Browsing by Author "Jessop, David (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 04-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-04) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Brunswick, Ronnie (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Varsi, Mehdi (analyst); Osborne, John; Fergus, Howard (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The leader of Suriname’s Jungle Commando, Ronnie Brunswick, completed a series of meetings with the government and opposition politicians in Holland. He is attempting to convince the Dutch that Suriname’s Bush Negro population is in dire need of humanitarian assistance and the guerrilla war in Suriname’s interior can only be ended with official Dutch assistance. Secondly, whilst Yesu Persaud is pressured by the Guyanese government due to his opposition to groups supporting the re-election of Desmond Hoyte, his popularity continues to grow amongst members of the civil reform movement, Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy. Following the Financial News, the Speaker of Montserrat’s Legislative Council suggests that Montserratians are not interested in seeking independence and comments on the remarks by the Chief Minister that the British government is racist on the question of granting nationality status. The final segments provides an insight into tomorrow’s special edition and reports on the recent win by the Jamaican sprinter, Merlene Ottey, as she ran the fastest 200 meters race for the year in East Berlin.
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    Caribbean Report 05-04-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-04-05) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Stout, Laverty (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Pack, Chris (analyst); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Jessop, David (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Timmins, Jerry (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Laverty Stout, the Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands arrived in London for next week’s International Drugs Conference. He met with Britain’s Minister for Overseas Development, Lynda Chalker, to discuss the level of British aid to improve education, health services and roads in BVI. A meeting was also convened between Laverty Stout and Timothy Sainbury, the Minister Responsible for the Caribbean, focusing on off-shore banking and international finance. The next segment highlights the escape of a Haitian soldier who hijacked an American Airlines jet at Haiti’s International Airport after he was reprimanded by a senior officer for insubordination. Following the Financial News, the president of Cuba’s National Assembly announces his country’s plans to sell sugar on the world market if Cuba encounters trading difficulties with traditional Eastern European trading partners. Guyana’s sugar disputes between the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union and Guysuco continues despite the end of the two-day strike. The final segment provides insight into the possibilities of Haiti becoming a new and challenging economic power in the Caribbean region. Haitian businessmen purport that they can expand the export sector by exploiting the new markets in Eastern Europe.
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    Caribbean Report 05-04-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-04-05) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Boyd, Mark Lennox (interviewee); Gonzales, Anthony (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Morgan, Jerry (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Britain is to write off Guyana’s total debt – correspondent Sharif Khan interviews British Overseas Minister - Mark Lennox-Boyd about the debt relief package and Britain’s plans to relieve Guyana’s debt burden, as he attended a series of meetings in Guyana. A Caribbean Development Bank report on the future of the banana industry is to recommend that producers seek the quality end of the market. Trinidadian international relations expert - Dr. Anthony Gonzales is interviewed by Debbie Ransome about his analysis and recommendations on the banana trade and industry in the Caribbean region. Cuba is being hit by an epidemic of a disease (optic neuritis) that causes blindness, due to a deficiency of Vitamin B in people’s diets. The disease was initially detected in children. Several nations and non-government solidarity groups have pledged assistance. Correspondent, Lionel Martin reports from Havana. A warning that warmer relations between Cuba and the US may leave the English speaking Caribbean at a disadvantage. David Jessop – Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe explains to correspondent Jerry Morgan about the key issues and possible impact of relations between the US and Cuba. New reports surrounding the withdrawal of British forces from Belize and other defense cuts have prompted a reaction from Defense Secretary - Malcolm Rifkind; this is also linked to a secret report. Correspondent Hugh Croskell reports on the intense speculation particularly the media reports. Speculation on the future of Haiti’s Army General Raoul Cédras (Joseph Raoul Cédras), remained unanswered to step down as part of the UN negotiated peace agreement have been neither confirmed nor denied by the UN. UN Envoy Dante Cuputo canceled the press conference in NY in order to meet with exiled President Jean Bertrand Aristide – correspondent Debbie Ransome reports.
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    Caribbean Report 05-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-05) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In a special edition of the Caribbean Report, David Jessop, Executive Director of the West India Committee and Pat Thompson, Executive Director of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce express fears that the Caribbean region is unprepared for the challenges ahead. According to Jessop and Thompson, unless the Caribbean leaders and public and private sectors officials address the growing challenges of the region with a greater sense of urgency, the Caribbean will be left behind in the international arena. Developments that impact the sustainability of the Caribbean economies include the approach of 1992, the European Single Market, the events in Eastern Europe and the US free trade initiatives.
