Caribbean Report 22-03-1991
| 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 | Goffe, Leslie (anchor ; interviewer) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Reece, Donald (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ortney, Elsa (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chalker, Linda (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Norton, Michael (correspondent) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maharaj, Ramesh Lawrence (interviewee) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Teixeira, Gail (interviewee) | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Caribbean Area. | en_US |
| dc.creator | The British Broadcasting Corporation | en_US |
| dc.date | 22-03-1991 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-21T02:04:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-07-21T02:04:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-07-20 | |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 1. Headlines (00:00 – 00:30) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 2. The Catholic Bishop of Antigua, Donald Reece speaks about the political conditions in Antigua and the planned protest demonstration by a coordinating organizing committee including the Hotelier organization, the Vendors Small Business Association and others. He believes that the government is distracting the people from the real issues. Leslie Garth reports (00:31 - 04:37) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 3. The Patriotic Coalition for Democracy (PCD), a major opposition party in Guyana, is planning a series of protests due to the harsh economic conditions of the recent budget on April 2nd. Sharief Khan speaks with Gail Teixeira, Secretary of the PCD to find out more about the protest action (04:38- 07:00) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 4. Leslie Garth speaks to Michael Norton about a constitutional debate that is raging between President Aristide and the Parliament of Haiti (07:01-10:05) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 5. There are pros and cons of a proposed Caribbean Court of Appeal which is being discussed across the Caribbean. In legal circles there are grave reservations about whether such a court would be adequately financed and there is fear whether the court would be open to manipulation by powerful politicians and other interest groups. Attorney Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj speaks with Leslie Garth about his view on this proposed court (10:06-12:45) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 6. Elsa Ortney spoke with Linda Chalker, a British Minister for Overseas Development to get a British point of view on whether the region is ready for its own Court of Appeal. Minister Chalker believes that the region is not quite ready as there are several issues to be worked out (14:06-14:40) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | 7. Leslie Garth ends by reporting that Attorney Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj is planning a bail application for all 114 applicants including Yasin Abu Bakr, who spearheaded the attempt to overthrow the Trinidad and Tobago government in 1990 (14:40-14:44) | en_US |
| dc.format | Stereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 14 min. 44 sec. | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Sound, mp3 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | CAR0715 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/38759 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The British Broadcasting Corporation | |
| 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 | Antigua -- politics and government. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Guyana -- politics and government. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Guyana -- economic aspects. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Guyana -- social aspects. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Haiti -- politics and government. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Courts -- Caribbean area. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Court admnistration -- Caribbean area. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Coups d'état -- Trinidad and Tobago. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Patriotic Coalition for Democracy -- Guyana. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Aristide, Jean-Bertrand. | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Bakr, Yasin Abu. | en_US |
| dc.title | Caribbean Report 22-03-1991 | en_US |
| dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |