 Welcome to the NTN Nightly. I'm Nisha Charles. This edition stops stories. The National Emergency Response Plan will be tested Thursday with a major tsunami simulation exercise. Saint Lucia students get a bird's-eye view of career choices in the aviation industry. One of the island's most prolific writers turns a page for Independence 14. All that is the latest in youth development, sports, and the NTN Nouvelle Arquéon. Saint Lucia will join other countries in the Caribbean and Latin America as a participant in a regional tsunami response exercise on Thursday, March 14, 2019, dubbed Carb Wave 19. The exercise presents a perfect opportunity for testing and to improve our state of readiness and to evaluate local tsunami response plans, increase tsunami awareness and preparedness, and improve response coordination throughout the Caribbean and adjacent regions. The NTN Nouvelle has details of the simulation. The purpose of the exercise is to improve the tsunami warning system's effectiveness along the coasts of the Caribbean and adjacent regions. The exercise provides an opportunity for the corresponding emergency management organizations to exercise their operational lines of communications, review their tsunami response procedures, and promote tsunami preparedness. National Emergency Management Organization NEMOS Program Development Officer Andrew George highlights the importance of the drill. What is happening is that the exercise is also simulating an earthquake followed by the volcanic eruption of the Kikumjani volcano of Grenada. That underwater volcano also has been erupting quite often in the past few years. Between this burst of earthquakes around the islands and the heightened activity of Kikumjani, we as the emergency management offices in the Caribbean have to take a closer look at what is happening to ensure that there is as much exercising as possible of our systems and our protocols to ensure that any operational strength or weakness is identified early. The exercise is going to look at what happens if there is an underwater eruption of Grenada which creates a tsunami which is going to arrive in castries in 22 minutes, which leaves us with only 22 minutes to basically evacuate the entire castries basin where we have literally thousands of persons on a daily basis who live and work near the ocean. The first phase of the simulation will see the evacuation of several primary and infant schools in the castries basin. The second phase will be the testing of the country's early warning systems, namely automated sirens in castries and canaries, radio broadcast interrupt capability and provision of early warnings through a mobile phone application. The third phase will be done in canaries where two schools, interested businesses and residents will be evacuated to predetermined evacuation and assembly points. George indicates that NIMO will be collaborating with the Department of Education and Innovation to initiate the full-scale evacuation drill involving several schools in the chosen area. Carrie Wave has given us that opportunity to test all our systems and we're going to be testing it in three components. The first component is the castries basin and evacuating eight schools in castries. There's from the IOC, Infant and Primary, Anglican, the Avril Maria, Cumaine Henry and some of those. So those schools we felt we need to look at some of the issues because they are closer to the water. The second component is to test a community, a coastal community of chosen canaries as that coastal community too because canaries is located in a valley which allows the tsunami to run, the run of some tsunamis in those valleys will be even higher. So we've looked at canaries as the place to try this year we should evacuate two of the Infant and Primary and the Preschool. And the third component is where we're going to be testing our early-warning systems. We have installed multi-hazard early-warning systems in canaries, castries, denry and V4. So we're going to test the ones in castries which is the siren. NIMO indicates that the regular exercising of response plans is critical to maintain readiness for an emergency. This is particularly true for the Caribbean and adjacent regions where tsunamis are infrequent but can be of very high impact. The exercise will take place on the 14th of March 2019 at 2 o'clock under the scenario that a 6.0 magnitude earthquake associated with an underwater volcanic eruption and subsequent collapse of an unstable sector of kick-and-genny that generates a tsunami. For the Government Information Service, I am General Norville. A recognition and prize-giving ceremony for those who made the inaugural Independence Parade a success was held Monday. Here's Anissa Antwine. St. Lucia celebrated its 40th Independence Anniversary in Grand Style under the theme, All In, Our Journey, Our Future. Several activities were held to commemorate the milestone including an Independence Parade, the St. Lucia's story production and the Mistan Misses Independence Competitions. St. Lucia's artists also got a chance to showcase their talent through a song competition. The Independence Committee hosted a prize-giving ceremony to award participants of the various competitions. Sonia Sifle, member of the Independence Committee, expressed her satisfaction with the level of participation and the quality produced. From all indications, everyone was pleased with it. I really want to thank all the participants who we know it was something new when the idea was pitched at you to take part in it. And for those who readily took part, I really want to thank you. Those who had some questions to ask, again we want to thank you. By the time we got started looking at videos and seeing the videos, to say we were pleased with the quality of the songs is really an understatement. It really showed that St. Lucia's rose to the occasion of all-in and really embraced all-in. Amongst the emerging winners with the Silver Shadow Performing Arts Academy with the titles of Most Impressive Contingent and Most Innovative Design, the Hell and Folk Dancers for the Best Interpretation of the Independence Theme and Minnell Dailies, first place winner of the song competition. Suzette Merrill, assistant producer of the Independence Parade expressed gratitude to the people of St. Lucia on behalf of Adrian Oje, the producer of the St. Lucia story and the Independence Parade. It has been a singular honour and a unique privilege to have been invited to produce two signature events to mark the 40th anniversary of our country's independence. Despite the roller coaster ride, we remain thankful for those who considered as worthy of this mission and trust that we have not fallen short of the expectations. The Independence Prize-Given Ceremony to place at the GIS Studios on Monday, 11th of March, 2019. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. St. Lucia is among the islands chosen by International Air Rally, an aviation organisation for one of its major activities for the year, with the hope that students would gravitate towards the aviation industry. Lisa Joseph explains. The curious minds of St. Lucia's students were captured by the fascinating world of aviation as professionals associated with the International Air Rally descended on the island as part of its Caribbean Air Rally 2019. The International Air Rally each year organises travel events for members. They engage in activities that not only explore the authentic beauty and essence of the destinations, but allow members to immerse in local cultures. It is against that backdrop that the Caribbean Air Rally took flight in 2010. This year's event is being held March 4 to the 15. On Sunday, March 10, local aviation and tourism officials welcomed the International Air Contingent. For St. Lucia, the arrival was significant, given the educational component attached to the International Air Rally via its charity wing, Aviation Connection. The organisation runs an aeronautical training programme for high school students that began in Quebec, Canada, with the expressed intent of staring the youth towards careers in aviation to avoid a crash of the industry. Catherine Tobinath is the managing director. We have a serious lack of pilot and aviation specialists and this is so dangerous because countries cannot survive without aviation. I heard a lot of pilots actually going to fly in Dubai and Arabic countries because they get a lot of money there. But what are we going to do when we don't have pilots, right? So there's going to be a big challenge. The Senousha Tourism Authority, SLTA, was instrumental in facilitating the local leg of the Caribbean Air Rally. Acting Chief Executive Officer Tiffany Howard says doing so went above and beyond the mandate of promoting St. Lucia as a destination. And as I look out on these young faces from our schools and realise that amongst us are tomorrow's aviators. And with one word of encouragement from many of you, they can begin to dream of a world where they too are the captains of flying the friendly skies. So we want to inspire them, coach them, encourage them and be a part of helping them to make history as well while teaching them the importance of safety and preparedness. Chief Civil Aviation Officer in the Department of Economic Affairs, Transport and Civil Aviation, Yusta Sherry, says the air rally covers three pillars, namely tourism, air transportation and education. Sherry underscored the importance of the appreciation for aviation the event develops amongst students. Whether it be being a pilot or a traffic controller, aircraft mechanic, airport management, meteorology and the list goes on. There are so many areas in aviation that these kids can actually venture into. And I'm sure that at some point after interacting with pilots and then again with the ministry they'll be able to make decisions in terms of the career development. Teacher at St. Mary's College, Shona E-Frame, echoed the sentiment adding that the air rally brings to life concepts simply taught in the classroom. Concepts such as altitude, Coriolis effect, updraft, currents, air passes, etc. and to expose them to an authentic experience with persons who experience it on a day to day basis. The wealth of knowledge that you will expose our students to is far beyond what we can expose them within the classroom. The students spend valuable time interacting with the visiting aviators. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reporting. And this is the NTN Nightly coming up, the latest happenings in youth and sports with Ryan O'Brien. Hypertension is a deadly disease that is common in St. Lucia. We depend on blood pressure monitors to determine if our blood pressure is too high or too low. Should a reading on these measuring devices being correct, we are literally putting our lives at risk. Doctors, caregivers and patients, catch your blood pressure meters verified by the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards to ensure the accuracy of measuring devices. Look for a green pass sticker on the blood pressure meter at your next visit to the doctor. The correct reading can mean the difference between life and death. For more information, contact the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards at 456-0546 or email SLBS at candw.lc or visit the website at www.slbs.org.lc St. Lucia Bureau of Standards, making quality and standards our way of life. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Hello once again. Ryan O'Brien with news from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports on the NTN Nightly News. The Ministry of Youth Development and Sports will be launching the youth mentorship program at the Coconut Bay Resort and Spa on Friday, March 15, 2019 from 10 o'clock to 12.30 p.m. The mentorship program is being funded by the National Lottery's Authority to the tune of $100,000 and targets secondary schools in NICU, VFOR and Schroeserl. The purpose is to outline a youth mentoring program as a key approach to promote positive growth, such as character development, improve mental health and self-esteem, improve academic achievement and to prevent engagement in at-risk behavior, substance abuse, problematic behavior among youth in St. Lucia. This project is designed to be conducted at the community level, engaging adult mentors from various backgrounds, including community leaders, professionals, clergy, educators, police officers and other community volunteers. The program will be implemented in two phases across 11 districts across the island. Still in matters related to youth development, Director of Youth Mary Wilfred feels the recent report on adolescents in St. Lucia will influence future policies and programs for youth and adolescents in St. Lucia. This report really gives us a very good perspective of what is needed to address some of the issues in education, in employment, in youth and sexual health, issues of physical violence against young people. When we present our proposals, we can come with the authority of the report and hopefully convince the Ministry of Finance and the Department of Budget that based on what we've found, based on the findings of the report, that we would need X amounts of resources to address this issue that concerns young people in St. Lucia. Track and field into crunch time. In the school's technical meeting, set for Wednesday, March 13th at the Ministry's conference room. Southern qualifier, March 18th and 19th at the George Audlam Stadium. Northern qualifier, March 21st and 22nd at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground. Inter-district primary technical meeting, March 26th, 2019 at the Ministry's conference room. The inter-school semifinals and finals, set for March 27th and 29th and the Inter-district primary athletic championships, April 3rd, 2019. That's our update from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports today. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks, Ryan. St. Lucian writer John Robert Lee is making his contribution to the island's 40th Independence Anniversary. His most recent publication, St. Lucian Writers and Writing, is a bibliography, a list of published works of St. Lucian Writers, including poetry, prose, fiction, non-fiction and short stories. The book is published by Papallot Press, based in London and Dominica. What I went for was to make it just an index of published works up to 2018 and 2019, and include a listing of background reading for people who want to know who inspired, what inspired St. Lucian Writers. So that is it. Plus it's a nice handy size to put in your bag as a student. Just stick this in your post to your bag and you're good to go. So it can be arduous because bibliography have to go to libraries and bookshops, search the net for books by St. Lucian's about St. Lucian, make a listing of that and type it all up and edit it. It can be, but it's a necessary task for us. We need to have like a directory, a listing of the accomplishments of the works of our people. In this case it's works of a writer. Lee says the book can be considered a research tool for students and researchers, but can also be used to discover the cultural history of St. Lucia. There are many people outside of St. Lucia because of their co-op that are interested in St. Lucia's writers, and so on, and so they will find this interesting. I hope the writers will in fact take a look at it so they can know, especially the younger writers, what's the tradition they're fitting into, who has gone before them, who are even their own contemporaries. And if themselves have published a book, they should find their book there. So it will not be a first interest to writers. I would hope St. Lucia writers. But researchers of our literature from St. Lucia, university students, researchers from all over the world come here to research work and others. So they will find this very useful, very useful research tool. The book is available at 758 books at the Gabor Woods Mall and also online from Papillot Press or Amazon. And stay with the NTA Nightly. Up next, Primus Hutchinson is here with the NTA Nouvel Arquéol. When persons with TB sneeze or cough, healthy persons nearby breathe in the droplets and the bacteria can lodge in their lungs. People with weakened immune systems such as HIV AIDS, alcohol and drug users, smokers, children and the elderly are most susceptible. Persons with a cough should take precautions when in contact with persons in public places. Cover your mouth when sneezing and coughing. Visit your doctor or health center. You must complete your treatment. TB can be cured even with HIV. Be responsible. Health stop the spread of TB and HIV. Protect yourself and others. Welcome back. We are now in Primus Hutchinson for the NTA Nouvel Arquéol. Celebration is important because it is a place of pleasure with a lot of love that comes together in the same way as Adam according to Madame Simphorium. It is a language that is rooted in French. Correspondents also declare that without celebration there is no publicity for the French organization for example the Peace. It is a culture that exists in its own language. French language is education, research and development of corporations and to entertain development not to destroy natural resources. I have organized several activities of language and culture among which is a show to amuse people by making amusements in a diverse way, in a diverse way and in a diverse way. Finally, there is a circus in English. It is a French department that organized a circus show. There is also a show called Teyat in French. It is a show that is a show that is a show that is a show that is a show. It is a show that is a show that leads to third階 in life with French residents who can think of situations in good conditions in a succeed way It is also a show that is a show that is a show that is a show that is a show for the non-media. For example, the office officers asked if they could use the news in their time, mainly to teach the non-media in the way to explain the different terms that the non-media could use to make the non-media understand the information more easily. The officers asked if they could develop a program and re-george. They asked if they could develop a program that would allow the non-media to use the news in their time. The officers asked if they could develop a program that would allow the non-media to use the news in their time. The non-media could not use the news in the public to understand the different terms that the non-media could use to make the non-media understand the different terms that the non-media can use in their time. That is why the non-media could use the media and use the news in their time. The non-media could not use the news information as soon as I say my G.I.S. that's the Department of Information Government who have no responsibility to pay the other media away. I think it's not possible to control the social media because the media has to do as I say and I think it's not possible to control the social media That's the Department of Information Government who have no responsibility to pay the other media because the Press that have no responsibility to pay the other media because the media has to do as I say that's the Department of Information Government I would like to advise the public to take more care of the water, because it is very important for them to take care of it. We have been away from the market for weeks without eating, but we have been doing a lot of water. And water is a wish that has come most important. And that has been perceived as a very important water. But because of the water, because of the climate change, the climate change that has changed, we cannot do anything to preserve the water. Even though the department is far away, we cannot do anything to preserve the water. But we all, because the way we serve water is very important. We cannot do anything to preserve the water, because we cannot do anything to preserve the water. But even though we do not take care of the water, we can serve it in the way we serve the water. We can serve it to clean the water. We can do it in the toilet. We have a lot of work to do and we have to find a way to preserve the water. This country has a lot of associations. This is Lissy, this is Versailles, La Grunade, Dominique, BVI, Kimman Islands, Antigue, Montserrat, Texas, Cakers, and Babad. That's all the news we have today. I would like to thank you so much for your invitation. I would like to thank all of you for your invitation. The tide for V4 Bay was high at 3.14pm and it will be low again at 9.31pm. The sea is moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 meters. The sun will rise Wednesday at 6.13am. 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 Saint Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Nisha Charles. See you next time!