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    Caribbean Report 02-02-2000
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2000-02-02) Richards, Ken (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Clarke, Ellis (interviewee); Douglas, Rosie (interviewee); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Robertson, Jessica (correspondent); Ferguson, Obie (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Wilson, Basil (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Smith, Lew (correspondent); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 02-07-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-07-02) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Leyne, Jon (correspondent); Best, Lloyd (analyst); Smith, Clifford (correspondent); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Ford, Henry (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 05-02-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-02-05) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Mitchell, James (interviewee); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Jackson, Jessie (interviewee); Binnendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); Douglas, Roosevelt "Rosie" (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program features the major row between the Dominican Republic and Caricom countries over the former’s decision to export bananas to the European community, a contravention of an agreement with Caricom. Following the Financial Market news, Rev. Jessie Jackson condemns the move by the United States to cut back on aid levels to the Caribbean countries. The next segment addresses the announcement by Desi Bouterse, Surinam’s army commander to give up his role as a mediator in the country’s peace talks. The program concludes with the upcoming meeting in Brussels between the members of the European Commission and the representatives of the current European colonies in the Caribbean to discuss concerns over the role of the colonies with the introduction of the single market in Europe.
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    Caribbean Report 09-02-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-02-09) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Allen, Gary (correspondent); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Poon Tip, Neil (interviewee); Robinson, Anthony (interviewee); Islam, Shada (correspondent); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Tanner, Marcus (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Jamaica’s Central Bank is at the centre of a foreign exchange controversy involving the rate at which foreign currency is being officially bought. The opposition claims that Bank of Jamaica agents are pushing up the price of the dollar and thus, the bank suspended the procedure of agents purchasing foreign exchange on its behalf. PM PJ Patterson and Finance Minister Hugh Small are scheduled to make statements in the Jamaica House of representatives – correspondent Gary Allen reports. CARICOM manufacturers say that the sector is at a virtual standstill. The manufacturers who have been meeting at a conference in Georgetown said that nothing is being done by regional governments to stimulate the industries, evident by the lack of concern and the lack of government ministers at the conference. Neil Poon Tip –President of the TTMA and Anthony Robinson – President of the Jamaica Manufacturer’s Association share their sentiments that the manufacturers sector is at a loss about their next move forward – correspondent Sandra Baptiste reports. The European Commission has agreed to meet with Latin American banana producers, and the German government is threatening to sue over the proposed banana regime. A European Farm Ministers meeting that opened in Brussels was expected to put the final stamp of approval on the proposed regime. However German and Latin American lobbying has continued –Charles Savarin, Dominica Ambassador to Brussels is interviewed by correspondent Shada Islam and Mike Jarvis. Haitian authorities had a change of heart and agreed to accept international human rights observers. The announcement was made by UN Envoy Dante Caputo as a first step to restoring democracy to Haiti. The team of human rights experts and technical personnel made up of UN and OAS officials will be allowed to move freely in Haiti for one year– correspondent Mike Jarvis reports. Surinamese passports are being offered for sale by World Passports – a company operating as an Honorary Counsel to desperate Serbians citizens of war torn regions of former Yugoslavia desperate Serbians trying to escape the bloodshed of their country. The passport only allows the holder easier travel throughout Europe and does not entitle residency - correspondent Marcus Tanner reports. Popular Guyanese born singer Eddie Grant fell ill with thrombotic dengue fever on a visit to his mother’s home in Guyana. Grant boarded a Concord flight to London for treatment; he was given a series of tests and a blood transfusion - correspondent Mike Jarvis reports.
