 Coming to you from our GIS Studios, I am Inesia Antoine and this is your media news brief. Members of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force who served in the original security system were honored for their involvement in the relief efforts towards Dominica Post-Hurricane Maria. The honorees served in the RSS during the operational period of September 12th to December 27th, 2017. Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Nr. Ireland Shastney was on hand to present the original security medals to their respective officers. Severin Morsheri, Commissioner of Police, expressed gratitude to the original security system for the support rendered to the officers during the operational period. He noted that six officers have also joined the RSS to provide assistance to the Bahamas. The Government of Saint Lucia has placed citizen safety high on its medium-term development agenda as it seeks to reduce serious crimes by 45% by 2022. Part of the approach is to focus on better policing, which ultimately includes more officers. The Government of Saint Lucia's crime reduction strategy has been bolstered with the injection of 14 new special reserve constables. Prime Minister Nr. Ireland Shastney on Friday, September 20th, addressed the graduating class of special reserve officers and said that the Royals in Lucia Police Force has responded positively to the changes. It is intended that the 40 special reserve officers will be assigned to key hotspot areas including castries, meekwood, dewfort and souffle. The initial training exercise lasted three weeks. The Organization of American States met in Barbados on the 18th to the 20th of September 2019 to deliberate on strengthening the creative economy and culture sector with the aim at repositioning the culture sector to secure sustainable development. The forum discussed measuring the culture sector's contribution with the use of cultural data and the cultural satellite accounts, enhancing the capacity of business and enterprises in the creative economy to greater financial and technical support, and safeguarding cultural heritage by developing intersectorial linkages for sustainable economic growth. The forum was timely for Saint Lucia as the Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries prepares to revise its national cultural policy and look into measuring the impact of tourism, culture and creative industries on the economy. Saint Lucia was represented by Honourable Fortuner Bell Rose, Minister for Culture and Creative Industries and a Ms. Donaline Viterch, Human and Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries. This has been your media news break. Thank you for watching.