 Welcome to NTN Nightly, I am General Norville. This edition stops stories. More than 10,000 St. Lucians have received the AstraZeneca vaccine. The St. Lucia Red Cross and the Government of Japan team up for grassroots human security and PAHO to accelerate access to COVID-19 vaccines in the region. Public response to the national vaccination campaign continues to grow. The Ministry of Health and Wellness says at Tuesday 9th March 2021, 10,437 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine have been administered to St. Lucians across the island. Over the past two weeks, emphasis has been placed on reaching the target groups in phases 1A and 1B, ensuring that as many people in these target groups are protected. These include frontline workers within clinical and national security settings, senior citizens and people living with chronic health conditions. Assistant Principal Nursing Officer Teclaja Matisse is the immunization manager. The response at the various vaccination sites has been very encouraging. This level of interest we see as an appreciation by our citizens of the health benefits of the vaccines and the opportunity it presents for regaining some measure of normality as we continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccination campaign has been undertaken by bringing together partners across all sectors and with a wide range of interests. This partnership has started with us within the health sector with the public and private healthcare practitioners on the taking national vaccination efforts collaboratively. The successful rollout of the campaign also requires the involvement of our non-health allies across all sectors nationally, including the commercial, tourism, education and transportation sectors to name a few. It is important that these sectors are targeted as people within these groupings are at medium risk of being exposed to COVID-19. Persons working in the transportation sector such as minibus drivers, teachers and tourism sector workers are advised to access the community vaccination sites to access the vaccine. In the coming weeks mass vaccination exercises will be undertaken for the second phase of the vaccination campaign. The ministry is encouraging people who fall within phase 2 to pre-register to receive the vaccine. Pre-registering is valuable to the Ministry of Health as it assists in logistical planning and resources required at vaccination sites. The Ministry of Health is aware that there are individuals with special needs including the elderly and people with mobility challenges who are unable to access the vaccination sites. These individuals, their family or caregivers are encouraged to contact the nearest community wellness centre to register their loved ones. Vaccination will be facilitated through home visits by the community health nurses. To date, majority of the elderly homes have been covered and will be completed in the coming week. Vaccines have proven to save lives. People are therefore encouraged to access the various sites for the vaccine. Ensure that a valid form of identification is taken with you when coming for the vaccine to assist entering you into our national health management information system. Assistant Principal Nursing Officer, Teclush, are back to you. And as workers in the tourism industry begin vaccination against the coronavirus, agents from sub-sectors have been given an account of their displacements in the last year and express hope for restoration thanks to the immunization effort. Transport, vending, duty-free adventure and recreation agents find their operations at the mercy of COVID-19 effects. During a special vaccination exercise for leaders in the industry, Cox & Company Limited's tourism department head Eleanor Ray encouraged residents of St. Lucia to get vaccinated. Cox & Company is a port agent and cruise ship operator on a highland. Since March last year, as you know, the Cox & Company were one of the major port agents and cruise ship operators. And we've had absolutely no cruise ships coming in since March last year. So we are being very optimistic and hopeful that we will see the resumption coming up this year. And by all means, we would like to see as many, many of our staff and also the persons who work within the industry be vaccinated so we can actually move ahead once the cruise ship starts coming back. Retailers like duty-free Caribbean holdings are also heavily reliant on cruise arrivals. Company executive Joyce Lynn Edwards says sales are significantly lower than usual for reasons all leading back to the pandemic. She says lies and livelihoods are at stake if we do not get vaccinated. Less flights coming in, we have no cruise ships coming into the ports. So you found that persons were not, and with the economy, people were not ready to spend the little that they earn and persons who had lost jobs. So for us, the business, it was not business as usual, especially November, December, when we had peak into January. And then when we had to close again in January, we took another hit as to our sales. So if everybody would just realize the benefits, because a lot of persons were saying no, they will not take it. They too have families who are dependent on them. And if they don't do what they are supposed to do, that means we will go back to where we were. Seaspray Cruises general manager Cory DuVaux believes the vaccination campaign is also a step in the right direction. His business too has been limited due to the effects of the pandemic. It's been a tough 12 months. We've opened, closed, opened again. We are able to operate right now, but it is on a limited basis. Sites and attractions are closed. So even though we mainly do sea-based tours, a lot of that involves visiting the volcano, for example, sites in Sufra and stuff, which we're not able to do right now. And then