Caribbean Report 14-02-2000

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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.authorJosephs, Emma (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Denzil (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBrandt, David (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Jessica (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSpringer, Bevan (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Kevin (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorTodman, Arthur (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-19T15:42:49Z
dc.date.available2016-01-19T15:42:49Z
dc.date.issued2000-02-14
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines: (00:00-00:44)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The economy appears to be the big election theme as St. Kitts and Nevis prepares for election on March 6. Prime Minister Denzil Douglas announces the election date will be four months before its constitutionally due date. He is pleased with the early election date due to strong performance of his party over the last five years. (00:45-03:43)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Montserrat’s Chief Minister is being asked to reconsider a suggestion that would bar residents living abroad from exercising their franchise. Residents living overseas make up over two-thirds of the electorate and are outraged that they may have to provide evidence of their intentions to reside in Montserrat or return home for the elections. The proposal put forward by the Electoral Commission has been accepted by the British and Montserratians Wings of government. (03:44-07:01)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. The matter surrounding the contempt of court case involving the Bahamian talk show host Obie Wilchcombe has not yet been resolved. Wilchcombe was charged for unwillingness to disclose to the coroner how he obtained a suicide letter written by death row inmate John Higgs. Higgs committed suicide hours before he was scheduled to be hanged. (07:02-08:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. A group from the Virgin Islands wants to have their nationality adapted in hope they can be considered Caribbean people. In spite of their dual citizenship with either the United States or Great Britain, people from the Virgin Islands contend their lineage and history are closer to their regional neighbours. (08:34-11:30)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. The Calypsonian Lord Kitchener is laid to rest and thousands of people have come to bid him farewell at the Trinity Cathedral in Port-of-Spain. He died last Friday from multiple myeloma. (11:31-15:37)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent17 min. 37 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3038en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/41288
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.lcshElections - - Saint Kitts and Nevisen_US
dc.subject.lcshVoting - - Saint Kitts and Nevisen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical campaigns - - Saint Kitts and Nevisen_US
dc.subject.lcshElections - - Montserraten_US
dc.subject.lcshVoting - - Montserraten_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical campaigns - - Montserraten_US
dc.subject.lcshContempt of court - - Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshJournalists - - Legal status, laws, etc. - - Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshJournalism - - Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshEthnicity - - British Virgin Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshEthnicity - - U.S. Virgin Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshNationalism - - British Virgin Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshNationalism - - U.S. Virgin Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCalypso musicians - - Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshTrinidad and Tobago - - Songs and musicen_US
dc.subject.lcshMultiple myelomaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 14-02-2000en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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