Browsing by Author "Thompson, Julia (correspondent)"

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    Caribbean Report 06-03-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-03-06) Richards, Ken (anchor); Hinds, Sam (interviewee); Roopnarine, Rupert (interviewee); Kissoon, Freddie (interviewee); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Jagan, Cheddi (interviewee); Gordon, Warren (correspondent); Thompson, Julia (correspondent); Mitchell, Keith (interviewee); Douglas, Denzil (interviewee); James, Edison (interviewee); Grant, Bernie (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (interviewee); Bousquet, Earl (interviewee); Singh, Rickey (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Dr. Cheddi Jagan has passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning at a Washington hospital. The news was broken in Georgetown this morning by acting President Sam Hinds who was sworn in this morning as Guyana’s new executive president. Next, in this 1963 interview obtained from the BBC World Service Archives, Dr Jagan talks about his early life and Warren Gordon traces the latter part of it. Next, Julia Thompson gives the reactions of some prominent Caribbean leaders and Caricom Heads of government following the death of Dr Cheddi Jagan. Next, tributes to President Jagan. In the following Caribbean journalist discusses Dr Jagan’s contribution to Caribbean politics. In the final segment, the President’s long terms successor is discussed.
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    Caribbean Report 07-03-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-07-03) Richards, Ken (anchor); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Munroe, Trevor (interviewee); Patterson, P. J. (interviewee); Seaga, Edward (interviewee); Golding, Bruce (interviewee); Bird, Lester (interviewee); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Thompson, Julia (correspondent); Anyaoku, Emeka (interviewee); Birns, Larry (interviewee); Rowe, Yvette (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report, Ken Richards along with other correspondents report on the death of former Jamaican Prime Minister, Michael Manley. Hugh Crosskill traces Manley's political career and development. In a segment with Ken Richards, sentiments are expressed from Dr. Trevor Monroe, a U.W.I. reader in politics and government, P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Edward Seaga, Opposition Leader, Bruce Golding, National Democratic Movement Chairman, Lester Bird, CARICOM chairman and finally from Trinidadian Prime Minister Basdeo Panday. Julia Thompson reports similar sentiments expressed internationally with interviews with Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Secretary General of the Commonwealth and Larry Birns, a Washington based Professor. A segment is devoted to an interview with Dr. Trevor Monroe, where the view that there was the ending of an era with the deaths of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley is discussed. Yvette Rowe then reports on the media coverage in Jamaica of Manley's death. In the final segment, annonymous Jamaican people at home and in New York express their feelings on the death of Michael Manley and a past interview with him is aired.
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    Caribbean Report 08-11-1996
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1996-11-08) Orr, Carol (anchor); Bramble, Austin (interviewee); Meade, Reuben (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); La Craie, Valerie (correspondent); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Thompson, Julia (correspondent); Gifford, Anthony (interviewee); Blanchard, Desmond (interviewee); Harrison, David (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
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    Caribbean Report 12-05-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-05-12) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Clinton, Bill (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Thompson, Julia (correspondent); Smith, Colin (correspondent); Cartner, Holly (interviewee); O'Brien, Michael (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The United States President has promised Caribbean Heads of Government that he will seek swift congressional approval of a Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement Act. It is widely accepted in the Caribbean that President Clinton’s visit was a historic one, however, the views from the United States is much less flattering. The American Times found the conference in the Caribbean comical. Next, the United States President and the Caribbean leaders signed an agreement to cooperate in fighting the drug trade. The London Guardian reports that while the United States is keeping a close eye on drug trafficking in the bigger Caribbean Islands, South American cocaine barons have increasing influence in the region’s smaller states. Next Guyana’s Elections Commission has been considering the adoption of a code of conduct and stricter regulation of the parties hoping to contest the election. Also, Guyana’s Parliament has approved the controversial change of name of the national airport from Timehri to Dr Cheddi International Airport. Next, a report by the U.S. Human Rights Watch is recommending tougher laws to deal with racism and racial attacks in Britain. The report says racially motivated attacks in Britain have increased three fold over the past decade and the Labour government says that legislative changes are being considered as corrective measures and Labour would be tough on racism. Next, President Bill Clinton is due to apologise to survivors of a federal experiment in Alabama looking at the effects of syphilis on black men. The study which began in 1932 monitored the effects of untreated syphilis on black men living in Tuskegee. Finally, an Australian marathon swimmer completed a historic swim across the Florida Straits.
