. Next, Trinidad and Tobago, officials who went to Washington to lobby for access to the North American Free Trade agreement came back with a petition against the export of steel to the United States. In the following, Guyana’s new prime minister is to be soon named from the ranks of the People’s Progressive Party. Next, the horrifying death of the President of the Bar Association rocks the Guyanese community. Next, Montserrat’s new Minister of Agriculture is named. In this segment, the Caribbean Report programme has informed its listeners of the pyjama crisis in Canada. Walmart has found itself selling Cuban made pyjamas in its stores across Canada. Hoping to avoid a US backlash, the American chain of stores cleared its shelves, but the Canadian government told Walmart that it would punish the company if it did not return the pyjamas to the shelves. Finally, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica is laid to rest. His body will lie in State until Sunday and will be buried at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kingston.
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    Caribbean Report 18-10-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-10-18) Goffe, Leslie (anchor); Hinds, Sam (interviewee); Slade, Jeff (interviewee); Charles, Pearnel (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Rudder, Winston (interviewee); Cato, Randolph (interviewee); Griffith, Mark (interviewee); Chin, Walter (interviewee); Regis, John (interviewee); Griffiths, Leslie (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 21-06-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-06-21) Richards, Ken (anchor); Smith, Lou (correspondent); Hinds, Sam (interviewee); Blake, Byron (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Nielsen, Daniel; Gordon, Warren (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 23-04-2001
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2001-04-23) Weir, Karen (anchor); Chretien, Jean (interviewee); Bernal, Richard (interviewee); Patterson, P. J. (interviewee); Joseph, Emma (correspondent); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Hinds, Sam (interviewee); Greenidge, Carl (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Gajadhar, Rupert (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation