Caribbean Report 24-01-2002

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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.authorRichards, Ken (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorNinvalle, Pete (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorOrr, Carol (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMcKinnon, Don (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorNovak, Shannon (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorNunes, Neil (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorNiles, Bertram (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-20T20:41:52Z
dc.date.available2017-11-20T20:41:52Z
dc.date.issued2002-01-24
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Preliminary arguments are heard in a motion challenging the constitutionality of Saint Lucia’s recent general elections. Constitutional lawyer Martinus Francois who is a member of the Freedom Party which failed to make a showing at the last poll is taking legal action against Prime Minister Kenny Anthony and the Attorney General Petros Compton (00:27-03:05)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. In what is being described as a land mark case in the history of constitutional law in the Caribbean, the Privy Council in London looks set to rule on whether regional states still have the right to impose the death penalty as a mandatory sentence (03:06–05:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Ahead of the Commonwealth head’s meeting, the Commonwealth Secretary General, Don McKinnon is visiting four Caribbean countries: Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Dominica and Belize, featuring the agenda for the summit in Australia in his discussions with officials (05:41-9:17)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. The leader of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (NPP) in Puerto Rico says it is the victim of persecution following the arrest of a former education secretary and sixteen others on corruption charges. More than a hundred people including law enforcement officials have been charged with corruption over the last year (9:18-11:05)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. British customs seize cocaine with an estimated street value of about a million U.S. dollars after a routine search of a banana boat from the Windward Islands. Two crewmen have been arrested (11:06-11:34)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Teachers in the French Caribbean territory of Saint Martin take strike action in concert with their counterparts in France and its Overseas Department. Neil Nunes reports (11:35-12:56)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. The West Indies premier cricket competition the Busta Cup begins amid concern that standards are declining as the West Indies, once the strongest team in the cricket world have been defeated in twenty of their last twenty-five test matches overseas and this regional first class competition is not churning out the quality players that their international side demands (12:57-14:37)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. In football there is no word from Middlesbrough F.C. on the possible signing of Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke although reports from Old Crawford suggest a deal is immanent (14:38-15:29)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 29 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3545en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/45056
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.lcshContested elections -- Saint Luciaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCapital punishment -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCocaine -- Windward Islands (West Indies)en_US
dc.subject.lcshStrikes and lockouts -- Teachers -- Saint Martin (West Indies)en_US
dc.subject.lcshCricket players -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSoccer players -- Trading of -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshMandatory sentences -- Caribbean Area
dc.subject.lcshCorruption -- Puerto Rico
dc.subject.lcshDrug traffic -- Windward Islands (West Indies)
dc.subject.otherCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting -- Agendaen_US
dc.subject.otherNew Progressive Party (NPP) -- Political corruption -- Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.subject.otherPartido Nuevo Progresista (PNP)en_US
dc.subject.otherSoccer players -- Dwight Yorke -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.otherBusta Cup Cricket -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 24-01-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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