Caribbean Report 14-02-1994

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dc.contributorOrr, Carol (anchor)en
dc.contributorThe University of the West Indies
dc.contributor.authorRoopnarine, Rupert (interviewee)en
dc.contributor.authorJagan, Cheddi (interviewee)en
dc.contributor.authorArthur, Owen (interviewee)en
dc.contributor.authorCrosskill, Hugh (correspondent)en
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Lionel (correspondent)en
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)en
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporation
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-18T21:08:39Z
dc.date.available2013-07-18T21:08:39Z
dc.date.issued1994-02-14en
dc.description.abstractIn this report, the President of Guyana Cheddi Jaggan comments on what his government is doing to investigate the death of Dr. Walter Rodney; the Leader of the Opposition in Barbados speaks about the Prime Minister's decision to assume the tourism portfolio; Cuban authorities are forced to increase security around the US diplomatic mission; a race relations bill gets a second reading in Parliament and; two relatively unknown calypsonians dethrone the Mighty Chalkdust as the Calypso Monarch of the world.en
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)en
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Guyana's President Cheddi Jaggan comments that an investigation to look into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney is out of his hands, the co -leader of the Working People's Party expresses his disappointment in the delay in appointing a special investigator to look into the death of Dr. Walter Rodney and Peter Breton, chairman of the Guyanese bar association also gives his views on the matter(00:27-06:16)en
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The leader of the opposition Barbados Labour Party said that the decision by Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford to take over the portfolio of the Ministry of Tourism could be detrimental to Barbados' economy. Owen Arthur discusses his views on the matter and Hugh Crosskill reports(06:16-09:49)en
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Cuba authorities were forced to throw a security cordon around the US diplomatic mission after hundreds of people gathered there to obtain visas to America. Lionel Martin reports (09:50-12:06)en
dc.description.tableofcontents5. A race relations remedy bill introduced by British Opposition MP Keith Vaz is to get a second reading in the House of Commons. The Bill would remove the limit on compensation for racial discrimination against ethnic minorities in Britain from 11,000 pounds. The reading comes after the British Home Secretary's decision not to legalize racial attacks as a racial offence (12:07-12:27)en
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Two relatively unknown calypsonians dethroned the Mighty Chalkdust from being the Calypso Monarch of Trinidad and Tobago. Correspondent Tony Fraser reports (12:28-14:43)en
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Wrap up and theme music (14:43-15:18)en
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit
dc.format.extent15 min. 18 sec.en
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3
dc.identifierCAR1471en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/16141
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporation
dc.relation.ispartofThe BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011
dc.rightsCopyright British Broadcasting Corporation
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.
dc.subjectMurder-investigation -- Guyanaen
dc.subjectBarbados -- Politics and governmenten
dc.subjectRace discrimination -- Law and legistationen
dc.subjectCalypso musicians -- Trinidad and Tobagoen
dc.titleCaribbean Report 14-02-1994en
dc.typeRecording, oral

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