Caribbean Report 08-07-1993

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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.contributor.authorRowe, Yvette (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorCrosskill, Hugh (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorPatterson, P.J. (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBrathwaite, Nicholas (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorStout, Lavity (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorManning, Patrick (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSandiford, Erskine (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorStuttard, Anna (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-11T15:08:47Z
dc.date.available2020-05-11T15:08:47Z
dc.date.issued1993-07-08
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The 14th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference ends in Nassau with a number of key issues remain undecided. However, CARICOM leaders have agreed on a number of decisions. Hugh Crosskill reports on the last day of the Conference. The decisions taken at the Conference are as follows: (i) An agreement to establish a joint CARICOM-Cuba Commission to develop greater links in tourism, agriculture, biotechnology and cultural exchanges. Interview with P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica. (ii) To set up an Association of CARICOM Parliamentarians which is to include four parliamentarians per CARICOM state with two each from the British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands. (iii) Four prime ministers under the chairmanship of P.J. Patterson have been appointed to drive the creation of a single market for the region and the stepping up of international negotiations. P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica will be joined by Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago, Erskine Sandiford of Barbados and John Compton of St. Lucia. (iv) The privatization of LIAT is to proceed in keeping with the proposals outlined by Vincentian Prime Minister, James Mitchell. Interview with Nicholas Brathwaite, Prime Minister of Grenada. (v) The setting up of a unified minimum level head tax for cruise ship passengers to the Caribbean region is being debated. Interviews with Lavity Stout, Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands and Erskine Sandiford, Prime Minister of Barbados. (vi) CARICOM leaders are to examine the potential impact of NAFTA on the region and how they might take advantage of any opportunity it creates. Interview with Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (00:34-07:05)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. President of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC), Clive Walcott is to be the new Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Barbados born, Clive Walcott will take up the post on October 1st. The appointment marks the first time an ICC Chairman has been drawn from outside England. Interviews with Erskine Sandiford, Prime Minister of Barbados and P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica in Nassau (07:06-12:15)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Amnesty International has released its annual report on human rights abuses worldwide. While Haiti and Cuba are prominently featured in the report, concerns were raised on the death penalty in Jamaica, St. Vincent and Trinidad and Tobago. Interview with Anna Stuttard, official at Amnesty International (12:16-14:56)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 56 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1310en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49042
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 Community. Conference of Heads of Governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomic assistance -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCARICOM Single Market and Economyen_US
dc.subject.lcshLIAT (Airline)en_US
dc.subject.lcshCruise ships -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshNAFTA -- Commerce -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshWalcott, Cliveen_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational Cricket Councilen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherWest Indies Cricket Board of Controlen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 08-07-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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