 Welcome to NTN Nightly. I am General Norville. This edition stops stories. Saint Lucia Distillers displays confidence in the economy with a $30 million expansion project. The Unthink Thought Festival examines the applied theories of Sir Arthur Lewis and meet the winners of the World Forest and Water Day competition. Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Chastney has hailed a multi-million dollar expansion project by Saint Lucia Distillers as a clear indication of the resilience of the local private sector and the island by extension. Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the new facility, Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Chastney stated that the occasion offered an opportunity to take a pause and reflect on the impact of COVID-19, not just on a personal level but on the business community and the country. Noting the positive strides taken since the pandemic, the Prime Minister indicated that one should look forward to the future with optimism. Honourable Chastney welcomed the US $30 million expansion describing the project as appealing. The journey started many years before I know you came to Saint Lucia but we're very happy that you decided in 2016 to make Saint Lucia part of your history. And I want to thank you personally that despite what was going on with COVID and the clear reflection that many people must make in terms of do I continue to invest? I continue to achieve the levels of excellence that I saw in your facilities in Martinique and continue that journey here in Saint Lucia. And I want you to know that I'm certainly not one person. I am one person who does not take your commitment and your continuation for granted. I want to thank you very, very much. Noting the timeliness of the project, the Prime Minister explained its impact across the sectors. He added that given the direction in which the country is moving, there are significant benefits to be had. This project is special for Saint Lucia because it crosses three very important sectors. Agro processing and I know that we're starting to plant back some sugarcane and that's a very good sign. Manufacturing in terms of processing and then tourism. And then underlying those three things are two very separate markets. Our domestic market and what we call OECS and CARACON as well as the international market and our tourism market. And this is our journey. This is what Saint Lucia has recognized that in order for us to reach the economies of scale to succeed on a global basis, we must blend those three components. Honourable Shasne announced plans to take advantage of the waste from the distilling process. This he said will benefit not just the company but the island as a whole. And I have recognized that there is a substantial part of your input that is going to waste and that is the energy that you're creating from the distilling process to begin with. I was very heartened to see that Barbados recently announced that it reached an agreement with its electricity company. That electricity company now will be focusing on the distribution of electricity and no longer on the production of electricity. What does that mean for manufacturers? So all of a sudden an output of your manufacturing process that is going to waste not only potentially can supply the energy for your plant but also to be able to supply a cheaper source of energy into our own network. And until we're able to cross that hurdle, we genuinely will not be successful to the extent that we are. So a valuable input is the energy that is locally produced here and it needs to be part of your process. I assure you sir that my government continues to work to make sure that we can follow suit with what's taking place in Barbados and hopefully very soon you will also be able to now benefit from being able to provide your own energy as well as selling energy into our grid. Other manufacturers and plant operators will also be able to benefit from this initiative. The legislation to support the move the Prime Minister explained is underway. Prime Minister of the Honourable Alan Chastney reaffirmed the government's commitment to creating a facilitating environment where all sectors are able to thrive. The life and work of Sir Arthur Lewis is being celebrated by the institution named after St. Lucia's first Nobel laureate. Sir Arthur Lewis received the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979. On Tuesday 15th June, the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College hosted what it dubbed the Unthink Thought Festival which discussed the economic theories posited by Sir Arthur Lewis. How many more reports? The Sir Arthur Lewis Community College successfully hosted the Unthink Festival on 15th June 2021. The thought festival aimed to promote regionalism and global competitiveness in the Caribbean. The Unthink Festival was held in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the passing of Sir Arthur Lewis. The virtual event consisted of a series of panel discussions including an open session which focused on Caribbean futures. So the key point is that to encourage the region to think forward but also for developing countries as a whole. That's what the pandemic tells us that we need to do now. And that's why we constructed the idea of the Unthink Thought Festival. We've brought together a stellar cast of thought leaders from around the world and from within the region. And we are hoping that the audience will be delighted by their key provocations today. The topic of particular importance discussed by the presenters was the significance of regional integration to the group of the Caribbean nations. Professor Avinash Basad, Chairman of the Karakam Commission on the Economy, highlighted a shift in the regional development over the years. Back in Sir Arthur's day, we were the fastest growing region, developmentally one of the most successful by the 1960s, 70s and 80s. And then something happened, then we seem to get stuck. Now we are one of the slowest growing regions in the world. And all the consequences that lead from slow growth, we've become as a result of slow growth, one of the highest indebted regions in the world. Highly indebted, slow growing. We are giving up many of the gains and social economic gains and development gains that we have made earlier. Jonathan Joannes is the managing director of First National Bank. He encouraged participation among countries to attain regional growth. I think if we take the time out to realize how powerful collaboration is as opposed to competition, we will see how the sharing of best practices makes each country, each bank, each