Browsing by Author "Pyne, Geoff (analyst)"

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    Caribbean Report 06-06-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-06-06) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Pyne, Geoff (analyst); Brown, Hazel (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Eugenia Charles, Dominica’s Prime Minister, says she agrees with the controversial proposals by the British government for the regulation of the banana market in Europe after 1992. The proposal calls for the imposition of set quotas for dollar banana imports and a ten percent tariff. The newly elected opposition leader of Dominica is unhappy with the prime minister’s acceptance of the British proposals and supports the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association in its rejection of the document. Following the Financial News, the Caribbean Regional Consumers Council plans to set up databases in two islands in an effort to make consumer related information more easily available. A health database will be established in Barbados and a public utilities database in Trinidad. The report concludes with the assertion by David Jessop of the West India Committee in London that if the Caribbean is to successfully develop export markets in Europe after 1992, it must develop new and practical approaches.
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    Caribbean Report 13-07-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-07-13) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Roy, Louis (interviewee); Carroll, Roger (correspondent); Simpson, Bob (correspondent); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Pyne, Geoff (analyst); Buchanan Calder, Paulette (analyst); Mallet, George (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The president of Haiti’s Council of State says that the return of Roger Lafontant and Williams Regala has jeopardized the upcoming elections in November and recommends the arrest of these two former military leaders given their alleged record of torture and murder in the past. Secondly, over 40 Haitians drowned and 250 survived as they attempted to sail to the Bahamas as illegal immigrants. In the Dominican Republic, election results are still pending two months after the presidential elections and the instability of the country is exacerbated by a current shortage of diesel fuel on the island. Following the Financial News, St. Lucia’s Deputy Prime Minister held meetings with the British Department of Transport in London seeking to convince them of a need for a second air service out of the UK to St. Lucia. The report concludes with Stories of Caribbean Interest Appearing in the British Press.