Caribbean Report 14-07-1993

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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.authorSandiford, Erskine (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorManning, Patrick (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorJagan, Cheddi (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorCrosskill, Hugh (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBurnell, Richard (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Yvette (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Lionel (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBaptiste, Sandra (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-18T14:33:14Z
dc.date.available2020-05-18T14:33:14Z
dc.date.issued1993-07-14
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Barbados’ Prime Minister, Erskine Sandiford speaking at the 14th CARICOM Summit in Nassau referred to a proposal for some sort of three-way union involving Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. Mr. Sandiford said that he would want to see each country retaining power over major areas of economic and political activity with specific responsibilities given to a central body to deal with coordination. Speaker, Erskine Sandiford, Prime Minister of Barbados. Interviews with Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana. Hugh Crosskill reports (00:41-03:30)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Hearings to determine the future of the 936 Programme begin in Washington with indications that the scale down package will at least still be beneficial to the region. Under the 936 Programme, Caribbean and other Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) countries have access to loan funds which are derived from tax concessions granted to US firms operating in Puerto Rico. The ongoing review of US tax laws could severely reduce the money available for lending. Interview with Richard Burnell, Jamaica’s Ambassador to the US (03:31-06:56)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. In London, the Privy Council hearing of an appeal by two Jamaican death row prisoners concluded. The Privy Council was considering the appeal from Earl Pratt and Ivan Morgan on the basis that the many years they have served on death row constitute cruel and inhumane treatment and contrary to the Jamaican constitution. Yvette Rowe reports (06:57-08:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Cuban President, Fidel Castro has appealed to his Latin American colleagues on the eve of the Iberia-American Summit in Brazil for greater Latin American integration. At the Summit, President Castro is also expected to press for an improvement in trade and diplomatic relations between the Caribbean and Latin America. That message would come in the wake of the decision by CARICOM leaders at the Nassau Summit to establish a CARICOM-Cuba Commission. Lionel Martin reports (08:28-11:17)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. The resignation of Barbados’ opposition leader, Henry Ford has been the subject of widespread debate in Barbados. Much of the debate centers on his successor and emerging names include Barbados Labour Party (BLP) spokesman, Owen Arthur and former Health and Education Minister, Billie Miller (11:18-14:25)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. The second round in a series of UN brokered talks aimed at restoring democracy in Haiti began in New York. One of the main stumbling blocks to a decisive outcome was removed when twelve Haitian law makers scrapped their objections to a clause in the Aristide-Cedras’ agreement which allows the President to name a new Prime Minister (14:26-15:00)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 00 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1318en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49091
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.lcshCaribbean Area -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Community. Conference of Heads of Governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomic assistance -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCapital punishment -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain -- Privy Councilen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba -- Economic integrationen_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomic assistance -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBarbados Labour Partyen_US
dc.subject.lcshBarbados -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Military relationsen_US
dc.subject.otherManning initiative -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.other936 Programmeen_US
dc.subject.otherCARICOM-Cuba Commissionen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 14-07-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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