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    Caribbean Report 20-02-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-02-20) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Newens, Stanley; Niles, Bertram (anchor); Thompson, Julia (correspondent); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Assam, Mervyn (interviewee); Walker, Andrew (correspondent); Rohee, Clement (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    bThe EC proposal to cut the share of the EU banana market allotted to ACP countries has been approved by the European Parliament. The proposal must now go before the Council of Ministers for final approval. Next, in a summit in Antigua, President Leonel Fernandez, of the Dominican Republic has told Caribbean leaders that they should forget about the idea of preferences in their international trade relations. Instead they should focus on a package of other measures such as debt relief. In the following segment, Presidents of the Dominican Republic and Haiti have briefly met during the summit, to discuss the issue of the deportation of thousands of Haitians. Other Heads of government were busy trying to reach decisions of regional and international matters which impact on foreign relations and other specific areas. Next, the Director General of the World Trade Organisation has appointed a panel to rule in the dispute between the United States and the European Union about US sanctions against Cuba. According to the European Union the Helm-Burton law breaks world trade organisation rules. In the final segment, the Foreign Minister of Guyana is dismissing talks of a long term successor for the ailing President, Dr Cheddi Jagan. He is in hospital, at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, where he is covering from a heart attack.
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    Caribbean Report 21-05-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-05-21) Richards, Ken (anchor); Grant, Jennifer (correspondent); Panday, Basdeo (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Caroit, Jean-Michel (correspondent); Myers, Gordon (interviewee); Thompson, Julia (correspondent); Maitland, Tim (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The election campaign in St. Lucia has been an intense and costly affair with forty one candidates seeking the attention of the electorate. However, the main election issue that has dominated the election campaign is the state of the national economy and which political party is best capable of leading St. Lucia into the 21st century. Next, in Jamaica the much anticipated general elections have been dominating the headlines. Questions are being raised about whether international observers will be invited and whether the police force is ready. Next, in the Dominican Republic the President has sacked two of is leading law enforcement officials – the chief of police and head of the country’s drug enforcement agency. The government has been dogged by growing violence and social unrest caused by economic problems and an increase of the number of deportations from the United States. Next, the Caribbean Development Bank has announced that mainland China is to be admitted as a CDB member. The Board of Governors has accepted China’s application during the Bank’s annual meeting in Toronto, Canada. However, Grenada’s Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell said he was disappointed with membership to the Bank for Taiwan was not tabled nor actively considered. Also, China and the Bahamas are said to be holding talks to establish diplomatic ties after relations with Taiwan and the island were severed this week. Next, the World Trade Organisation has a responsibility to cater for the vulnerability of small countries like the Caribbean banana producing countries even though it is essentially an organisation based on free trade according to the European representative of the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association. Next, a study of ethnic minority groups in Britain says they are no longer disadvantaged. According to the report some minority groups are doing just as well economically as their white counterparts. The independent Policy Studies Institute puts Indians in the Caribbean in the middle range in relation to the financial success. Next, the Jamaican Badminton Team suffered their second defeat at the World Mixed Badminton Championship, the Sudirman Cup in Glasgow, Scotland.
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    Caribbean Report 27-02-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-02-27) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Laurent, Edwin (interviewee); Smith, Lew (interviewee); Thompson, Julia (correspondent); Williams, James (interviewee); Taqi, Ali (interviewee); Augustus, Curtis (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The US ambassador to Port of Spain says his government has no intention of taking on the region through the shiprider agreement. Next, the Ambassador of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States is shedding more light on the European Parliament’s position on the ACP banana quota. Next, the Prime Minister of Grenada has said that things are patched up between him and his former deputy. She was removed from her position after failing to attend a recent convention of the ruling New National Party. Next, an American based group, the Washington Office on Haiti has made fresh charges about the alleged sweatshop conditions endured by workers in Haiti, employed by the Walt Disney Company. Next, there is cautious optimism coming out of an Amsterdam Conference that progress is being made in the fight against the world wide problem of child labour. The conference zeroed in on the most intolerable forms of child labour. Next, stories of Caribbean interest appearing in the British press. In the final segment, the European Union is to provide Guyana with a grant to help improve its malfunctioning water supply in the transportation systems as well as its private sector. Also its finance minister has expressed concern about the government and private sector views on the continuing uncertainty of the accessibility of Guyana’s rice.