Caribbean Report 29-04-1994

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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.authorRansome, Debbie (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorBruney, Mike (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMaraj, Ralph (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorCollymore, Yvette (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorCrosskill, Hugh (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHeadlines with Debbie Ransome (00:00-00:24)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-19T12:59:14Z
dc.date.available2020-05-19T12:59:14Z
dc.date.issued1994-04-29
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with Debbie Ransome (00:00-00:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Peace and calm returned to Dominica today following two days of violent confrontation between police and demonstrators in the capital Rousseau. The unrest was sparked by the government’s decision to increase motor vehicle licenses fees. The unrest led to the imposition of a state of emergency. Mike Bruney reports (00:25-03:22)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3.Residents in the Soufriere area of Dominica are being told not to panic but to be prepared. This follows a minor eruption of a volcano one mile east of the community this week (03:23-04:00)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington has moved to clarify the organization’s position on NAFTA and the region’s bid for membership. Since the CARICOM Intercessional meeting held in St. Vincent in March, the impression given is that Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have been given the green light to go ahead and seek individual NAFTA membership rather than as a bloc. Ken Valley, Trinidad and Tobago’s ministry of Trade explains Trinidad’s decision. Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Affairs minister Ralph Maraj also commented on Trinidad’s move to be considered eligible to trade with the NAFTA countries (04:01-07:55)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Huber Ingram, the Prime Minister of the Bahamas is also under the impression that Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica were proceeding with the application to NAFTA (07:56-09:14)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. There is concerns at the United Nations Small Island Global Conference being held in Barbados that the concern of small states are being sidetracked. Yvette Collymore looks at some of the concerns being raised (9:15-10:48)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Andrew Simmons is a NGO representative on the government delegation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He expressed his concern about the way larger countries were dealing with the issues (10:49-12:45)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. West Indies opener Phil Simmons smashed his way into the record books at the county championship for Leicestershire while Trinidadian compatriot Brian Lara was forced to play a spectator in his debut for Warwickshire. Hugh Crosskill has the details (12:46-14:05)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Wrap up & theme music (14:33-14:48)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 48 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1525en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49096
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.lcshRiots -- Dominicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshVolcano -- Dominicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFree trade -- Caribbean areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshStates, small--Economic conditionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCricket players -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean area -- Economic conditionsen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 29-04-1994en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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