Caribbean Report 18-02-2002

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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.authorNiles, Bertram (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorDubreuil, Jean Gérard
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Conrad (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorLorne, Miguel (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorNunes, Neil (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorEaston, Adam (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGoffe, Leslie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Rosie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Douglas (speaker)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-06T13:25:07Z
dc.date.available2019-02-06T13:25:07Z
dc.date.issued2002-02-18
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:23)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Demonstrators in Haiti’s coastal city of Gonaives set up flaming street barricades, disrupting traffic and demanding police find the killers of Marc Andre Durogene, Deputy in Haiti’s Lower House, who was shot to death. Haiti’s Secretary of State for Public Securities, Jean Gérard Dubreuil, talks about the circumstances that led up to the shooting (00:24-02:36)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive in Jamaica to a 21-gun salute at the start of the queen’s three-day Jubilee visit. Correspondent Conrad Hamilton tells us about the formal ceremony to welcome Queen Elizabeth II and her husband and the significance of this visit to the people of Jamaica (02:37-04:20)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. A coalition of Rastafarian groups in Jamaica hopes to present a petition to the Queen asking that Britain pay to have them returned to Africa, their ancestral home. Miguel Lorne, Attorney-at-Law for the group, tells Bertram Niles when and where they hope to present their petition and what they expect of the Queen (04:21-06:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. There is unease in Curacao as six highly dangerous prisoners remain on the run. They escaped from the Bon Futuro prison where security has been a major concern as scores of prisoners have escaped in the recent past. Neil Nunes reports on this prison break, other prison breaks, the prison’s dire need of more prison guards and the possible part played by the police in this escape (06:34-08:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. A Rear Admiral in the Venezuelan navy calls on Hugo Chavez to resign in a sign of growing military opposition to their commander in chief. Adam Easton reports on Venezuela’s Ambassador-designate to Greece, Rear Admiral Carlos Molina’s reasons for calling for President Chavez’s resignation (08:32-10:23)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. In Trinidad and Tobago the General Council of the governing People’s National Movement formally rejects a proposal for power-sharing by the opposition as a way out of the country’s political deadlock, denouncing the proposal as down-right dangerous. Mr. Panday says he will not change his mind which lessens the chances that the two political leaders can negotiate a way out of the crisis when they next meet (10:24-11:05)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. A growing number of American companies choose to incorporate in Bermuda to sharply lower their taxes. Leslie Goffe reports that the New York Times says they are doing so without giving up any of the benefits of doing business in the United States (11:06-13:08)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Two Bermuda-based insurance companies, ACE Bermuda Insurance Limited and XL Insurance (Bermuda) Limited are the first to agree to pay the leaseholder of the World Trade Center, Silverstein Properties, for the building’s destruction during the September 11 Terrorist Attacks (13:09-13:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents10. Caribbean competitors in the Winter Olympics in Utah may not be winning gold medals but hundreds of spectators applaud the efforts of teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Puerto Rico for their competitive spirit. But Jamaicans are drawing the most attention. Rosie Hayes reports that although Jamaica has not been successful in the Bobsleigh events, they have used the popularity gained from participating, to promote their culture and Reggae music. Douglas Camacho, President of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee, defends their actions and says the Caribbean Region is a serious competitor (13:28-15:26)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 27 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3562en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46417
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.lcshPolitical violence -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshDemonstrations -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshRoyal visitors -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshElizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- -- Anniversaries -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPhilip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-en_US
dc.subject.lcshRastafarians -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLorne, Miguel, 1953-en_US
dc.subject.lcshEscaped prisoners -- Curacaoen_US
dc.subject.lcshChávez Frías, Hugo -- Resignation from officeen_US
dc.subject.lcshNaval art and science -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMolina Tamayo, Carlosen_US
dc.subject.lcshPeople’s National Movementen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited National Congress (Trinidad and Tobago)en_US
dc.subject.lcshPanday, Basdeoen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Bermudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBusiness enterprises -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshInsurance companies -- Bermudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001en_US
dc.subject.lcshOlympic Winter Games (19th : 2002 : Salt Lake City, Utah)en_US
dc.subject.lcshOlympics -- Participation, Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian, Tobagonianen_US
dc.subject.otherDurogene, Marc Andreen_US
dc.subject.otherBack-to-Africa movementen_US
dc.subject.otherPolitical impasse -- Trinidad and Tobago -- 21st centuryen_US
dc.subject.otherWorld Trade Center (Manhattan, New York City)en_US
dc.subject.otherSilverstein Propertiesen_US
dc.subject.otherBon Futuro Prison, Willemstad, Netherlands Antillesen_US
dc.subject.otherACE Bermuda Insurance Limiteden_US
dc.subject.otherXL Insurance (Bermuda) Limiteden_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 18-02-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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