Caribbean Report 08-07-2003

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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.authorOttemöller, Lars (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorChanet, Christine (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Rosie (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-10T18:15:01Z
dc.date.available2017-10-10T18:15:01Z
dc.date.issued2003-07-08
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Montserrat’s Volcanic Emergency Team (VET) declares the entire island a disaster area following the collapse of the dome of the Soufrière Hills volcano. Clouds of ash force temporary closure of airports across the north eastern Caribbean and Montserrat’s agricultural crops are affected (00:32-05:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. According to Britain’s new Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council can lose some of its British jurisdiction in a major overhaul of the British court system. However, it will remain as the Court of Final Appeal for more than a dozen Commonwealth Caribbean countries (05:27-06:02)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Local government elections are currently being held in Trinidad one year after the due date. About eight hundred and fifty thousand voters are eligible to cast their votes to elect fourteen regional corporations after a low-keyed campaign (06:03-07:59)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. The Cuban Commission for Human Rights, an independent group that monitors political prisoners in Cuba, reports that a wave of arrests in March has caused the sharpest growth of such prisoners in two decades. Christine Chanet, an envoy of the United Nations Human Rights Commission appeals for leniency for those imprisoned (08:00-11:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Supporters of Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide attack and injure more than thirty people attending an opposition movement’s meeting in a poor suburb of the capital Port au Prince. Five journalists and two police officers are among those wounded (11:25-12:47)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. While addressing the General Synod in the parliament of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams tells the Anglican Church to heal the divisions caused by the appointment of a gay bishop or risk falling apart (12:48-13:09)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. One of Cuba’s best-known musicians, Grammy Award Winner Compay Segundo dies at the age of ninety-five. Hundreds of Cubans are paying their respects to the guitarist and singer who made Cuba’s traditional music popular world-wide (13:10-15:31)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 31 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3922en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/44990
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.lcshVolcanic eruptions -- Montserraten_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committeeen_US
dc.subject.lcshCriminal courts -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical prisoners -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCuban Committee for Human Rightsen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited Nations. Commission on Human Rightsen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical crimes and offenses -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshLocal elections -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshChurch of England. General Synoden_US
dc.subject.lcshGay clergy -- Englanden_US
dc.subject.lcshSegundo, Compayen_US
dc.subject.lcshBuena Vista Social Club (Musical group)en_US
dc.subject.lcshMusicians -- Cubaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 08-07-2003
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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