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    Caribbean Report 11-06-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-06-11) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Rensch, Stanley (interviewee); Neita, Hartley (interviewee); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Stanley Rensch, exiled leader of the Surinamese Human Rights Organization, contends that the government is powerless to control the current conflict between the army and the Jungle Commando rebel group. Over the past week, the bauxite mining town of Moengo in Suriname has been under siege resulting in the closure of the bauxite company SURALCO. Secondly, Jamaica’s ailing Prime Minister, Michael Manley, is unable to host the 11Th Caricom Heads of Government Summit. Mr. Manley is currently a patient at the Miami Heart Institute recovering from a case of pneumonia and will soon be preparing for prostate cancer surgery. Thirdly, all travellers arriving in the Dominican Republic will now be required to change US$100.00 in an effort by the government to increase the foreign currency of the Central Bank. Following the Financial News, the Caribbean ambassadors in Brussels are expected to meet tomorrow to discuss the proposals put forward by the regional agricultural ministers for the regularization of the banana trade in Europe after 1992. These proposals were drafted at a meeting in Jamaica last week and seek to counter the controversial proposals by the British government which may lead to a significant fall in the price of bananas. The report concludes with a brief segment on Guyana’s inability to work out a support agreement with the IMF.
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    Caribbean Report 13-09-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-09-13) Goffe, Leslie (anchor); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Matheson, James (interviewee); Ford, Henry (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Barnes, John (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 14-11-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-11-14) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Hector, Tim (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Birdsman, Joel (interviewee); Gibbs, Lance (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 16-06-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-06-16) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Barnes, Michael (interviewee); Chalker, Lynda (speaker); Taylor, Tom (speaker); Orr-Ewing, Charles (speaker); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 17-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-17) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Davis, Carlton (interviewee); Stokes, Dudley (interviewee); Breland, Mark (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program commences with a report on the new trade opportunities opening in Eastern Europe for the Caribbean nations. Secondly, according to the Daily Telegraph approximately one thousand Brazilian gold prospectors from an Indian reservation in Northern Brazil are crossing the Guyanese border and are required to pay eight percent in royalties. The Financial News provides an in-depth report on the drop in aluminium prices on the world market and the role of the London Metal Exchange in influencing the low prices. The sport segment follows on the preparations of the Jamaican Bobsled Team for the World Cup European Championships in Austria and the World Championships in Switzerland. It also covers the upcoming WBA title fight between Lloyd Honeyghan, a Jamaican-born British boxer and the American boxer Mark Breland. The report concludes with a brief update on the shift in the US foreign aid spending from traditional recipients, such as Israel and Egypt, to emerging democracies in Eastern Europe and Panama.
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    Caribbean Report 17-02-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-02-17) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Dupiton, Thomas Eddy (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Ramphal, Shridath (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Barsotti, Frank (interviewee); Mansoor, Michael (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    An ACP-EC meeting is held in the Dominican Republic, but there is dissappointment due to the absence of ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide. The President of the Dominican Republic is called on to give a statement since Aristide was advised to stay away by officials of the Dominican Republic who said there was fear for his safety. A Barbadian diplomat express dissappointment with the state of affairs in the regional integration movement as Caribbean leaders prepare for an informal summit in Jamaica. Chairman of the West Indian Commission, Sir Shridath Ramphal gives an address to the parliament of the Netherland Antilles on the work of the Commission and on the progress of regional integration, and there is a severe cash shortage in the Trinidad and Tobago's commercial banking sector.
