1990 January-June CR

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    Caribbean Report 19-04-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1900-04-19) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Binnendijk, Chandra van (correspondent); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Jeffery, Mark (analyst); Brown, G. Arthur (interviewee); McKnight, Franklin (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The Surinamese politicians call for more effective enforcement of the death penalty due to the recent rise of crime rates in the country. In an emergency meeting, the members of the National Assembly pleaded for the death sentence to be enforced more readily. Secondly, general elections are on the agenda for Haiti and Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a radical priest, expressed a lack of confidence in the Haitian army and the new civilian government in ensuring free and fair elections in Haiti. Following the Financial News, Jamaica is on the brink of easing its commercial debt through a deal negotiated with the advisory committee of the commercial banks. The new agreement may result in an annual savings of approximately forty to fifty million dollars for Jamaica. The report concludes with comments from the editor of the Jamaican Gleaner on the standard of reporting in British newspapers, the need for a resident Gleaner correspondent in Britain and the current status of the press in Jamaica.
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    Caribbean Report 01-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-01) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Carrington, Edwin (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This special edition program provides an extended interview with Dr. Edwin Carrington, outgoing Secretary General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of Nations. In February 1990, Dr. Carrington stepped down as Secretary General of the ACP, after being defeated in his bid for re-elections. During his 15 years with the ACP Secretariat in Brussels, he played a key role in overseeing the negotiations and implementations of the trade and aid agreements with the EEC under the Lome Convention. In the interview, Dr. Carrington comments on the election process; the lobbying of Caribbean leaders on his behalf; the suggestion that his campaigning and travelling adversely affected his performance towards the end of his term; the division amongst the ACP Group; his future plans; and the economic future of the Caribbean.
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    Caribbean Report 02-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-02) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Kwayana, Eusi (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Bird, Lester (interviewee); Ford, Henry (interviewee); Barry, Robert (interviewee); Girvan, Norman (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The report focuses on the first formal meeting between Guyana's Working People's Alliance Party and Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana. An invitation to meet was issued by President Hoyte in response to Eusi Kwayana's, the WPA's lone MP, call on the Government to urgently initiate open dialogue with political parties, and religious and business organizations. Secondly, Lester Bird, Antigua's Deputy Prime Minister, dismisses suggestions of a split in Caricom states due to the different stances of Caribbean countries over the US invasion of Panama. He also contends that the invasion will not adversely affect the Caribbean/Latin American relations. Similar views are also expressed in an interview with Henry Ford, the leader of the Opposition in Barbados. Thirdly, a report by the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service predicts that world sugar production in the 1989-1990 is to fall below consumption for the fifth consecutive year. The need to expand Caribbean sugar production to the world market is addressed by Robert Barry, Head of the Research and Analysis Section of the Economic Research Service. The program concludes with the prediction of the heightening of Caribbean economic and social pressures in the 1990s. Prof. Norman Girvan, president of the Association of Caribbean Economists, purports that changes in Eastern Europe and US/Canada trade accord will translate into the Caribbean seeking help elsewhere and becoming more self-sufficient.
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    Caribbean Report 03-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-03) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Douglas, Roosevelt "Rosie" (interviewee); Morpurgo, Leo (interviewee); Lennon, Jim (interviewee); Linton Kwesi Johnson (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program begins by examining the role of Caricom in the fight against apartheid. During his African tour, Mr. Roosevelt “Rosie” Douglas, leader of Dominica’s Opposition Labour Party talks with representatives of South Africa’s ANC Party on the release of Nelson Mandela. Mr. Douglas also comments on the role of the Caribbean states in response to the call by the ANC for increased international pressure and comprehensive economic sanctions in dismantling apartheid. The second segment, addresses a spate of violent attacks on police stations and police officers in Suriname, and the establishment of a Special Police Unit to combat the violence. According to the report, it is widely suspected that the perpetrators are the Amerindians who are angry over the arrest of a group of Indians accused of armed robbery. Leo Morpurgo, Associate Press Writer, provides details of the new police unit and hints that the violence is linked to an increase in drug trafficking in Suriname. Thirdly, the Financial Market news offers an explanation by Jim Lennon, Associate Director of Metals Research at Shearson Lehman Hutton Securities as to why the Caribbean nickel producers, particularly in the Dominican Republic and Cuba, should not be concerned about the recent decrease in nickel prices. The final segment covers Linton Kwasi Johnson, the Jamaican dub poet, who recently returned to Britain after being the first artist from the west to stage a concert at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. The concert supported the anti-apartheid movement and marked the 8th anniversary of the abolition of martial law in Poland. Leslie Garth interviews Johnson on his experience in Eastern Europe, the audience at the concert and the implications of the changes in Eastern Europe for the Caribbean. Includes musical excerpts from Linton Kwasi Johnson and Daab, a Polish reggae underground band.
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    Caribbean Report 04-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-04) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); International Health and Human Rights Group.; Norton, Michael (correspondent); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); Spriggs, Michael (analyst); Menon, Rajiv (interviewee); Wilson, Andrew (interviewee); Wheeler, John (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program reports on the findings of a nine member delegation of the International Health and Human Rights Group visit to Haiti. The group investigated human rights abuses and health conditions of prisoners. Michael Norton, a BBC correspondent in Haiti, provides details of the group’s visit to the Haitian National Penitentiary, and reports on the health and abuse of four political prisoners. Secondly, the introduction of the US government owned television station, TV Marti, in Cuba generates strong protest from the Cuban government who threatens to stop the broadcast to Cubans by jamming the signals. In the Financial Market, Michael Spriggs, gold analyst, predicts the rise in gold prices in the midst of recent drops in the price of gold. In the next segment, a parliamentary support committee published a report outlining the rise of racial attacks in Britain with Scotland Yard recording more than 2500 attacks in 1989. Further comments and information on the racial assaults are provided by Rajiv Menon, Andrew Wilson of Scotland Yard and John Wheeler, Chair of Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee. The program concludes with Cricket News of the attempts by Surrey English County Team to persuade Barbadian fast-bowler, Ezra Moseley to join their team.
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    Caribbean Report 05-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-05) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Bhagwan, Moses (interviewee); Osborne, John (interviewee); Holder, John (interviewee); Gomez, Jerry (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program focuses on the historic meeting between Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana and a delegation from the Opposition Working People’s Party. BBC correspondent, Sharief Khan interviews Moses Bhagwan, the leader of the WPA and other delegates on the national dialogue on economic recovery and the changing attitudes between the political parties in Guyana. Secondly, the Government of Montserrat purchased Radio Antilles, the most powerful radio station in the Caribbean from the West German Radio Deutsche Welle. Following the Financial Market news, coverage is given to a request by Barbadian born John Holder, the first black umpire to officiate in a test match in England and to stand over England’s upcoming tour of the West Indies. Comments are also garnered from Jerry Gomez, the former president of the West Indies Umpires’ Association, on the chances of John Holder being invited to officiate during England’s tour. Finally, the round-up of what the British press has been saying of interest to the Caribbean includes race attacks in Britain; the warm attire of footballer John Barnes as it relates to a medical problem; and the Caribbean as an ideal destination for low cost English weddings.
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    Caribbean Report 08-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-08) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); Wenner, Claire (interviewee); Sainsbury, Tim (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Tendler, Stewart (interviewee); Foulkes, George; Chalker, Lynda; Norton, Michael (correspondent); Douglas, Roosevelt "Rosie" (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program provides an update into the massive fraudulent activities uncovered in Montserrat’s offshore banking sector in February 1989. Tim Sainsbury, Scotland Yard’s Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for the Caribbean, reveals details of the ongoing investigations. Leslie Garth interviews Stewart Tendler and reports that more incidents of fraud are being discovered, and regulations are redrafted to create more control over Montserrat’s banking sector. Secondly, a report addresses Caribbean concerns over the future of banana exports with the inception of the Single European Market. During a commodities debate in the British House of Commons, Labour Minister, George Foulkes questioned Lynda Chalker on the concerns of the WI banana producers. In a telephone interview, Clair Wenner, lobbyist in Britain on behalf of the Caribbean producers, comments on the current licensing arrangements governing the banana trade and the task of maintaining preferencial treatment for ACP bananas. The Financial Market news is followed by the announcement of the approval of the final timetable for Haitian elections by President Avril. BBC correspondent in Port-au-France, Michael Norton comments on the final list of presidential candidates and the purpose of President Avril’s trip to Taiwan seeking financial aid. The report concludes with the African tour of Roosevelt Douglas of the Dominican Labour Party with disclosures by Mr. Douglas on the benefits of Dominica’s close relations with the administration of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
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    Caribbean Report 09-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-09) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Marcall, George (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Esquivel, Manuel (interviewee); Reynolds, Randolph (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Lynch, Douglas (interviewee); Persaud, Vishnu (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program focuses on the signing of an agreement between the Government of Guyana and Reynolds Metal International, an American based company. BBC correspondent, Sharief Khan reports on the signing of this joint venture bauxite mining agreement and its implications for Guyana. Secondly, talks are expected to begin with Britain, Belize and Guatemala over long time territorial disputes. Further insights into these talks, the succession of land and access to the Caribbean are discussed by Manuel Esquivel, former Prime Minister of Belize. Following the Financial Market news, predictions are made of fewer British tourists to visit the Caribbean in 1990 due to the recession. The travel industry in Britain reported that bookings to the Caribbean are down by approximately 50 percent as compared to 1989. George Marcall, Sales and Marketing Director of Airtours comments on the economic situation and hikes in hotel prices which have led travellers to the reconsideration their options. Thirdly, the Barbadian Opposition Party suggests that Barbados is heading for a recession in the midst of debates over the state of the economy. The concerns follow an increase in the interest rates of loans and the imposition of restrictions on credit. Correspondent Sandra Baptiste reports and includes interviews with Douglas Lynch of the Barbados Shipping and Trading Company and Dr. Vishnu Persad, Director of Economic Affairs, Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat who state that the economy is not in crisis. The final segment looks at tomorrow’s report of an interview with Randolph Reynolds and a report on the expansion of telecommunication services by Cable and Wireless.
