Caribbean Report 05-08-1999 

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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.authorSawyer, Jerome (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSeeger, Karen (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorSalazar, Ana Maria (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorJagdeo, Bharrat
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-29T18:15:43Z
dc.date.available2016-06-29T18:15:43Z
dc.date.issued1999-08-05
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Orin Gordon (00:00 - 00:28)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. In Bahamas, lawyers of John Higgs and David Mitchell scheduled to be executed is attempting to gain a stay of execution on the judgment. 52 year old Higgs and 26 year old Mitchell are scheduled to be hanged next week Tuesday. Lawyers are arguing that government overlooked constitutional motions filed in the Supreme Court and violation of human rights. Lawyers also filed a motion to the Inter-American Commission on human rights. Jerome Sawyer reports from Nassau (00:29 – 03:06)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Senior officials at the US Department of Defense report that the loss of Howard Air Force base in Panama has weakened US anti narcotic patrols in the region. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Ana Maria Salazar discusses the importance of the base for anti–drug monitoring programme and training and seeking new strategies in other countries to conduct anti-drug surveillance and Venezuela’s refusal to allow the US to fly over airspace in its air anti-smuggling efforts (03:07 – 04:44)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. The election Council in Haiti will receive more than 3.5 million US dollars from US based Agency for International Development to register the country’s four million voters. Karen Seeger from Washington based International Foundation for Election Systems discusses the agency’s engagement in the election process in Haiti (04:44 - 08:03)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Work commenced on Venezuela newly elected assembly on rewriting the constitution. President Chavez offered his resignation as a symbolic gesture, with the majority of his backers in assembly, he is assured of confirmation in office in the post of president (08:04 - 09:55)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Finance Minister Bharrat Jagdeo comments on the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative to aid indebtedness in developing countries and the benefits of the program. He reiterates the importance of conditionality being met but states that debt relief not may not be enough to create a sustainable economic future and free up resources to service external debt (09:56 – 12:31)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. There are reports of positive drug testing for two Olympic champions, Cuba Javier Sotomayor and Jamaican born British citizen sprinter Linford Christie. Christie tested positive for the banned drug nandolone. BBC Reporter appraises the issue on drugs in sports and testing procedures (12:32 – 15:26)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 26 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2899en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/42343
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.lcshDeath row inmates -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshDeath penalty -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshNaval maneuvers -- United Sates -- Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug traffic -- Caribbean Area -- Preventionen_US
dc.subject.lcshElections -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshDeveloping countries -- economic conditionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshDebt -- Developing countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshVenezuela -- Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshConstitutional amendments -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSotomayor, Javieren_US
dc.subject.lcshChristie, Linford, 1960-en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 05-08-1999 en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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