Caribbean Report 18-02-1993

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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.authorAdams, David (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorMcLeod, Errol (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorBaptiste, Sandra (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMulder, Sebastian (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Gary (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, John (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWinter, Henry (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Graham (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-17T14:23:41Z
dc.date.available2012-05-17T14:23:41Z
dc.date.issued1993-02-18
dc.description.abstractAfter an overcrowded ferry (the Neptune) with over 1000 people sank in a rainstorm off the western peninsular of Haiti - correspondent David Adams reports. A man hijacked a missionary shuttle plane in Haiti demanding to be flown to Florida. The Federal aviation administration spokesperson said the flight had refueled in Turks and Caicos and was on its way to Miami. (TandT government has gotten a two weeks grace period during the Carnival weekend from the protest of the country’s increasingly restless trade union movement and thousands of public servants. However, Errol Mc Cloud President of the National Trade Union centre in an interview with correspondent Debbie Ransome said that the union did not rule out national industrial action in the very near future. A consultative committee has been set up in Suriname into look at ways to halting the country’s inflation situation and rapid economic malaise and averting industrial unrest as workers are becoming increasingly agitated -correspondent Sandra Baptiste in an interview with Fr. Sebastian Mulder reports. Jamaica’s two main political parties and its representatives Prime Minister PJ Patterson and Opposition Leader Edward Philip George Seaga are moving towards a first in the region by staging a political debate whenever general elections are called as part of a move towards change in the political culture in Jamaica – correspondent Gary Allen reports. Popular footballer John Barnes came under much criticism and booing of an English crowd of over 50,000 at a Liverpool and England football match at Wembley – correspondent Debbi Ransome reports from an interview with sports writer Henry Winter of British newspaper - the Independent.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsHeadlines with anchor Debbie Ransome (00:00 - 00:28).en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents1. After an overcrowded ferry (the Neptune) with over 1000 people sank in a rainstorm off the western peninsular of Haiti - correspondent David Adams reports (00:29-01:53).en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. A man hijacked a missionary shuttle plane in Haiti demanding to be flown to Florida. The Federal aviation administration spokesperson said the flight had refueled in Turks and Caicos and was on its way to Miami (01:54-02:10).en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. TandT government has gotten a two weeks grace period during the Carnival weekend from the protest of the country’s increasingly restless trade union movement and thousands of public servant (02:11- 05:27).en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. A consultative committee has been set up in Suriname into look at ways to halting the country’s inflation situation and rapid economic malaise and averting industrial unrest as workers are becoming increasingly agitated (05:28 -09:02).en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Jamaica’s two main political parties and its representatives Prime Minister PJ Patterson and Opposition Leader Edward Philip George Seaga are moving towards a first in the region by staging a political debate whenever general elections are called as part of a move towards change in the political culture in Jamaica (09:03 -10:59).en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Popular footballer John Barnes came under much criticism and booing from an English crowd of over 50,000 at a Liverpool and England football match at Wembley 11:00-14:45).en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCARDCD268en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/12811
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.lcshNatural disasters--Haiti.en_US
dc.subject.lcshShipwrecks—Haiti--20th century.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCrimes aboard aircraft—Haiti--20th century.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHijacking of aircraft—Haiti.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHijacking of aircraft--Florida.en_US
dc.subject.lcshOilfields Workers' Trade Union --Labor unions--Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshNational Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (NATUC).en_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor disputes-Trinidad and Tobago-History-20th century.en_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor movement-Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSuriname--Economic conditions.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSuriname--Politics and government.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSuriname--Social conditions.en_US
dc.subject.lcshJamaica--Politics and government.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical campaigns—Jamaica--Elections.en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 18-02-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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