Caribbean Report 10-02-1999
| 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 | Richards, Ken (anchor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Patterson, P. J. (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Stone Greaves, Keith (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Holder, Gene (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smith, Lew (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Norton, Michael (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Andrew Thomas, Kimberly (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Straw, Jack (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Logan, Leroy (interviewee) | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Caribbean Area. | en_US |
| dc.creator | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-28T00:27:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-28T00:27:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-02-10 | |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Headlines with anchor Ken Richards (00:27) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 2. The G15 which represents the world’s top developing nation is holding a three day meeting in Jamaica. Host and Chairman of the Summit Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson highlighted the need to support special and differential treatment for exports such as banana and called for institutional reform at the World Trade Organization. Ken Richards reports (00:28 - 03:02) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 3. Officials of the African Caribbean and Pacific Countries and European counterparts are in disagreement on the future of aid packages. The European Union is insisting that all future aid to ACP countries should be linked to good governance. The seventy one member ACP grouping strongly opposes the proposal describing it as unacceptable. Keith Stone Greaves reports on this and other areas of dispute at the ACP conference in Senegal Dakar (03:03 - 05:28) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 4. The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) voiced its concern over the effects of the disruption of American Airline flights on regional tourism. The airline has cancelled about one thousand flights due to protest actions by its pilots. Its American Eagles subsidiaries controls about seventy percent of the Caribbean air market. CTO Secretary General Gene Holder discusses how the present form of disruption is of economic concern to the Caribbean tourism industry (05:29 - 08:12) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 5. A French Court announced that it does not have the authority to hear a civil suit brought against Cuban President Fidel Castro. A petition alleging crime against humanity and drug trafficking was filed by lawyers representing three people who had been imprisoned in Cuba. An investigating magistrate is expected to rule on whether to proceed with the court matter (08:13 - 08:45) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 6. In Grenada, the fifteen year old Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement has finally found a voice in parliament as its leader Terrence Marryshow was one of three opposition members of parliament appointed to the Senate. Lew Smith reports on the forced appointment of the three opposition members (08:46 – 10:21) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 7. A court matter dealing with the present conflict between the legislative and executive powers has been scheduled for Haiti’s court. The court will rule on President René Préval declaration that the legislature time has run out. Michael Norton reports that the courts ruling if in favor of the executive will pave the way for the installation of a new government (10:22- 12:40) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 8. Britain’s Home Affairs Minister Jack Straw plans to push for more blacks and Asians on the police force. Kimberly Andrew Thomas reports on Straw’s intention to increase recruitment in city areas with large ethnic population. This announcement comes just before the publication of the report on the enquiry into the murder of black student Stephen Lawrence. Leroy Logan Chairman of the Black Police Association welcomes recruitment of black officers and calls for further enhancement such as corporate change, change in management policies, procedural reform and training (12:41-15:24) | en_US |
| dc.format | Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 15 min. 24 sec. | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Sound, mp3 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | CAR2773 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/40023 | |
| 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.lcsh | International trade -- Congresses | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | International trade -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | ACP-Group | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Tourism -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Castro, Fidel, 1926- | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Grenada -- Politics and government | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Elections -- Haiti | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Minorities -- Great Britain | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Great Britain -- Race relations | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | G15 Summit | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Bishop Patriotic Movement | en_US |
| dc.title | Caribbean Report 10-02-1999 | en_US |
| dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |