Browsing by Author "Waldron, Michael (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 01-05-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-05-01) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); O'Connor, Flo (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Hunte, Julian (interviewee); Regis, Ausbert (interviewee); Compton, John (interviewee); Orr, Carol (correspondent); Campos, Ruben (interviewee); Niles, Bertram (correspondent); Waldron, Michael (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The death of Jamaican prisoner Ivan Morgan continues to raise questions about his medical care whilst in prison. Flo O'Connor of the Jamaican Council on Human Rights expressed concern about the circumstances surrounding the death. The Saint Lucian Opposition plans a protest march against the UN funds scandal and the government's industrial policy. Britain's beleaguered national health service, once the envy of the world, is sending its managers to Cuba for advice on how to run the organization. Belize's Minister of Health and Sport, Ruben Campos comments on how Belize has, so far, taken advantage of Cuban medical expertise. Bertram Niles reports on the findings of Dr. R. Wiseman's study on whether doubles in Trinidad are a national delicacy or a national disaster. At the Scientific Meeting of the Caribbean Medical Research Council there were concerns that Caribbean governments may be ignoring valuable medical research in the region. In cricket, the West Indies will start an uphill struggle when they respond to the Australians mammoth score.
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    Caribbean Report 04-02-1993
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1993-02-04) Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Draper, Gordon (interviewee); Mc Leod, Errol (interviewee); Caputo, Dante (interviewee); Adams, David (correspondent); Hakim, Peter (interviewee); Jarvis, Mike (correspondent); Burnett, Charles (interviewee); Waldron, Michael (interviewee); Richardson, Richie (interviewee); Bakka, Leif (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Major Trade Unions in Trinidad and Tobago are preparing massive protest against structural adjustment policies being adopted by the PNM government of Prime Minister Patrick Manning, and the government’s decision to defer payment of salary increases to public servants. The unions are also predicting large scale retrenchment as a result of these measures – correspondent Tony Fraser reports on the views of Gordon Draper and Errol McLeod - President General of the OWTU. A naval blockade of Haiti could be the final result of continued stalling of negotiations of the country’s de facto regime. Analysts looking at the Haitian crisis say the United Nations envoy Dante Caputo is being pushed in the direction of the harder options – correspondent David Adams reports. The United States policy towards Cuba seems unlikely to change if members of the congress have anything to do with it. Peter Hakim - Senior Acting President of Inter-American Dialogue made a presentation to the US House Panel on Wednesday to urge reconciliation with a Cuba that is no longer a threat to the US fell on deaf ears. Two Caribbean leaders are scheduled to Eugenia Charles of Dominica and Erskine Sandiford of Barbados to meet with Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore on the occasion of the 44th Annual Prayer Breakfast hosted by the US President. St. Maarten and other Dutch territories in the northern Caribbean can soon have their positions changed to give them greater status in the European Community. Senior Dutch and local government officials are to meet at a meeting chaired by Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers and the Dutch Minister of Aruban and Antillean Affairs Ernst Hirsch Ballin to make the islands of St. Maarten, Saber and St. Eustatius a province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. However, reactions to the proposal in St. Maarten have been mixed. Top Caribbean medical expert Dr. Michael “Mickey” Waldron, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI- Barbados has challenged the projections of the rate of increase of AIDs cases in the region as projected by the Harvard Based Global Aids Coalition. In an interview with correspondent Debbie Ransome, Dr. Waldron says that based on research conducted, there is s strong likely hold of a twenty fold increase of AIDS cases in the region.
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    Caribbean Report 11-03-1992
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992-03-11) Jarvis, Mike (anchor); Marshall, Hugh (interviewee); Clarkson, Lauret (interviewee); Meeks, Brian (interviewee); Arnold, Keith (interviewee); Waldron, Michael (interviewee); Ellis, David (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    Antiguan government Member of Parliament Hugh Marshall received word that he and Foreign Affairs Minister Lester Bird are next on a list of senior officials who have been the targets of arson attacks. Public service workers in Grenada feel neglected as Prime Minister Nicholas Brathwaite intervenes in the wage dispute between the private sector workers and their employers. They have given the government fourteen days to come to an agreement. Thirteen thousand sugar workers in Jamaica return to their jobs after agreeing to the daily rate and minimum wage settlements in the new contract with producers. In Jamaica, it is hoped that Prime Minister Michael Manley will announce his decision to step down at his party’s meeting on Sunday. Governor of the Belize Central Bank Keith Arnold believes that although the long term prospects look dim for Caribbean banana producers, Belize can hold its own even without preferential access to European markets. Barbadian doctors are exploring the possibility of a regional kidney bank to expedite matches between patients and donors. Finally, an OAS plan to restore ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power will be debated by Haitian lawmakers.