Browsing by Author "Singh, Wendy (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 02-01-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-01-02) Thomas, Moya (anchor); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Stern, Vivien (interviewee); John, Velon (interviewee); Prescod, John (interviewee); Burgess, Jacquie (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); Simmons, David (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This special edition of Caribbean Report examines penal reforms in the Caribbean. The region's prisons are in crisis as they face a myriad of problems including overcrowding, riots, violence and aged infrastructure. Vivien Stern, Penal Reform International (PRI) comments on whether these challenges are peculiar to the Caribbean. Jacquie Burgess of Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) speaks on women in the region's prisons. Velon John of St. Lucia and Barbados' Attorney General David Simmons, proponents of capital punishment, comment on issue of hanging and the Caribbean Court of Appeal.
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    Caribbean Report 04-12-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-12-04) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Gibb, Tom (correspondent); Reynolds, Brian (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); McDonald, Trevor (interviewee); Patterson, P. J. (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 09-03-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-03-09) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Nuttall, Chris (correspondent); Boutros-Ghali, Boutros (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (interviewee); Fernandez de Cossio, Carlos (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); Ally, Terry (interviewee); Howell, Calvin (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Caribbean bauxite and alumina producers will face serious problems if a US proposal to American President Bill Clinton is accepted. In Jamaica, Kingston is at a virtual standstill as a strike by tanker drivers led to a shortage of petrol at service stations. Trinidad steps up security inside its main prison following the disappearance of the master keys to the prison. At the UN Social Development Summit in Copenhagen, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have produced an alternative declaration and have called for the cancellation of Third World debt. The French government confirmed that President Fidel Castro is to meet with French President Francois Mitterrand. Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, Director of US Affairs in Cuba's Foreign Ministry, responds to whether President Castro is likely to press for French support against the US trade embargo. The World Council of Churches has presented a report on racism in the United States to the UN Commission on Human Rights. In Barbados, a political and environmental controversy has been brewing over the selection of a particular site for the new sanitary landfill. Bertram Niles examines the issue and its lessons for waste disposal in the rest of the Caribbean. US officials state that security is a top concern in Haiti as the US prepares to end its peacekeeping mission on March 31st and handover duties to the United Nations.
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    Caribbean Report 12-09-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-09-12) Richards, Ken (anchor); Eizenstat, Stuart (interviewee); Waters, Maxine (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Stuart, Sheila (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); Brandt, David (interviewee); Hayes, Rosie (correspondent); Calzon, David (interviewee); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Manning, Patrick (interviewee); Mullings, Seymour (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 14-04-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-04-14) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Atkin, Sharon (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); Duodu, Cameron (interviewee); Collymore, Yvette (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The sister programme BBC Caribbean Magazine examined the on-going debate of male and female relationships in the region and the Caribbean diaspora. Black men question why women are so choosy about their partners and black women ask where are all the good men. Carol Orr reports on why black professional women in Britain were increasingly finding it hard to meet compatible partners. A snap shot of some of the views expressed in the previous Caribbean Magazine programme is presented. A discussion with an international footing is held to answer the question on whether there is a war between the sexes within the black community. Women activist, Sharon Atkin, Guyanese-born consultant Wendy Singh, Cameron Duodu, a Ghanaian writer and Vincentian journalist Yvette Collymore comment on the issue and look at history to find a global answer.
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    Caribbean Report 14-06-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-06-14) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); McCala, John (speaker); Esquivel, Manuel (interviewee); Price, George (interviewee); Johnson, Anthony (interviewee); Fleming, James (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 16-01-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-01-16) Richards, Ken (anchor); Fraser, Tony (interviewee); Mason, Barnaby (correspondent); Lee, Brascoe (interviewee); Grant, Jennifer (correspondent); Smith, Lou (correspondent); Clarke, Peter (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Hundreds of demonstrators have literally cut off a section of Trinidad and Tobago's main land oil belt in protest of unemployment and poor living conditions in the area. The following segment states that after complaints from the Italian and Spanish producers, the British government is calling on the European Commission to modify the quotas on rice import from the Caribbean. British officials say that the measures are affecting the Rice Processing Industry in Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Next, Jamaicans will now have a third option, the National Democratic Movement, when they vote in the next general elections. Next, former US President Jimmy Carter is to visit former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in January. In the next segment, the Grenada government says that it wants to diversify the country’s economic base. Casino gambling seems to be one of its options and church leaders are opposing this move. The freeing of Colville McBarnet and Phyllis Coard on medical and humanitarian grounds is dealt with in this segment. The final segment states that a New York City Police Department memo, which directs police to compile a special list of Caribbean people they arrest, is causing a political storm.
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    Caribbean Report 20-08-1999 
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1999-08-20) Finlay, Mike (correspondent); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); King, Martin Luther (speaker); Farrakhan, Louis (speaker); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Foster, Laurie (interviewee); Young, Donald Washington (interviewee); Wilson, Basil (interviewee); Hughes, Edward (interviewee); De Freitas, Donnie (interviewee); Stone Greaves, Keith (anchor, correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 22-06-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-06-22) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Guy, Hilton (interviewee); Hudson-Phillips, Karl (interviewee); Flemming, Charles (interviewee); Smith, Lew (correspondent); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); Goddard, Philip (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); Mann, Simon (correspondent); Emburey, John (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report: Trinidad and Tobago's police talks about the possible motives behind the killing of former Attorney General Selwyn Richardson and offers a reward for his killers. In St. Lucia at the commission of inquiry into the misappropriation of UN funds, former Ambassador to the UN, Dr. Charles Flemming, a key witness, is quizzed by Karl Hudson-Phillips, Counsel to the Commission. A challenge threatens to topple Dr. Keith Mitchell's one seat majority government in Grenada and delay the swearing-in of the new Prime Minister. An eight member team of Commonwealth observers has been selected to observe the July 3rd general elections in St. Kitts/Nevis. Venezuela has ratified its membership in the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) clearing the way for its Ambassador Simon Molina Duarte to be the ACS first Secretary-General. Barbados and Cuba are close to signing an investment protection agreement. The London-based Penal Reform International states that conditions in Jamaica's jails have improved. In cricket, England had a disappointing day in the second test against the West Indies.