Caribbean Report 26-10-1998

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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.authorRoss-Robinson, Hazel (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorNixon, Kirkland (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGreaves, Keith 'Stone' (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorOsana, Roy (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-05T13:41:15Z
dc.date.available2020-05-05T13:41:15Z
dc.date.issued1998-10-26
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with Debbie Ransome (00:00-00:26)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Washington lobbyist Hazel Ross-Robinson discusses the importance of the pro-banana lobbying in the American Capital. Hurricane Mitch veers south of the Cayman Islands. A hurricane watch remains in place. Lobbyist Hazel Ross-Robinson and Hurricane Co-ordinator for the Cayman Islands Kirkland Nixon are interviewed (00:27-03:36)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. In Guyana, the Columbian captain of a ship involved in the country's biggest drug bust was fined and sentenced to five years in prison by a Georgetown magistrate today. The Captain Thomas Fortune pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges (03:37-04:03)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Four Caribbean High Commissions have come under scrutiny as Britain's Foreign Office looks at possible savings. The diplomatic representation in Grenada, Antigua, St. Vincent and St. Lucia are mentioned in a working document which could have implications for Foreign Office spending cuts. Keith 'Stone' Greaves reports (04:04-06:16)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. About fifty demonstrators converge on the White House in a show of support for the Caribbean banana industry. The demonstrators were protesting the United States policy on Caribbean banana exports to Europe. An American Pastor Darnell Peterman and Senior Adviser on Capital Hill Hazel Ross-Robinson are interviewed and Roy Osana reports (06:17-13:13)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Thanksgiving from the Spice Isle fifteen years after the United States led intervention. Grenadian Diplomat Roland Bullen is interviewed and Lou Smith reports (13:14-15:26)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.otherCAR2696en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49018
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.lcshBanana trade -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHurricanes -- Cayman Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrug traffic -- Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign officesen_US
dc.subject.lcshDiplomatic and consular services -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshRevolutions -- Grenadaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 26-10-1998en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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