Caribbean Report 22-03-2002

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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.authorGordon, Orin (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorMcKinnon, Don (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Rosie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Rob (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBush, George W. (George Walker) (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorRamphal, S. S. (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBourne, Compton (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorEllis, David (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorNiles, Bertram (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Conrad (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorForbes, Francis (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorFuller, Mike (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Shane (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Natalie (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T17:37:33Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T17:37:33Z
dc.date.issued2002-03-22
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. At the United Nations Anti-Poverty Summit in Monterey, Mexico, the Commonwealth Secretary General, Don McKinnon, says the summit must deliver a better deal for developing countries, but US President George W. Bush says giving aid is one thing, spending it properly was another. Rosie Hayes reports (00:34-02:12)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Still in Monterey, President George W. Bush tells his fellow heads of state he’ll increase America’s aid budget by fifty percent but in return he wants developing countries to manage the aid they are given better and no amount of aid would help badly governed countries. Rob Watson reports (02:12-03:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Sir Shridath Ramphal former Secretary General of the Commonwealth and one who has attended scores of meetings like Monterey speaks with Orin Gordon via telephone in London and says he is unimpressed with Mr. Bush’s arguments (03:43-06:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is trying to raise US$124 million for loans to the smaller countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). CDB President Dr. Compton Bourne tells the news conference tourism picked-up after the slump from the September 11th attacks in the US but not enough to take the OECS out of serious fiscal pressures. David Ellis reports (06:28-08:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Congressional opponents of the US trade and travel embargo on Cuba appear to be growing in number. Two such opponents are Charlie Rangel and Vic Snyder of Arkansas. A group of law makers is describing the forty-year-old policy as hypocritical and a relic of the cold war but the Bush Administration says lifting these embargos will boost the Cuban economy and prolong Communist rule. Bertram Niles reports (08:32-10:10)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. National Security Minister, Peter Phillips, says Jamaican policemen are to be stationed in Britain’s two main airports to help reduce smuggling of illegal drugs from Jamaica into Britain. Conrad Hamilton reports the announcement comes following meetings between Jamaican government and British authorities. On a talk show, Police Commissioner Francis Forbes outlines other measures to address violent crime in Jamaica (10:11-12:06)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Hundreds of people demonstrate in Roseau, Dominican to support Marpin Telecoms and Broadcasting Company being awarded a licence to provide a telecommunications service in Dominica. Marpin requires full interconnection between itself and Cable and Wireless but Cable and Wireless does not want to give up the monopoly it is enjoying in telecommunications (12:07-12:34)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. A pilot scheme, the Lambeth Scheme, where cannabis users are warned rather than arrested is to continue in Lambeth, London. Here supporters of suspended police officer, Brian Paddick, who pioneered the programme demonstrate, calling for the scheme and officer to be reinstated. Deputy Assistant Commissioner/Head of the Metropolitan Police Drugs Directorate, Mike Fuller, and Environmental Campaigner Shane Collins comment and Natalie Williams gives details (12:35-15:29)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.otherCAR3586en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/47165
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.lcshInternational relief -- Developing countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshPoverty -- Developing countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited Nations International Conference on Financing for Development (2002 : Monterrey, Mexico)en_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational relief -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Development Banken_US
dc.subject.lcshO.E.C.S. (Organization)en_US
dc.subject.lcshTourism -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influenceen_US
dc.subject.lcshRangel, Charles B.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSnyder, Vic, 1947-en_US
dc.subject.lcshTravel restrictions -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshEmbargo -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAirports -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshPhillips, Peteren_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug traffic -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug traffic -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshJamaica -- Foreign relations -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshTelecommunication -- Dominicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCannabis -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice-community relations -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshPaddick, Brian, 1956-en_US
dc.subject.otherMarpin Telecoms & Broadcasting Company Ltden_US
dc.subject.otherCable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltden_US
dc.subject.otherLambeth Schemeen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 22-03-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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