Caribbean Report 30-05-2000

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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.authorRichards, Ken (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorWeir, Karen (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Emma (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGoffe, Leslie (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorPeltier, Matthias (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorLovell, Harold (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorAlmond, Warren (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorHoyte, Desmond (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-02T20:48:00Z
dc.date.available2020-04-02T20:48:00Z
dc.date.issued2000-05-30
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines: (00:00-00:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Nurses in Antigua have returned to work after almost a week of industrial action. They have been protesting for higher wages and have now accepted a government offer which includes an interim pay increase, and the prospects for status reclassification. (00:25-03:02)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Dominicans have been complaining that the overseas travel agenda for their new Prime Minister is too extensive. But Prime Minister Rosie Douglas now on a trip to Canada, said he is trying to attract investments for Dominica. Also, the Canadian government asked him to help to secure the release of over 2,000 children who were abducted from an army camp in South Sudan. Mr Douglas is also expected to be pardoned by the Canadian government for a conviction as a student in Canada. (03:03-06:01)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. A Cuban-born man who worked in a senior post for the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, was found guilty of espionage today. He was convicted for revealing secrets to a friend with ties to Cuba. (06:02-07:44)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Guyana’s opposition party, People’s National Congress, says it fully supports the holding of general elections next year in keeping with the CARICOM-brokered agreement between the countries two main political parties. The agreement also makes provision for necessary constitutional and electoral reform which have not yet been undertaken but should be in place before the elections. (07:45-11:10)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6.The hurricane season for the new millennium begins officially tomorrow, and the experts are predicting more dangerous storms than usual. Persons living on the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico could be most at risk. (11:11-13:01)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. In Haiti, ten men consisting of former and current police officers have been arrested and charged with hijacking a Haitian ferry. The suspected hijackers, a band of fake missioners, and dozens of dazed, innocent victims, stepped ashore on Port au Prince yesterday after a two-week ordeal at sea. (13:02-15:45)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 45 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3114en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/48941
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.lcshNurses - - Salaries, etc. - - Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCollective labor agreements - - Nurses - - Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor disputes - - Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDominica - - Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshDominica - - Foreign relations - - Canadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPardonen_US
dc.subject.lcshElections - - Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshGuyana - - Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Communityen_US
dc.subject.lcshHijacking of ships - - Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice corruption - - Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice misconduct - - Haitien_US
dc.subject.lcshTropical stormsen_US
dc.subject.lcshNatural disastersen_US
dc.subject.lcshEspionage, United States - - Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCanada - - Foreign relations - - Dominicaen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 30-05-2000en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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