Browsing by Author "McGowan, Michael (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 16-05-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-05-16) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Hector, Tim (interviewee); Stainer, Robin (analyst); Ashford, Kevin (correspondent); McGowan, Michael (interviewee); Porter, Adrian (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Elections day in the Dominican Republic and amongst the first to vote was Juan Bosch, the frontrunner in the election race according to all the polls. The morning period saw long lines at the polling stations without any major incidence reported. Secondly, Vere Bird Sr., the Prime Minister of Antigua, met with his Cabinet and they agreed on the terms of reference for the Commission of Enquiry to investigate the arms scandal in Antigua. Whilst the meeting was in progress, the two opposition parties, the UNDP and the ACLM, joined forces to protest outside the prime minister’s office. Following the Financial News, the Green Parties in the European Parliament failed to block parliamentary approval of the fourth Lome agreement on trade and aid between the EEC and the ACP group of countries. The report concludes with the announcement by the United States that it has resumed official aid to Haiti after a one-year suspension due to evidence of political fraud in the national elections and continuing abuse of human rights.
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    Caribbean Report 25-02-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-02-25) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Izmery, Antoine (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Pooley, Peter (interviewee); McGowan, Michael (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide calls for the removal of Army Commander in Chief Raoul Cédras stating that amnesty agreements reached between the OAS and himself do not apply to Cédras. Jamaican authorities order a special coroner’s inquest into the death of gangster Lester Llyod Coke who was allegedly burnt to death in his prison cell. Meanwhile, Prime Minister, Dame Eugenia Charles is wary of attempts to include bananas in current GATT negotiations for fear that the European Commission will renege on its commitment to Caribbean bananas after 1992. British Caribbean dependencies, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands and Anguilla are set to sign programing agreements under the Lomé Convention concerning disbursement of funds for the next five years. A British sympathizer forecasts that Cuba must think of her future by steering a new course in democratic reform since she can no longer rely on backing from the former Soviet Union. Finally, CCN and Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) raise objections to NCC’s granting exclusive media rights to privately owned radio station Trinidad Broadcasting Company (TBC) as well as the accreditation fee being charged by TBC to newspapers wanting to cover NCC’s staged events.