Browsing by Author "Meeks, Brian (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 02-01-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-02) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Patterson, P. J. (interviewee); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Anchor, Mike Jarvis and various correspondents explore a number of issues in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and Guyana. In Jamaica the withdrawal of P.J Patterson, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Michael Manley is reported. The report on Haiti explores the situation of ousted Presidnet Jean-Bertrand Aristide, while that on Cuba report on claims by the government regarding foreign help to dissidents. Guyana's election campaign and the position of President Desmond Hoyte on a democratic election process is reported on.
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    Caribbean Report 04-06-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-06-04) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Pastor, Robert (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Spaulding, Lester (interviewee); Manley, Michael (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 06-01-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-01-06) Manley, Michael (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Bazon, Daniel (interviewee); Blades, Hayden (interviewee); Bamford, Sue (correspondent); Van Bromble, Joaquim (interviewee); Williams, Colin (correspondent); Connell, Arthur (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this BBC recording reports are given on a new committee of 'wisemen' established by the Jamaican Prime Minister, the call for the removal of the International trade embargo against Haiti, the threat of a military coup in Suriname and the view that there should be greater flexibility by CARICOM. This report also sheds light on Cuba's tourism thrust as an avenue for economic development and the collapse of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Chamber of Commerce.
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    Caribbean Report 06-04-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-04-06) Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Seaga, Edward (interviewee); Chuck, Delroy (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Bennendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Fletcher, Claude (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Walker, Bob (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Jamaica’s Opposition plans to boycott some sittings of parliament as protest over the country’s electoral problems. Delroy Chuck Senior Lecture Faculty of Law – UWI, Jamaica in an interview with correspondent Mike Jarvis gives his analysis of the political situation. Dr. Brian Meeks, Political Scientist is of the view that Edward Seaga’s protest will not avail much support and expresses his political analysis. The European community threatened to cut off aid to Suriname if army leaders there violate democratic principles. An attempt by the Trinidad and Tobago government to send Police Commissioner Jules Bernard on early retirement has been blocked by the Police Service Commission - correspondent Tony Fraser reports. Caribbean businessmen are in Cuba to explore trade and business opportunities invited by the Cuba Chamber of Commerce. The two day meeting titled “Cuba, Business Opportunities for Caribbean Countries – is represented by of 50 businessmen from - Barbados, Curacao, Bahamas, Bermuda, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guyana, Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago and the prospect for joint ventures looks good – correspondent Lionel Martin reports on an interview with prominent Jamaican businessman Claude Fletcher. Twenty black station managers have been awarded over 60,000 pounds from the London underground due to the organisation’s admittance to racial discrimination of the West Indian immigrant workers in the Industrial Tribunal court - correspondent Debbie Ransome reports from an interview with one of the discriminated workers. A warning that members of the armed David Koresh cult in Waco Texas plan a surprise ending to its month long siege, this comes from relatives of the West Indian community in Nottingham - correspondent Mike Jarvis reports.
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    Caribbean Report 07-04-1994
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1994-04-07) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Allen, Gary (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Orr, arol (correspondent) C; Norton, Michael (correspondent); Agnew, Jonathan (correspondent); Sobers, Gary (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 10-03-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-03-10) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Williams, Eddie (correspondent); Islam, Shada (correspondent); Rapier, William (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson announces the general election date to the Jamaican people, the date coincides with the date he gained victory over the then Michael Manley administration – correspondent Debbie Ransome reports from an interview with Jamaican Political Scientist Dr. Brian Meeks, who gives his political analysis of Prime Minister’s Patterson’s chances of a victory. The Netherlands Antilles as an overseas dependency of Holland appears likely to be dismantled. However the process towards granting internal self government to the islands which make up the group seems headed to controversy. Officials are meeting in Curacao to work out a new format for administering the islands – correspondent Edie Williams reports. Life on the Dutch side of St. Maarten was returning to normal as the protest organized by the United St. Maarten Organization, in St. Maarten-Phillipsburg in protest for the dissolution of the current Dutch St. Maarten government has been called off. British Fruit Distribution Company – Geist, says that a misunderstanding led to a confidential report to Windward island leaders accusing the company of overcharging for shipping arrangements- saying that the company wanted servicing charges not full payment for its ships. William Rapier - Chairman of Geist Industries West Indies Ltd. Provides clarity on the situation in an interviewee with correspondent Debbie Ransome.In Strasburg, Germany - a German Euro Socialist MP organized an unusual banana tasting ceremony in an attempt to diffuse the tensions over the European Banana market. He wanted to prove that when it came to taste, Caribbean and Central American bananas were not very different and consumers in Europe should have a wider choice and plans to promote this by organizing future banana tasting ceremonies in different parts of Germany - correspondent Shada Islam reports.
