Caribbean Report 23-04-1999
| 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 | Greaves, Keith Stone (anchor, correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mukarji, Daleep (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hughes, Hubert (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, James (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Laurent, Edwin (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Richards, Ken (anchor, correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Andrew Thomas, Kimberly (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Simmons, Keith (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Niles, Bertram (correspondent) | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Caribbean Area. | en_US |
| dc.creator | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-19T20:30:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-07-19T20:30:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-04-23 | |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Headlines with anchor Keith Stone Greaves (00:25) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 2. Cuba’s record on human rights suffered a major blow after the UN Human Rights Commission narrowly voted to censure Havana. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International welcomed the decision (00: 26 – 02: 34) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 3. The London base charity organization Christian Aid addresses the effects of government debt and the debilitating effects on Caribbean communities leaving reduced income to allocate for education, health and social infrastructure. Group director Daleep Mukarji comments on the debt situation in Latin America, Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. He calls on the International Monetary Fund to cancel the debts of poorer nations in 2000 (02: 35 - 05: 32 | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 4. Increases in developmental aid is high on the agenda when leaders of British overseas territories meet in Brussels next week. The forum will also address joint venture partnerships and improving the environment. Anguilla Chief Minister Hubert Hughes comments on aid to smaller territories and the banana trade war as matters of interest to the Caribbean (05: 33 – 06: 59) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 5. A Caribbean supported lobby is expected to be mounted on the European front to safeguard the region’s banana trade. Saint Vincent Prime Minister James Mitchell is due in Brussels to discuss the European Union plans for a new banana regime. Ambassador Edwin Laurent believes that the new banana regime can conform to the World Trade Organization ruling. Ken Richards reports (07:00 - 09: 18) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 6. Dominica police reported the seizure of one hundred and forty pounds of cocaine at sea in the island southern coast with an estimated street value of seven million dollars. The seizure is the largest haul in the island in ten years (09: 19 - 09:44) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 7. A British police report states that public response for request for information on the nail bombing incident in Brixton, home to a large Caribbean community, has been very positive. The racist group Combat 18 admitted responsibility for the bombing. Kimberly Anderson Thomas reports (09:45 – 11: 30) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 8. A debate is waging in Barbados following government plans to remove a statute of British naval hero Lord Nelson from the capital. Former Education and Justice Minister Keith Simmons weighs in on the controversy and supports keeping the statue in place. Bertram Niles reports on the controversial move (11:31 – 15:31) | en_US |
| dc.format | Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 15 min. 31 sec. | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Sound, mp3 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | CAR2825 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/40175 | |
| 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 | Human rights advocacy -- Cuba | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Debt cancellation -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bananas -- Commerce -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bananas -- Commerce -- Europe | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bananas -- Commerce -- United States | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Banana industry -- Caribbean Area | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cocaine industry -- Dominica | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Crime and race -- Great Britain | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Great Britain -- Race relations | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Barbados -- Politics and government | en_US |
| dc.title | Caribbean Report 23-04-1999 | en_US |
| dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |