Caribbean Report 20-01-1999

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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.authorJoseph, Emma (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Emma (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorNiles, Bertram (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Colin (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHoyte, Hugh Desmond (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorJagan, Janet (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorHospedales, Jerry (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorClinton, Bill (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorHutchinson, Earl Ofari (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorDupuy, Alex (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-26T15:00:04Z
dc.date.available2015-05-26T15:00:04Z
dc.date.issued1999-01-20
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Emma Joseph (00:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Barbadians head to the polls with crime and the economy as the two dominating issues. The contest is between the incumbent Barbados Labour Party led by Prime Minister Owen Arthur and the Democratic Labour Party led by Opposition leader David Thompson. Journalist Bertram Niles reports on voting turnout which is expected to exceed 60% and priority issues identified by the electorate such as crime, leadership, and food. The Barbados Labour Party campaigned on its economic record and the recent fall in unemployment. Opinion polls shows that Owen Arthur will return to office (00:25-03:53)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The Guyana dollar reached a record low against the US currency. Colin Smith reports on how high import bills for consumer goods and companies repatriating profits faster than investments are adding to the nation’s currency problems with long-term foreign investment being a possible solution. President Janet Jagan reassures the nation that her government is committed to assisting foreign investors by removing bureaucratic methods. Opposition leader Desmond Hoyte states that there will be no foreign investment without economic confidence and political stability. Economists propose strategies for releasing foreign currency in the open market and selling security bonds (03:54 - 06:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Trinidad and Tobago currency is faring well against the US dollar and this has prompted officials to focus on exchange rate stability. Deputy Governor of the Central Bank Jerry Hospedales expects an increase in foreign exchange earnings from the natural gas and petrochemicals industries and identifies measures and instruments enacted by the government to ensure that the TT dollar remains competitive (06:43 - 0 7:48)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Race relations, the Caribbean and Africa received attention from US President Bill Clinton during his State of the Union address. Clinton stressed the importance for US to strengthen links with the Caribbean, educate children, wage war on drugs, strengthen democracy, increase trade, and bring political reform to Cuba and Africa. Author and syndicated columnist Earl Ofari Hutchinson comments on Clinton’s commitment to investing in the future of the immigrant community, improving race relations and bringing democracy to Cuba (07:49 - 11:43)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. The United Nations calls for elections in Haiti in 2000 and offers logistic support. Professor Alex Dupuy Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan Institute in the US comments that President René Préval cannot ignore the UN gesture and should welcome the UN as mediator, enact an impartial electoral council to oversee fair elections and work towards a mediated solution with other political leaders in Haiti (11:45 - 14:37)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. US and Cuban sports officials agree on the location and dates for two baseball games between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cuba National team. The delegation is still at odds on how to distribute proceeds from the exhibition matches with the US opting for distribution to a non-profit organization and the Cubans wishing to donate the money to assist victims of hurricane Mitch in Central America (14:38 - 15:30)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 30 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2758en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/40008
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.lcshPolitical campaigns -- Barbadosen_US
dc.subject.lcshArthur, Owen S.en_US
dc.subject.lcshThompson, Daviden_US
dc.subject.lcshBarbados Labour Partyen_US
dc.subject.lcshDemocratic Labour Party (Barbados)en_US
dc.subject.lcshDevaluation of currency -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign exchange rates -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshInvestments, Foreign -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDevaluation of currency -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign exchange rates -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshElections -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited Nations -- Armed Forces -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBaseball -- Cubaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 20-01-1999en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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