Caribbean Report 05-04-2002

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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.authorWeir, Karen (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorManning, Patrick (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorPlummer, Robert (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorDe Windt, Paul (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Colin (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorRamsammy, Leslie (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorAmos, Valerie (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorInsanally, Samuel R. (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Orin (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorScotland, Patricia (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Colin (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T17:31:50Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T17:31:50Z
dc.date.issued2002-04-05
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:28)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. The battle to elect a speaker rages on in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, while authorities ensure parliament can convene without interruption from demonstrators. Prime Minister Patrick Manning delivers a speech to the Parliament, meeting for the first time since general elections and Robert Plummer reports with viewpoints of President Arthur Robinson and Basdeo Panday (00:29-02:56)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Max Richards is one of two candidates the PNM offers for the position of speaker and one that Mr. Panday initially agreed on before the President asked Mr. Manning to form the government but the UNC now says it is taking a list of 3,000 nominees to Parliament in bid to frustrate the government’s attempt to elect a speaker. Tony Fraser explains mentioning Robin Montano and Fuad Khan (02:57-06:00)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. In Curacao, talks to form a new coalition government of the Netherlands Antilles collapses. Some of the five islands including Dutch Saint Martin feel Curacao has too much power and control. The Publisher of the Daily Herald newspaper, Dutch Saint Martin, Paul De Windt says their reduced influence over the Federation contributed to talks crashing (06:01-08:55)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is de-emphasizing the banking aspect of its off-shore sector in an effort to clean up the sector and ensure that the banks registered there are not involved in illicit activity like money laundering. Offshore Finance Inspector, Colin Williams explains why some banks were struck off its register. Ken Richards reports (08:56-11:13)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. At the UK-Caribbean Forum in Guyana, Foreign Ministry Officials from the Caribbean and the UK end two days of intensive discussions on a wide range of subjects including Britain representing the Caribbean’s interest in organizations and assisting in fighting AIDS and HIV and scholarships. Guyana’s Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Britain’s Baroness Amos, and Rudy Insanally give highlights. Orin Gordon reports (11:13-13:14)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Britain explains that UK assistance to help set up a Caribbean Court of Justice is not dependent on the islands giving up the death penalty. Junior Minister in the British Lord Chancellor’s Office, Baroness Patricia Scotland, gives these assurances at the UK-Caribbean Forum and tells of other British assistance to the legal system in the Caribbean. Colin Smith reports (13:15-15:28)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 28 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3596en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/47152
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.lcshTrinidad and Tobago -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryen_US
dc.subject.lcshDemonstrations -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshRobinson, A. N. R. (Arthur Napoleon Raymond), 1926-2014en_US
dc.subject.lcshPanday, Basdeoen_US
dc.subject.lcshPeople’s National Movementen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited National Congress (Trinidad and Tobago)en_US
dc.subject.lcshMontano, Robinen_US
dc.subject.lcshCoalition governments -- Netherlands West Indiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshBalance of poweren_US
dc.subject.lcshCuracaoen_US
dc.subject.lcshSint Maartenen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanks and banking, Foreign -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshMoney laundering -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshTax havens -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshEducational assistance, British -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMedical assistance, British -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshScholarships -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAIDS (Disease) -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Court of Justiceen_US
dc.subject.lcshCapital punishment -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherPolitical impasse -- Trinidad and Tobago -- 21st centuryen_US
dc.subject.otherSpeaker of parliament -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.otherRichards, George Maxwell, (1931-2018)en_US
dc.subject.otherKhan, Fuaden_US
dc.subject.otherBlacklists -- Money laundering -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherUK-Caribbean Forum (3rd : 2002 : Georgetown, Guyana)en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 05-04-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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