Caribbean Report 21-02-2002

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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.authorRichards, Ken (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorCort, Errol (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorLee, Chelston (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorKentish, Joyce (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorNinvalle, Pete (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGoodwin, George (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorHonychurch, Lennox (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorNunes, Neil (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorLa Vega, Regina (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Emma (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-06T13:27:24Z
dc.date.available2019-02-06T13:27:24Z
dc.date.issued2002-02-21
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:24)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Lawyers for Antigua’s former Attorney General, Dr. Errol Cort of and Barbuda, are likely to appeal the dismissal of their case against the government. Prime Minister Lester Bird sacked Dr. Cort at the height of a scandal involving the island’s medical benefits scheme on the basis of the government’s forensic audit report of the benefit scheme, saying he had used poor judgement. Chelston Lee reports on the ruling by Justice Ephraim Georges and Dr. Cort’s retorts (00:25-03:00)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Joyce Kentish is part of the legal team representing Dr. Cort and she acknowledges that the Prime Minister does have the constitutional right to hire and fire government ministers but reasons given for dismissal are reviewable (03:01-05:56)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. As OECS countries prepare for free movement of nationals, security concerns emerge, however, the Saint Lucian based OECS Secretariat says it is about to launch a major public awareness programme addressing all concerns. Pete Ninvalle reports on this initiative and OECS Director General, George Goodwin, comments (05:57-08:14)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. In Roseau, Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) Member of Parliament, Frederick Baron urges the DFP to pull out of the coalition administration led by Prime Minister Pierre Charles, which he considers to be mediocre and incompetent. A DFP break-away will leave the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) and its eleven seats with a very slender majority in parliament. Ken Richards interviews Historian and Political Analyst, Dr. Lennox Honychurch (08:15-11:06)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. At a conference on aviation security in Montreal the International Civil Aviation Organisation endorses an action plan for strengthening aviation security, while Cuba is among a block of seventeen nations petitioning member countries to help poorer ones to pay for airport security measures introduced after the September 11, attacks on America (11:07-11:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. The authorities in St. Martin assess the damage done to its image in the US by the arrest on gun charges of Ira Power, a businessman resident in the Dutch territory at Miami’s International Airport. Neil Nunes reports and we hear from head of the island’s tourist office Regina La Vega (11:34-13:35)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. The Jamaican government and four international pharmaceutical companies announce an agreement to cut the cost of HIV/AIDS drugs by as much as 90%. Health Minister John Junor says the agreement offers a tremendous opportunity for HIV sufferers to have easier access to treatment (13:36-14:00)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Nobel Prize for Literature winner, V.S. Naipaul, becomes enraged at an Indian literary festival. Emma Joseph gives details (14:01-15:26)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 26 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3565en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46423
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.lcshJudgments -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshScandals -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAttorneys general -- Dismissal of -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBird, Lester Bryanten_US
dc.subject.lcshAgency (Law) -- Antigua and Barbudaen_US
dc.subject.lcshO.E.C.S. (Organization). Central Secretariaten_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman security -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCoalition governments -- Dominicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDominica Freedom Partyen_US
dc.subject.lcshDominica Labour Partyen_US
dc.subject.lcshAirports -- Defense measures -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001-- Influenceen_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational economic relations -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational Civil Aviation Organisationen_US
dc.subject.lcshTourism -- St. Martinen_US
dc.subject.lcshPublicity -- St. Martinen_US
dc.subject.lcshHIV (Viruses) -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDrugs -- Prices -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPharmaceutical industryen_US
dc.subject.lcshGovernment -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshNaipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-en_US
dc.subject.otherCort, Errolen_US
dc.subject.otherRegional integration -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherFree movement -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.otherBaron, Fredericken_US
dc.subject.otherCharles, Pierreen_US
dc.subject.otherICAO. High-Level Ministerial Conference on Aviation Security, Montreal, Canada, 2002en_US
dc.subject.otherPower, Iraen_US
dc.subject.otherJunor, John A.en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 21-02-2002
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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