 Welcome to the NTN Nightly. I'm Nisha Charles. This edition stops stories. St Lucia's Prime Minister supports a regional political response to the risking. The Niquro Secondary School takes parents to the classroom for better students. A young St Lucia claims the top prize at the Tikka Caribbean Entrepreneurship Challenge. All that plus the latest in youth development, sports and the NTN Nouvelle Arquio. St Lucia's Prime Minister, Hon. Alan Sharsney, is advocating for a more unified approach to dealing with the looming threat of the risking in the region and the potential loss of correspondent banking relations. Prime Minister Sharsney spoke on the issue at the recent sitting of the OECS Assembly in Antigua, Barbuda. Here's Janelle Norville. Prime Minister of St Lucia, the Hon. Alan Sharsney recently attended the fourth sitting of the OECS Assembly in Antigua, Barbuda. At the sitting, the heads of OECS strive to address the daunting challenge faced by financial institutions in the Caribbean in recent years. That is the current trend being adopted by large global banks that serve as correspondent banks to local financial institutions to severely limit or terminate their correspondent banking relationships with these local original banks. This practice is considered a form of the risking whereby business relationships with clients or categories of clients considered high risk are restricted or terminated. Prime Minister Sharsney highlighted the relationship between the risking in the region, the potential loss of correspondent banking relation and the issue of blacklisting by the European Union, indicated that the OECS and Caricum heads must embody a collective approach when seeking to address such matters. It's amazing that when regions of the world want to justify a position how quickly they can do it. The EU on the blacklisting does not want to speak on a bilateral basis. All dialogue must take place on a multilateral basis. And we continue to make the same mistake in my mind in that we are not expressing our egregiousness towards what is taking place against us sufficiently. And the only way that small countries like ours can express our voice is at the UN and is how we vote at the UN. And there are times when collectively that we must vote a particular way not for the motion that is on the table but sometimes to make a point. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Minister for Finance, Economic Planning, Sustainable Development and Information Technology, Hon. Camilo Gonzalez, described the issues of the EU's blacklisting and the risking as an assault on island territories. He noted that islands within the region formed a large percentage of the countries being the risk. After several attempts at dealing with the matters in a bureaucratic individual manner, Gonzalez indicated that it was now time to utilize a direct, collective political response as the consequences of blacklisting, the risk in the region and the potential loss of correspondent banking relations are far reaching. We are small open economies, all of us, and our economies close immediately if we lose correspondent banking relations. So far financial institutions in 12 Caribbean countries have had the corresponding banking relations at least one of their local banks terminated or de-risked. For the Government Information Service, I am General Norvel. The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development in collaboration with the University of the West Indies and the OECS Commission hosted the Leadership Forum in Saint Lucia under the theme Changing Mindsend Embracing Transformational Leadership. The OECS Commission through its Education Development Management Unit rolled out its four country development agenda in education through its Education Support Project in 2016. The two million US dollar project sought to, among other things, review the appraisal instrument for principles and their job descriptions to ensure they are aligned with leadership standards, develop a program tailored to school leaders within the OECS and to review a handbook for school principals. A critical component of the project was to strengthen leadership and accountability among school leaders. The graduates of that program formed part of an education forum. While 80% of principals across the OECS they are trained graduates, it means they've earned their first degree at a bare minimum, most of them do not or do not have or are not certified in leadership and accountability. And so we sought to better strengthen that cadre of persons. And so today this activity is the culminating activity for this component or this activity under the project. Representing the Ministry of Education at the Leadership Forum was the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Kendall Kodra. Today our education system has made great leaps towards one of the essential imperatives for ensuring a quality education system which is the retooling and rescaling of our leaders in the system. And we all know it has been said over and over again that the quality of an education system depends on the quality of our leaders and teachers. And over the past years tremendous efforts have been placed in initiating projects, developing concepts. But today one of these components has come to fruition. Delivering the feature address was former Chief Education Officer Fortuna Anthony who spoke on the importance of transformational leaders. Today I ask you, are you in the mindset mode to change? Are you prepared to be the visionary who values others and therefore see yourself as being the fertilizer which helps your plants to flourish? Or are you the hoarder who is so afraid that the knowledge gained that it will all remain with you because you do not wish somebody else to achieve it? Knowledge that is not shared is a waste of time. You only know how good you are as a leader if you can share your knowledge and effect change. Approximately 125 school leaders were trained and certified in leadership and accountability under