Caribbean Report 15-04-2002

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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.authorWilliams, Natalie (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorGoodwin, Bruce (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Colin (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorFleming, Osborne (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorMeade, Ben (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorInsanally, Samuel R.(interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorMiles, Nick (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGift, Knowlson (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T17:33:33Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T17:33:33Z
dc.date.issued2002-04-15
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:22)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. In Antigua, a coalition of angry citizens is threatening to sue the government for failing to pay millions of dollars to the country’s medical benefits scheme, the National Health Insurance Programme, which is now the subject of a commission of enquiry. Bruce Goodwin spokesman of the Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations, is talking to its lawyers about taking legal action on behalf of public sector workers (00:23-04:02)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The funeral for Shaka Blair turns into a massive anti-government rally as mourners call for the disbanding of the “Black Clothes Police Squad”. Mr. Blair was shot and killed by special police and minutes before his funeral Detective Sargent Harry Kooseram was killed by a gunman. Colin Smith reports Opposition Leader, Desmond Hoyte is among the mourners and reports on increasing crime and violence in Guyana (04:03-05:28)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. In another development sure to worry authorities, persons in the funeral procession of Shaka Blair distribute leaflets, addressed to the military, referring to the five men who shot their way out of prison, February 23rd, as freedom fighters who will stay in Guyana and fight for the Afro-Guyanese nation as the majority of those killed by police are Afro-Guyanese (05:29-06:09)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. The Anguillan Chief Minister, Osborne Fleming, has been defending his government’s position to impose visa restrictions on Guyanese and Jamaican nationals as, over the past six years, people from Jamaica and Guyana have been putting a strain on the islands already limited resources by coming in as visitors and ending up in the workplace. Ben Meade reports (06:10-08:16)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. The Guyanese Foreign Minister, Rudy Insanally, says he is surprised by the move of Anguilla’s government to impose visa restrictions on Guyanese and Jamaican nationals and will be talking with the Anguillan authorities before deciding on any reciprocal action. In light of the revised CARICOM treaty his thought is that Caribbean nations are working together for freedom of movement in the region (08:16-11:01)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Reinstated Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez calls for a reconciliation committee between the different groups in the country and says his country will continue supplying oil to Cuba. Fidel Castro’s government was told it would no longer get supplies from Caracas, after President Chavez was ousted as leader for two days and replaced by Businessman Pedro Carmona. Nick Miles reports (11:02-12:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. The Caribbean is still reacting to the events in Caracas. Trinidad is just seven miles off the coast of Venezuela and a direct competitor in the global oil market. Natalie Williams interviews Trinidad Foreign Affairs Minister, Knowlson Gift, who says the reinstatement of President Chavez is a sign that democracy is alive and well in the Caribbean (12:32-15:21)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 21 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3602en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/47157
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.lcshScandals -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshActions and defences -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMisconduct in office -- Government -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPatients -- Medical care -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPublic health administration -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFuneral rites and ceremonies -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDemonstrations -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice -- Complaints against – Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice -- Special weapons and tactics units -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice shootings – Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice murders -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshViolence -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCrime – Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHoyte, Hugh Desmonden_US
dc.subject.lcshPamphlets -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshEscaped prisoners -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshRace discrimination – Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBlacks -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshVisas -- Government policy -- Anguillaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAnguilla -- Foreign relations -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAnguilla -- Foreign relations -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGuyaneseen_US
dc.subject.lcshJamaicansen_US
dc.subject.lcshVacations -- Anguillaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFreedom of movement -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Communityen_US
dc.subject.lcshTreaties -- Revisionen_US
dc.subject.lcshPresidents -- Reinstatement -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshChávez Frías, Hugoen_US
dc.subject.lcshReconciliationen_US
dc.subject.lcshCarmona, Pedro (Carmona Estanga)en_US
dc.subject.lcshPetroleum as fuel -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshVenezuela -- Foreign economic relations -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba -- Foreign economic relations -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPetroleum industry and trade -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTrinidad and Tobago -- Foreign relations -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshVenezuela -- Foreign relations -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshVenezuela -- Foreign relations -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPetroleum industry and trade -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshDemocracy -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherMedical Benefits Scheme -- Antigua Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.otherNational Health Insurance Programme (Antigua and Barbuda)en_US
dc.subject.otherCoalition of Non-Governmental Organizations (Antigua and Barbuda) -- Trials, litigation, etc.en_US
dc.subject.otherBlair, Shakaen_US
dc.subject.otherBlack Clothes Police Unit (Guyana)en_US
dc.subject.otherKooseram, Harryen_US
dc.subject.otherVenezuela -- History -- Attempted coup, 2002en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 15-04-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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