Caribbean Report 06-08-1993

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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.contributor.authorJarvis, Mike (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorMathur, Mahendra (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorOuseley, Herman (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Gary (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Lionel (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorO'Meara, Sebastian (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-27T18:49:20Z
dc.date.available2020-07-27T18:49:20Z
dc.date.issued1993-08-06
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:37)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Residents of Trinidad and Tobago are bracing themselves for severe weather conditions. Tropical storm Bret is threatening to sweep across the country with winds up to 70 mph and is expected to be upgraded to a hurricane. Colonel Mahendra Mathur, Director of the National Emergency Management Agency says although he is confident the Agency is well equipped to deal with the expected damage, casualties cannot be ruled out. Colonel Mathur expects the damage caused by the storm to be far worse than that experienced after Hurricane Alma in 1974. Storm conditions have also been forecasted for Barbados, the Windward Islands and the southern Dutch Antilles. Interview with Colonel Mahendra Mathur, Director, National Emergency Management Agency. Tony Fraser reports (00:38-03:29)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The death of Jamaican deportee, Joy Gardner is expected to be a prominent feature at a festival organized by the British organization, the Anti-Racist Alliance. The festival has been planned long before the Joy Gardner’s case. Interviews with [Jim Bumero], organizer, Anti-Racist Alliance and Herman Ouseley, Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. Mr. Ouseley says that the festival could be hijacked by extremist groups who have separate agendas (03:30-06:12)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Pope John Paul is to pay his first visit to Jamaica on Monday. The three-week visit will be the longest period he would have spent on a Caribbean island. Gary Allen reports that his impending visit is drawing mixed reactions from different sections of Jamaican society (06:13-08:48)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. In Cuba, domestic, government, business and industrial activities are severely hampered by unusually long electricity outages. Even though the country, recently, had to impose electricity cuts, the interruptions in power supplies has led to a worsening of the situation. The situation is further aggravated by the country’s sweltering summer heat. Gary Allen reports (08:49-12:06)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. A statement by the Guatemalan Vice President that his country may cease recognizing Belize is not being viewed as a reflection of current Guatemalan policy by Belizean Prime Minister, Manuel Esquivel. Speaking on Caribbean Report, Mr. Esquivel said he wants to have a clear indication from the government of Guatemala on its relations with Belize. Sebastian O’Meara reports on the feelings in Guatemala towards Belize, including an interview with a newspaper publisher (12:07:14:16)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. In another news coming from Guatemala, Treasury police said today that they have found marijuana fields covering around a hundred acres in a joint operation with US authorities in the northeastern part of the country. Agents have destroyed 60,000 plants at two farms in a nine-hour operation and were to continue work on thirteen remaining plantations near the Belizean border. No one has been arrested in the operation (14:17-14:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Recap of Headlines (14:41-15:03)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 03 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1335en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49223
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.lcshHurricanes -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshGardner, Joy, 1953-1993en_US
dc.subject.lcshDeportation -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice brutality -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshAnti-Racist Allianceen_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain. Commission for Racial Equalityen_US
dc.subject.lcshPapal visits -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba -- Economic conditionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshEmbargo -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGuatemala -- Boundaries -- Belizeen_US
dc.subject.lcshGuatemala -- Foreign relations -- Belizeen_US
dc.subject.lcshBelize -- Boundaries -- Guatemalaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBelize -- Foreign relations -- Guatemalaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMarijuana -- Guatemalaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug traffic -- Guatemalaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTrinidad and Tobago. National Emergency Management Agencyen_US
dc.subject.otherTropical Storm Breten_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 06-08-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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