Caribbean Report 01-01-2002
SpecialCollections.repository | All 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.contributor | The University of the West Indies | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Richards, Ken (anchor) | |
dc.contributor.author | Gordon, Orin (correspondent) | |
dc.contributor.author | Owens, Jeffrey (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | Joseph, Emma (correspondent) | |
dc.contributor.author | Edgehill, Juan (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | McCarthy, George (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | Niles, Bertram (correspondent) | |
dc.contributor.author | Phillips, Peter (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, Natalie (correspondent) | |
dc.contributor.author | Ramsahoye, Fenton (interviewee) | |
dc.contributor.author | Alexis, Francis (interviewee) | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Caribbean Area. | en_US |
dc.creator | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-21T18:54:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-21T18:54:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-01-01 | |
dc.format | Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 15 min. 03 secs. | en_US |
dc.format.medium | Sound, mp3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | CAR3529 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/41530 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | The BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011 | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
dc.rights.accessRights | Access 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.lcsh | Banks and banking -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Money laundering -- Prevention | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Money laundering -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Guyana | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Gay rights -- Guyana | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Guyana | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tax evasion -- Cayman Islands | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Taxation -- Law and legislation -- Cayman Islands | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Treaties | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Banks and banking -- Cayman Islands | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Public contracts -- Jamaica | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Letting of contracts -- Jamaica | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Appellate courts -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Courts of last resort -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Justice, Administration of -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
dc.title | Caribbean Report 01-01-2002 | en_US |
dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |
dcterms.tableOfContents | 1. Headlines and review of top stories of 2001 (00:00-00:54) | |
dcterms.tableOfContents | 2. In early 2001, rich nations threatened sanctions against the badly regulated banking industries. Orin Gordon interviews OECD Head of Fiscal Affairs, Jeffrey Owens about the black listing of countries and the anger of Caribbean states who are worried about their industries and economies which are under threat (00:55-03:26) | |
dcterms.tableOfContents | 3. In January 2001, religious leaders in Guyana hoped to influence the Government away from amending gay rights laws. Emma Joseph interviews the Chairman of the Guyana Council of Churches, Rev. Juan Edgehill on why he wanted to maintain the status quo of discrimination against gays (03:27-05:45) | |
dcterms.tableOfContents | 4. In November 2001, the Cayman Islands signed a tax information sharing agreement with the US. While the Caymanians saw it as cooperation in the fight against tax evasion, Washington billed the accord as one that would allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to pierce the secrecy of accounts. Cayman's Financial Secretary George McCarthy comments (05:46-07:55) | |
dcterms.tableOfContents | 5. Focus on some of the memorable interviews of 2001. In July 2001, Jamaica awarded a works contract to a French company under investigation for alleged financial irregularities. Bertram Niles interviews the then Transport Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips on why they went ahead with the contract (07:56-11:20) | |
dcterms.tableOfContents | 6. The proposed Caribbean Court of Justice has been a thorny issue as the region attempts to set up a court comparable to the British Privy Council. Natalie Williams interviews well-known lawyer Dr. Fenton Ramsahoye and former Grenadian Attorney General Dr. Francis Alexis (11:21-15:03) |