Caribbean Report 08-09-1999 

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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.authorSchroeder, Patricia (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorStone Greaves, Keith (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSanders, Ronald (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorQuarrie, Donald (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T19:58:53Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T19:58:53Z
dc.date.issued1999-09-09
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:30)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Eleven of the fifteen Puerto Rican prisoners linked to bombings in the US in the 1970s and 1980s and are advocating for the independence of Puerto Rico have accepted offers of clemency by President Bill Clinton. Hillary Clinton has publicly disapproved of the clemency. Democratic Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder comments on Clinton’s non-supportive decision. Juan Figueroa President of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund in New York expresses his views on the Republican’s opposition and derailment of the President plans for releasing the prisoners and perceived partisan politics (00:31 – 06:57)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Caribbean countries are monitoring talks in Brussels on the future of the banana import deal with Europe. Antigua/Barbuda High Commissioner to London Ronald Sanders analyses future implications of tariff only subsidy and the adverse effects on the Caribbean banana industry Keith Stone Greaves reports (06:58 – 09: 56)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Debate continues on the state award of a pay increase for Guyana public sector workers. Chairman of the Arbitration Panel Aubrey Armstrong panel discusses the outcome of the negotiations (09:57 – 10:35)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. British West Indian Airways plan to occupy a new wing valued at one hundred and five million US dollars in an expansion project at the Piarco International Airport and transform this space into the ‘hub of South America. Tony Fraser reports (10:36 - 12:32)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Weather forecasters are tracking the progress of hurricane Floyd in the Atlantic with estimated winds of 45 miles per hour. Jessica Robertson reports (12:33 - 13:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Bahamian sprinters finished strongly in the 200 meters track meet in Germany. Jamaican sprint legend Donald Quarrie discusses Merlene Ottey positive test for the banned substance nandrolone (13: 43 – 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.otherCAR2923en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/42368
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 prisoners -- Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.subject.lcshPuerto Rico -- Foreign relations -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana industry -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshWage bargaining -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshWages -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAirlines -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshBritish West Indian Airwaysen_US
dc.subject.lcshAthletes -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHurricanes -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDoping in sports -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 08-09-1999 en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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