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    Caribbean Report 18-02-2003
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2003-02-18) Niles, Bertram (anchor); Charles, Paul (correspondent); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Spencer, Baldwin (interviewee); Letang, Thomas (interviewee); Arthur, Owen (interviewee); Patterson, Percival James (interviewee); Gomes, Carolyn (interviewee); Ramnarine, David (interviewee); Hooper, Carl (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 19-02-2003
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2003-02-19) Niles, Bertram (anchor); Charles, Paul (correspondent); Weir, Karen (correspondent); Condor, Sam (interviewee); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Spencer-Jarrett, Judith (interviewee); Letang, Thomas (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Seaga, Edward (interviewee); Rothschild, François (interviewee); Pierre, Philip J. (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 21-11-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-11-21) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Heyliger, Theodore (interviewee); Richardson, Dennis (interviewee); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Wilfred, William (interviewee); Georges, Telford (interviewee); Marshall, Hugh (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Alexander, Norma (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report Dutch St. Martin rolls out the tourist welcome mat only two months after the devastation of hurricane Luis. The Lt. Governor of St. Martin, Dennis Richardson comments on the emphasis of getting the tourism stock back on track and how this affected the rebuilding of locals' homes. In Guyana, the hearing into the cyanide wastes spill of the Omai Gold Mines focused on the absence of environmental protection legislation in the country. Antigua and Barbuda's newest political party holds a series of meetings across the country as Hugh Marshall comments on how he is going to publicize the third party locally. Meanwhile in Dominica, Charles Severin, Opposition candidate for Roseau Central will sit in Parliament for the first time since being elected. Mr. Severin won an appeal against a previous High Court ruling which had disqualified him from taking up the seat. In Britain, black and Asian nurses find that they are remaining at the bottom of the pile in the health system.
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    Caribbean Report 22-03-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-03-22) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); De Ronceray, Hubert (interviewee); Ford, Henry (interviewee); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Political unrest in Haiti leads to a state of urban terrorism with the recent killing of more than 30 people within a few days. Hugh Crosskill reports on the shooting of the wife of Hubert De Ronceray, a leading opposition member, who also comments on the inability of the government to control the unrest. Following the Financial News, two high-profile Americans, Sally Cowal (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs) and Senator Edward Kennedy express the need to ensure that the upcoming elections in Guyana is free and fair. According to Henry Ford of the Barbados Labour Party, the US interest in Guyana highlights the inactiveness of the Caricom leaders to maintain open and free elections in Guyana. Stories of Caribbean Interest appearing in the British Press include the controversial comments by Michael Stein (British Conservation MP) of “niggers in the woodpile;” British equality programme to produce the first black leader of the civil service; the contentious quotes by cricketer Brian Lara, “I can do Viv’s job now;” and Lord Anthony Gifford (left-wing barrister) leaves Britain with his wife Elaine Thomas to begin a new legal career in Jamaica. The final segment briefly covers the discussions of the Joint Assembly of the ACP and EEC on the implications of the Single Market Economy in 1992 for the ACP states.
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    Caribbean Report 22-04-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-04-22) Richards, Ken (anchor); Bannister, Graham (interviewee); Thompson, Bertina (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Gordon, Warren (correspondent); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Mullings, Seymour (interviewee); Devine, Joe (interviewee); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Smith, Lou (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 25-03-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-03-25) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Fawcett, Tim (correspondent); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Nuttall, Chris (correspondent); Omara, Sebastian (correspondent); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Aristide, Jean Bertrand (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 27-02-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-02-27) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Polanen, Rudolph (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Cooper, Graham (analyst); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Lloyd, Clive (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In Suriname, the move by the military commander Desi Bouterse to end the internal arm conflict by uniting with Ronnie Brunswick and the Amerindian rebels is viewed with suspicion. Secondly, the opposition victory in the Nicaraguan elections is greeted with dismay by the Cuban government since it may now mean that Cuba will receive the brunt of the US hostility in the region. Following the Financial News, Caricom ministers meet in St. Lucia tomorrow to discuss the state of the banana row with the Dominican Republic. At the meeting, they will examine a letter of explanation from the government of the Dominican Republic. The report concludes with an interview with Clive Lloyd, West Indies cricket manager in which he expresses surprise of the English performance at the first test match between the West Indies and England at the Sabina Park, Jamaica.
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    Caribbean Report 31-01-2000
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2000-01-31) Richards, Ken (anchor); Savarin, Charles (interviewee); Seraphine, Rita (interviewee); Bruning, Mikey (interviewee); Springer, Bevan (correspondent); Clinton, Bill (interviewee); Clarke, Una (interviewee); Douglas, Denzil (interviewee); Josephs, Emma (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation