Browsing by Author "Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 02-01-2001
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2001-01-02) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Seecharan, Clem (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (interviewee); Hoyte, Desmond (interviewee); Anthony, Kenny (interviewee); Roopnarine, Rupert (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 02-12-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-11-02) Joseph, Emma (anchor); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee); Bascombe, Michael (correspondent); Pierre, Leslie (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Greaves, Keith 'Stone' (correspondent); Lloyd, Tony (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 03-03-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-03-03) Richards, Ken (anchor); Nagamootoo, Moses (interviewee); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Niles, Bertram (anchor); Clarke, Richard (interviewee); Gibb, Tom (correspondent); Gordon, Warren (correspondent); Birns, Larry (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    As Guyana’s President, Cheddi Jagan, condition worsens, Guyana may have to look for a new Head. A new report in the United States has given the Caribbean a mixed review in terms of its efforts to fight illicit drug trafficking. The United States and Barbados have tried to play down the controversy over a visit by an envoy of President Bill Clinton. Antigua’s Prime Minister is said to be unhappy that Richard Clarke of Mr Clinton’s National Security Council is visiting individual states rather than meeting them as a group. The President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, visits Cuba and the Dominican Republic to help resolve the hostage crisis in Lima. The student body of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, has brought the campus to a standstill. Among other things, they are outraged about the killing of one of its students in a classroom. They blame it on the lack of proper security.
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    Caribbean Report 03-07-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-07-03) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Naismith, Electra (correspondent); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Alexander, Vincent (interviewee); Ramphal, Shridath (interviewee); Brandt, David (interviewee); White, James, Jr (correspondent); Morton, Jill (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 06-03-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-03-06) Richards, Ken (anchor); Hinds, Sam (interviewee); Roopnarine, Rupert (interviewee); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); Gordon, Warren (correspondent); Thompson, Julia (correspondent); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee); Douglas, Denzil (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (interviewee); Bousquet, Earl (interviewee); Singh, Rickey (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Dr. Cheddi Jagan has passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning at a Washington hospital. The news was broken in Georgetown this morning by acting President Sam Hinds who was sworn in this morning as Guyana’s new executive president. Next, in this 1963 interview obtained from the BBC World Service Archives, Dr Jagan talks about his early life and Warren Gordon traces the latter part of it. Next, Julia Thompson gives the reactions of some prominent Caribbean leaders and Caricom Heads of government following the death of Dr Cheddi Jagan. Next, tributes to President Jagan. In the following Caribbean journalist discusses Dr Jagan’s contribution to Caribbean politics. In the final segment, the President’s long terms successor is discussed.
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    Caribbean Report 13-08-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-08-13) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Savage, Frank (interviewee); Niles, Bertram (anchor); Holder, Gene (interviewee); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Brouwer, Alina (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Snyder, Noel (interviewee); James, Brian (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 15-08-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-08-15) Richards, Ken (anchor); Gibb, Tom (correspondent); Thomas, Moya (correspondent); Hoyte, Harold (interviewee); Allen, Sarah (interviewee); Gordon, Warren (correspondent); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); Rowe, Maureen (interviewee); Ali, Zena (interviewee); Ali, Ray (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    6. A group of forty-six children from Montserrat arrived in Cuba this afternoon on a holiday away from the Soufrière Hills volcano. They will be cared for by the Cuban Medical Authorities under the supervision of the International Red Cross. Sarah Allen of the International Red Cross is interviewed (07:38-08:34)
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    Caribbean Report 15-09-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-09-15) Naismith, Electra (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Maharaj, Ramesh Lawrence (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Murdock, Colin (interviewee); Greaves, Keith 'Stone' (correspondent); Reuben, James (interviewee); Castro, Max (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 22-02-1999
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999-02-22) Greaves, Keith Stone (anchor, correspondent); Ouseley, Herman (interviewee); Straw, Jack (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Hoyte, Desmond (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Dash, Jean Michael (interviewee); Matthew, Jack (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 26-02-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-02-26) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Norton, Michael (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Mohammed, Nizam (interviewee); Sealy, Andrew (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The Haitian government has filed a legal complaint against three dozen people who have links with former President Jean Claude Duvalier. They are his wife, mother and father-in-law. It is alleged that they have pillaged the treasury. Next, eight Haitians are now stranded in St Lucia after being deported from Dominica, Venezuela and Guadeloupe. They are now guest of a St. Lucian family. Aldet Complaints Bureau claims that their human rights were violated by the St Lucian government who they believe should pay for their return home. In the following former deputy Prime Minister of Grenada was removed from her post in the government. She says she will not be leaving the government of Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell. In the following, there are complaints in Guyana over the way in which the illness of Guyana’s President Dr Cheddi Jagan is being reported in one of the countries two daily newspapers. Next, in the Bahamas, parliament has been dissolved in an election call for March 14th 1997. It will be a two way fight between the Free National Party and the Progressive Liberal Party. Issues involved in this election will be crime, unemployment and investor confidence in the Bahamian economy. Next, former Speaker of the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and political leader of the National Alliance for Reconstruction believes that the Member of Parliament for Point Fortin should vacant his seat in parliament and allow a by-election to decide his fate. Finally, the Indian cricket team has arrived in Jamaica to begin a series against the West Indies. The Executive Secretary of the West Indies Cricket Board discusses the idea that the world cup should be held every two years instead of four.