Caribbean Report 25-01-1999

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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.authorRichards, Ken (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorDoyle, Claire (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorNinvalle, Pete (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Patrick (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorJohn, Elias (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorCompton, John (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorDidier, Garnet (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorDaly, Dennis (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorO'Donnell, Jonathan (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Colin (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorNiles, Bertram (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Rosie (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-26T16:23:33Z
dc.date.available2015-05-26T16:23:33Z
dc.date.issued1999-01-25
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Ken Richards (00:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The Windward Islands, Dominica and St. Lucia delay a measure by the United States to impose punitive import duties on European goods. Claire Doyle reports on actions by the US to seek World Trade Organisation (WTO) approval to impose sanctions against European Union companies and how this action failed due to opposition by African and Caribbean banana producing countries. The WTO Director General has intervened in an effort to broker a deal between the competing nations (00:28- 02:17)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Concerns have been expressed about Saint Lucia decision to withdraw from the Windward Islands Banana Development and Exporting Company (WIBDECO). Pete Nimvall reports on the future of the banana producing country in WIBDECO. Chairman of the Saint Lucian Banana Corporation Patrick Joseph comments on the impasse suggesting that Saint Lucia is the largest shareholder and biggest banana producer in WIBDECO and should have a proportional voice in the company. President of Saint Lucia National Farmers Association Elias John expresses the view that the country’s action will have dire consequences for Windward Islands banana exports and must be handled with caution and great skill. Former Saint Lucian Prime Minister Sir John Compton states that all Windward Island governments and WIBDECO must address the issue. WIBDECO Chairman Garnet Didier confirms that the issue is not on the agenda for the next scheduled shareholders meeting (02:18 – 08:22)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Human rights lawyers are in Jamaica seeking a reprieve for two of three convicted killers scheduled to be hanged. Human rights advocate Dennis Daly is applying for a stay of execution for Patrick Taylor and Anthony McLeod. Amnesty International has also protested against the hangings and spokesman Jonathan O’Donnell appealed to the authorities in Kingston to stop the executions, abolish the death penalty and halt the execution of a third convicted man, Christopher Brown while his petition is pending (08:23 - 09:30)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Despite Guyana’s Central Bank intervention to stop the decline of the Guyanese dollar it remains at an all-time low. Colin Smith reports that the injection of fifty million US dollars to meet unsatisfied demand and speculation may alleviate the decline in the short term but local businessmen and analysts are calling on the government to start working on long term measures such as attracting new foreign investments and stimulating exports (09:31-11:41)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. President Fidel Castro has been successful in his bid to crack down on crime in Cuba. Rosie Hayes reports on actions by the government to remove prostitutes from the streets of Havana including relocation to special re-education centers and employment in the agricultural fields. Police and special brigades have been mobilized to patrol the streets of Havana (11:42 - 13:46)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. The new cabinet of Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur has been installed following the landslide victory (26/2) of the Barbados Labour Party. Bertram Niles reports on the expansion of cabinet with the appointment of three new Ministers, Agriculture Minister, Minister of Social Services and Minister of Housing and Lands (13:47- 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.otherCAR2761en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/40011
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.lcshBanana trade -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Europeen_US
dc.subject.lcshWorld Trade Organisation -- Rulingen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Windward Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Saint Luciaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights advocacy -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAmnesty Internationalen_US
dc.subject.lcshCapital punishment - - Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDevaluation of currency -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshInvestments, Foreign -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign exchange rates -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCrime prevention –- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshProstitution -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.otherWindward Islands Banana Development Company (WIBDECO)en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 25-01-1999en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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