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    Caribbean Report 09-07-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-07-09) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Forde, Henry (interviewee); Khan, Bobby (interviewee); Williams, Eddie (correspondent); Colorado, Antonio (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Khan, Israel (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 12-06-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-06-12) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor ; interviewer); Khan, Bobby (interviewee); Douglas, Rosie ‘Roosevelt’ (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 15-01-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-01-15) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Adams, David (correspondent); Blanchard, Ernest J. (interviewee); Burns, Larry (interviewee); Fenton, John (correspondent); Durance, Roland (interviewee); Khan, Bobby (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The US coastguard launches operation “Able Manner.” This is a major operation to intercept Haitian refugees (aka Haitian boat people) seeking asylum in the US, as a precautionary measure to save their lives. The reaction to this move is mixed. Anchor Mike Jarvis interviews professor Larry Burns on this issue and gives his views on President Clinton’s policy as a public relations disaster. In an interview, correspondent David, Adams gets the views of Ernest J. Blanchard - Captain, US Coast Guard on the US Coast Guard’s approach to operation Able Manner in dealing with the refugees. The Barbados manufacturing industry welcomed the repeal of some of the taxes waived, but wants the government to do more for them in order to stimulate the industry - Mike Jarvis reports. The Trinidad golfer Stephen Aimes is off to a good start on the European competition circuit in Madeira Island’s - Golf Open in the PGA. He was the first Caribbean player to take part in the PGA European tour, having gained the respect of the pros at the event with a share of 6th place along with 5 other players amidst the challenging strong winds on the golf course.
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    Caribbean Report 16-03-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-03-16) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Abu Bakr, Yasin (interviewee); Sobion, Keith (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Naipaul, V.S. (interviewee); Burroughs, Andrew (correspndent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Johnson, Anthony (interviewee); Khan, Bobby (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Nine months after being freed on a charge of trying to violently overthrow the Trinidad and Tobago government – Muslimeen Leader Yasin Abu Bakr is complaining that the long delay by the government in filing the grounds of appeal against the High Court Order to compensate the insurgence amounts to oppression, and is threatening retaliation action. Justice Cupid Brooks ruled that the Muslimeen be compensated for wrongful imprisonment. Abu Bakr’s threatening remarks comes at a time when Trinidad and Tobago is considering updating its Sedition Laws. Keith Sobian, Attorney General Trinidad and Tobago urged against confrontation between the Government and the Jamaat al Muslimeen. There has been a mixed response to Barbados’s 1992/1993 budget, with its main elements being a two year wage freeze and indirect taxes to finance a budget deficit of just over 23 million dollars. Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford explained that the incomes policy was designed to deal with the country’s stable exchange rate issues, high labour costs and make Barbados more competitive in the export sector. Anthony Johnson – President of the Barbados economic Society believes that the budget could be mildly inflationary. Businessman Bobby Khan of the Manufacturing Society says that more jobs can be loosed as a result of this budget – correspondent Sandra Baptiste reports. A British business tycoon Spencer Trethewy says that he plans to set up an airline (Cunard Airways) to fly the Barbados to London route. However, both the Barbados and the UK Civil Aviation Authority says that it has received no application for licenses. Trethewy has also been named in a number of other shady business dealings, and there is much doubt over the legitimacy of his company Digital Development Corporation - correspondent Yvette Rowe reports. Trinidadian born writer V.S Naipaul has been awarded the first prestigious David Cohen British Literature Prize by the Arts Council of England in 1993 at a private ceremony- correspondent Andrew Burroughs reports from the award ceremony. Cuba has been careful not to editorialize on its coverage of the present Russian crisis. In Moscow, Russian, President Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin has been fighting for his political life as the Russian Congress of People’s Deputies seek to overturn his reformist methods – correspondent Lionel Martin reports. Haiti’s exiled President Jean Bertrand Aristide wants US President Bill Clinton to use naval ships to cut off oil and weapons supply to his country, and calls for stronger US action in the New York Times. He was scheduled to have a late Tuesday meeting with President Clinton. A White House spokesman said that President Clinton will be sending an envoy to Port-au-Prince to tell that Haitian leaders that the US leader’s patience is running out. And, American civil rights leader Jessie Jackson and two other clergymen have been charged with civil disobedience and resisting arrest at a protest over the detention of HIV infected Haitians at Guantanamo Bay – Cuba.