the limited amount of tourists on the island, we're taking what we get, but it is very slow. And there are other businesses that are in a worse case, and that's where they're not able to open or have no business at this time. Leaders in the tourism sector are the latest group among the private sector and civil society to endorse the government's COVID-19 immunization effort in the hopes of expediting normalcy on island. PAHO director Carissa Atien welcomed the expansion of the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines in the Americas and reported that PAHO is working closely with member countries to accelerate access throughout the region. The Bahamas has received its first COVID-19 vaccines due to the Indian government's donation of 20,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine Dr Atien said during her weekly media briefing. Peru is scheduled to receive its first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine today through COVA, the global mechanism to ensure equitable access to vaccines, regardless of a country's income or size of its economy. And last week, Colombia became the first country in Latin America to receive vaccines via the COVAX mechanism. Today, these doses are being delivered to at risk groups, including indigenous communities in the country's Amazon region. Every country participating in COVAX has been informed about the number of doses that they will be receiving through May of this year. We've been very pleased with how quickly countries in our region have responded to COVAX a few months so they can begin to receive the 28.7 million doses that have been allocated to the Americas over the next three months. Over the last week, our Revolving Fund has been working closely with member states to accelerate access to COVID vaccines. For more than 40 years, the Revolving Fund has helped countries in the Americas vaccinate their populations against debilitating or potentially deadly diseases such as polio, measles, yellow fever, bacterial pneumonia, influenza and the human papilloma virus HPV. The Revolving Fund allows nations to pull their resources to purchase vaccines, syringes and related supplies at lower costs. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Revolving Fund is representing regional countries with COVAX, helping them to procure vaccines through the mechanism. The St. Lucia Red Cross is embracing fully its mandate to alleviate the suffering of the most vulnerable whilst promoting human dignity and social inclusion. A special ceremony was held on Wednesday where the St. Lucia Red Cross and the Japanese ambassador signed an agreement under the grant assistance for grassroots human security projects. The government of Japan has committed to providing financial aid to the St. Lucia Red Cross to assist those in need and to procure a special vehicle allowing for wheelchair access. President of the St. Lucia Red Cross Yubatier explained that the Japanese government has been a reliable and dependable ally and the receipt of this aid will enable the Red Cross to continue fulfilling its mandate. It is important to know that the St. Lucia Red Cross will continue. And I want to re-emphasize this point. It will continue not to assist ourselves but rather to assist the general public. And though this vehicle will be housed here, it belongs to the general public for use. We have been working with people with disabilities for a long time. We have been having youth camps with children with disabilities. And also we have had challenges when it came to transporting them. Even at the St. Lucia Red Cross headquarters, it was difficult for us to get people with wheelchairs to come up. And of course we made the effort to ensure that accessibility can be had by such persons. And suffice it to say, this is a continuation in what we hope to achieve in this country. Ambassador of Japan to St. Lucia, His Excellency Tatsuya Iriyama, highlighted the importance of the work done by the St. Lucia Red Cross. I always find my deepest respect to the Red Cross society for its global role and also for its community level activities. I trust that the high discipline of the Red Cross society will enable the procured vehicle under the grant assistance scheme to be utilized most efficiently and effectively. As in the case of our previous assistance projects, this vehicle will become a symbol of our friendship and cooperation between our two countries. Indeed, when the procured vehicle starts its operation, a helping hand to those who are in need will be very satisfied with the investment of about 35,000 US dollars from our own national budget. As it's humanitarian and a cooperative value, it's worth so much more than its monetary value. Terencia Gillard, Director General of the St. Lucia Red Cross, expressed gratitude to the government and people of Japan. It's about nine months ago I started this process in getting the vehicle. I wish to thank the government and people of Japan for once more putting their trust in the St. Lucia Red Cross. As the president mentioned, this is not the first time that we have gone into a partnership. But it's a second vehicle we are getting and we have also gotten two Japanese volunteers to work with the Red Cross. And we are indeed happy for the government and people of Japan for always coming to our system. The signing ceremony was held on Wednesday 10th March 2021. This is NTIA Nightly. Up next, Primers Hutchinson with the NTIA Nouvelle Au Quaiol. 