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    Caribbean Report 05-11-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-11-05) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Jessop, David (interviewee); Noblet, Kevin (correspondent); Williams, Eddie (correspondent); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 06-11-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-11-06) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Jessop, David (interviewee); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Patterson, P. J. (speaker); Seaga, Edward (speaker); Fadipe, Charlotte (correspondent); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Benson, Howard (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 06-12-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-12-06) Goffe, Leslie (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Browney, Mickey (interviewee); Whitehorne, Pat (correspondent); Shackelford, Parks (interviewee); Blackman, Courtney (interviewee); Heath, Ivor (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 07-12-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-12-07) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Adams, Alvin (interviewee); Rambachan, Surujrattan (speaker); Compton, John (speaker); Liberia-Peters, Maria (speaker); Zablodosky, Jaime (speaker); Braithwaite, Nicholas (speaker); Foulkes, George (speaker); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 11-06-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-06-11) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Ayling, Robert (interviewee); Carty, Donald (interviewee); Branson, Richard (interviewee); Arrindell, John (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Cairot, Jean-Michel (correspondent); Hargreaves, Jackie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 11-10-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-10-11) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Gunness, Christopher (correspondent); Allen, Brian (interviewee); Moultrie, James (interviewee); Longchamp, Fritz (interviewee); Campbell-Johnson, Michael (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Meade, Reuben (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Foulkes, George (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 13-03-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-03-13) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Munroe, Trevor (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); La Bourne, Darnley (interviewee); King, Stephenson (interviewee); Bousquet, Earl (interviewee); Thomas, David (correspondent); Thompson, Arthur (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    While Jamaicans await the official retirement announcement from Prime Minister Michael Manley, speculations over the issue of succession are debated. Labour Minister Portia Simpson and former Deputy Prime Minister P. J. Patterson are strong contenders for the position. David Jessop Executive Director of the West India Committee in London, fears that Mr. Manley’s retirement comes at a time that is critical to Caribbean foreign relations with Europe and North America. In St. Lucia, General Secretary of the National Farmers Union Darnley La Bourne expresses concern over the lack of intensity displayed by Caribbean leaders in safeguarding the preferential treatment of Caribbean bananas on the European market. Although the European parliament has asked European commissioners to ensure the exclusion of bananas in the GATT negotiations, it maintains that the final decision rests with the commissioners. St. Lucia’s Minister for Women Affairs, Stephenson King defends his absence from the “Women in the Media” symposium calling criticism from participants unfair. Jamaica is left uncertain about a bauxite trading arrangement it had with the former Soviet Union now that Russia and the Ukraine are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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    Caribbean Report 16-03-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-03-16) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Brown, Aggrey (interviewee); Singh, Rickey (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Birns, Larry (interviewee); Robinson, A.N.R. (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Kinnock, Neil (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 16-03-1999
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999-03-16) Richards, Ken (anchor, correspondent); Blair, Tony (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Franks, Tim (correspondent); Horsley, William (correspondent); Anthony, Kenny (interviewee); Bird, Lester (interviewee); Greaves, Keith Stone (correspondent); Ross, Sarah (interviewee); Croft, Colin (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 17-06-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-06-17) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Wright, Richard (interviewee); Albright, Madeline (speaker); Young, Janet (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Coltman, Leycester (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Leyne, Jon (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Small, Hugh (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 17-09-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-09-17) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Jessop, David (interviewee); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Greaves, Evelyn (interviewee); Carrington, Edwin (interviewee); Wilson, Selby (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Rowtie, Doreen (interviewee); Patterson, P. J. (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 17-11-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-11-17) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Berger, Samuel (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Basdeo, Sahadeo (interviewee); Porritt, Jonathan (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Copson, Gary (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 18-09-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-09-18) Richards, Ken (anchor); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Savage, Frank (interviewee); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Richards, Vivian (interviewee); Croskill, Hugh (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 19-11-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-11-19) Goffe, Leslie (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Ford, Henry (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Stoutt, Lavity (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Servant, Carl (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 21-04-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-04-21) Naysmith, Electra (anchor); Foulkes, Imogen (correspondent); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Robaina, Roberto (interviewee); McCurry, Mike (interviewee); Jessop, David (interviewee); Coughlan, Geraldine (correspondent); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Golding, Bruce (interviewee); Greaves, Keith Stone (correspondent); Niles, Bertram (interviewee); Camacho, Steve (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 21-09-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-09-21) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Crusol, Jean (speaker); Jessop, David (interviewee); Farrell, Terrence (interviewee); Brancker, Rawle (interviewee); Patterson, P. J. (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation