 Welcome to NTN Nightly, I am Anisia Antoine, this edition's top stories. Tourism minister Nabil Dominic Fede to hold talks with stakeholders on the performance of the tourism industry. Artist Gary Butt pays homage to the community heroes of Marshal. And the inaugural Urban Adventures summer camp sets participants on the right path. The Government of St. Lucia has welcomed the recent Centers for Disease Control, CDC, upgrading of the island to level 1. This is a credit to the protocols that were put in place to address the pandemic, the leadership of the Prime Minister, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Health, the Chief Medical Officer, and all St. Lucians who continue to adhere to the protocols. Speaking about the recent CDC upgrade, St. Lucia's ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Anton Edmonds, says the CDC report is but one input that informs the state's department's travel advisories. His office, he says, is continuing to engage the relevant authorities, advising and updating them on the protocols that position St. Lucia as a location where safety is a priority of the government for citizens and visitors. Prime Minister Hon. Alan Chastney also continues to advocate on St. Lucia's behalf and has been a champion on the matter of protesting for travelers to St. Lucia and the wider Caribbean. The Prime Minister noted that the success the country has experienced in the management of COVID-19 is in large part due to the cooperation of the population and the hard work of the team at the Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, St. Lucia has also been singled out by the AOL News as a safe place to wait out the pandemic. The selection has generated interest in the island which tourism minister Hon. Dominic Fede is hoping to convert into actual arrival figures. Lisa Joseph reports. Tourism Minister Hon. Dominic Fede says St. Lucia has undoubtedly done well on containing the novel coronavirus and the upgrading of the island by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control CDC to level one, meaning low COVID-19 risk, is an acknowledgement by the international community of the hard work done by the government and people of St. Lucia. Despite the high ratings, the tourism industry is on a slow climb with market performance remaining low. Load factors for the airlines are averaging 30 percent on the destination route. Hotel occupancies are also low affecting profitability. Hon. Dominic Fede says the Ministry and stakeholders are assessing, reorganizing and improving the tourism products. We have an opportunity with the recent announcement by the CDC that St. Lucia is one of the safest places in the world for people who are looking to wait out the COVID pandemic to travel to and to go to. We certainly are number one in the Caribbean from all the reports that we have seen. We are the best country in terms of how we have managed COVID-19 in the Americas or the Western Hemisphere. So we are very, very pleased that we are among one of only eight countries in the world by the CDC. That is quite special to be named in such a prestigious and elite group of countries that have really done an exceptional job in management of COVID-19. The Ministry is continuing to dialogue with the various sub-sectors of the tourism industry. Governments were held this week with car rental operators, events and promoters to find the best and safest possible way of reopening. Minister Fede says government is deeply concerned about the thousands of St. Lucia's who have been made jobless due to the impact of COVID-19. We are going to be talking to the hotels a little later this week to see what we can do, how we can work together to make it a little better for them. All of the sectors that we have spoken to are having significant difficulty whether it's events, whether it's the day boat operators, whether it is the car rental companies, which I just came out of the meeting. It really isn't a rosy economic picture for these sectors. And we are working very feverishly to see how we can create the best able environment for them, even amidst this very difficult time. An estimated 2,000 tourism workers are back on the job in the hospitality and taxi sectors. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reporting. 15 tourism properties meantime have been COVID-19 certified for reopening. Tensin sectors like sites and attractions and dive activities are working towards resuming. Donaldine Vita is the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Tourism. We continue to look at what the probability of risk is and at what time we could determine what services that can be added to the pool. Dive is an activity that can happen very safely and we have been able to work with the Dive Association and the many dive operators. There are dive operators at the hotels that are open as well. And as of Monday gone, 17th of August, we had the resumption of dive activities that really joined the day boat activities that we had started. Apart from dive, we are also considering and working with sites and attractions so that day two can get themselves ready. The protocols that they have to put in place, they have been open for the local public. However, when we start to look at the resumption of service to the high-risk market and the COVID-19 certified properties, we want to ensure that they go top notch in their cautions and their controls. So we're working with them to ensure each and every one of them who have presented themselves to participate in activities to their plan, they are ready and they're sanctioned to operate. A mural project is now underway in Marsha Castries to commemorate the heroes of that area and draw awareness to their significant contribution to community development. Jesse Laos tells us more. Visual artist Garibute is busy transforming the empty out walls of the Mindu Philip Park into an ode to outstanding citizens of the Marsha area. It is a mural project that depicts the likeness of these community heroes, ensuring that current and future generations know of their legacy. Viewt listed some of those featured on what has now been dubbed the hero's wall. We have Alicia John who is the principal in the JP in Marsha. We have Pan Andrew Shining who has made this contribution in Steelpan. We have Joyce Ogis who is a cultural icon. She has done a lot in sports as well. We have Arnold Cloudon who has done a lot in sports, in football, in coaching the younger generation and I think that he should also get some kind of recognition. We also have James Belgrave who is another one. In fact, James Belgrave has a court inside the Mindu Philip Park that he made his own contribution to see that the sports fraternity develop back in those days. Through the visual aesthetic, murals are said to promote a sense of belonging and strengthen community identity. From the onset, there was engagement with Marsha residents on the figure's best suited for this recognition. This project has been going on for a period of about two months. It really started with conceptualizing, doing research, engaging the school. I must say that the Marsha Primary School has really been involved in the research with the teachers and students, getting information on the people of the community and getting a lot of feedback from the people as to who is best to be on the wall. Though incomplete, the hero's wall has already become a conversation starter with residents who are eager to learn more about the individuals being painted. The muralist hopes for versions of this type of commemoration to be recreated in other communities island-wide. I think it's something that can also be replicated in many other communities because I am very, very certain that a lot of communities have hidden heroes that people do not know of. The only way you can get to know about them is to put them out there. And this is why I will say it again that we have come up with that concept for people to recognize their heroes and see how much that they have contributed and how now the younger generation could follow that pattern. Meantime, the Marsha project is still in its first phase, and unveiling of the finished mural will be held upon its completion. This East Castries mural is the latest undertaking by Gary Butte, who has over 20 years of artistry under his belt. For the Government Information Service, I am Chessie Léonce reporting. More than 20 young persons are better equipped to explore entrepreneurship after participating in the inaugural Urban Adventures Summer Camp. The Junior Achievement Program of St. Lucia hosted the closing ceremony for the first-ever Urban Adventures Summer Camp. The Junior Achievement Program focuses on three educational pillars for success, financial literacy, entrepreneurship and readiness. The camp focused on the new strategies of the Junior Achievement Program and created an avenue to develop the youth and ensure sustainability for the program. Approximately 21 participants graduated from the two-week-long program. Parliamentary representative for Grosjele Honourable Leonard Montoute noted that the different aspects taught at the camp will aid in the holistic development of the youth. These are qualities, these are skills that you should begin to practice as of now and take with you for the rest of your life. To learn to become an entrepreneur is more important than ever. Gone are the days when you can have an education in St. Lucia and expect to get a job in the public service or in some establishment. More and more, you have to begin to think innovatively as to how you can provide employment for yourselves. That will become very critical in the aftermath, as if I know that COVID-19 is about to end. But whether we have to live with it or if we are fortunate enough anytime soon to come out of it, I know that in the aftermath we will need the qualities that you've learned here today. Chairman of the Junior Achievement Program, Kurt Hosam, expressed gratitude to all stakeholders involved in the initiative. It is said it takes a community to raise a child. So I found it fitting that one of the, apart from etiquette fundamentals of banking and finance, arts and crafts, teamwork, savings and physical fitness that are all necessary, we dealt with agriculture, the fundamentals of agriculture. And I want to draw parallel to us today, that we have a responsibility to continue to sow seeds for the future in our children today. Everybody could agree with me? Yeah? We are sowing seeds. This program is sowing seeds of development for future, for our future. Because this is the future of the nation. It is within our young people. And in preparing them with such fundamental skills, enables them to be able to go out and to be functional in our world. And that is at the heart of Junior Achievement. We want to encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship and we want to do so in a collaborative fashion. Jim Zavier, Director of Community Service, encouraged participants to remain disciplined and keep focused on their goals. I want to admonish you to continue in this vein. You are on the right track in life. That with discipline and the level of focus that you've shown that you are destined to reach very far. I want to compliment the parents. You've done an excellent job. Continue parents providing the support for them. The ministry will be there to support JAA and the other community organizations to ensure that they go very far. The closing ceremony for the Urban Adventures summer camp took place on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. This is NTN Nightly. Up next, Primus Hutchinson with the NTN Novella Quay All. In an effort to ensure patient and first responder safety, the St. Lucia Fire Service has reviewed its patient transfer procedures, especially for patients with respiratory distress. Face masks will be provided. At no time during transportation should the face mask be removed. Please be patient and cooperative during this time to ensure you receive the best possible care while keeping our first responders safe. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Novella Quay All. Thank you, Anisia. Thank you, Madam Department of University of Saveleté for information on government services, GIS and the NTN National Television and the NTN Novella Quay All, Primus Hutchinson. As an artist, I have an initiative to serve as the director of Common Marcha, which I have made many contributions not only to Common, but also to the general public. Garibut, the director of your mural, has made many contributions to music, sports, and education at the same time. Garibut, I work in a way to encourage young people to appreciate the contribution of the biggest citizens for their development, especially here in total. I declare that the mural is a gift for Common. It is a gift for Common, for people to appreciate. It is a gift for the people who are very generous and are willing to do what they can. It is a gift for Common, for people who are very willing to do what they can. So, I think it is a gift for Common, for people who are very generous and are willing to do what they can. Because now, everyone is like Common. Now, everyone is like Sophia, Gauzile. We are like Common, but Common is a gift for the people who are willing to do what they can. But we are like Common, we are willing to do what we can. So, Common is a gift for Common, for people who are willing to do what they can. Common is a gift for the generation who come here. So, we can connect with them. We can take place with them. Mr. Barosi mentioned the dance of Gwekla, which is performed in Sugwamiro. I am Alishatron. I have been a part of the community. I am Pan Andrew, I am a shining. I have made a music still Pan for Common. We are like James Bell Grave, so that I can help people who are young generation. We are like Al-Claude, so everyone who is a football player, who is a coach, all these young people, all these young people. We are like Joyce O'Giz, who is like Common, who is like a football player. So, we are like a few other young people. We are like a few people who come here because we are like Telma. We are like Telma, we are like the capital of Kastui. This week, the Ministry of Health continued to take care of the public because it is the pride of Gwekla that is growing here. It is also the position of Gwekla, because it is the pride of Gwekla that is growing here. It means that the world that I have been able to affect, the people that I have been able to help for the present, for the future. And I have been very necessary for the Ministry of Health to take care of the situation immediately. According to epidemiologist Dr. Michel François, this is a qualified doctor for a medicine. He told me that since the week of the 15th, I have been able to record and confirm that the fever has gone up to 168 cases. He said that despite the fact that there is still death, as a result of the fever, the majority of these cases are in the age of 6 or 13. Dr. François declared that he had discovered that all of the fever cases are in this situation. Particularly in the north, in the south, and in the south, and in the south, and in the north, and in the south. This is a very concerning situation, because the situation is that it is a place where you can no longer afford to pay as you have been fighting despite the corona virus. Particularly in the north, and in the south, it has also affected the economy, it has also affected the health, it has also affected the tourist. This is a very concerning situation, because it is a place where you can no longer afford to pay as you have been fighting despite the corona virus. This is a very concerning situation, because it has also affected the health, this is a place where you can no longer afford to pay as you have been fighting despite the corona virus. This is a place where you can no longer afford to pay as you have been fighting despite the corona virus. This is a place where you can no longer afford to pay as you have been fighting despite the corona virus. This is a place where you can no longer afford to pay as you have been fighting despite the corona virus. Gov. Settlesie, I welcome you to come out of this hand. Kamutwe Settlesie is at the bottom of his list of countries that have 8 coronal diseases. This information came out of Settlesie, which is what it is for the control of diseases in the US. For this reason, Kamutwe Degui, the effort I have made by Prime Minister Settlesie, we have Alain Chassney, the cabinet's mums, the Gov. Settlesie, the Chief Officer of the US, Dr. Sharon Belwood George, and all Settlesie who will continue to follow and obey these protocols that apply to Settlesie. Ambassador Settlesie from the United States, Anton Edmonds, said that if the United States can change the power of Settlesie, it will not be possible to change the power of Settlesie. As a result, Ambassador Edmonds said that he will continue to engage with the authorities and to advise them on how to control Settlesie, how to protect Settlesie and its citizens. Prime Minister Alain Chassney said that he will continue to seek support for Settlesie, for Settlesie, and for all of us who will be able to test, who will be able to travel around the world with Settlesie. Prime Minister Chassney said that if this is the case, and that Settlesie can change the power of Settlesie, it will not be possible to change the power of Settlesie. As a result of cooperation between the people of Settlesie and the work of the Ministry of Health, Prime Minister Tiki said that this is a good news for the people of Settlesie. It is necessary for Settlesie to continue to follow all the protocols and to adopt the habit of Settlesie, so that the people of Settlesie will never lose their attention and that Settlesie will be able to control the power of Settlesie. That is why I would like to thank the Minister of Health for the invitation. I would also like to thank the Minister of Health for the invitation. You can also catch up with us anytime on the St. Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I am Anicia Antoine.