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    Caribbean Report 10-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-10) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Morgan, Brad (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Chellew, Tom (interviewee); Pierre, Leslie (interviewee); Stone, Terry (interviewee); Porter, Adrian (correspondent); O'Sullivan, Michael (interviewee); Navajas, Hugo (interviewee); Murphy, Pat (correspondent); Brewer, John (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This program provides insights into the national crackdown of the Jamaican drug network in the United States and reveals that many groups or “posses” are moving out of New York and into other areas in America. Ten posse members were arrested in Dallas, Texas for various violations of the Controlled Substance Act, according to Brad Morgan, Information Officer at the Crud Enforcement Agency. Secondly, the report explores the recent acquisitions of the national telecommunication systems in Jamaica and Grenada by the British telecommunication company, Cable and Wireless. BBC correspondent, Leslie Garth reports on the benefits for the Caribbean region, and interviews Tom Chellew, Director of Cable and Wireless with Responsibility for the Caribbean, and Leslie Pierre, Editor of the Grenadian Voice. Pierre likens the recent acquisitions to colonialism in the communication sphere of the Caribbean. However, Terry Stone, General Manager of Grantele, Grenada’s telephone company affirms that the move adds impetus to the development of telecommunication services in the region. Thirdly, Adrian Porter provides an update of last year’s plight of a herd of llamas from Chile stranded on a barren strip, offshore from Antigua. Michael O’Sullivan of the World Society for the Protection of Animals confirms the death of 118 lamas which prompted the WSPA to intervene and propose to ship the llamas to Peru. Following the Financial Market news, the new Chairman of the Group of 77, Ambassador Hugo Navajas of Bolivia states that the Third World faces an era of economic risks in the 1990’s. The program concludes with the preparation of the English cricketers to improve their physical fitness before the upcoming tour of the West Indies. Pat Murphy reports on the high level of fitness of the players and this is reiterated by the manager of the fitness program, John Brewer.
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    Caribbean Report 11-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-11) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Bajeux, Jean-Claude (interviewee); Biles, Peter (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Holder, John (interviewee); Whitehorne, Pat (correspondent); Duff, Mickey (interviewee); Rawling, John (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program reports on the call by a Caribbean Human Rights group for an independent inquiry into the lost of civilian lives in the US invasion of Panama. The next segment focuses on the disappearance of six members of a Cuban medical team working in Ethiopia with suggestions that rebels of the Oromo Liberation Front are responsible for their capture. Following the Financial News, the Phyllis Coard support group launches a new campaign expressing concerns about the physical and mental conditions of Phyllis Coard, one of the 14 Grenadians sentenced to death for the murder of former Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop in 1983. The sport segment concludes with a rejection by the West Indies Cricket Board to accept the offer by umpire John Holder to officiate at the upcoming English tour of the West Indies; and John Rawlins interviews boxing manager, Mickey Duff, on a rematch between Kirkland Laing and Buck Smith.
