BBC Caribbean Archive 1988-2011

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Caribbean Service donated its archive of recordings to The University of the West Indies (UWI) after it ceased broadcasting on March 25, 2011. This archive of audio recordings covers the period 1988-2011, when the BBC Caribbean Service operated mainly as a news and current affairs department. During this period, the flagship programmes of the department were the BBC Caribbean Report (morning and evening drivetime editions) and Caribbean Magazine, a programme that reflected the human face of the news agenda as well as reporting on the Caribbean region's music, literature, and other cultural issues. The BBC Caribbean Archive at The UWI provides a unique contemporary record of the political, social cultural and economic issues pertaining to the Caribbean, and will therefore serve an a very important facility for research regionally and extra-regionally.

Visitors to this UWISpace site are asked to note that the interface provided here by the University of the West Indies Libraries is for browsing and searching details of the items lodged in the archive. In some instances, sound bites from the original recordings are provided together with the metadata record. If a researcher wishes to listen to any programme in its entirety from within the archive, the libraries at the University of the West Indies campuses should be contacted for details on how this can be facilitated.

It should be noted that the BBC holds all copyright and intellectual rights to the sound recordings housed in this archive.

Further information on the BBC Caribbean Service can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/archive/.

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    Caribbean Report 21-02-1997
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1997-02-21) Gordon, Warren (anchor); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Guilford, Peter (interviewee); Blanchard, Desmond (interviewee); Norton, Michael (correspondent); Bonsor, Nicholas (interviewee); Waddington, David (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); David, Nigel (interviewee); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Sankerali, Burton (interviewee); Maharaj, Ramesh (interviewee); Augustus, Roy (interviewee); Axworthy, Lloyd (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    The United States is warning that it will not take part in the legal proceedings of a challenge into the Helms-Burton law now before the World Trade Organisation. The challenge brought by the European Union maintains that the law breaks trade rules; whereas the United States is claiming that it is foreign policy and not a trade issue. Next, mystery surrounds the disappearance of a group of Dominican men, police officials in Rousseau say they have been missing for two weeks. The Dominican police say that the men have not left Dominica through the usual channels. In the following, there are questions in Haiti over the death of a Chilean Diplomat, Eduardo de Vega. His charred body was found in a burnt out truck in the suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince. Next, governors from the British dependent territories in the Caribbean are involved in a two day meeting in Bermuda’s Government House. They are engaged in talks with officials of the United Kingdom regarding common concerns. Next, in St. Lucia a legal battle appears imminent between the multinational corporation telephone company, Cable and Wireless and a new company, World Wide Independent Network Incorporated which is offering call back services. Next, added to Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday’s comments that certain calypsonians are seeking to divide the Trinidadian society, the Attorney General says that calypsonians could face laws which could stop them from spreading racism. Lastly, the Foreign Minister of Yemen, Abdul Karim al Eryani, is talking about his country joining the Commonwealth. He has emphasised how important membership into such an international group is after the Cold War has been replaced by peaceful competition between nations. The United States is warning that it will not take part in the legal proceedings of a challenge into the Helms-Burton law now before the World Trade Organisation. The challenge brought by the European Union maintains that the law breaks trade rules, whereas the United States is claiming that it is foreign policy and not a trade issue. Next, mystery surrounds the disappearance of a group of Dominican men police officials in Rousseau say have been missing for two weeks. The Dominican police say that the men have not left Dominica through the usual channels. In the following, there are questions in Haiti over the death of a Chilean Diplomat, Eduardo de Vega. His charred body was found in a burnt out truck in the suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince. Next, governors from the British dependent territories in the Caribbean are involved in a two day meeting in Bermuda’s Government House. They are engaged in talks with officials of the United Kingdom regarding common concerns. Next, in St Lucia a legal battle appears imminent between the multinational corporation telephone company, Cable and Wireless and a new company, World Wide Independent Network Incorporated which is offering call back services. Next, added to Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday’s comments that certain calypsonians are seeking to divide the Trinidadian society, the Attorney General says that calypsonians could face laws which could stop them from spreading racism. Lastly, the Foreign Minister of Yemen, Abdul Karim al Eryani, is talking about his country joining the Commonwealth. He has emphasised how important membership into such an international group is after the Cold War has been replaced by peaceful competition between nations. The United States is warning that it will not take part in the legal proceedings of a challenge into the Helms-Burton law now before the World Trade Organisation. The challenge brought by the European Union maintains that the law breaks trade rules, whereas the United States is claiming that it is foreign policy and not a trade issue. Next, mystery surrounds the disappearance of a group of Dominican men police officials in Rousseau say have been missing for two weeks. The Dominican police say that the men have not left Dominica through the usual channels. In the following, there are questions in Haiti over the death of a Chilean Diplomat, Eduardo de Vega. His charred body was found in a burnt out truck in the suburb of the capital Port-au-Prince. Next, governors from the British dependent territories in the Caribbean are involved in a two day meeting in Bermuda’s Government House. They are engaged in talks with officials of the United Kingdom regarding common concerns. Next, in St Lucia a legal battle appears imminent between the multinational corporation telephone company, Cable and Wireless and a new company, World Wide Independent Network Incorporated which is offering call back services. Next, added to Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday’s comments that certain calypsonians are seeking to divide the Trinidadian society, the Attorney General says that calypsonians could face laws which could stop them from spreading racism. Lastly, the Foreign Minister of Yemen, Abdul Karim al Eryani, is talking about his country joining the Commonwealth. He has emphasised how important membership into such an international group is after the Cold War has been replaced by peaceful competition between nations.