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    Caribbean Report 17-09-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-09-17) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Sandiford, Erskine (speaker); Khan, Bobby (interviewee); Bailey, Edward (interviewee); Bennendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (interviewee); Mack, Connie (interviewee); Bartlett, Patrick (correspondent); Glanville, Brian (interviewee); Regis, Cyrille (interviewee); Hughton, Chris (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 21-02-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-02-21) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Walcott, Margaret (interviewee); Esau, Joseph (interviewee); Khan, Bobby (interviewee); Cross, Ulric (interviewee); Hughes, Alister (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report the General Manager of the CARIFESTA board speaks with the Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Culture on the budget allocated for the festival and reports on its hosting in the midst of controversy that it might be postponed. There is another report on the airline industry and the routes taken up by some with the demise of PANAM. Subsequent segments report on the payment of duties in Barbados and the postponement of a trade mission to Trinidad due to issues at home. There are also reports on the urging by the chairman to join CAB International and on the execution by firing squad of a terrorist convict in Cuba. The final segment reports on the hearing which started on the attempted overthrow of the government of Trinidad.
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    Caribbean Report 21-05-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-05-21) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Burnie, Shaun (interviewee); Ramphal, Shridath (interviewee); Manley, Michael (speaker); LaCapra, John (interviewee); Khan, Bobby (interviewee); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 26-02-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-02-26) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Thomas, Christopher (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Hunte, Julian (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Clarke, Carl (interviewee); Khan, Bobby (interviewee); Thomas, David (correspondent); Thompson, Arthur (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    CARICOM Secretary General designate Edwin Carrington leads an OAS team comprised of engineers, technocrats and other experts to assist Haiti in returning to democracy. In St. Lucia, tensions explode between opposition leader Julian Hunte and Prime Minister John Compton when Hunte reacts violently to political ribbing from the prime minister. Following CARICOMs Council of Trade Ministers meeting, three of the six named countries have agreed to remove licensing regimes which form an obstacle to regional free trade by April. The other three have not committed to a fixed date. Frank Da Silva will become a non-resident commissioner operating from Barbados as the Barbados High Commission is set to close operations in Trinidad and Tobago by April. Jamaican students studying in the Soviet Union are experiencing difficulty accessing diplomatic services such as payment of stipends and return airfare since the split of the former Soviet Union into the Commonwealth of Independent States. Although post mortem results list cause of death of Jamaican gangster Lester Llyod Coke from intoxication of carbon monoxide as a result of a fire in his prison cell, a Canadian forensic expert will arrive to further investigate the circumstances surrounding Coke’s death. Following their victory over Pakistan, the West Indies cricket team is confident of beating England in its second world cup match. Finally, the US State Department announced the return of Ambassador Alvin Adams to Haiti one month after being recalled due to an outbreak of violence.
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    Caribbean Report 29-01-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-01-29) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Huggins, Russell (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Cuffie, Victor (interviewee); Kaufman, Gerald (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Odle, Peter (interviewee); Seale, David (interviewee); Howard, Michael (interviewee); Khan, Bobby (interviewee); Emmanuel, Gerard (interviewee); Cozier, Tony (correspondent); Calder, Rafael (interviewee); Caldero, Rafael (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Scotland Yard detectives investigating allegations with links to drug traffickers in the Trinidad and Tobago’s Police Force have recommended that a number of police officers be suspended. Correspondent Tony Fraser reports Russell Huggins - Minister of National Security, in an interview as stating that there was no substantial evidence of the existence of a drug cartel within the police force. However, Minister Huggins does support combating criminal elements, enforcing common drug trafficking laws within the Caribbean in order to bring to justice convicted offenders. The Regional Human Rights Organization - Caribbean Rights, an organization that strongly advocates the abolition of the death penalty; is objecting to moves in Europe to apply economic sanctions on countries regarded as violating human rights. British MP Gerald Kauffman is a firm advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. Victor Cuffie - Executive Director of Caribbean Rights says that these trade sanctions are unacceptable, he was responding to the EC move to impose trade sanctions on Jamaica. There continues to be significant disparities between experts on Barbados’s economic outlook for this year. The Barbados Economic Society forecast that the economy will grow by over 6 %. However, Peter Odle - President of the Barbados Hotel Association comments on the Central Bank growth projections of up to 2% as being too optimistic. These sentiments of a gloomy economic outlook are also shared by David Seale prominent business man and Dr. Mr. Michael Howard, UWI economist - correspondent Sandra Baptiste reports. There is a debate in the US Virgin Islands to whether it should retain its independence status or be included as a US state. Gerard Emmanuel in an interview with correspondent Mike Jarvis explains the immigration concerns and implications of voting rights eligibility. The dispute between the European Community and the Latin American Banana Exporters over banana importers into the EC is not insurmountable. President Rafael Caldero says that the Latin American exporters are likely to improve on their 60% share of the EC banana market over the next ten years. The West Indies have won all three of their Test appearances, and the scene for the deciding Test match between the West Indies and Australia is set for a thrilling finale - correspondent Tony Cozier reports.