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    Caribbean Report 01-04-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-04-01) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Ali, Asgar (interviewee); Heath, Edward (interviewee); O'Mara, Raymund E. (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Jones, Kirby (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Symonette, Vernon (interviewee); Little, Cheryl (interviewee); Michaux-Chevry, Lucette (interviewee); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Guyana’s privatization programme is to be made public at the end of this month. Correspondent Debbie Ransome interviews Finance Minister Asgar Ali in London, who explains government’s financial plans, process and financial relations with other CARICOM countries. Former British Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath called on the US government to end its economic blockade against Cuba speaking at a Euro Money Seminar in London – entitled - “Investment in Cuba.” He said that with the collapse of the Soviet empire that hostility is no longer valid. American Kriby Jones – Chairman of the Euro Money Seminar, in an interview with correspondent Hugh Croskell explains the growing pressure on the US and the Clinton administration to relax the economic blockade on Cuba. The Chief of Trinidad and Tobago’s Defense Force – Brigadier General Ralph Brown said that his unit is prepared to be part of any peace keeping mission to Haiti. US Atlantic Deputy Commander Raymund E. O'Mara told the region’s military chief’s at a Conference of the Region Security Chiefs that they must be prepared to assist Haiti if the situation there deteriorates – correspondent Tony Fraser reports. The government of the Bahamas continues to defend its policy of repatriating Haitians despite fears of persecution by the army. In an interview with correspondent Mike Jarvis - Speaker of the Bahamas Parliament - Vernon Symonette says the policy has to be pursued because the country cannot cope with the strain on the country’s economy’s resources from 40, 000 illegal Haitians already there.
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    Caribbean Report 01-07-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-07-01) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Basdeo, Sahadeo (interviewee); Sandiford, Erskine (interviewee); Bell, John (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Persaud, Vishnu (interviewee); McKenzie, Duke (interviewee); Duff, Mickey (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 01-07-2003
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2003-07-01) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Dicker, Richard (speaker); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); James, Colin (correspondent); James, Colin (interviewee); Bourget, Regis (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 01-08-2003
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2003-08-01) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Bascombe, Michael (correspondent); Panday, Basdeo (speaker); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Ferguson, Reginald (speaker); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Edwards, Raymond (correspondent); Clarke, LeRoy (speaker); Hart, Edward (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 02-02-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-02-02) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Dodwell, David (interviewee); Caputo, Dante (interviewee); Morris, Robert Bobby (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Rotberg, Robert I. (interviewee); Spock, Benjamin McLane (interviewee); Core, David (interviewee); Smith, Wayne (interviewee); Osborne, John (interviewee); Tuitt, Noel (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The Caribbean and other developing countries have been increasingly marginalized by foreign investors. A report from the OECD states that there was a fall from 25% - 19% in the past ten years, with dwindling access to bank lending - causing developing countries to increase their reliance on foreign investment. Mike Jarvis interviews David Dodwell – World Trade Editor with Britain’s Financial Times newspaper, who expresses his economic predictions of the results of the OECD report for the Caribbean region. UN envoy Dante Caputo received a less than warm welcome into Haiti by anti Aristride supporters. In an interview with Debbie Ransome, Robert I. Rotberg - US Observer of the 1990 elections in Haiti - expresses his views on the consequences of military action in Haiti, and the protest towards Dante Caputo’s visit to Haiti. There is mounting speculation in Barbados that the British company Booker Tate could take over the country’s problem plagued sugar industry. This has raised much anxiety among sugar workers and signs of resistance by local companies bidding for the job. David Thompson – Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance announced that an interim arrangement has been proposed to coincide with the transfer of assets and management to two newly formed – government companies. The Barbados Sugar industry - Dr. Anthony Brathwaite - Chairman of the Barbados Agricultural Management Company said that no firm arrangements have been put into place for the interim management of the sugar industry. The Barbados Worker’s Union President - Robert Bobby Morris told Caribbean Report that the union is pressing for severance payment for workers by the end of March - correspondent Sandra Baptiste reports. World renowned pediatrician - Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock has joined a campaign aimed at getting the 30 year US Trade embargo against Cuba lifted. Dr. Spock has taken a shipment to medical supplies to Cuba to highlight what he said was an unjust US policy towards Cuba and was politically unsound, since Cuba presented no threat to the US. The American Religious Organization - Pastors for Peace has also mounted another shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba. The Jamaican Foreign Minister – David Core on a visit to Cuba said that his country was hoping to improve its trade and ties with Cuba. In an interview with correspondent Debbie Ransome, Dr. Wayne Smith – Head of Cuban Studies at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, expresses his views on the negative socio-political and economic impact of maintaining the embargo. Former Montserrat Chief Minister - John Osborne and his Agriculture Minister - Noel Tuitt were acquitted of corruption charges in the local High Court. They were both charged with misconduct in public office and conspiring to obtain money for a land license – correspondent Debbie Ransome reports.
