Caribbean Report 29-05-1998

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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.authorNaysmith, Electra (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMaharaj, Ramesh Lawrence (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSawyer, Jerome (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Fred (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorJohn, Cindi (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Rosie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGibb, Tom (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorFinley, Mike (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorOrr, Carol (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorPatterson, P. J. (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWilhelm, Charles (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWall, Tim (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGoffe, Leslie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Jody Anne (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-21T13:28:59Z
dc.date.available2014-07-21T13:28:59Z
dc.date.issued1998-05-29
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with Electra Naysmith (00:00-00:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney General Ramesh Maharaj announces that the government is to withdraw from the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as convicted murderers were using these human rights bodies to frustrate the implementation of the death penalty (00:25-02:22)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. In the Bahamas, opposition politicians are calling on the government to clarify its position on Cuban asylum seekers. Jerome Sawyer reports that Cuban exiles in Florida are calling for a tourist boycott of the island (02:23-04:05)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Havana confirmed 3 baseball players and their coach returned to Cuba by Bahamas last week have officially been offered asylum by Nicaragua (04:06-04:19)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. The OAS begin their annual General Assembly in Venezuela with Cuba's membership of the group expected to dominate the agenda. Venezuela Ambassador to the OAS, Francisco Paparoni has predicted that Cuba will be the 'absent protagonist' of the meeting (04:20-06:40)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. In Cuba, Catholic Church leaders have issued a statement calling for greater internal openness on the island and criticised the slow pace of change since the papal visit in January. Tom Gibb reports (06:41-08:10)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Nominations closed for candidates intending to fight next month's general elections in St. Vincent. There is a straight fight between the ruling New Democratic Party and the Opposition Unity Labour Party (08:11-08:59)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. The Caribbean Island Nations Security Conference (CINSEC) ends today as heads of Armed Forces from the US, Canada, France and Britain along with their Caribbean counterparts discuss strategies to deal with regional threats such as drugs. Carol Orr reports (09:00-11:12)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. At least five Caribbean leaders are preparing to take part in the UN Drug Summit to adopt a worldwide plan to substantially reduce drug demand and supply by the year 2008. Tim Wall comments on how the UN proposes to tackle the problem (11:13-13:28)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents10. Jody Anne Maxwell, a 12 year old girl from Jamaica has made history by becoming the first person from the Caribbean to win a prestigious US National Spelling Bee. Leslie Goffe reports (13:29-15:15)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 15 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2590en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/38763
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.lcshCapital punishment -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshTreatiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshRefugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshAsylum, Right ofen_US
dc.subject.lcshEmigration and immigration law -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical refugees -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBaseball players -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshRegionalism -- Americaen_US
dc.subject.lcshChurch and state -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSocial change -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical candidates -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshSaint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug traffic -- Prevention -- International cooperationen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug controlen_US
dc.subject.lcshSecurity, International -- International cooperationen_US
dc.subject.lcshNarcotics -- Supply and demanden_US
dc.subject.lcshSpelling bees -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshAcademic achievement -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshExiles -- Florida -- Miami -- Political activityen_US
dc.subject.otherOrganization of American States -- Membershipen_US
dc.subject.otherCatholic Church -- Cubaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 29-05-1998en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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