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Item Caribbean Report 05-01-1990(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-05) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Bhagwan, Moses (interviewee); Osborne, John (interviewee); Holder, John (interviewee); Gomez, Jerry (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationThe program focuses on the historic meeting between Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana and a delegation from the Opposition Working People’s Party. BBC correspondent, Sharief Khan interviews Moses Bhagwan, the leader of the WPA and other delegates on the national dialogue on economic recovery and the changing attitudes between the political parties in Guyana. Secondly, the Government of Montserrat purchased Radio Antilles, the most powerful radio station in the Caribbean from the West German Radio Deutsche Welle. Following the Financial Market news, coverage is given to a request by Barbadian born John Holder, the first black umpire to officiate in a test match in England and to stand over England’s upcoming tour of the West Indies. Comments are also garnered from Jerry Gomez, the former president of the West Indies Umpires’ Association, on the chances of John Holder being invited to officiate during England’s tour. Finally, the round-up of what the British press has been saying of interest to the Caribbean includes race attacks in Britain; the warm attire of footballer John Barnes as it relates to a medical problem; and the Caribbean as an ideal destination for low cost English weddings.Item Caribbean Report 11-01-1990(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-11) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Bajeux, Jean-Claude (interviewee); Biles, Peter (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Holder, John (interviewee); Whitehorne, Pat (correspondent); Duff, Mickey (interviewee); Rawling, John (correspondent); The British Broadcasting CorporationThe program reports on the call by a Caribbean Human Rights group for an independent inquiry into the lost of civilian lives in the US invasion of Panama. The next segment focuses on the disappearance of six members of a Cuban medical team working in Ethiopia with suggestions that rebels of the Oromo Liberation Front are responsible for their capture. Following the Financial News, the Phyllis Coard support group launches a new campaign expressing concerns about the physical and mental conditions of Phyllis Coard, one of the 14 Grenadians sentenced to death for the murder of former Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop in 1983. The sport segment concludes with a rejection by the West Indies Cricket Board to accept the offer by umpire John Holder to officiate at the upcoming English tour of the West Indies; and John Rawlins interviews boxing manager, Mickey Duff, on a rematch between Kirkland Laing and Buck Smith.