Caribbean Report 30-07-1999 

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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.authorGordon, Orin (anchor, correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Carl (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorChapman, Jonathan (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSobhan, Farooq (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorStone Greaves, Keith (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorCook, Robin (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRansome, Debbie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGuru-Murthy, Geeta (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorAbrams, Paula (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, Jack (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-29T15:48:06Z
dc.date.available2016-06-29T15:48:06Z
dc.date.issued1999-07-30
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:28)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Seven hundred junior doctors in Jamaica are on work to rule and vow to ignore back to work orders by the Industrial Dispute Tribunal as they continue to protest plans to lay off colleagues, bargain for better working conditions and improve contracts. Carol Orr reports (00:29 - 01:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Prisoners housed in the main jail in the St. Vincentian capital of Kingstown are to get better quality food and improved recreational facilities. These changes came in response to two days of protests staged by the prisoners. Attorney General Carl Joseph reports on meetings with inmates and prison officers and government attempts to improve conditions (01:43 – 03:39)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Little progress is being reported on new trade and aid pact between European Union and The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) groupings. Delegates from the ACP are unified in their dissent against proposals and attempts to link aid package with good governance, commitment against corruption and economic mismanagement. BBC correspondent Jonathan Chapman reports from Brussels (03:40 – 05:32)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Bangladesh Farooq Sobhan candidate for post of Commonwealth Secretary General outlines reasons why he should replace outgoing secretary general Nigerian Emeka Anyaoku . Sobhan comments on Asians holding posts and acting in the role of Secretary . New Zealand foreign minister Don McKinnon is tipped to replace Anyaoku at the end of his second five year term. Keith Stone Greaves reports ( 05:33 – 07:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Dominican born barrister Patricia Scotland has become British first black woman minister as Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair reshuffles his cabinet. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook provide a brief profile of Ms. Scotland. BBC reporter Debbie Ransome analyses Baroness Scotland role as Junior Minister in the Foreign Office and oversight of Caribbean and overseas territories and British Council (07:41 – 11:08)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. The British government launches an initiative to employ ethnic minorities form Asian and West Indian background into the British Civil Service. In recent time accusations have been leveled against the Civil Service in employing too many white Anglo Saxons and Oxford and Cambridge graduates. The new policy aims to accurately reflect modern multicultural Britain. Pauline Abrams Chair of the Black Members Committee for Public and Commercial Services Union and Cabinet Office Minister Jack Cunningham welcomes the new drive and talks favorably of the new reform initiatives. Geeta Guru-Murthy reports (11:09 - 13:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Orin Gordon reports on the annual carnival celebrations in Antigua, Barbuda and Anguilla. Chairman of the Anguilla Carnival Committee John Benjamin discusses plans for the festivals and upcoming events (13:27 – 15:22)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 22 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2895en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/42339
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.lcshStrikes and lockouts -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPrison uprisings -- Saint Vincenten_US
dc.subject.lcshPrisoners -- Saint Vincenten_US
dc.subject.lcshCommonwealth (Organization)en_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshCivil Service -- Englanden_US
dc.subject.lcshMinorities -- Englanden_US
dc.subject.lcshEmployee selection -- Englanden_US
dc.subject.lcshScotland, Patricia, 1955-en_US
dc.subject.lcshCarnival -- Anguillaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCarnival -- Antiguaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCarnival -- Barbudaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 30-07-1999 en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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