Browsing by Author "Simpson, Myrna (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 02-08-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-08-02) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Simpson, Myrna (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Wardle, Charles (interviewee); Persaud, Wilberne (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Malcolm, Devon (interviewee)
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    Caribbean Report 14-06-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-06-14) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Bremner, Juliet (correspondent); Simpson, Myrna (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Moraes, Claude (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Caroit, Jean Michel (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In London, the acquittal of the two police officers accused of the manslaughter of Joy Gardner angers relatives and friends of the victim. The Director of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Claude Moraes comments on the involvement of the police in deportations. The West Yorkshire police have ordered an internal inquiry into the events which led Asian youths to riot in the Manningham area of Bradford. An election date for St. Kitts and Nevis is expected to be announced by Prime Minister Kennedy Simmonds. In Dominica, Edison James is sworn in as the island's new Prime Minister. Meanwhile, the ex-Prime Minister, Dame Eugenia Charles, assesses the elections and talks about her plans for retirement. Continuing violent crimes in Western Kingston and South St. Andrews have angered the business community. In the Dominican Republic, 10 persons were injured amid clashes between rioters and police in the the town of Villa Altagarcia. One of the victims is a 13 year-old who was injured by a bullet fired from a jeep owned by the Under-Secretary for Sports. The police chief ordered an investigation of the case. London's Evening Standard newspaper has paid substantial damages to Lady Colin Campbell, the biographer of the Princess of Wales.