Caribbean Report 25-06-1999

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.authorGreaves, Keith Stone (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Bert (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorMason, Gabrielle (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBascombe, Michael (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorAndrew Thomas, Kimberly (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorCape, Stephen (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-21T09:23:05Z
dc.date.available2015-07-21T09:23:05Z
dc.date.issued1999-06-25
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Keith Stone Greaves (00:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. CARICOM leaders are ready to embrace Haiti as a full-fledged member during the annual summit which opens in Trinidad and Tobago next month. Haiti membership in CARICOM follows two years of political crisis which paralysed the country economically and politically. Professor Bert Thomas of City University in New York discusses Haiti acceptance within CARICOM (00:32- 03:41)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Caribbean leaders and officials are among delegates from over 50 countries gathered in Rio for the start of the first European Union Latin America Caribbean Summit. The Summit will address a wide range of issues including drug trafficking, human rights, trade and export (03:42 – 05:10)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. In Paris, a group of creditor nations reached an accord for debt reduction in Guyana. The agreement ensures that Guyana’s annual debt servicing falls by six million dollars. Reduction is part of the heavily indebted countries initiative. This release of financial resources will allow the country to increase spending for education, health and poverty alleviation programmes (05: 11 – 05:36)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Grenadian parents, teachers and students staged a quiet march in the capital to protest the discovery of high school cults. Teenage students are dabbling in the occult in Dominica and Grenada. In a two part series Ken Richards analyses this issue of occult activity in schools. Principal of St. Joseph Convent in Grenada Catholic Nun Gabrielle Mason and Michael Bascombe Grenadian journalist discuss the impact of occult in education (05: 37 - 09: 20)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. A senate sub-committee in Washington issued an ultimatum to the US Virgin Islands to implement an economic recovery plan following the country’s accumulation of more than one million dollars in debt. Representatives of the island meet with officials in the US (09: 21 - 10: 15)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Cross Roads Eric Clapton’s funded alcohol and drugs rehabilitation unit auctioned the musician’s guitar for five million US dollar. The money will assist in providing treatment for patients at the center. Kimberly Andrews Thomas reports (10:16 - 12:08)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. The European Union urges Cuba to declare a moratorium on executions, amid concerns of the extensive use of the death penalty in the country. There are requests for Cuba to consider signing an international covenant on civil and political rights. Ken Richards reports (12: 09 --13:01)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. A senior British police officer involved in the Stephen Lawrence murder enquiry is to retire next month. Detective Inspector Ben Bullock made the announcement at the start of a disciplinary tribunal. BBC Correspondent Stephen Cape reports (13: 02 – 15: 23)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 23 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2870en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/40221
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 Communityen_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area -- Economic conditions -- Congressesen_US
dc.subject.lcshDebt cancellation -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDebt -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshOccult -- Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshOccult -- Dominicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAlcohol-Related Disorders -- prevention and controlen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug abuse -- Preventionen_US
dc.subject.lcshClapton, Ericen_US
dc.subject.lcshCapital punishment -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights advocacy -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain -- Race relationsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCrime and race -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshLawrence, Stephenen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 25-06-1999en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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