Caribbean Report 21-06-1993

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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.contributorThe University of the West Indiesen_US
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Yvette (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Peter (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorPaige, Michele (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Gary (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorRafmon, Lincoln (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Franklin (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-02T02:30:01Z
dc.date.available2020-05-02T02:30:01Z
dc.date.issued1993-06-21
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. At an informal CARICOM gathering, a number of CARICOM leaders agreed on the need for a uniform cruise passenger tax for the region. However, Barbados hotelier and former Tourism Minister, Peter Morgan says the cruise tax should be reviewed like any other domestic source of income and should be country specific. Michele Paige of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) says that dialogue is required by member states and the Association. The FCCA represents fourteen cruise ship companies (00:41-06:06)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The Jamaica dollar suffered a twelve percent devaluation. This comes less than a week after the presentation of the budget. One of the stated aims of the budget was to stabilize the exchange rate. Gary Allen reports (06:07-08:30)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. In the US, an investment fund is being launched to seek capital for private sector power projects in the Caribbean and Latin America. The fund was created because increasingly governments are turning to the private sector to improve generating capacity. A target of $500 million dollars has been set. Interview with Lincoln Rafmon, Director at Skeddes Stevens Clarke, the Boston based company managing the project (8:31-12:05)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. The British government has launched a campaign warning travelers of the risk of catching AIDS when holidaying abroad. Over 200,000 pounds is spent on the government’s guide for travelers on how to avoid catching the HIV virus. Holiday makers are told to avoid unnecessary medical treatment and practice safe sex (12:06-12:30)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Franklin White, Head of the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) has warned Caribbean governments to take the AIDS epidemic more seriously. Dr. White says plans by governments to publicize recent figures by those affected by the HIV virus and AIDS are undermine by what he sees as the lack of concrete action (12:31-14:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Recap of the Report (14:27-14:55)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 55 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1301en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49000
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.lcshTourism -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCruise ships -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBudget -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDevaluation of currency -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshElectric power production -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshElectrification -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAIDS (Disease)en_US
dc.subject.lcshAdvertising -- Tourismen_US
dc.subject.lcshHIV (Viruses)en_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Epidemiology Centreen_US
dc.subject.lcshFlorida-Caribbean Cruise Associationen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 21-06-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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