Caribbean Report 27-02-2002

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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.authorSawyer, Jerome (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Orin (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Colin (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorRiehl, Clarissa (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorInsanally, Samuel R. (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorDeering, Chris (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWeir, Karen (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-24T18:15:56Z
dc.date.available2019-01-24T18:15:56Z
dc.date.issued2002-02-27
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:25)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The polls close in the first ever referendum in the Bahamas. The country’s voters are being asked to approve or reject five changes to the constitution. Each measure requires a two thirds majority from the electorate. Bertram Niles speaks to Jerome Sawyer, BBC Correspondent, about referendum day (00:26-03:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Two more Caribbean countries, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, come off the international black list of uncooperative tax havens drawn up by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Orin Gordon reports (03:41-05:44)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Guyana and Venezuela reach agreement in key areas at the Guyana-Venezuela High-Level Bi-Lateral Commission meeting in Georgetown. The agreement is highly significant given Venezuela’s claim to three fifths of Guyana. Colin Smith reports on the views of attorney and spokesperson on foreign affairs for Guyana’s main opposition party, Clarissa Riehl and Guyana’s Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally (05:45-08:02)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Thousands of people in Venezuela take part in a demonstration demanding a referendum on the future of President Hugo Chavez and organisers give a petition to the government. Simultaneously, thousands of people take part in a counter-demonstration in support of Mr. Chavez. Correspondents say these demonstrations mirror the increasing political divide between supporters and opponents of Mr. Chavez’s leadership (08:03-08:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Haiti’s Central Bank suspends the operations of one local bank, the Haitian Development Bank, after what officials call a serious cash flow problem. Ken Richards reports (08:27-09:56)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Former President of The West Indies Cricket Board, Pat Rousseau, expresses concern about the region’s preparedness for the Cricket World Cup, even though the event is years away. However, Chris Deering the Managing Director Designate of the region’s World Cup organising company says the West Indies is on course to host the World Cup and much preparatory work has already been done (09:57-13:07)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Colombian police arrest a forty-three year old Guyanese man for cocaine smuggling and extradite him to Italy (13:08-13:52)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. The United Nations drugs watchdog, The International Narcotics Control Board (The INCD), expresses concern in its annual report about steps in some countries towards the legalisation of marijuana (13:53-15:25)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 25 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3569en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46387
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.lcshVoting -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshReferendum -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshConstitutional amendments -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- St. Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshVenezuela -- Foreign relations -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTreaties -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTreaties -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical stability -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLeadership -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDemonstrations -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshChávez Frías, Hugo -- Resignation from officeen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanks and banking, Cooperative -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshWorld Cup (Cricket) (9th : 2007 : West Indies (Federation))en_US
dc.subject.lcshRousseau, Patrick H. O., 1934-en_US
dc.subject.lcshCocaine industry -- Colombiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshExtradition -- Cases -- Colombiaen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign workers, Guyaneseen_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational Narcotics Control Boarden_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited Nationsen_US
dc.subject.lcshMarijuana -- Law and legalisationen_US
dc.subject.otherGuyana-Venezuela High-Level Bi-Lateral Commission, 2002en_US
dc.subject.otherHaitian Development Banken_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 27-02-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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