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    Caribbean Report 12-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-12) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); King, Bob (correspondent); Mathur, Ira (correspondent); Jones, James (interviewee); Wilson, Tracy (interviewee); DeJean, Rob (interviewee); Russell, Lynsey (correspondent); Fortescue, Edna (interviewee); Shatner, John (interviewee); Humphreys, Hilroy (interviewee); Dark, Ian (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program focuses on the strengthening of ties between Haiti and Taiwan through the recent visit of President Avril to Taipei, resulting in the Taiwanese offering advisory assistance to the development of the Haitian economy and trade. Secondly, trade unions in Trinidad condemn its Government’s retrenchments in the transportation sector and are encouraged to be less reliant on government subsidies. Following the Financial Market news, Antigua’s government faces a lawsuit by the American owners of the surviving llamas awaiting transportation to the US. The round-up segment addresses the return of prisoners to St. Croix after Hurricane Hugo; the call by a Birmingham City Counsellor, Phillip Murphy, to provide Jamaican dialect translation over a public address systems in city halls; and TV Marti in Cuba. The program concludes with Nigel Benn, Barbadian boxer vying for the World Middle Weight title against Sanderline Williams.
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    Caribbean Report 15-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-15) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Vincent, Justin (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Green, Chris (correspondent); Dark, Ian (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program reports on the response by the Haitian people to a call by the Opposition party for a national strike to prevent President Prosper Avril from returning to Haiti. The majority of Haitians did not answer the strike call. Secondly, a new Caribbean export agency, the Eastern Caribbean States Export Development Agency (ESCEDA) calls for free trade in the Caribbean in order to increase the effectiveness of the organization. Following the Financial News, the focus is on the recently concluded COMECON meeting in Bulgaria which was attended by Cuba’s Vice President, Carlos Rafael Rodrigues. Cuba’s stance against the proposed reforms at the meeting was addressed. Finally, the sporting segment centres on the first anniversary of the death of St. Kitts/Nevis cricketer Will Flack who died at the wicket in Gambia one year ago. The program concludes with the victory of Nigel Benn against Sanderline Williams and his upcoming fight against Roberto Duran as he vies for the World Middle Weight Title.
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    Caribbean Report 16-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-16) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); James, Canute (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Morgan, James (correspondent); Mathur, Ira (correspondent); Johnson, Andy; The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program features the finalization of negotiations for a new Jamaican IMF aid agreement since the island failed the last IMF economic performance test. The new agreement could translate into economic pressures for Jamaica, including higher interest rates, import reductions and the devaluation of the Jamaican dollar. Secondly, the fears of Caribbean politicians that recent changes in Eastern Europe will push the region to the back of the international aid queue was confirmed by the withdrawal of twenty five million dollars in US assistance to Jamaica. Following the Financial News, an economic correspondent examines the implications of the completion of the Uruguay Round of negotiations in December 1990 on Caribbean nations. The final segment reports on the two-day Caribbean Media and Telecommunications conference in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and provides insights into a conference presentation by Andy Johnson entitled “The New World Information Order in the Strategies of the Third World States.”
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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 18-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-18) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Gopaul, Nanda Kishore (interviewee); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); Pastor, Robert (interviewee); Langridge, Dereck (interviewee); Redhead, Brian (correspondent); Gatting, Mike (interviewee); Lloyd, Clive (interviewee); Partridge, Frank (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program reports on the newly formed Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD) organization which is viewed as a forerunner to a new political party with the aim to foster social and political change in Guyana. Secondly, Caribbean politicians are concerned over the recent shift in the US fund in assisting the anti-drug programme from the Caribbean to Poland. Following the Financial News, the British owned Cable and Wireless Co. responds to criticisms from Vere Bird Jr., Communications Minister in Antigua and Barbuda who purports that the company has a strangle-hold on the telecommunications of the twin island. The final segment addresses the upcoming controversial tour of the English cricket team to South Africa and over Mike Gatting’s (England captain) remarks, “I know little about apartheid” at a news conference a year ago.
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    Caribbean Report 19-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-19) Timmins, Jerry (anchor); Gannes, Emile (interviewee); Toalster, John (analyst); Mathur, Ira (correspondent); O'Toole, Pamela (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program focuses on the agreement by the British government to amend seventeen items in Anguilla’s constitution, including the right of men and women to pass voting rights to their foreign spouses. The leader of the opposition’s Anguilla United Party comments that the amendments do not address the vote of no confidence in Anguilla. Following the Financial Market news, the next segment highlights the outbreak of dengue fever in Trinidad with reports of 103 cases, the confirmation of the death of a teenager, and the prevention campaign being adversely affected by the shortage of insecticides. The round-up segment covers the new policy by Margaret Thatcher to ensure the payment of child support by runaway fathers; England’s upcoming cricket tour of the West Indies and South Africa; and an award for good conduct and service to the first black policeman, Anguillan-born, Noel Roberts. The final segment examines Havana’s protest to the UN’s Security Council about the American plan to set up a television station, TV Marti, in Cuba. According to a letter by Cuba’s Foreign Minister, it is an attempt by the US to mutilate the national sovereignty of Cuba and destabilize the country.
