 Welcome to the NTN Nightly, I'm Misha Charles, this edition's top stories. 3,000 households to be targeted during St Lucia's second multiple indicator cluster survey. The Government Employee Assistance Program broadens its reach. The St Lucia Red Cross celebrates its 70th anniversary, all that plus the latest in youth development, sports, and the NTN Nouvelle Arquéon. The Government of St Lucia and the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF signed a memorandum of understanding to formalize plans for the implementation of St Lucia's second multiple indicator cluster survey, referred to as the MIX. It is one of the largest sources of statistical information on the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, particularly on children, women, men, and the households they live in. The survey will be conducted during September to November 2019, and is expected to provide data on 33 SDG indicators. A sample of 3,000 households will be selected to include all districts on a range of topics in education, safety and protection, health and nutrition, water and sanitation, and multi-dimensional poverty. Here's Chevron Marios. The Government of St Lucia, supported by UNICEF, has achieved a milestone in social planning with the launch of the sixth phase of the multiple indicator cluster survey, MIX 6. On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment, along with the Department of Economic Development, Transport and Civil Aviation, hosted a signing of a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF to familiarize plans to examine the status of women and children around the island. The MIX is an international survey that is developed by UNICEF to gather data on the situation of children and examine issues such as education, social protection, health and water sanitation. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment said that given our current thrust to transform the social protection landscape, is in keeping with the Ministry's mandate to facilitate the development of targeted interventions. MIX is a global research program designed to provide statistically sound and internationally comparable data for various social indicators on its target at key segments of the population, women, children, the vulnerable and the marginalized population groups. In that context, this survey is particularly important for us at the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment, given our current thrust to reform the social protection landscape and to advance that agenda in a manner that allows for purposeful, targeted and relevant interventions to address deficiencies or gaps in our programming and in our product or service offering. UNICEF Representative Dr. Aloys Kamaragi emphasized the need for Caribbean countries to collect statistical data to assist policymakers in monitoring the 2040 Sustainable Development Goals. We have to account to the people we serve where we are in terms of implementing the development agenda. How can you objectively account for your people when you don't have evidence? You don't have data? We're talking about this global agenda, the SDG, Sustainable Development Goals. How could we account for the progress made by St. Lucia if we don't invest in data So, I'm so happy to see that St. Lucia took the decision really to roll out to implement the mix. For instance, the mix shows the vast majority of CSEC passes is higher in girls. This means that more boys and girls live secondary school without having achieved CSEC passes in English and Mathematics since 2011. This signals that there is a need to improve literacy and numeracy among the general population. Minister for Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment, Honourable Leonard Montoot expressed confidence that advocacy in children and women will increase and stakeholders will be better able to determine which efforts should be focused on as policies are developed to improve the conditions of women and children in St. Lucia. Moreover, mix 6 will reach an additional 1,000 households with a sample of 3,000 households. These strides will demonstrate that St. Lucia is well on its way to attaining some of the goals of the Sustainable Development Agenda. The report was made available in February of this year and it has provided St. Lucia with the foundation to generate robust programs and interventions to ensure the well-being of this population in a more comprehensive, equitable and rehabilitative manner. In 2012, St. Lucia carried out an inaugural Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, which provided St. Lucia for the first time with a comprehensive set of baseline indicators on children. Reporting from the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment, I am Chavre Marius. Comilant secretaries throughout the Public Service converged at the Public Service Trading Institute at Union on Thursday, May 16, 2019 for the first in a series of emotional health workshops. More on this report from Jolita Peter. The emotional health workshops are being conducted under the Employee Assistance Program of the Department of the Public Service to equip permanent secretaries, deputy permanent secretaries and human resource officers with a requisite knowledge and listening skills to be able to provide support to employees who are in need of assistance. Peggy An-Soudat is a permanent secretary in the Department of the Public Service. Yes, we've recognized an increasing number of cases in the Public Service of people suffering from some form of emotional distress or mental illness, and so we