Caribbean Report 16-04-2002

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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.authorBird, Lester Bryant (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGoffe, Leslie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGoldsmith, Peter Henry (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorGreaves, Keith Stone (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorOsborne, John (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorLawton, Michael (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBuchanan, Michael (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMeade, Ben (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T17:36:13Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T17:36:13Z
dc.date.issued2002-04-16
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Lester Bird, says officers and not ministers may be culpable in alleged abuses of the country’s medical insurance scheme as he defends his colleagues againsten_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The Lead Prosecutor describes Antigua’s National Health Insurance as an engine of fraud while Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations spokesman Bruce Goodwin complains government has not paid $120 million East Caribbean dollars of public service deductions into the scheme and Bertram Niles interviews Lester Bird who says an audit by a Commonwealth expert shows the benefit scheme will be in arrears to the government and not the other way around (00:49-04:41)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Barbados is the latest focus of American Corporations seeking to escape high US taxes, as Congress considers new legislation to block a popular tax loophole that allows US companies to incorporate in Bermuda. Accountants encourage firms to exploit a special tax treaty Barbados and a few other nations have with the US and Leslie Goffe explains how it works according to a New York Times report with Nabors Industries oil drilling company as an example (04:42-06:19)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Attorneys General from nine British Overseas Territories: Gibraltar, Saint Helena, the Falkland Islands and six Caribbean nations, open a three-day meeting in Montserrat. Key issues include the new British Overseas Territories act which grants British citizenship to islanders and international and tax matters. During the opening ceremony, Conference Chairman Lord Goldsmith says the British government is particularly concerned about human rights. Keith Stone Greaves reports (06:20-07:58)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Montserrat’s Chief Minister John Osbourne, speaking during the meeting of the UK Overseas Territories Attorneys General in Montserrat, emphasises the importance of a meaningful partnership with the British government, which for Montserrat means development aid for reconstruction of basic infrastructure and this aid should not be reduced without proper long-term economic and social appraisals (07:59-08:59)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Former Haitian President and Military Official Prosper Avril is again behind bars after being briefly released. Mr. Avril was released by an appeals court which ruled that there was insufficient evidence to have charges brought against him but mere minutes after being released he is again detained by authorities. Ken Richards reports (09:00-10:16)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Bertram Niles interviews BBC correspondent Michael Lawton in Port-au-Prince concerning the new charges against the former Haitian Military Leader Prosper Avril and Mr. Lawton tells what is strange in this latest charge, its political implications and about Haiti's 10-year statute of limitations on crimes (10:17-11:57)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. The United States White House confirms Administration Officials met with opponents of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, including Pedro Carmona but dismisses any connection with the political turmoil which culminated in President Hugo Chavez’s resignation. Michael Buchanan reports (11:58-13:16)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents10. The U.S. State Department tells the BBC that they are withdrawing all non-essential diplomats and their dependents from Venezuela as well as warning Americans to avoid travelling there (13:17-13:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents11. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations names at least four Caribbean nationals – two from Trinidad, one from Jamaica and one from Haiti - among one hundred and forty-one people on its list of fugitives from American justice. Ben Meade reports (13:28-15:25)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 25 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3603en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/47161
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.lcshScandals -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFraud -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMisconduct in office -- Government -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPatients -- Medical care -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPublic health administration -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBusiness enterprises -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshTaxation -- Law and Legislation -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Barbadosen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Bahamasen_US
dc.subject.lcshDouble taxation -- Treatiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain. British Overseas Territories Act 2002en_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGibraltaren_US
dc.subject.lcshSaint Helena and Dependenciesen_US
dc.subject.lcshFalkland Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshAttorneys general -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTaxation -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMeetingsen_US
dc.subject.lcshPartnership -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomic development – Montserraten_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- Montserraten_US
dc.subject.lcshAvril, Prosperen_US
dc.subject.lcshEx-presidents -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshDetention of persons -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice charges -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical science -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshLimitation of actions -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshAction and defenses -- Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshVenezuela -- Foreign relations -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshPresidents -- Venezuela -- Resignation from officeen_US
dc.subject.lcshChávez Frías, Hugoen_US
dc.subject.lcshCarmona, Pedro (Carmona Estanga)en_US
dc.subject.lcshDiplomats -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshTravel restrictions -- Venezuelaen_US
dc.subject.lcshWarningsen_US
dc.subject.lcshFugitives from justice -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshTrinidadians -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshJamaicans -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshHaitians -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.otherMedical Benefits Scheme -- Antigua Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.otherNational Health Insurance Programme (Antigua and Barbuda)en_US
dc.subject.otherUK Overseas Territories Attorneys General Conference (2002 : Montserrat)en_US
dc.subject.otherVenezuela -- History -- Attempted coup, 2002en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 16-04-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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