Caribbean Report 06-09-1999 

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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.authorGordon, Orin (anchor, correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSears, Conrad (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorEustace, Arnhim (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Lew (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorAntoine, Victor (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSealy, Brian (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Vaughan (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorPanday, Basdeo (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Yvette (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorStone Greaves, Keith (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T19:47:10Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T19:47:10Z
dc.date.issued1999-09-06
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:25)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. State workers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are in line to receive a significant pay increase of twelve percent which is less than the twenty percent as advocated for by trade unions. Payment is expected to be sourced from budgetary contingency funds. Trade Union leader Conrad Sears discusses the outcome of wage negotiations. Finance Minister Arnhim Eustace comments on the constraints faced by government in sourcing money to pay the wage increase (00:26 – 04:08)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. In Grenada teachers stayed away from schools to protest. The Grenada Union of Teachers are demanding a nine percent increment. Union President Victor Antoine comments on union proposals on behalf of teachers, continuing industrial actions and ongoing wage negotiations with government. Lew Smith reports from St. Georges (04:09 - 05:55)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Food Company Nestle is recalling bottles of Libby Orchard and Nesfit drinks sold to supermarkets throughout the Caribbean as broken glass was found in isolated drinks. Spokesperson Brian Sealy discusses the proactive, voluntary recall of contaminated drinks based on one complaint by a single consumer (05:56 – 09:03)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Caribbean leaders and experts are discussing the future of the region in the 21st century at Mona Campus in Jamaica. The conference main theme is globalization and how small states can cope with the twin blows of free trade and reduction in aid and preferential agreements. Dr. Vaughan Lewis former St. Lucia Prime Minister discusses the end of US preferential trade agreements for Caribbean bananas. Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Basdeo Panday suggests that the UWI is too expensive for governments to maintain and the need to make a change in subventions to the regional university. Yvette Rowe reports on conference sessions from Kingston Jamaica (09: 04 – 13:14)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Jamaican born sprinter Linford Christie was cleared by the UK Athletics Disciplinary Committee on doping charges after testing positive for the banned steroid nandrolone. Keith Stone Greaves reports (13:15 – 15:34)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 34 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2921en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/42367
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.lcshWage bargaining -- Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshWage bargaining -- Saint Vincenten_US
dc.subject.lcshFood contamination -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana industry -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area -- Economic conditions -- 21st century -- Congressesen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area --Politics and government -- 21st century -- Congressesen_US
dc.subject.lcshTechnology -- Caribbean Area -- Congresses -- 21st centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshAthletes -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshChristie, Linford, 1960-en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 06-09-1999 en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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