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    Caribbean Report 02-02-1994
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1994-02-02) Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Smith, Gregory (interviewee); Williams, Rodney (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Thomas, James (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Richardson, Rene (interviewee); Vance, James (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report, Gregory Smith a key figure in the investigation of Dr. Walter Rodney's death outlines his conditions for testifying in any inquiry; hospitality ministers have been installed along the Antigua and Barbuda coastline after the murder of four foreginers; the British press continues to speculate on the reasons for the murder ;Antigua ad Barbuda's High Commissioner to London discusses how he has been dealing with the press on the matter and; a commission recommends that the supervision of St. Maarten be extended.
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    Caribbean Report 02-07-2003
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2003-07-02) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); Dicker, Richard (speaker); Spencer, Jack (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); James, Colin (correspondent); James, Colin (interviewee); Nunes, Neil (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Ali, Linda (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 02-08-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-08-02) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Simpson, Myrna (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Wardle, Charles (interviewee); Persaud, Wilberne (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Malcolm, Devon (interviewee)
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    Caribbean Report 02-09-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-09-02) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Greaves, Philip (interviewee); Alleyne, Brian (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (speaker); Hamid, Reezu (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 02-10-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-01-02) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Cosin, John (interviewee); Nuttall, Christopher (correspondent); Bush, George (speaker); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Gunness, Christopher (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 02-12-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-12-02) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Carboni , Bernard (interviewee); Pardo, Rodrigo (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Johnson, Peter (interviewee); Naffief, Phillip (interviewee); Sugden, David (interviewee); James, Eddison (interviewee); Smith , John (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 03-01-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-01-03) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Lloyd, Waveney (interviewee); Piette, Candace (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Lloyd, Clive (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Anchor, Debbie Ransome reports on how Jason Lloyd, son of the former West Indies cricket captain, Clive Lloyd, contracted the rare Guillain-Barre syndrome after receiving a booster injection to prevent measles. Candace Piette, examines the teething problems of implementing the new trade regulations of MERCOSUR and the implications for smaller trade groups like CARICOM. Correspondent Mike Jarvis reports on the debate in St. Martin which focused on legislation passed by Netherland Antilles to deal with labor and immigration problems. This Priority Hiring Resolution restricts the hiring of non-nationals and places priority on Antillians with Caribbean nationals at the bottom of the table. In St. Martin a large percentage of the work force comprise of foreigners and Caribbean nationals resulting in a large illegal immigrant worker population. Hence, Caribbean nationals feel they have been the casuality of an inefficient immigration and labor control system.
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    Caribbean Report 03-02-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-02-03) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Collymore, Yvette (correspondent); Rush, George (correspondent); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Ross, Alex (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Bell, John (interviewee); Taylor, Teddy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report, both the US President Bill Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Smarck Michel have been lobbying for continued aid to Haiti. In Bermuda, the government published a green paper about whether the British colony should seek independence. Meanwhile in St. Kitts, Carol Orr interviews the Scotland Yard officer, Superintendent Alex Ross who has led investigations into two mysterious deaths. Carol Orr asked Ross about the investigation and his opnion of the abilities of the local police force. Veteran Trinidadian trade unionist George Weeks passed away. Weeks had visited Cuba last year for a heart bypass operation. The island of St. Martin has become a victim of its own success due to the phenomenal growth in the tourism sector which was largely unplanned and uncoordinated. The EU is to discuss potentially controversial new proposals on European Development Fund (EDF) disbursements to ACP countries. The issue of Britain's deeper integration into the EU is heavily debated on the political agenda. Sir Teddy Taylor states his views on the EU and what it has to offer Britain. Sir Teddy quoted a Bob Marley song to refer to the government's policy on the EU.