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    Caribbean Report 11-03-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-03-11) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Marshall, Hugh (interviewee); Clarkson, Lauret (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Arnold, Keith (interviewee); Waldron, Michael (interviewee); Ellis, David (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Antiguan government Member of Parliament Hugh Marshall received word that he and Foreign Affairs Minister Lester Bird are next on a list of senior officials who have been the targets of arson attacks. Public service workers in Grenada feel neglected as Prime Minister Nicholas Brathwaite intervenes in the wage dispute between the private sector workers and their employers. They have given the government fourteen days to come to an agreement. Thirteen thousand sugar workers in Jamaica return to their jobs after agreeing to the daily rate and minimum wage settlements in the new contract with producers. In Jamaica, it is hoped that Prime Minister Michael Manley will announce his decision to step down at his party’s meeting on Sunday. Governor of the Belize Central Bank Keith Arnold believes that although the long term prospects look dim for Caribbean banana producers, Belize can hold its own even without preferential access to European markets. Barbadian doctors are exploring the possibility of a regional kidney bank to expedite matches between patients and donors. Finally, an OAS plan to restore ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power will be debated by Haitian lawmakers.
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    Caribbean Report 12-03-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-03-12) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Bird, Lester (interviewee); White, James (correspondent); Lee, Christopher King (interviewee); Naysmith, Electra (correspondent); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Bird, Lester (interviewee); Gibb, Tom (correspondent); Gibbons, Sam (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 13-04-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-04-13) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Kinnock, Neil (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Kuei Tung, Brian (interviewee); Meade, Reuben (interviewee); Bacchus, Earl (interviewee); Mottley, Wendell (interviewee); Colorado, Antonio (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 13-07-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-07-13) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Kirton, Mark (interviewee); Mullings, Seymour (interviewee); Charles, Pearnel (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Greaves, Keith 'Stone' (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 14-11-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-11-14) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Basdeo, Sahadeo (interviewee); Gunness, Christopher (correspondent); Alarcon, Ricardo (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Jagan, Cheddie (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Malette, George (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 15-10-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-10-15) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Robinson, Anthony (interviewee); Blackett, Harcourt (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Collins, Rudy (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 17-03-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-03-17) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Wells, Petrie Bowen (interviewee); McCormick, Fiona (correspondent); Bermudez, Gilbert (interviewee); Islam, Shada (correspondent); Gregoire, Sheraton (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Singh, Rickey (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Britain’s House of Commons will hold an adjournment debate on the future of the Caribbean’s Banana Industry - Petrie Bowen Wells, known as Bowen Wells- Britain’s Conservative Party politician asked for the discussion in parliament. He told correspondent Fiona McCormick that the debate is also to celebrate the victory for Caribbean bananas in the new European Single Market. Gilbert Bermudez - Association of Costa Rican Banana Producers and Rudi Pfeifer also speaks with correspondent Shada Islam. Eastern Caribbean Private Sector officials are planning a structure for their own organization, it is one of the issues being discussed at their first conference in Dominica. The conference is being chaired by Sheraton Gregoire – VP for the OECS in the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce. It was prompted by the fact that the serious economic configuration is changing, and the need to decide a way forward for economic viability – correspondent Mike Jarvis reports. Jamaica’s first one on one political debate took place between Prime Minister PJ Patterson and Opposition Leader Edward Seaga. Social Scientist Brian Meeks gives his analysis on the debate between the two political factions. Ricky Singh- President of the Caribbean Association of Media Workers also gives his journalistic analysis of the effectiveness, delivery, and quality of the live political debate - correspondent Mike Jarvis reports. An appeal was made by Cuba to the world for food, medicine and other emergency aid for 150,000 people left homeless by the devastating storm. The appeal was published by the UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs during a visit to the island by UN disaster officials. The storm has had a severe on impact on Cuba’s economic mainstays of agricultural and tourism – correspondent Mike Jarvis reports.
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    Caribbean Report 17-05-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-05-17) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); O'Neal, Ralph (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Archer, Leonard (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Maynard, Charles (interviewee); Agnew, Jonathan (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 17-06-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-06-17) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); King, Maurice (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Bonaparte, Christian (interviewee); Beaulieu, Mario (interviewee); Bazin, Marc; Coore, David; Seaga, Edward; Allen, Gary (correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 17-07-1991
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991-07-17) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Burchell, Jonathan (correspondent); Gandhi, Maneka (interviewee); Whitehorne, Pat (correspondent); Seaga, Edward (speaker); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Brathwaite, Nicholas (interviewee); Lloyd, Clive (interviewee); Charles, Pearnel (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 18-12-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-12-18) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Pastor, Robert (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Daniel, Louis (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 19-03-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-03-19) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Aldridge, Carl (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Marshall, Malcolm (interviewee); Beckles, Hilary (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 21-01-1999
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999-01-21) Richards, Ken (anchor, interviewer); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); Arthur, Owen S. (interviewee); Smith, Lew (correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Duncan, Neville (interviewee); Andrew Thomas, Kimberly (correspondent); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Brooks, Duwayne (interviewee); Hurley, Michael (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 21-04-1999
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999-04-21) Greaves, Keith Stone (anchor, correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Daniel, Louis (correspondent); Torres, Luis (correspondent); Lee, Chelston (correspondent); Walker, Andrew (correspondent); Joseph, Emma (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation