Caribbean Report 01-07-1999

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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.authorGreaves, Keith Stone (anchor, correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Colin (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMaharaj, Ramesh Lawrence (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorHolder, Gene (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWhelan, Robert (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-21T11:06:11Z
dc.date.available2015-07-21T11:06:11Z
dc.date.issued1999-07-01
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Keith Stone Greaves (00:28)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Guyana’s President Janet Jagan remains in a Georgetown hospital after complaining of persistent pain. The president’s health is being closely monitored and she is unlikely to join other leaders for the annual CARICOM summit. Colin Smith reports from Georgetown (00:29 – 02:00)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Trinidad and Tobago Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj is hosting talks with parliamentarians in the British House of Commons on the subject of the Privy Council as the final court of appeal in death penalty cases in the Caribbean. Tony Fraser reports (02:01 - 04:01)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. The union representing rank and file officers in Jamaica reached an agreement with government in an ongoing wage dispute (04:02 - 04:36)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. In Puerto Rico a Special Commission established by Governor Pedro Rosselló to review US naval operations on the island has recommended the permanent closure of the base (04:37 – 07:45)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. The Government of the US Virgin Islands is actively working on plans to reduce the territory one billion dollar debt burden. Government officials state the need to establish mutually agreeable standards with the federal administration in Washington during the budgetary cycle (07:46 - 10:29)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Regional experts discuss trends in the regional decline in tourist arrivals in the Caribbean region. Gene Holder Secretary General of General of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation analyses the effects of the Millennium on the region’s tourism industry (10:30 - 11:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. British writer on conservation issues criticises what he considers as an idolized view of how indigenous people treat the environment. Robert Whelan argues that indigenous peoples are just as likely as Westerners to destroy the environment. Orin Gordon analyses conservation and management of the environment in Brazil and Guyana and government safeguards in place (11:25 –14:25)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Jamaican reggae star Dennis Brown whose music dominated the Caribbean airwaves during the 1970s and 1980s died in Kingston, Jamaica at the age of 42. Brown musical career spanned over three decades and includes musical hits such as Revolution, Money in My Pocket and No Man is an Island (14:26 -15:27)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2874en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/40225
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.lcshJagan, Janeten_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Communityen_US
dc.subject.lcshCapital punishment -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights advocacy -- Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights advocacy -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshStrikes and lockouts -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice administration -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshNavy-yards and naval stations -- Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States Virgin Islands -- Economic conditionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshTourism -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshYear 2000 date conversion (Computer systems)en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnvironment and assessmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshEnvironmental protectionen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 01-07-1999en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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