Caribbean Report 18-08-1999

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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.authorGordon, Orin (anchor, correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, Daniel (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorLorde, Adrian (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorMcCaffrey, Barry (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorNorton, Michael (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Thomas (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-30T01:13:19Z
dc.date.available2016-06-30T01:13:19Z
dc.date.issued1999-07-18
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:38)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Sprinter Merlene Ottey tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandalone and had to withdraw from the World Athletic Championships in Seville Spain. The International Amateur Athletics Federation indicated that the athlete tested positive at an earlier meeting in Switzerland. Ottey’s agent Daniel Zimmerman discusses questionable testing and the path for future investigation and vindication of the athlete’s innocence. Jamaica’s Sports Minister Portia Simpson assures Jamaicans of the full backing of the government in the case. Comments are solicited from Jamaicans on the streets. Keith Stone Greaves profiles Marlene Ottley as one of the world most respected athletes, with an outstanding track career including winning 34 medals in major international championships (7 in the Olympics , 14 in world championships). Designated a roving ambassador by the Jamaican government after an outstanding 1993 season, she was awarded sportswomen of the year in native Jamaican fifteen time between 1979- 1997, and ranked in the World top ten since 1980. Dr. Adrian Lorde Vice President of Barbados Sports Medicine Association and doping control officer of the IAAF in Switzerland categorizes the steroid nandalone as a performance enhancing drug for athletes (00:39 – 07:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. In retaliation to the US government policy of deporting criminals with Caribbean connections once they have served their sentences Haiti announced a retaliatory policy. Michael Norton reports from Port –au-Prince on the issue of mass deportation and correlation with increase crime in cities (07:34 – 10:06)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Allegations of rampant corruption in the Trinidad and Tobago police force has unified the opposing political parties in the country. Prime Minister Basdeo Panday will meet with opposition leader Patrick Manning to propose solutions for ending crime and corruption in the police service. BBC reporter Tony Fraser provides a brief historical overview of corruption within the police ranks (10:07 – 12:09)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Judges in the highest courts in Bahamas have denied the appeals of two death-row inmates which could paved the way for the prisoners to be hanged later this month. Stay of executions were denied for John Higgs and David Mitchell both accused of murder (12:10 – 13:03)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Retired army general Barry McCaffrey expresses concern to Congress on the growing drug trade and increased guerilla warfare in Colombia and calls for Congress to approve one million dollars in the fight against these illegal activities. Former US Ambassador to Colombia Thomas McNamara discusses the link between the organized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and narcotic trafficking (13:04 - 14:47)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Jamaicans reggae boys continue to strengthened their position as the number one team in the sport of football in the Caribbean as the team is currently ranked as no. 42 in FIFA world rankings ( 14:48 – 15:27)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 27 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2908en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/42352
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.lcshDoping in sports -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug testing -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshExile (Punishment) -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice corruption -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshDeath penalty -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshDeath-row inmates -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug -- control -- Colombiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug traffic -- Colombiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSoccer -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 18-08-1999en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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