Caribbean Report 03-08-1993

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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.contributor.authorJarvis, Mike (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Yvette (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHunte, Julien (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorCondon, Paul (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGrant, Bernie (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Lionel (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGibbons, Elizabeth (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-27T18:21:08Z
dc.date.available2020-07-27T18:21:08Z
dc.date.issued1993-08-03
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Questions continue to be raised over certain aspects of the privatization of the regional airline, LIAT. A meeting in Barbados of LIAT’s shareholders has come up with a number of issues to be addressed by the shareholding governments. Caribbean Aviation Enterprises (CAE), the company hoping to take over LIAT is still trying to win over the doubters. Yvette Rowe reports (00:32-02:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The St. Lucian opposition leader, Julien Hunte is hoping for a campaign by opposition leaders in the islands against the sale of LIAT. However, in Antigua, the opposition leader has come out in support of the arrangement with CAE. Mr. Hunt has been opposed to the privatization of LIAT from the outset. Interview with Julien Hunte about his plans to block the sale of the airline (02:25-04:46)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Three London police officers has been suspended following the death of a Jamaican woman suspected of being an illegal immigrant. Joy Gardner died after a struggle with police and immigration officers who had gone to her home to serve a deportation order. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Paul Condon has also ordered his officers not to take part in any more deportation until an enquiry has been held. Interviews with Paul Condon, Metropolitan Police Commissioner and Bernie Grant, Labour MP (04:47-07:20)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. In Cuba, a decision to allow Cubans to own US dollars still has to be made into law. The idea has to be approved by Cuba’s Council of State and the island’s parliament, the National Assembly of the People’s Power. The government has already stated that the process will be a gradual one. Lionel Martin reports that some Cubans are ahead of the law and many are trading in the black market (07:21-09:14)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Behind the political headlines in Haiti, there is a story of increased difficulties being faced by the poor. Before the crisis, conditions were not good, particularly for the children of the poor. Child indicators were said to be the worst in the western hemisphere according to aid agencies. Interview with Elizabeth Gibbons, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) special representative to Haiti who says that the political crisis and the embargo spell a dramatic worsening situation. Yvette Rowe reports (09:15-12:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Still in Haiti, Haiti’s military ruler is expected to retire from the army on October 15th, two weeks before President Jean-Bertrant Aristide returns to power. The other coup leaders may be sent abroad as military attaches. Aristide’s American lawyer, former US Representative, Michael Barnes also said he has received word from Aristide’s supporters in Haiti that the Parliament had resolved the leadership dispute and was prepared to ratify Aristide choice for Prime Minister, publisher, Robert Malval. Under the compromise, Raoul Cedras and Port-au-Prince Police Chief, Joseph Michel Franҫois would step down (12:27-14:17)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. News from the Dominican Republic indicated that the ageing President, Jaoquin Balaguer is hospitalized at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Consul officials said that it is a routine examination (14:18-14:50)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 50 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1332en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49220
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.lcshLIAT (Airline)en_US
dc.subject.lcshAirlines -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPrivatization -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGardner, Joy, 1953-1993en_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice brutality -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshDeportation -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign exchange -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCurrency convertibility -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshPoverty -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshAristide, Jean-Bertranden_US
dc.subject.lcshMalval, Robert, 1943-en_US
dc.subject.lcshCédras, Raoulen_US
dc.subject.lcshBalaguer, Joaquín, 1906-2002en_US
dc.subject.lcshPresidents -- Dominican Republicen_US
dc.subject.otherCaribbean Aviation Enterprisesen_US
dc.subject.otherFranҫois, Joseph Michelen_US
dc.subject.otherBarnes, Michaelen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 03-08-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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