Browsing by Author "Lloyd, Tony (interviewee)"

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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 14-01-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-01-14) Gordon, Orin (anchor); Eades, David (correspondent); Norton, Aubrey (interviewee); Kaufman, Gerald (interviewee); Lloyd, Tony (interviewee); Foulkes, George (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Symons, Elizabeth, Baroness (interviewee); Thomas, Moya (correspondent); Sanders, Ronald (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Europe appears set to exchange trade for aid in its effort to overhaul the banana regime to become WTO-compliant. The current import licenses will be abolished and funding will be made available over a ten year period. Guyana prepares to receive a team of Caribbean statesmen sent to diffuse the political crisis. People's National Congress' Secretary General states what his party would like to see happen. In the British Parliament, Jamaica's penal system has once again come into focus. Labor MP Gerald Kaufman called on the government to withhold trade and aid packages to the Caribbean countries depending on their human rights record. Meanwhile, the British government has approved of half a million pounds more to upgrade the hospital in Montserrat. The Antiguan government is denying reports that the recreation ground would not be ready for the fifth test of the England tour. The West Indies Cricket Board comments on this issue.
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    Caribbean Report 18-03-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-03-18) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Lloyd, Tony (interviewee); Lewis, Nicole (correspondent); Dowser, Raphael (interviewee); Arthur, Owen (interviewee); Helms, Jesse (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Germon, Lee (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 18-10-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-10-18) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Kaufman, Gerald (interviewee); Heaven, Derick (interviewee); Cuffy, Victor (interviewee); Hanley, Jeremy (interviewee); Lloyd, Tony (interviewee); Collymore, Yvette (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Monks, John (interviewee); Champagnie, Lurline (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report British Opposition MP Gerald Kaufman calls for economic sanctions against the Caribbean after a visit to Jamaica's prison system. Kaufman wants to force Jamaica to abolish the death penalty and improve its prison conditions. However, the British government has rejected the idea of using economic sanctions or threats against the Caribbean. Foreign Affairs Minister Jeremy Hanley comments that the British government would try to help improve prison conditions in other ways. The British Parliament held a debate on the importance of Latin America to Britain in trading terms. In the US, the Helms-Burton bill now stands toothless as key sections of the bill, aimed at tightening US embargo against Cuba, were removed. In St. Martin, the government coalition has collapsed after hurricane Luis threw the political arena into turmoil. In Britain, the Trade Union Congress General Secretary John Monks states that discrimination against black workers in Britain is a scandal.