Caribbean Report 02-08-1993

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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.contributor.authorRowe, Yvette (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Myrna (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorOrr, Carol (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGrant, Bernie (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWardle, Charles (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorPersaud, Wilberne (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, Mike (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorCrosskill, Hugh (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMalcolm, Devon (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-27T18:14:59Z
dc.date.available2020-07-27T18:14:59Z
dc.date.issued1993-08-02
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:43)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. A Jamaican woman who collapsed in a struggle as police and immigration officials served her with a deportation order has died. Joy Gardner has been on a life support machine since the incident at her home in London, six days ago. An internal enquiry by the Police Complaints Authority was launched to investigate the events which led to her death. Mrs. Gardner’s family is considering civil action against the police, the Home Office and the Immigration Authority. Interviews with Myrna Simpson (Joy Gardner’s mother); Bernie Grant, opposition MP; and, Charles Wardle, Home Office Minister. Carol Orr reports (00:44-05:02)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. In Europe, Finance Ministers took drastic steps to ensure the survival of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), a system of exchange rates designed to provide economic stability within the European Community (EC). Last week’s currency crisis has sparked a heated debate over the possibility and desirability of creating a single currency in the EC. Interview with Wilberne Persaud, Lecturer in Economics at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus who responded to the question, “Should CARICOM be drawing any lessons from the European currency difficulties?” (05:03-08:12)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Central American banana producers fear the outbreak of a trade war among themselves. This stem from competition for the limited number of trade licenses for exporting dollar bananas to the European Community (EC). However, the new banana regime maintains tariff free access to Caribbean and other African, Caribbean and Pacific countries’ (ACP) bananas which although more expensive only have a small slice of the EC market. Mike Jarvis reports (05:03-10:13)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Jamaican fast bowler, Devon Malcolm has been recalled to the England’s squad for the last two tests of the current series against Australia. Thirty-year-old, Malcolm was dropped after a miserable winter tour of India and Sri Lanka in which he took only three wickets in three tests. However, in the last three county championship matches, Malcolm has regained his form and bagged twenty-two wickets. Interview with Devon Malcolm, fast bowler, England’s cricket team. Hugh Crosskill reports (10:14-12:43)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. In Britain, a police operation to combat the increase in drug related murders has put the Jamaican Yardie gang back in the headlines in sections of the British Press. A report in the Sunday Times newspaper headlined, “Police Fight to End the Yardie Reign of Terror”, said undercover detectives and immigration officials have joined forces to target rival drug gangs. Interview with [Michael Massif], Home Affairs Editor of the British weekly newspaper, Caribbean Times who said that there is an apparent correlation between Yardie reports and issues on immigration (12:44-14:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Recap of the Headlines (14:28-14:48)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min. 48 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1331en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/49219
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.lcshGardner, Joy, 1953-1993en_US
dc.subject.lcshDeportation -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolice brutality -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign exchange -- European Unionen_US
dc.subject.lcshForeign Exchange -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Central Americaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshMalcolm, Devonen_US
dc.subject.lcshCricket -- Bowlingen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrugs -- Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.otherYardie gangs -- Great Britainen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 02-08-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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