have decided to bring in persons at the PSS to really discuss the issue, to get information on the issue, to identify how we could, how we recognize signs of mental illness, emotional distress and to have discussions on how we could provide a support system for persons who are going through these problems. Robert Huggins, an EAP counsellor, facilitated Thursday's workshop which covered several areas including mental illness and creating a supportive culture for staff to be open about their mental health. The main thing coming out of this is really understanding how to develop a culture of understanding within your organization that makes people feel comfortable enough to be able to come forward and speak about the issues. You see, mental illness shouldn't be treated as something to be stigmatized. It should be treated in much the same way that a person has a physical disability, you know, if they're going for diabetes treatment or whatever it is, in that same way. So if there are some, to be made little changes within the workplace, so accommodate them, you do that in the same way that you would put around for somebody with difficulty working etc. One area that we covered was talking about how the physical space can be so important to promoting positive well-being, mental well-being. We took the opportunity to go out to the back of the head, the training centre at the back where the EAP does their counselling. There's a lovely garden, right, and that garden, I mean many people talk about when you go there and from the moment they enter, it's sort of a feeling of peace and well-being as they enter here. And that's the sort of thing we're trying to encourage. The EAP unit will be hosting a similar workshop on May 23rd for deputy permanent secretaries and heads of departments. A third workshop has been planned for May 30th, this time bringing together human resource officers. The Employee Assistance Program was established in 2016 to provide confidential counselling services to government officers and their immediate family members. So far, public sector employees have benefited from workshops on time management, stress and anger management, team building, conflicts management and emotional coping. Jolita Peter, Department of the Public Service Communications Unit. Lisa Arthur Lewis Community College continues to take strides to provide students with quality education through partnerships with reputable universities in the region and globally. The college has signed another memorandum of understanding, this time with Johnson and Wales University, an institution with which the college has had a long-standing relationship. The new memorandum of understanding will, among other things, provide students from both institutions the option of doing semesters abroad, develop academic collaboration for students and faculty exchange programs and explore opportunities for joint research programs. The college recently signed an MOU with Niagara University, focused on the training of teachers. Primary care public health professionals are expected to become equipped with the leadership skills to enable them to perform effectively in the delivery of health services around the island. More from Fennel Neptune. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with Health Education England, recently facilitated a leadership training aimed at increasing the confidence of primary care leaders in the delivery of patient care services in Sincluential. Associate Dean of Health Education England, Claire Inkster says, this training is important as it will empower the primary care leaders to make changes and enable service transformation. We measure health care quality in a variety of ways. So we want the health care to be safe and people not to be harmed by accidents or errors. We want the treatments that people are accessing to work. We want it to be effective. But in some ways, just as important, we want people to have a good experience of their health care. And that's something that we're already hearing from the team this morning, that it's important that people don't have an unpleasant time when they're at a very difficult time in their lives. And there are other things like making sure that people have access to the health care that they need. So we will be asking the teams to implement improvement projects which will hopefully have these types of benefits for the patients in their areas. Medical Office of Health Dr Sharon Belma George says, this training is timely and crucial to improving the delivery of excellent health care. We note the importance of effective leadership and especially in health in terms of strengthening leadership within the Ministry of Health and leadership with a lot of our programs. Public health and primary care is one of the very important areas within health in terms of strengthening preventative care and also surveillance of diseases and a lot of our heads are the ones who manage our programs. So this leadership training is very timely as we do have some new members of our team who may not have had it and some persons who definitely need a refreshment training. The leadership training focused on key areas such as foundation of leadership, quality improvement in leadership, and action planning for service delivery to name a few. Reporting from the communications unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, I am Fennel Neptune. And this is the NTN Nightly. Ryan O'Brien is up next. I'm innovative. I'm competitive. I am productive. I'm creative. I constantly improve what I do. And how I do it. I provide excellent customers to visit. I never stop learning. I give all my best, always. The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council embracing excellence. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Welcome to your update on happenings in youth development and sports on the NTN Nightly News. I'm Ryan O'Brien. The second round of matches in the secondary school's cricket competition took place Thursday at the Ballata playing field. Under 15 boys, Leon Hess, comprehensive secondary, defeated Cicero secondary convincingly by 10 wickets. Cicero secondary taking first knock after being inserted by Leon Hess, was dismissed for 30 in 8.4 overs. A cheap destroyer with the ball for Leon Hess, comprehensive was Offspinner Lee John with impressive figures of 6 for 11. The other main wicket-takers was Shashim George with 2 for 1. So the victory target of only 31. Leon Hess, comprehensive, raised to victory in just two overs, finishing on 31 without loss. Opening batsmen Ken Elcock and Sean L. Edward remained undefeated on 10 and 4, respectively. At the Goussille playing field, Sir Ira Simmons' secondary completed a comfortable 6 wicket victory over Vilbutai secondary. Vilbutai batting first, dismissed for 17.16 overs. Niquel Leo making 21 and K.H. Dupes, 14. Balling for Sir Ira Simmons, Russell Cadet, claimed 4 for 8, Rick Gabriel, 3 for 3 and Ray Joseph, 2 for 11. In reply, Sir Ira Simmons finished on 71 for 4 in 19 overs, Chessie George remaining 1-12, not out. The wicket-takers for Vilbutai were Mekai Alfred with 2 for 3 and Niquel Leo, 2 for 5. At the Larissus playing field in the Marbella Valley, Archipel secondary had a better of Graneville secondary defeated them by 34 runs. Archipel secondary batting first, dismissed for 106 in 19.2 overs, where female player Zeta James stopped scoring with 34. Karine Knight, 16 and Christian Cadet, 14. Balling for Graneville secondary, Joshua Fletcher took 4 for 14 and Niquel Henry, 2 for 3. In reply, Graneville secondary ball out for 72 in 16.3 overs with Thier Edward and Ali John contributing 16 each. Balling for Archipel secondary, Tolin Charles picked up 3 for 14, Jaden Burke, 2 for 11 and Zeta James, 2 for 17. And at the Piais playing field, Vf4 comprehensive defeated Piais secondary by 53 runs. Vf4 comprehensive batting first made 117 all out in 17 overs, with David Nature making 33 and Sidney Charles 12. Arvin Brown was Piais' best bowler with impressive figures of 7 for 22. In reply, Piais secondary dismissed for 64 in 22.1 overs with no bats and no unreachable figures. Leading wicket-tickets for Vf4 comprehensive, David Nature, 3 for 18, no ability, 2 for 5 and Hansi Mason, 2 for 12. Interdistrict's primary school's female football competition came to a close Friday with district six coming out victorious, two goals to one against district one in the finals played at the South Plain field VG. Jeredel Emery and Kashima Inns with goals in the 12th and 20th minutes respectively scored for district six, while Nina Moses scored as early as the third minute for district one. Moses also scored in the 20th minute in the semifinals against district eight in a 1-0 win, while district six beat district four three goals to one in their semifinal. Scoring for district six were Jeredel Emery in the second and 10th minutes and Kashima Inns in the 12th. Taylor Samuel scored for district four in the sixth minute. District eight finished third place with a 3-1 win over district four in a playoff game to decide third place. Amaya Immanuel in the ninth, Thier Ogui's 12th and Tanner George 15th were the scorers for district eight where Chloe Williams converted for district four in the second minute. With those final results from Interdistrict Primary School's female football, we come to the end of your update from youth development and sports for this week. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks, Ryan. The St. Lucia Red Cross joins the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in celebrating the nearly 14 million Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers around the world who provide a lifeline to countless communities in need. The commemoration comes as the St. Lucia Red Cross marks its 70th anniversary. World Red Cross Red Crescent Day 2019 comes as the St. Lucia Red Cross celebrates 70 years of existence under the theme 70 years of commitment to humanity. Each year, the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies use the day to highlight the unique role of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in their countries. The National Society launched a calendar of activities to celebrate this milestone with a church service and rally. Marva Edward O'Culier is the Communications Officer at the St. Lucia Red Cross Society. Our journey, although it is 70 years, but given where we are at in this National Society, it is just the beginning and we know there is a lot more that we can do for St. Lucia and we will continue to do to have St. Lucia to protect its health, to support those most vulnerable and to continue to share the work of Ori Duna, our founding father. Eubart Pier, President of the St. Lucia Red Cross Society, stated that the society is continuously growing and stronger than ever before. And there is determination and I know the St. Lucia Red Cross is here to stay and the St. Lucia Red Cross will continue to be auxiliary to the government and they'll do all in their power to ensure that there's a level of safety and there's a level of the strength of health. We're going to work for community continually to make sure that we do the dent. We have entered an area which we didn't before and that was the ambulance service and now it has mushroomed into such that there's a greater demand upon us to continue with the ambulance service. This we are going to do, we are seeking to establish a view for the branch by putting on a building which we hope to open in October. On Wednesday, May 8th, 2019, the contributions of the St. Lucia Red Cross were showcased at an open house at the Red Cross headquarters where individuals got an opportunity to get discounts on first aid and CPR training. From the government information service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. And stay with the NTN Nightly. Up next, Primus Hutchinson is here with the NTN Nouvelle-Arcuello. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle-Arcuello. Mr. Utter Nicheur, Mr. Madame de Patemakini, West Coast Ability for information on government services, GIS, Assembly and National Television, PIA NTN, Caposito Nouvelle-Arcuello, Presito Primus Hutchinson. For all of you who have been through the disease and the SARS-CoV-2, I would also like to congratulate you on what I have done since the implementation in 2017. I would also like to thank the School of Medicine who took care of this disease in London to visit this place to make an assessment of the committee that I have done on the operation of this disease. The technical consultant of this program, Dr. Kovar Baskaran, is pleased with the program to address the problem of the disease caused by the disease. It worked well in this place. He also said that it was possible to discuss the steps that I have taken to deliver services to address the problem of the disease. Dr. Baskaran also said that he had discussions with the Department of Health and that his medical officer could strengthen the capacity of the government to ensure that the entire West Coast is well-off. I also discussed the Department of Health and that it was necessary to review services to treat this disease. The Medical Officer of this place, Dr. Sharon Belmer George, said that he would like to discuss the opportunity to prepare his own medical director for the treatment of this disease. He also said that he was satisfied with the program and that he would also like to provide a new service to the public. He also said that he would like to advance the plan and that he would also like to know that he would like to provide assistance to all the people who need assistance. The specter of the Jazz Lannisala who is organized by the Jazz Lincoln Center has also received congratulations on the pleasure of publishing in regional and international. This is the Jazz Lincoln Center which is an institution that has a goal to present a pleasure facility for the media to bring the Jazz Festival to play. This means that the Jazz Lincoln Center provides quality publicity to the media for tourist activities to bring 25 journalists to the Jazz Lincoln Center which will be held next week. These journalists will be able to present the big publications in Canada, England, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Trinidad. This means that the media will have the opportunity to assist the spectators to interview the audience and the artists and to visit Equable Tape here. Officially, we welcome the association of the Cheneyons, Guant, Afe, and Hotel Coco Parme for the latest media. These journalists will have the opportunity to invite the artists from Russell Hall and Baila Project and also the MAM association of the specter of the Jazz Lincoln Center to present the specter of the Jazz Lincoln Center for the latest media. This means that the Cheneyons will be held on the 12th of March in Shangri-Là in Montreal and will be held next week and you can see theoman here at the event. The association of the Production of One with Ludbro tradition in Karebla, also the Cheneyons will also have the opportunity sector-to-stake payers. According to the Greek government association, warm is the best agricultural product in the UK that has contributed to more than $300 million to the economy in June. The Ministry of Tourism, Dominic Fede, promises to continue its own government for the sector-to-stake payers. On the other hand, there are more than 40 million foreigners every year. The Ministry of Commerce and Business has offered support to produce warm in Kare-B-Lah to advance the competition between the two countries, Director-General for St. Richard's-Stay-Las I would like to declare that we have discussed with Lot C.J. to increase the production and to ensure that these warm will find all the treatments that are necessary in Kare-B-Lah. Madam, if we are talking about new products, I would like to give you a little advice. I would be very happy if you can trust me on your decision about the new products that will help you finish the competition and be successful. Minister Opel promises and here's a look at what's happening to us weather-wise. Winds will be blowing from the East near 18 miles per hour or 30 kilometers per hour. pressure system will maintain a moderate easterly wind flow across the eastern Caribbean over the next few days. A weak low-level trough will bring some cloudy period with showers mainly over the southern windward islands during the next 24 hours. The tide for Cast Rezaba was high at 3.24pm and will be low again at 8.16pm. The tide for V4 Bay was high at 4.31pm and will be high at 9.43pm. The seas slide to moderate with waves 4 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 meters. The sun will rise Saturday at 5.36am.