1995 January-June CR

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Browsing 1995 January-June CR by Subject "Academic achievement -- Caribbean Area"

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    Caribbean Report 21-04-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-04-21) Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Hinkson, Chester (interviewee); Benjamin, John (interviewee); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Irish, George (interviewee); Carrington, Edwin (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Stewart, Taimoon (interviewee); Rohlehr, Gordon (interviewee); Ryan, Selwyn (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In Saint Lucia there continues to be concerns over the missing UN funds but there have been no calls for government resignations. The tenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Caribbean Association of Indigenous Banks (CAIB) opened in St. Lucia. Caribbean students are having a hard time coping in the American education system according to the Caribbean Research Center. Head of the Center, Dr. George Irish comments on some of the problems facing Caribbean students. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Edwin Carrington has called for more private sector involvement in regional decision making. Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC), Chief Executive Pat Thompson states that the onus was on CARICOM governments to invite the private sector to key conferences. A German importer of bananas from Latin America has lodged a complaint with the German Constitutional Court against the EU's import rules. Twenty- five years after the black power movement, Trinidad and Tobago reflects on the quest for black power and what has been achieved in the intervening years. Dr. Gordon Rohlehr and Selwyn Ryan comment on the need for black consciousness.
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    Caribbean Report 30-06-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-06-30) Richards, Ken (anchor); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Camacho, Steven (interviewee); Benjamin, Winston (interviewee); Gower, David (correspondent); Sobers, Garfield (interviewee); Hughes, Hubert (interviewee); McIntyre, Allister (interviewee); Hutchinson, Peter (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report: West Indies fastbowler Winston Benjamin has been axed from the squad currently touring England due to a lack of fitness and discipline. Steven Camacho, Chief Executive of the West Indies Cricket Board comments on the predominant reasons for the termination but Winston Benjamin contests the disciplinary side of it. Former West Indies captain Sir Gary Sobers talks about the state of West Indies cricket. Anguilla's Chief Minister Hubert Hughes wants Britain to fund an economic development programme for his island. Montserrat's Chief Minister Reuben Meade confirms the construction of a major private sector investment project with Britain and Brussels. The University of the West Indies (UWI) is moving to make its mark on the corridors of international academia. Death Watch, the UK-based organization, opposes the death penalty in the Caribbean region. Its Chairman Peter Hutchinson comments on its aim to nurture informed public opinion on the subject in the region.