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 Primers Hutchinson for the NTIA Nouvelle Au Quaiol. Mr. Otin, General, Mr. Madam, Department of University of Sablité for the formation of this government, this is GIS, the National Paying Television of NTIA, Caposito Nouvelle, Au Quaiol, Posito, Primers Hutchinson. The Department of Education has continued to work on its development in this way to govern the language. The Department of Education is a result of international youth observation for the Mamanu language. The Department of Education is the first language to be divided. This means that it is necessary to study this language in order to start a good life in the individual language. The Department of Education has already received a financial support from UNESCO and promised to take implementation to establish a national language of this type. This is how it was done in four ways. First, to address the Quaiol language. This means that it is necessary to accept Quaiol as an official language of this type. Secondly, the Quaiol language is an instruction language. This means that it is necessary to serve the language, to teach the students. This means that all the students can speak English and Quaiol quite well in their schools. So, in order to finish the second language, it is necessary to be able to speak Quaiol quite well, even if it is an English language. This means that it has continued to develop the ability of the students to speak Quaiol even in their schools. So, I have already started to engage the educational officers, the principal schools, the students and the parents in consultation with the Quaiol language education program. So, talking about this, the Ministry of Education for Education for the Quaiol government is with Dr. Gil Rigobot, Jabai Wepinion, who has made an effort to establish WEG to govern the Quaiol language education system. Dr. Rigobot, it is a long time that this is not the only reason we are in Quaiol. It is an abysmal reason. He declared that besides the language, it is a cultural foundation with a paid heritage. This is a pleasure for the country on earth, especially for the Quaiol people, who have a position to strengthen the Quaiol language significance. Dr. Rigobot, congratulations to the educational officers who have already started this initiative to establish the Quaiol language education system with the Quaiol government to help the Quaiol people to have such a long and strong effort in developing the Quaiol language. So, Dr. Rigobot, it is a long time that I have made this effort to establish the Quaiol government with the Quaiol government to help the Quaiol people to establish the Quaiol government because the same people who have started this have made our bodies that are not for our interests to speak Quaiol. And I would like to say to the public thank you, thank you, thank you for that because I would like to say to the deputants that we have different reactions to the Quaiol language. So thank you, thank you and I would like to thank this teacher, the minister who has been working on this and for us to really say that it is our duty to help the Quaiol people and for me to be able to teach them so that they can speak Quaiol better. The Minister of Education has the ability to read and speak Quaiol and to serve the students in the same way that we can learn our language. Even if we speak Spanish, French and English, it is not bad for us to speak Quaiol because we do not speak French, lexicon, Quaiol. The police said to the public to obey these protocols to prevent the coronavirus from happening. The police said to the public that I would like to disobey the police and I would like to disobey the police and I would like to seriously ask the police to respect what I have said about the police. Although the police said to the public that they did not want to disobey the protocol and didn't want to cut the mass. The police did not want the police to disobey the protocols. And so the police decided to do whatever they can to avoid the contradiction law quarantine, access to any cause of police will be made to ensure that this assay edivity is allowed to be viewed and quarantined at the facility government, as well as other individuals who are treated at the facility quarantine also, quarantine government. Still I want to ask the superintendent Mashaama Moseley, Police Registrar Yon-San Suasat the top assay edgy, who disobeye protocol, a police tenee pou vetie Yon-San Yon-San 21 se shofe lo top assay edgy Salah. You a poteu yosi ki, 6 katweeve kat edividi te disobeye protocol saabledi, sakipatik apote Masha Sufidzai, exectewa. Police aute Suasat dis naf ek toatoy o tuve kodanei desa pu 6a dola Yon-Mun tuve kodanei o si pu bai kawant neditor service pu Yon-Komin. Aba mi, se 6 katweeve 8 edividiya, polis veti 6 seik a yoh ek se mun salah te hod paues gozilei marigo aslaue, kanawi, kastri, viefo ek babono. Bu koselei guap ebe gai mun ki te konblei adayon plus, polis aute yon ek veti kat tozlei wasta. Bu, pu hotel, polis aute yon ek veti naf, dis mun a total te disobeye protocol la. Bu, pu mun ki disobeye kofiu, se te 26 exo-prinitendent sili anoseki, polis aute vent naf, potepeit kot seik ek shak a yoh tuve kodanei yon mil dola. Polis veti diset a yoh ek lanivin kat matie kini pu paue duvalodi asli. Se situasio salah se te paues vefo, miku aslaue, labouei, kastri, shuazei, de nyur ek babono. Suprinitendent sili anoseki, polis teni pu obligie yoh mun ki te sote yoh quarantine pu vieue a shomli. Idio si, latini, toa feste kaiwe zidang diwa finis ma semena ek kipa seya, ek pet kot dey edividi ek se mun salah kai paue tluvan kailodi astru swith. Polis veti yoh mun anoseki tadi situasio salah. Labani pias desobeisitse, kos silo suprinitendent sili pa ofisi taxi ek restaurar. Ek se kosa ni otoa but nuvela fesio dam, muka meseo oto puka gade, muka bouei evit asia, pu se ne pi muka kos evela vie koti, muka i pu se toa lot, nuvel a kuei all. A pu se, muka i pu se toa chanel. Meseo pill primers. And that brings us to the end of NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. You can also catch up with us anytime on the St. Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I am Channel Novel.