Caribbean Report 14-02-2002

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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.authorNiles, Bertram (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Lou (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, Diane (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorEastman, Lynette (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorPanday, Basdeo (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorManning, Patrick, 1946-2016 (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorLuncheon, Roger (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorCarberry, Lance (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Colin (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-06T13:31:35Z
dc.date.available2019-02-06T13:31:35Z
dc.date.issued2002-02-14
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The High Court in Grenada orders the release of three of the seventeen people jailed for the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop but the government immediately seeks a stay of execution of the order from Justice Brian Alleyne. Lou Smith reports (00:27-03:19)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. In London a court convicts four men and a fifth pleads guilty to drug smuggling charges for sailing a 1.3 billion dollar cocaine consignment to Britain from the Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (03:20-03:54)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. British Member of Parliament, Diane Abbott, says it will be wrong for the British government to impose visa restrictions on Jamaicans entering Britain. The Home Office is yet to comment on London press reports that it is considering the move as part of measures to stem an inflow of cocaine and guns from Jamaica and violent crime by Yardie gangs (03:55-06:52)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Police in north Florida stop two sons of the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley for speeding and arrest them on Marijuana possession charges (06:53-07:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. A group of Commonwealth off-shore tax centres write to the OECD seeking a commitment that its tax guidelines apply to its own members as well, as four of the OECD’s member states are refusing to back the organisation’s tax initiative. Lynette Eastman, Director of the Barbados-based International Tax Investment Organisation (ITIO) and the Director of International Business in Barbados explains why Barbados will be removed from a tax haven blacklist ahead of the mounting deadline (07:25-10:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Trinidad and Tobago is functioning without a Parliament and we hear the view of the country’s two political leaders - Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning - on what has been happening as Tony Fraser reports (10:32-13:17)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. In Guyana a parliamentary impasse is preventing the appointment of supervisors and managers in the public service. Constitutional changes were enacted to give the opposition a key role in the composition of three oversight commissions, but the parliamentary parties have failed to reach an agreement on this. Cabinet Secretary, Roger Luncheon, tells Colin Smith the government is considering legal advice to break the gridlock and Executive Member of the Opposition and Lance Carberry, says his party feels the government is deliberately resisting the implementation of any constitutional reforms (13:18-15:30)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.otherCAR3560en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46425
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.lcshBishop, Mauriceen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical prisoners -- Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshJudgments, Criminal -- Assassination -- Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshJudgments, Criminal -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshCocaine industry -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshCocaine industry -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain -- Government policy -- Jamaicansen_US
dc.subject.lcshVisas -- Jamaicansen_US
dc.subject.lcshArrest -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Barbadosen_US
dc.subject.lcshOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshFinancial institutionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshGuyana -- Officials and employees -- Appointment to officeen_US
dc.subject.lcshMarley, Boben_US
dc.subject.lcshConstitutional amendments -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFirearms -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshFirearms -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.otherPolitical impasse -- Trinidad and Tobago -- 21st centuryen_US
dc.subject.otherYardie gangs -- Crime -- Englanden_US
dc.subject.otherBlacklists -- Money laundering -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherInternational Tax Investment Organisationen_US
dc.subject.otherParliamentary impasse -- Guyana -- 21st centuryen_US
dc.subject.otherAlleyne, Brian George Keithen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 14-02-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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