the project. The Mico Secondary School has recorded tremendous success with the pilot program aimed at improving student behaviors by enhancing parenting skills. Chevrolet Marios has the details. Parents from the Mico district are now equipped with the necessary tools needed to be more effective functioning parents. To accomplish this task, administrative staff from the Mico Secondary School in collaboration with the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment hosted a three-month training workshop from March 14th to June 12th, 2019 at the Mico Secondary School. Principal of the Mico Secondary School stated that over the years, the Mico Secondary School has encountered many cases where parents appear to be hopeless and helpless. But with the advent of this training workshop, parents are able to develop more positive effective communication parenting skills. Last week, as I said to you, when I spoke to your children, unknown to you, and I asked them questions in order to find out whether or not this period was worth it, the responses they gave was all the encouragement we need. My mother does not shout anymore. My mother missed, my mother not cursing me again. Yes, miss when my mother gets actually taking a deep breath and then she's talking to me. The workshop's vision is geared towards student enhancement and development through effective, positive and authoritative parenting habits. How do we know that it has been important to you? How do we know that it has been important to your students, well your children, our students, because they tell us, last week I'm upstairs and two of our girls came. So just casually I said, how did you think last night's session was? Remember last night we were here with the children? One looked at me and said, miss, don't stop that program. I said, what? What do you mean? Miss, don't stop it. Miss, my father, my father just hugging me, miss, all the time. Participants also emphasised the need for the program to be continued. I spent most of my time looking at my mother's children. But being here made me learn a lot of different things, which I did not know how to be a parent. So I am proud to be here and I want to ask when will the last, the second one, be started? Because it makes me feel like when I meet somebody, when somebody is speaking to me, because I always have an anger. But being here, it changed that anger. It changed my behaviour. It changed my life completely. And then I'm grateful for all the sessions that I attended. I did learn a lot. To date, I can say it has changed the way that I viewed my son and the way his behaviour, the way I viewed his behaviour and the way I reacted to his behaviour. When I was getting dressed this evening, my daughter came to the room and she was like, I think you should ask Auntie Denise to continue the sessions. So I was like, just so. Mummy, you don't know how you speak into me these days. So I just want to say thank you for the sessions and as the father said, I'm looking forward to the next. I think we should also encourage our teachers to take some of those sessions just so that the home, the school and the community is working together in changing our children. Improved parent in skills and strategies would thus mean a reduction in parents being called in for maladaptive behaviours and students engaging in less destructive behaviours. Reporting from the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment, I am Chavroy Marius. And this is the NTN Nightly. Rainer Bryan is up next. Jeff is one of our friends. Jeff stands for Global Environment Facility. Ah, it's an acronym. What does Jeff do? Jeff is the largest funder of projects to improve the global environment. 182 member governments make up Jeff. Oh, really? Do you know that St. Lucia has benefited from Jeff since 1991 to today? Whoa, tell me more. Yes, many national projects were funded by Jeff. In biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer and chemicals. Boy, how do you know all these big terms? Because I have a smart daddy. The Global Environment Facility investing in our planet, nation and our community. Welcome back. We join Rainer Bryan for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Thanks, Misha. Welcome everyone to your update on youth development and sports on the NTN Nightly News. I'm Rainer Bryan. Plans are progressing for the staging of this year's School Sports Awards, set to be held at the St. Mary's College Auditorium on Friday starting at 10 a.m. Staff of the ministry met Monday morning to continue looking at logistics for the staging of the annual event on the calendar of the ministry. Individual student athletes will be recognized for their outstanding performances in School Sports events over the past year. Minister responsible for education, the Honorable Gail Rigabert and minister responsible for youth development and sports, the Honorable Edwin Estefan are expected to deliver addresses as well as director of sports, Patrick Matra. The Ministry of Youth Development and Sports is also involved in the execution of the Cardicom 10K due to be held on Sunday June 30th. Cardicom member states have been invited to send two official runners including host St. Lucia. However, the wider St. Lucia population can participate by registering at the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports. Sunday's event is due to start at 7.30 a.m. There are also two other components to be held that morning. A 5K from the Martisale Corinth Junction and a 1K from a location on the Vidbutai Highway adjacent to Renwick and Company. The 10K starts outside the Marina Haven Hotel in Rodney Bay. The Cardicom 10K has been initiated as a precursor to the Heads of Government Meeting. That's your update from Youth Development and Sports for today. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks Ryan. The final of the Tika Caribbean Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded in Martinique with a young St. Lucia claiming the top spot. President Alfred Marie-Gian awarded 19-year-old Sophie Klein with the winning prize of 10,000 euro grants to develop her project, Joie, which aims to transform the world of education by integrating virtual reality. The Tika Caribbean Entrepreneurship Challenge is organized by the Chamber of Martinique in partnership with the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique, the organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Caribbean Export Development Agency. The Caribbean Entrepreneurship Challenge aims to sanitize youth on cooperation in the Caribbean, encourage young entrepreneurs to mobilize their skills to serve their country and promote entrepreneurial innovation. And stay with the NTN Nightly. Up next, Primers Hutchinson and Lucia Nouvelle-Arcueol. Yes, Nouvelle. This is your point, Mark 11, telling all the drivers on the road be careful on the roads today and always roll if a designated driver if you are the driver, drink responsibly. Go and come back home safely. Out. A message from the Ministry of Health, Wellness, Human Services, Gender Relations and This Station. Welcome back. We join Primers Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle-Arcueol. Thank you so much, my dear. Thank you very much. I would like to thank the University for the information on the government of this GIS, the National Television of NTN, Nouvelle-Arcueol and Primers Hutchinson. Thank you very much. The Ministry of Agriculture has observed that we can preserve the country with animals and plenty that can bring sick people. Quarantine Awareness Week, the Ministry of Agriculture has made this decision to protect the animals so that they can keep their rights as long as they can protect their health. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Gishe-Gosempe has said that the Ministry of Agriculture has organized the Department of Agriculture to provide the animals that are in the country with animals and plenty that can bring sick people. The Ministry of Agriculture has said that the Ministry of Agriculture has organized the Department of Agriculture to provide the animals that can protect the animals that are in the country with animals and plenty that can bring sick people. The Ministry of Agriculture has organized the Sennusha A&C Port Authority the CLASPER Ministry of Trade Customs that can provide the animals that can be produced so that the animals can preserve the animals we have the Department But we also look at the settlers, who have observed that they are educated, and that they are able to participate in the third settlers. And if they are able to advise you on how to affect the settlers, because we all know that they are able to participate. And we also look at the economic activities that can impact our rural communities and the economic sector. Minister Joseph Kafeiong calls for the next generation of settlers to protect the industry, we call PIA. In the past, we have passed legislation that can make companies that are engaged in international business to ensure that, in a way, the first people to come to the office in 2019, not only the chief of the office, but also to find the treatment of the health professionals. This means that we have found the tax law, the tax PIA. The Prime Minister said that we are going to find the tax law, which can be used for legislation. According to the Prime Minister, the law in 2018 was made possible for companies to find the benefits of the tax so that in 2021, the same will exist for their business. Prime Minister Shasne said that the decision is very important because there is a lot of companies that are trying to benefit from the tax arrangement in the past. For example, PIA, for example, to conduct operations at a faster pace, he said that the legislation can be used more easily in a new movement. So, there is a way in which it can be applied for just in 2020 to find the benefits of the tax arrangement. According to Prime Minister Shasne, the companies that are able to pay the tax that we have here have found a lot of benefits of the tax that are in place for international businesses. There is a division for the reformation of the public sector, a department for the service commission of the PIA CV100. I have invited the representative of the program, the assistants to work at the public service here to help facilitate the consultation to establish a program for the service commission. This is an announcement that was made by the Department of Public Service Services and the PIA CV100 has an objective for the service commission to support the acceptance of the service commission and also to help place and understand the program for the service commission. The division of the reformation of the public service sector is a program for the service commission. This is a very important program for the service commission. To assist the workers here, I have found a lot of congratulations and also I have found a lot of excellence in the service commission for the clients. This program has a lot of consultations to help strengthen professional workers so that the government can assist those who need personal assistance so that the workers can affect their lives and work. This program has a lot of advice for those with a family that can assist in various difficulties, problems of alcohol, health, finances, domestic violence, problems of marriage, money, problems of illness, and so on. This program is a program for the service commission to help the workers who need personal assistance so that the government can assist the workers and the service commission can help them. This program has a lot of advice for those with a family who need personal assistance. This program has a lot of advice for those with a family that can assist in various difficulties so that the public can help them. Thank you. and will be high again at 10.35pm. The seas moderate with waves 4-6 feet or 1.2-1.8 meters. The sun will rise Tuesday at 5.37am. And that brings us to the end of the 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'm Nisha Charles.