Caribbean Report 19-02-2003

Simple item page
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.authorCharles, Paul (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorWeir, Karen (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorCondor, Sam (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSavarin, Charles (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSpencer-Jarrett, Judith (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorLetang, Thomas (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorNinvalle, Pete (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSeaga, Edward (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRothschild, François (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorPierre, Philip J. (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-07T01:59:53Z
dc.date.available2020-04-07T01:59:53Z
dc.date.issued2003-02-19
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Bertram Niles (00:00-00:25)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Political leaders in Saint Kitts and Nevis work towards full autonomy for Nevis and pledge to negotiate a new constitution to govern two islands only two miles apart. Sam Condor, Saint Kitts and Nevis’ Deputy Prime Minister and also Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Reform, explains what the aim is politically. BBC’s Bertram Niles reports (00:27-03:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Dominica’s air and seaports are seriously affected as a thousand public servants go on strike to persuade government to abandon its new austerity measures. Government’s proposal includes a six and a half percent wage cut and layoffs. Thomas Letang, General Secretary of the DPSU says his organization is willing to find a solution and Charles Savarin, acting PM says the government is not withdrawing its proposal. BBC’s Paul Charles reports (03:28-05:07)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Trade unions in St. Lucia warn of escalating worker agitation in the Caribbean if governments fail to consult more with them and also fail to move apace with the changing global environment. In Jamaica, teachers are asking for a thirty percent increase but the government is offering just three percent while awarding itself a one hundred and three percent pay hike. Judith Spencer-Jarrett, Past President of the Jamaica Teacher’s Association sees this as a negative forecast for the future of industrial relations. BBC’s correspondent Pete Ninvalle reports (05:08-06:54)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Edward Seaga, leader of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) defends his party’s decision to suspend cooperation talks with the government over the Omar Davies affair. He claims to have had enough of wrongdoing by the government. BBC’s Bertram Niles reports (06:55-09:55)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Popular Haitian radio station, Radio Métropole stages a broadcast blackout for twenty-four hours in protest for an attack on one of the station’s top journalists. Radio Métropole News Director François Rothschild, believes that pro Jean-Bertrand Aristide government supporters are responsible. Moreover, two journalist have been killed within the last two weeks. BBC’s Karen Weir reports (09:56-11:59)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. The British government announces the postponement of a meeting between Foreign Office Minister Baroness Amos and CARICOM’s tourism ministers. Philip J. Pierre, St Lucia’s Tourism Minister states that this regional industry is facing strong global competition and ministers need to explore joint marketing within Britain to increase the Caribbean’s market share. BBC’s Bertram Niles reports (12:00-14:43)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. A Cuban court sentences two dissidents to eighteen months in prison for resisting the authorities. They were campaigning for the Varela Project, an initiative for political reform in Cuba. Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, project leader and political activist says that the sentences are unreasonable and unjustified. BBC’s Bertram Niles reports (14:44-15:29)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 29 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3823en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/48955
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.lcshPolitics and government -- Saint Kitts and Nevisen_US
dc.subject.lcshConstitutional amendments -- Saint Kitts and Nevisen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor unions -- Dominicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPrime ministers -- Dominicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshStrikes and lockouts -- Dominicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor unions -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor unions -- Saint Luciaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSeaga, Edward P. G.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitics and government -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshJournalists -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshMass media -- Political aspectsen_US
dc.subject.lcshTourism -- Marketingen_US
dc.subject.lcshTourism -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshProtest movements -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.otherDominica Public Service Union (DPSU)en_US
dc.subject.otherSavarin, Charles Angelo, 1943-en_US
dc.subject.otherSpencer-Jarrett, Lorraine Judithen_US
dc.subject.otherJamaica Teachers' Association (JTA)en_US
dc.subject.otherCARICOM -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.otherDissidents -- Cubaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 19-02-2003en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
CARDCD905_19022003.mp3
Size:
3.44 MB
Format:
MP3 Audio
Description:
Download

Collections

2003 January-June CR