Caribbean Report 16-01-2003

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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.authorSmith, Lou (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHumphrey, Chester (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRedhead, Martin (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorConnell, Bernadette (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorImbert, Colm (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorFife, Trevor (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorMohammed, Renatta (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBernard, Desiree (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorNiles, Bertram (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (anchor)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-24T17:58:53Z
dc.date.available2019-01-24T17:58:53Z
dc.date.issued2003-01-16
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Ken Richards (00:23)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Grenada is on the verge of a national strike after a dramatic turn of events in the industrial dispute between the Grenada Broadcasting Network (GBN) and its employees. GBN has fired all twenty-three employees involved. Union Leader Chester Humphrey, Shop Steward Martin Redhead and Bernadette Connell express strong dissatisfaction. Lou Smith reports (00:24-03:36)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. A group of sixty senior doctors in Trinidad and Tobago threaten to resign within a month. However, Colm Imbert, Health Minister says that they will be replaced. Doctors are demanding that the Medical Professionals Association be allowed to negotiate on behalf of over four hundred junior doctors. Tony Fraser reports (03:37-05:44)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Bermuda has slapped visa restrictions on Jamaicans travelling to the island as part of the drug trafficking and crime crack down. Trevor Fife, President of the West Indian Association (Bermuda) defends the Association’s position on the visa restrictions and the rationale for it. He believes it will also bring positive change in Jamaica (05:45-09:04)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Possible terrorist threats to passengers appear in a travel advisory on the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office website. Renatta Mohammed, Corporate Communications Manager, TIDCO says this can cause considerable harm to Trinidad and Tobago's image and to the tourism sector. Ben Meade reports (09:05-10:41)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. In Jamaica, tourist officials and taxi operators at the tourist port Ocho Rios are implementing a new arrangement for taxi drivers to satisfy the urgent need for improved security raised by cruise operators. Ben Meade reports (10:42-11:16)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. An opposition boycott of the Guyana Parliament is being blamed in part for what is being described as the deplorable state of the administration of justice in the country. Desiree Bernard, Chancellor of the Judiciary said that this could result in the justice system being in imminent danger of collapse (11:17-13:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. A juvenile court judge in Fairfax, Virginia has ruled that seventeen year old Jamaican, John Lee Malvo can soon be tried as an adult and face the death penalty for the shooting of an FBI analyst which left ten people dead. Bertram Niles reports (13:28-14:37)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Curacao’s island refinery is to resume processing crude. The refinery which receives most of its oil from Venezuela recently shut down its operations when oil shipments from Venezuela stopped as a result of a general strike already in its seventh week. Ken Richards reports (14:38-15:29)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 mins. 29 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3799en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46382
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.lcshHospitals -- Medical staff -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug traffic -- Bermuda Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshEmployees -- Dismissal of -- Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshVisas -- Government policy -- Bermuda Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshJamaicans -- Bermuda Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor disputes -- Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor disputes -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshTourism -- Trinidad anf Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshCruise lines -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational travel -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshBusiness -- Effect of terrorism on -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshPublic service commissions -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshJustice, Administration of -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTrials (Murder) -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshSnipers -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshStrikes and lockouts -- Oil industries -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPetroleum industry and trade -- Curaçaoen_US
dc.subject.otherDoctors -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.otherProtests -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.otherGrenada Broadcasting Networken_US
dc.subject.otherMalvo, John Leeen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 16-01-2003
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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