Caribbean Report 26-03-1997
| 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 | Rowe, Yvette (anchor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Niles, Bertram (anchor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Strassberger, Bill (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ismael, Odeen (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hinds, David (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Goffe, Leslie (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Osana, Roy (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gomes, Larry (interviewee) | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Caribbean Area. | en_US |
| dc.creator | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-28T17:51:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-28T17:51:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1997-03-26 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this report, Caribbean and US officials have concluded talks in Barbados on the range of issues to go before the American/Caricom Summit in Barbados. Next, Caribbean and US officials have concluded talks in Barbados on the range of issues to go before the American/Caricom Summit in Barbados. Next, in St Lucia the Island’s Medical and Dental Association is investigating reports that several workers in a city construction project may have been exposed to asbestos poisoning. Next, a gas leak inside a shop in the Dominican Republic‘s capital Santo Domingo has left five injured and two persons killed. Next, in the United States plans to impose stringent immigration laws tightening up on funding an access to welfare for illegal immigrants are ahead. Next, in a US prison, due to the malfunctioning of an electric chair, the execution of a Cuban immigrant who came to the US during the 1980 Mariel boatlift did not happen quiet and quick as planned. Next, Guyanese in Washington object to the appointment of Guyana’s new prime minister. Some have suggested that her American birth makes her an inappropriate choice. In the final segment, a former West Indian batsman believes that Canada is capable of a third straight victory in the International Cricket Council Trophy Tournament in Guadalupe. | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Headlines (00:00-00:30) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 2. High hopes for the May Summit following today's preliminary Caricom/US meeting in Barbados. Bertrand Niles reports from Bridgetown (00:31-02:22) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 3. In St Lucia authorities investigate concerns over asbestos poisoning. Pete Ninvalle reports (02:23-4:47) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 4. Two people have been killed and five injured in an explosion in the Dominican Republic's capital (04:48-05:03) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 5. Illegal migrants in the United States rush to become legal ahead of tougher immigration laws. Bill Strassberger, Public Affairs spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Services is interviewed (05:04-08:11) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 6. Things did not go as planned with a Cuban immigrants exection in a US prison. Leslie Goffe reports from New York (08;12-10:29) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 7. The Guyanese Community in Washington raises further objections to the appointment of Janet Jagan as Guyana's new prime minister. Odeen Ishmael, Guyana's Ambassador to Washington, David Hinds of the Working People Alliance, David Mehish of the Association of Concerned Guyanese are interviewed (10:30-13:15) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 8. Larry Gomes, former West Indies test bastman says that Canada is capable of a third straight victory in the International Cricket Council Trophy Tournament in Guadalupe. Larry Gomes is interviewed (13:16-15:27) | en_US |
| dc.format | Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 15 min. 27 sec. | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Sound, mp3 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | CAR2282 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/18595 | |
| 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.other | Summit -- American -- Caricon. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Asbestos -- St Lucia. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Medical and Dental Association -- St Lucia. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Gas leak -- Dominican Republic. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | United States -- Immigration Laws. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Medina, Pedro. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Jagan, Janet. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Cricket -- Tournaments -- Canada. | en_US |
| dc.title | Caribbean Report 26-03-1997 | en_US |
| dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |