Caribbean Report 20-02-2002

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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.authorNiles, Bertram (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorNunes, Neil (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorWestcot-Williams, Sarah (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Denzil (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorAmory, Vance (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorGibbs, Neville (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWarton, Trevor (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Emma (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-06T13:28:02Z
dc.date.available2019-02-06T13:28:02Z
dc.date.issued2002-02-20
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Eight of the ten political parties in the Netherlands Antilles agree to form a new Central Government Coalition that might be the last Federal Administration. Neil Nunes reports the two parties that will not join the new coalition government are: Prime Minister Miguel Pourier’s Antillean Restructuring Party, the PAR, and the People’s National Party. Sarah Westcot-Williams, Leader of Government on St. Martin outlines some key issues which should be part of the governing accord to be agreed on by the coalition members (00:00-01:51)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Vincentian Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves refers to his country as a mecca of Eastern Caribbean integration and cites one issue that he is pushing for - the free movement of people within the sub-region. Parliament in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is expected to pass legislation for easier travel and discuss other issues critical to a closer union of Eastern Caribbean States. Ken Richards reports that while St. Kitts’ Prime Minister, Denzil Douglas, says the issue of free movement of peoples is receiving appropriate attention, Primer Vance Amory is not keen on this initiative as Nevis already has problems with illegal immigration (01:52-04:57)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Antigua and Barbuda and the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announce that St. Johns will not be on the forthcoming international list of uncooperative tax havens. The administration of Prime Minster Lester Bird has made a commitment to transparency and effective exchange of information in its off-shore financial system with the OECD. Antigua and Barbuda joins several other Caribbean nations in being removed from the blacklist though eight Caribbean countries are still there (04:58-05:39)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Queen Elizabeth II spends the final hours of her three-day visit to Jamaica in the north coast tourist resort of Montego Bay, after undertaking a number of civil engagements with husband Prince Phillip. Her visit to Jamaica has reopened the debate on whether the island should dispense with the monarchy and become a republic. The Secretary of Jamaica’s Constitutional Reform Unit, Neville Gibbs comments on the impact her visit would have on the public vote (05:40-08:11)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. British police charge a Jamaican born Muslim cleric with soliciting others to commit murder. Scotland Yard sources say Abdullah el-Faisal has been travelling around Britain urging followers to kill Jews and non-believers. He has denied similar accusations in the past. The charge carries the maximum sentence of life in prison. Britain launched a crackdown of suspected religious extremists after the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington (08:12-08:39)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Caribbean immigrants in the US are closely studied in a recent court decision which challenges the inflexibility of the American immigration law, while courts in Philadelphia and Brooklyn intervene to stop or delay the deportation of nationals of Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago. Orin Gordon interviews Trevor Warton, a Trinidadian born lawyer in the New York and asks him for his assessment of a ruling by Judge Weinstein that American officials cannot deport a felon unless they first consider the impact on a child he would leave behind in the US (08:40-13:05)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. A delegation from the Inter-American Human Rights Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) arrives in Haiti to investigate reports of violence against the political opposition. The OAS has been trying to mediate an end to the political stand-off, following flawed local and legislative elections. Hundreds of millions of dollars in international aid are being withheld until issues are corrected. Emma Joseph reports (13:06-14:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Headlines (14:32-15:04)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3564en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46424
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.lcshCoalition governments -- Caribbean Netherlandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development -- Tax havens -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshElizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-en_US
dc.subject.lcshAnniversaries -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshRoyal visitors -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMuslims -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshReligious militants -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influenceen_US
dc.subject.lcshImmigrants -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshDeportation -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshJudgments -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshChildren of immigrants -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshHaitien_US
dc.subject.lcshTrinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshInter-American Commission on Human Rightsen_US
dc.subject.lcshOrganization of American Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomic assistance -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshOpposition (Political science) -- Violence against -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshGonsalves, Ralph E.en_US
dc.subject.lcshWeinstein, Jack B.en_US
dc.subject.otherAntillean Restructuring Party (Caribbean Netherlands)en_US
dc.subject.otherPeople’s National Party (Caribbean Netherlands)en_US
dc.subject.otherRegional integration -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherBlacklists -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherAbdullah el-Faisalen_US
dc.subject.otherConstitutional Reform Unit (Jamaica)en_US
dc.subject.otherFree movement -- Eastern Caribbean Statesen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 20-02-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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