 Coming to you from our GIS studios, I am General Novel and this is your Mayday News Brief. Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Chastney is currently attending the fourth sitting of the OECS Assembly at the Parliament Building in St John's and Tigian Barbuda. The session will include statements on the occasion of its accession to the revised Treaty of Bastia by Guadalupe and on the election of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations Security Council. Heads of government of the OECS are expected to receive updates from member states on recovery efforts and delivery of aid pledges in aftermath of Hurricane Oma. Discussions will include climate change action in the OECS and the risking in the region and the potential loss of correspondent banking relation. In the Prime Minister's Absent Minister for Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment Honourable Leonard Montrute serves as acting Prime Minister. The third annual St. Lucia Roots and Soul is slated for the 23rd to the 25th August 2019. The St. Lucia Tourism Authority SLTA is looking forward to the festival and the diverse offerings from the lineup that it presents. St. Lucia Roots and Soul will kick off on Friday, August 23 and the new indoor venue The Ramp on Rodney Bay from 8.30pm with a night of spoken word and music showcasing St. Lucia's born poet, performer, educator and double recipient of St. Lucia's Outstanding Youth in Literary and Performing Arts Awards, Kamaya Lizette. Day 2 of the festival moves to the historic Pigeon Island National Landmark at 6pm and will feature homegrown folk rock band Skip Monday, opening for the flamboyant British pop star Lee John. The final day of the festival will also be staged at the Pigeon Island National Landmark, starting at 4pm. The event will kick off with St. Lucia's Canadian Jazz and R&B Ballardair, the young, refreshingly pure yet soulful Zamani, who will pave the way for St. Lucia's show-in-dupe Brice. The curtains will come down on the third annual St. Lucia Roots and Soul, with thrilling performances by R&B duo Genuine and Grammy Award winner, Maya, ahead of the headline out to UB40, featuring Ali Campbell and Astro. Tickets for the third annual St. Lucia Roots and Soul Festival will go on sale on Wednesday June 19, 2019. In keeping with changes in international oil prices and government's application of the modified market pass-through petroleum pricing mechanism, the retail price of gasoline remains unchanged at $13.95 per gallon. The gasoline increased from $8.51 to $8.76 per gallon. Diesel decreased from $13.95 to $13.81 per gallon. The 20-pound LPG cylinder decreased from $32.38 to $32.23. The 22-pound cylinder decreased from $35.95 to $35.73 and the 100-pound cylinder decreased from $205.75 to $204.95. The next adjustment of the retail price of fuel products will be on Monday, July 8, 2019. That's all for the midday news brief. Thanks for tuning in.