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    Caribbean Report 22-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-22) Whitehorne, Pat (anchor); De Ronceray, Hubert (interviewee); Roy, Louis (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Jarman, Brian (interviewee); Hector, Tim (interviewee); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Hallmark, Richard (interviewee); Martin, Lionel (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program features the expulsion of prominent opposition leaders from Haiti by President Prosper Avril. The ousted leaders comment that the state of siege in Haiti diminishes the occurrence of free and fair elections, and moves Haiti closer towards an era of Duvalism. Following the Financial Market news, the report covers the ruling by the Privy Council in London that Antigua’s public order law breached the constitutional freedom of expression. This ruling came about after an Antiguan journalist, Tim Hector, published a report in his newspaper (the Outlet) that the Antiguan government was involved in the kidnapping of a cocaine trafficker three years earlier. The final segment reports that the Cuban authorities have imposed harsher bread rationing in the face of mounting instability in the Soviet Union. Cuba’s problems are also compounded by increasing tensions with Washington over the broadcasting of TV Marti in Cuba.
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    Caribbean Report 23-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-23) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Vougy, Fritz (interviewee); Roy, Jean Sebastian (interviewee); Jarman, Brian (correspondent); Buxton, Neil (analyst); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Beckwith, David (interviewee); Briley, Harold (correspondent); Smith, Roy (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program features the resignation of the Haitian ambassador in Washington over the exiled opposition leaders from Haiti. According to the Charge d’Affaires at the embassy, the ambassador’s resignation was an emotional blunder. The report also covers the views of the supporters of democracy in Port-au-France who claim that the future of Haiti is in a quandary due to the recent state of siege. Following the Financial Market news, the segment examines the upcoming visit of Dan Quayle, US Vice President to Jamaica to meet with Prime Minister Michael Manley on the US invasion of Panama. The final segment addresses a campaign launched by the British government to facilitate the entry of more black recruits into the British armed forces. According to a report by the Ministry of Defence in Britain, the racial discrimination factor was a major deterrent for applicants of ethnic minorities.
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    Caribbean Report 24-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-24) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Bajeux, Jean-Claude (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Porter, Adrian (correspondent); Williams, Hue (analyst); Mathur, Ira (correspondent); Marville, Orlando (interviewee); Lloyd, Clive (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Christie, Linford (interviewee); Jarman, Brian (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program focuses on the call by a human rights activists in Haiti to isolate the Haitian President, General Prosper Avril, following the exile of opposition leaders from the country. Secondly, Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica announces that travel restrictions in the Eastern Caribbean will soon be lifted for OECS citizens. In the next segment, the United States denies claims by a Havana newspaper that it was attempting to intimidate Cuba by carrying out naval manoeuvres in waters near the island. The United States asserts that the naval presence is part of a long-planned exercise carried out jointly with other NATO forces. Following the Financial Market news, the report centres on the opening of the Uruguay Round, a five-day regional seminar on the multi-lateral trade negotiations in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In the sporting segment, Clive Lloyd, manager of the West Indies cricket team warns his players not to be complacent during the upcoming English tour. The segment also provides excerpts from the opening ceremony of the 14th Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, highlighting the upcoming 100 meters race between Linford Christie and Jamaican sprinter, Ray Stewart.
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    Caribbean Report 25-01-1990
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-01-25) Fraser, Sonia (anchor); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Birns, Larry (interviewee); Jones, Owen Bennett (correspondent); Payne, Clifford (interviewee); Jarman, Brian (correspondent); Pack, Chris (analyst); Van Volen, William (correspondent); Khan, Sharief (correspondent); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The program focuses on Haiti with the announcement by General Prosper Avril, Haitian President to lift the state of siege and his intention to hold elections this year. The United States adopts a new attitude towards Haiti with the expulsion of the opposition leaders and the censorship of the Haitian media. The US State Department refers to the current Haitian situation as a blatant assault on the basic civil liberties of the country. Haiti also emerges as a top priority for Caribbean church leaders as they attempt to draw up an agenda of concerns for the next World Council of Churches meeting. Following the Financial Market news, a Brazilian correspondent reports that a large number of gold prospectors are crossing the border into Guyana. This assertion is denied by the Guyanese government who dismisses claims of the presence of Brazilian prospectors in the country, as well as the collection of royalties from miners by the authorities. In the final segment, the Cuban government announces the suspension of the withdrawal of its troops from Angola due to the death of four Cubans attacked by anti-government UNITA forces whilst guarding a water treatment plant. The Cubans lay the blame on the US since the Americans continue to support the UNITA forces with weapons and military advice.