Caribbean Report 01-03-2002

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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.authorWeir, Karen (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSampson, Frank (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorHarford, Ronald (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorWitter, Earl (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSchweimler, Daniel (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBernal, Richard (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBreeveld, Hans (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBell, John (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorChastanet, Allen (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Rosie (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date15 min. 31 sec.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-24T18:14:35Z
dc.date.available2019-01-24T18:14:35Z
dc.date.issued2002-03-01
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The Caribbean airline BWIA makes 181 positions redundant in its drive to survive the reduction in travel since the September 11th attacks in the United States. Tony Fraser reports the impact will be felt beyond the region and Frank Sampson, BWIA’s Vice President with responsibility for employee service, explains further (00:25-02:25)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Multinationals with investments in Trinidad and Tobago downplay suggestions that their businesses are being affected by the political stalemate in the country. Ronald Harford, Leading Trinidadian banker of Republic Bank and President of the Bankers Association comments (02:26-04:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Earl Witter, a barrister of law involved in Jamaica’s Commission of Enquiry into a spate of violence in western Kingston claims that the investigation is flawed (04:25-07:04)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Cuban security forces evict from the Mexican Embassy in Havana twenty-one Cubans who crashed a bus into the embassy. Cuban authorities said they ignored several appeals to leave peacefully and their removal followed a request by the Mexican government (07:05-08:32)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. The Director General of the Regional Negotiating Machinery, Dr. Richard Bernal just concluded what he describes as an important meeting for the region at the World Trade Organization. Organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat he reveals recommendations to help countries with small economies (08:33-11:20)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. A leading political analyst in Suriname rejects the idea that comments made by former Surinamese military strongman and now Leader of the Opposition National Democratic Party Desi Bouterse indicates thoughts of a coup. Dr. Hans Breeveld a professor at the University of Surinam believes Mr. Bouterse’s latest political actions are based more on a democratic stand (11:21-13:01)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Caribbean nations are limping out of the tourist slump following the September 11th attacks in the United States. Hopes are still high that 16 million US dollars can be raised to fund a major Pan-Caribbean television advertising campaign encouraging tourists back to the area. John Bell, Director General of the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) and Allen Chastanet, Chairman of the CHA’s Marketing Committee comment and Rosie Hayes reports (13:02-15:31)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3571en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46386
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.lcshBWIA West Indies Airwaysen_US
dc.subject.lcshAirlines -- Employees -- Dismissal of -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influenceen_US
dc.subject.lcshCorporations -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshGovernmental investigations -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba -- International relations -- Mexicoen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical refugees -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshEmbassy buildings -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshStates, Small -- Economic conditionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshWorld Trade Organizationen_US
dc.subject.lcshCommonwealth Secretariaten_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitics -- Surinameen_US
dc.subject.lcshSuriname -- History -- Coup d'état, 1982en_US
dc.subject.lcshBouterse, Desire Delano, 1945-en_US
dc.subject.lcshTourism -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAdvertising campaigns -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherPolitical impasse -- Trinidad and Tobago -- 21st centuryen_US
dc.subject.otherThe Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machineryen_US
dc.subject.otherNational Democratic Party (Suriname)en_US
dc.subject.otherPan-Caribbean Television Advertising Campaign, 2002en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 01-03-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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