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    Caribbean Report 03-02-2003
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2003-02-03) Richards, Ken (anchor); Corbin, Robert (interviewee); Payne-Banfield, Gloria (interviewee); Goodwin, Glentis (interviewee); Delva, Joseph (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Dupoux, Fredo (correspondent); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Smith, Lew (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 03-06-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-06-03) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Monglin, Damian (interviewee); Kohn, Roger (interviewee); White, Franklin (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 04-01-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-01-04) Roe, Yvette (anchor); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Little, Cheryl (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Perreira, Joseph 'Reds' (correspondent); Lara, Brian (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The leader of Guyana's PNC - former President Desmond Hoyte is bringing Guyana's opposition leader Hamilton Green before the party's disciplinary committee. About 170 Haitian refugees in Miami have gone on hunger strike over unfair US immigration practices, they have vowed not to eat anything except water until they are treated like Cuban refugees. Speculation continues unabated over the possibility of premature general elections to be called in Jamaica by Prime Minister Percival Noel James Patterson. Parliamentary rejection of an agreement between the Suriname Government and two large bauxite companies is leading to large scale economic disruption in the country - the agreement was over the rate of exchange demanded by the bauxite companies a rate of 1.8 Sur guilders to the US dollar but the rate was thrown out in parliament. A record breaking partnership between Brian Lara and Richie Richardson of the West Indies team have posted an impressive reply to Australia’s mammoth first innings total 503-9 declared, which featured an unbeaten - 248:2 by Brian Lara in his maiden test century. Lara and Richardson combined to establish a new West Indies partnership in Australia of 217 runs, their marathon third record stand was also a test record for the Sydney cricket ground, that saved the match and the day. Brian Lara in an interview with BBC correspondent Reds Pereirra gives his thoughts on the condition that attributed to the West Indies victory in the match 7. (12:49-15:09)
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    Caribbean Report 04-02-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-02-04) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Draper, Gordon (interviewee); Mc Leod, Errol (interviewee); Caputo, Dante (interviewee); Adams, David (correspondent); Hakim, Peter (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Burnett, Charles (interviewee); Waldron, Michael (interviewee); Richardson, Richie (interviewee); Bakka, Leif (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Major Trade Unions in Trinidad and Tobago are preparing massive protest against structural adjustment policies being adopted by the PNM government of Prime Minister Patrick Manning, and the government’s decision to defer payment of salary increases to public servants. The unions are also predicting large scale retrenchment as a result of these measures – correspondent Tony Fraser reports on the views of Gordon Draper and Errol McLeod - President General of the OWTU. A naval blockade of Haiti could be the final result of continued stalling of negotiations of the country’s de facto regime. Analysts looking at the Haitian crisis say the United Nations envoy Dante Caputo is being pushed in the direction of the harder options – correspondent David Adams reports. The United States policy towards Cuba seems unlikely to change if members of the congress have anything to do with it. Peter Hakim - Senior Acting President of Inter-American Dialogue made a presentation to the US House Panel on Wednesday to urge reconciliation with a Cuba that is no longer a threat to the US fell on deaf ears. Two Caribbean leaders are scheduled to Eugenia Charles of Dominica and Erskine Sandiford of Barbados to meet with Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore on the occasion of the 44th Annual Prayer Breakfast hosted by the US President. St. Maarten and other Dutch territories in the northern Caribbean can soon have their positions changed to give them greater status in the European Community. Senior Dutch and local government officials are to meet at a meeting chaired by Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers and the Dutch Minister of Aruban and Antillean Affairs Ernst Hirsch Ballin to make the islands of St. Maarten, Saber and St. Eustatius a province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. However, reactions to the proposal in St. Maarten have been mixed. Top Caribbean medical expert Dr. Michael “Mickey” Waldron, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI- Barbados has challenged the projections of the rate of increase of AIDs cases in the region as projected by the Harvard Based Global Aids Coalition. In an interview with correspondent Debbie Ransome, Dr. Waldron says that based on research conducted, there is s strong likely hold of a twenty fold increase of AIDS cases in the region.
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    Caribbean Report 04-02-1994
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1994-02-04) Rodney, Shaka (interviewee); Ramsahoye, Fenton (interviewee); Islam, Shada (correspondent); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Cowell, Sally (interviewee); Rosenthal, Gert (analyst); Gill, Henry (analyst); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report, Shaka Rodney, the son of the late Dr. Walter Rodney , says he wants to get to the truth behind his father's death; former Attorney General of Guyana gives his legal opinion about the Dr. Walter Rodney matter; Dominica's Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles has been assured by the European Union that Latin American banana producers would not be given special concessions; St. Maarten's Council rejects report; and NAFTA and the Caribbean are discussed.
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    Caribbean Report 04-04-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-04-04) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Griffith, Leslie (interviewer); Ramsahoye, Fenton (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Stout, Laverty (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In Haiti, Madame Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, has been arrested and jailed for complicity. Reports are given on this arrest by Michael Norton and Hugh Crosskill. Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana has brushed aside the Opposition demands for a complete overhaul of the country’s Electoral Commission Chairman, Sir Harold Bollers. The British Virgin Islands (BVI) government has reacted angrily to a decision made by the British government to abolish the death penalty in the Caribbean dependencies and to replace it with life imprisonment. Nigel Ben, former British WBA middleweight champion with Barbadian parents, has had a successful boxing match win and he looks towards achieving another title in the future.
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    Caribbean Report 04-06-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-06-04) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Regan, Jane (interviewee); Duval, Robert (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Blades, Hayden (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation