Caribbean Report 18-01-2002

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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.authorNiles, Bertram (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorCuales, Orlando (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Colin (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorAuffant, Pablo (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Natalie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorLaurent, Edwin (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Emma (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-06T13:25:52Z
dc.date.available2019-02-06T13:25:52Z
dc.date.issued2002-01-18
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The people of the Netherlands Antilles are voting to choose a new administration for the five island federation. Spending cuts by the coalition government of Prime Minister Miguel Pourier can hurt their chances of being re-elected (00:25-03:18)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The Haitian Prime Minister Jean Marie Chérestal has tendered his resignation amidst mounting criticism of the government’s failure to improve the troubled economy. President Jean Bertrand Aristide must agree for the resignation to take effective (03:19-04:35)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. In Guyana a state of shock and disbelief engulf the eastern village of Crabwood Creek where the burnt remains of four persons including the fifteen year old son of the owner and two farm workers are discovered (04:36-06:23)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Across the United States new airline safety measures are in effect requiring the screening of every piece of checked luggage for explosives either by hand, machine or sniffer dog (06:24-08:18)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Experts in off-shore banking observe that the use of low tax Caribbean centres by major US companies like Enron to legally shelter profits, reflects a clear need for US tax law to be tightened (08:19-10:12)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. A special negotiation committee is being set up by the World Trade Organization for the launch of a broad new set of pre-trade negotiations. Eastern Caribbean Ambassador to Brussels, Edwin Laurent says the Caribbean is concerned that the new round is seeking considerable acceleration in the liberalization of trade (10:13-12:12)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Delegates from the International Committee of the Red Cross make their first visit to help Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners held by US forces at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Human rights groups accuse Washington of treating the prisoners brought from Afghanistan inhumanely (12:13-12:45)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. In Norway 2001 two young persons with links to Neo-Nazi groups were found guilty of killing a black teenager, Benjamin Hermansen. The shock at Norway’s first race related killing provoked huge anti-racist demonstrations around the country. Emma Joseph has the story (12:46-14:29)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents10. The former girlfriend of Rickey Sweeney, a “Yardie” gang leader was praised as the bravest woman in Britain. Sophie Lewis gave crucial evidence in two court trials despite being shot in the head four times and then gunned down so as to prevent her from testifying. The twenty-three year old Sophie survived and her evidence led to conviction of gang members (14:30-15:27)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 28 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3541en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46419
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.lcshElections -- Netherlands Antillesen_US
dc.subject.lcshGovernment spending policy -- Netherlands Antillesen_US
dc.subject.lcshPrime ministers -- Haiti -- Resignation from officeen_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Economic conditions -- 21st centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshMurder -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAeronautics, Commercial -- Security measures -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influenceen_US
dc.subject.lcshEnergy industries -- Taxation -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax evasion -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshFree trade -- Caribbean areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational Committee of the Red Cross -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bayen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights monitoring -- Cuba -- Guantánamo Bayen_US
dc.subject.lcshCrime and race -- Norwayen_US
dc.subject.lcshRace relations -- Norwayen_US
dc.subject.lcshWitnesses -- Assassination attempts -- Englanden_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug dealers -- Englanden_US
dc.subject.otherChérestal, Jean Marie -- Haiti -- Resignation from officeen_US
dc.subject.otherEnron -- Tax evasion -- Caribbean areaen_US
dc.subject.otherYardie gangs -- Crime -- Englanden_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 18-01-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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