Browsing by Author "Johnson, Martin (correspondent)"

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    Caribbean Report 18-01-1989
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1989-01-18) Timmins, Jerry (anchor); Tomlinson, Alan (correspondent); Mitchell, James (interviewee); Daly, Margaret (interviewee); Whitehorne, Pat (correspondent); Johnson, Martin (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In Jamaica, campaigning for the February 9th, general elections is in full swing with both parties staging meetings and motorcades throughout the island nation. As President-elect George Bush takes up the reigns of power in the United States, all eyes are on him in the Caribbean to see what changes he plans in foreign policy. Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, James Mitchell speaks for greater opportunities in education and higher aid allocations. With the planned EEC/ACP meeting in Barbados, Margaret Daly, British Conservative Member of the European Parliament intends to raise a motion for continued preferential treatment for bananas in the Caribbean. England's Test and Cricket County Board meets tomorrow in London ahead of next week's ICC meetings. England is expected to agree to a compromise over the issue of South Africa and agree to the West Indies latest resolution which enforces punitive measures for players after April 1st.
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    Caribbean Report 19-01-1989
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1989-01-19) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Smith, Alan (interviewee); Jenkins, Christopher Martin (correspondent); Pemensky, Joe (interviewee); Johnson, Martin (correspondent); Tomlinson, Alan (correspondent); Church, Jenny (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The English Test and County Cricket Board refused to reveal the tactics they will take into Monday's crucial meeting of the International Cricket Conference on their stance on the contentious apartheid issue. In Jamaica, PNP's leader Michael Manley sets out his programme for the country if he is returned to power at the general election on February 9th. Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Isidoro Malmierca Peoli visits China, the first by a Cuban Foreign Minister since Fidel Castro came to power thirty years ago. In Britain, interracial marriages are on the rise with thirty percent of West Indian husbands married to white wives and vice versa in the under thity age group.