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Item Caribbean Report 01-01-1993(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-01-01) Manley, Norman (interviewee); Manley, Michael (interviewee); Croskill, Hugh (anchor); The British Broadcasting CorporationA Special New Year's Day edition - a lecture by former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley entitled: Caribbean Cooperation: the imperative for survival. The edited highlights on the 45 minute 4th Norman Washington Manley Memorial lecture delivered on October 30th,1992 at the London School of Economics where he was a student in the late 1940's. In an interview with Hugh Croskell, Michael Manley answers the same question posed to his late father -"Why did Jamaicans reject Federation?" He states that it was the element of fear in politics, such as the loss of Jamiacan jobs to other small Caribbean island nationals combined with other economic insecurities. He stated that there were positive factors and huge natural advantages between the Caribbean islands such as similar cultures, largely common history, similar language etc. He noted that the economic cooperation, collective intelligence, and integration could have possibly worked for the benefit of the Caribbean. He also posed a series of questions regarding the move towards Caribbean unity.Item Caribbean Report 05-05-1997(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-05-05) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Blair, Tony (interviewee); Coke, Robin (interviewee); Harmon, Harriet (interviewee); Segal, Gerard (interviewee); Short, Clare (interviewee); Hall, Stuart (interviewee); Boyd, Lennox (interviewee); Goldsmith, James (interviewee); Manley, Norman (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationThe new Labour government has promised to represent a new Britain but with government holding such a huge majority and therefore a mandate to please a wide cross section of British society we take a look first at black Britain. Britain’s multi-ethnic community received little mention in any of the party’s manifestoes. A Professor of Sociology views are sought. He was asked if the MPs closer aligned to the left wing of the party will be able to make themselves heard after the prime minister makes his changes. Then the question of overseas aid and the post of Minister of Overseas Development which would be of particular interest to the Caribbean were looked into. Also what role is there for Britain’s black growing middle class is addressed as well as the British Caribbean Federation of 1956 which is replaced in the form of Caricom, the ACS and Nafta.Item Caribbean Report 22-05-1995(The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-05-22) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Orkney, Elsa (correspondent); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Manley, Norman (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Beckles, Hilary (interviewee); Clarke, Adrian (interviewee); Seecharan, Chem (interviewee); Myers, Barbara (correspondent); Thomas, Audrey (interviewee); Simmons, Peter (interviewee); The British Broadcasting CorporationThis report looks at the commission of inquiry which was to begin to investigate the St. Lucia UN funds scandal, has been adjourned in light of an impending ruling on a writ of prohibition. Contrary to an earlier report, Prime Minister John Compton was in St. Lucia during two days of industrial protest on May 11th and 12th. The European Trade and Agriculture Commissioners told US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor they were unable to meet the US demands to open up their banana market to American producers. The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Emma Bonino intends to make it clear to the Clinton Administration that there is disquiet in Europe over proposals to tighten sanctions against Cuba. In cricket, far from West Indies Manager Wes Hall's predictions, the West Indies are stuck in the starting blocks. The Errol Barrow Memorial Lecture in London examines the importance of West Indies cricket as a model for Caribbean unity. Professor Hilary Beckles, cricket historian, was the keynote speaker and comments on the issue. In recent years, Barbados has won medals at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. This year they are back with an exotic display of tropical flowers.