Caribbean Report 21-03-2002

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SpecialCollections.repositoryAll sounds files in this collection are being kept at the Main Library, Mona Campus, Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.contributorThe University of the West Indiesen_US
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Rosie (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorHenry, Ariel (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Lou (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Eliud Thaddeus (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorPhilip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921- (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Atherton (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorNiles, Bertram (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorKew, Olen (speaker)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T17:32:32Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T17:32:32Z
dc.date.issued2002-03-21
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Haiti’s new Prime Minister Yvon Neptune says he would include opposition figures in his new administration if this helps resolve the country’s political stalemate, but the opposition Democratic Convergence rejects the offer, calling the government a de facto administration. Rosie Hayes interviews Opposition Spokesman Dr. Ariel Henry (00:25-03:10)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. A strike by bus drivers in Grenada leaves hundreds of commuters stranded. Following a three-hour meeting between the Minister for Public Utilities, Mr. Bowen and the Executive of the National Bus Association, the drivers initiate their own action as government is set to introduce new regulations to govern them. One bus operator explains the reason for their action and Lou Smith reports (03:11-05:15)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan, takes a swipe at the politically related violence plaguing Jamaican society during his six-day visit to the island and expresses concern about the spate of blood-letting associated with Jamaican elections. Ken Richards reports (05:16-07:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. (07:35-07:38 - No audio) Up to 5 companies have applied for a telecommunications licence in the sub-region and their eventual entry into the telecoms market will break the monopoly held by Cable and Wireless. The Chairman of Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL), Eliud Williams, says a recent ministerial meeting in Saint Kitts helped advance the process (07:34-10:03)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. At a conference in London, the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, urges farmers in the Caribbean to go organic. Atherton Martin, attendee and former Agriculture Minister in Dominica now President of the Caribbean Conservation Association, says the matter of change in the banana industry is a key factor at the conference (10:04-13:22)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Health officials in Haiti and the Dominican Republic have launched a big campaign to immunise children against an outbreak of Polio as two children die in an outbreak, the first in the Americas for a decade. Bertram Niles examines what caused it and Olen Kew of the Center for Disease Control explains further (13:23-15:29)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 29 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3585en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/47154
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011en_US
dc.rightsCopyright British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPrime ministers -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical stability -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshStrikes and lockouts -- Bus drivers -- Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFarrakhan, Louisen_US
dc.subject.lcshVisitors, Foreign -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshNation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)en_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical violence -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTelecommunication -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltden_US
dc.subject.lcshOrganic farming -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPoliomyelitis -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshPoliomyelitis -- Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.lcshImmunization of children -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshImmunization of children -- Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.otherConvergence Démocratiqueen_US
dc.subject.otherDemocratic Convergenceen_US
dc.subject.otherBowen, Gregoryen_US
dc.subject.otherNational Bus Association (Grenada)en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 21-03-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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