 Coming to you from our GIS Studios, I am Anisia Antoine and this is your Monday News Brief. Education District 1 collaborated with the Parliamentary Representative for Babono Honourably Zikal Joseph to host the 2019 edition of Academic Awards. The ceremony honoured students from all schools within the Babono constituency who excelled in the 2019 Common Entrance Examination. Students who scored above 75% received a $200 gift voucher and the top performance students from each school received a laptop. Syrah Seepal, District 1 Education Officer, congratulated the students on their performance in the 2019 Common Entrance Examination. Parliamentary Representative for Babono Honourably Zikal Joseph commended the Boji's combined school for achieving second place ranking in the 2019 Examination. Honourably Zikal Joseph encouraged the district office, principals and teachers to continue the rewarding work being done with the students in the District 1. The Academic Awards ceremony took place on Wednesday, September 25th at the Babono Multiple Purpose Centre. The St. Lucia Air and Seaports Authority slasper officially closed the curtains of its inaugural port showcase on September 25th, 2019 at the Haber Club Hotel, official home of Slasper Port Showcase. Under the theme The Promenade of Port Connectivity, this event was the first of its kind for Slasper, St. Lucia and the Region. The historic event aimed to promote community, connectivity, convergence, build relationships with customers, partners and stakeholders within the Air and Seaport community and inspire students and aspiring entrepreneurs to pursue Air and Seaport-related careers and avenues. The Port Showcase saw enlightening panel discussions with 15 featured speakers ranging from tourism specialists, industry executives, management specialists and aviation industry leaders who brought talks that extended from St. Lucia's cruise tourism industry creating a safer environment, operating a multiple-purpose use port, air cargo services and master planning of the new UNORA International Airport. In a move to forge a closer relationship with the community and consumers at large, agriculture leaders in partnership with the Taiwanese Embassy has initiated a series of events which will serve to build interest in our locally produced food, the people who grow them and the needs of the consumers who buy our food. This forms part of the newly initiated import substitution project which focuses efforts on increased production of seven cash crops which is believed to assist in the Ministry of Agriculture strategy to reduce the national food import bill. This has been your media news brief. Thank you for watching.