Caribbean Report 05-04-1999
SpecialCollections.repository | All 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.contributor | The University of the West Indies | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Greaves, Keith Stone (anchor, correspondent) | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomas, Bert (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | Andrew Thomas, Kimberly (correspondent) | |
dc.contributor.author | Maharaj, Ramesh Lawrence (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | Alexander, Nova (interviewee) | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Caribbean Area. | en_US |
dc.creator | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-19T15:45:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-19T15:45:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999-04-05 | |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Headlines with anchor Keith Stone Greaves (00:25) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 2. British media report that the US commitment to the refugee crisis and war in the Balkans in Kosovo could involve the movement of 20, 000 Albanians to the US navy base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and the Pacific island of Guam. Professor Bert Thomas, Director of Caribbean Studies at City University in New York comments on the movement of war refugees to Cuba. Kimberly Andrews Thomas reports (00:26 - 03:26) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 3. Trinidad and Tobago Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj discusses the legal rulings by the Privy Council preventing the country from implementing the death penalty. Keith Stone Greaves reports (03:27 – 06:46) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 4. In Antigua/Barbuda tourism is viewed as the main economic sector and main foreign exchange income earner, providing jobs for 75 percent of the population. The Antiguan government estimates the sector growth at 7 percent annum. Antigua hotel and tourism consultant Nova Alexander speaks on the absence of Antiguans in top level management positions in the tourist industry. Keith Stone Greaves reports (06:47 – 11:23) | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | 5. Trinidad and Tobago is at the forefront in calls for a Caribbean Court of Justice which will replace the Privy Council in London and act as a final court of appeal for Caribbean judicial matters. Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj discusses the regional position and CARICOM commitment to establishing the court of appeal. Keith Stone Greaves reports (11:24 – 14: 58) | en_US |
dc.format | Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 15 min. 58 sec. | en_US |
dc.format.medium | Sound, mp3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | CAR2811 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/40161 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | The BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011 | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
dc.rights.accessRights | Access 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.lcsh | War and society -- Czech Republic | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Refugee camps -- Cuba | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Death penalty -- Trinidad and Tobago | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tourism -- Antigua | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Justice, Administration of -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Caribbean Court of Justice | en_US |
dc.title | Caribbean Report 05-04-1999 | en_US |
dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |