Browsing by Author "O'Connell, Rhona (analyst)"

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    Caribbean Report 05-03-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-03-05) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Miller, David (interviewee); Timmins, Jerry (correspondent); O'Connell, Rhona (analyst); Cowal, Sally (interviewee); Honeyghan, Lloyd (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Amidst mounting pressures at home and abroad, the Haitian people anticipates the stepping down of President Prosper Avril. The president is warned by the Caribbean and Central American Action group to ensure a smooth transition to democracy. Secondly, the United States government is interested in free and fair general elections in Guyana and will be working to achieve this goal in the coming months. The report concludes with the defeat of Jamaican-born, Lloyd Honeyghan by American, Mark Breland at the WBA Welterweight Championship.
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    Caribbean Report 08-06-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-06-08) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Fitzpatrick, Miles (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); O'Connell, Rhona (analyst); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Cezair, Percy (interviewee); Whitehorne, Pat (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The Guyana Bar Association calls on the government to make amendments to the recently tabled Election Observers Bill in the Guyanese Parliament. Under the bill President Desmond Hoyte is empowered to invite observers for the country’s elections. The Bar Association is concerned that the bill does not clearly indicate that observers other than those invited by the President are welcomed and the element that it is a criminal offence to impersonate an observer. Secondly, a Soviet trade mission is in Cuba to work out the revised trading relations between the two countries. Cuba relies on the Soviet Union for 70% of international trade and this continued trade support from the Soviets is essential for the Cuban economy. Following the Financial News, the stand-off between the Surinamese army and the Jungle Commando in the bauxite mining town of Moengo continues. Ronnie Brunswick, leader of the Jungle Commando, threatened to blow up vital installations in the town of Moengo. The next segment covers Stories of Caribbean Interest in the British Press. The report concludes with Percy Cezair, Trinidadian Business Consultant and Journalist, agreeing with David Jessop, Head of the London-based West India Committee, that the Caribbean is suffering from the lack of an export culture.
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    Caribbean Report 14-07-1988
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1988-07-14) Timmins, Jerry (anchor); Wald, Karen (correspondent); Ziff, Jan (correspondent); Shipley, David (interviewee); Whitehorne, Pat (correspondent); O'Connell, Rhona (analyst); Bevan, Edward (commentator); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This program highlights the Angola talks in New York and the reaction of the Cuban delegation regarding their perception of the outcome of the talks. It also focuses on the Caribbean Basin Initiative and measures to close a loophole in the Omnibus Trade Bill in order to protect the ethanol industry in the Caribbean and the United States. Concerns regarding the competition faced by the banana industry from fruit markets in Europe are also addressed in this program, along with a revisiting of the dramatic increase in tourist arrivals in the Caribbean from the UK. Finally, the program ends with cricket highlights of the match between the West Indies and Glamorgan at Swansea.