business, each citizen a lot better and a lot stronger. The sharing of assets to benefit all, knowledge transfer and forming consortia where we can. I know we have this deep yearning to remain independent and to maintain our identity. And believe you me, the journey to form the consortia to acquire RBC was struck with this idea of remaining indigenous and keeping our own unique identities. But there are mechanisms that allow us to be independent and cooperate as though we are one. Other topics explored during the Sao Paulo's Unthink Festival included climate action, fourth industrial revolution, creative futures and youth and social entrepreneurship. From the Government Information Service, I'm Humedy Mark. Regional law enforcement is encouraging communities to establish neighborhood watch programs and parents to be more involved in their children's lives to reduce the potential for deviant behavior. This call to action came out of a regional community policing panel discussion hosted by the Royal St. Lucia Police Force from the GIS Studios, featuring virtual presentations from the Belize Police Department and Acting Inspector Roland Kobler of the Royal Barbados Police Force. Referencing alarming rates of violence in schools across the Caribbean, Acting Inspector Kobler explained the risk factors associated with deviant behavior among school-aged children. He suggests methods that parents can utilize in dealing with their children to avoid such outcomes. These include modeling the appropriate behavior each and every time as I said before and I'll say again, children mimic what they see. Of course, observe children carefully for troubling behaviors. Once you pay attention to your children, then you will see when they are deviation from that expected behavior and then you'll be able to identify troubling behaviors and try to give early interventions into situations as they arise. Of course, take an active role in your children's education. Encourage them to go to school and learn. Encourage them to desist from getting involved in violence or any activity that will disrupt them from getting a strong education. Yet to know your children's friends and family is very important that we know as parents who our children are spending time with. It places the goal and the company that they are keeping. And of course, you need to monitor and supervise our children. It's important that we monitor them and have an understanding of their internet use. Of course, you need to check their bedroom because there may be times where they'll be struggling with issues of bullying. But because we're not monitoring and supervising, they may take a little weapon from home and then hence violence at school will occur. And of course, you also have to look for scenes of other paraphernalia such as the use of illegal drugs. And being constantly monitoring and supervising our children will play a critical role in reducing some of the liquid and violence behavior experienced in our schools. At the community level, Inspector Zenubio Cook from the Belize Police Department illustrated the significance of a neighborhood watch group to deter crime and violence, enhance the quality of life and improve relations among neighbors. Firstly, we want to recruit and organize as many neighbors as possible. We want to walk into the neighborhood and organize. Let us schedule a meeting, very, very important. Also discuss community concern and develop an action plan. And again, whenever we have our meeting, those who are not privy to attend the meeting, they can actually get the information by way of being a part of the WhatsApp group and other means of communication. But definitely it is very important to share this information. That was Inspector Zenubio Cook of the Belize Police Department. The regional community policing panel discussion is airing throughout this month for an NTN and can also be viewed on the Government of St. Lucia Facebook page and YouTube channel. The Department of Forestry held a prize-giving ceremony for the winners of the World Forest and Water Day competition. The Facebook photo competition was held in conjunction with World Water Day and World Forest Day 2021 celebrations and formed part of an effort to raise awareness of the importance of protecting our natural resources. To qualify for the competition, persons were required to photograph themselves in an ecosystem and give a brief description of how it contributes to their life. Chief Forestry officer Oluin Donnelly highlighted the role these activities play in raising awareness of the increase in deforestation as well as contamination of our natural resources. He commended the participants on the involvement in safeguarding St. Lucia's ecosystems. The forest is not only there for our survival. We don't exist in isolation of the wildlife, the other resources that depend on the forest. We all form that network where we depend on each other within that brother ecosystem. So the wildlife as well, they depend on the forest and sometimes when we destroy the forest, we destroy wildlife and ultimately we would be destroying ourselves. Director of the Water Resources Management Agency Jason Ernest encouraged the participants to continue their efforts in sanitizing the public on the importance of protecting our natural resources. I also see you guys as being ambassadors, so for your households, for your family, friends and for your communities to spread the message that we need to continue to protect our resource because it is very finite in St. Lucia. It's limited and we should be aware of that. We realize that right now you see that there's a lot of indiscriminate dumping of waste and refuse into our water systems and this is where our water supply comes from. So this is very critical that we protect it. World Forest Day and World Water Day is two of the days where we can look to raise the awareness and sensitize persons as to the importance of what is going on. A first and second place winner was chosen from both the north and south of the island resulting in four winners total. The winners of the World Forest and Water Day competition were awarded prizes that included Samsung tablets and cell phones sponsored by the Southeast Coast Project. From the communications unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. This is NTN Nightly. Up next, Primers Hutchingson with the NTN Reveille of New York. Welcome back. We join Primers Hutchingson for the NTN Reveille of New York. Thank you very much, General. Thank you to the University Department for the information on Government Settlement GIS on the National Television of the NTN Reveille of New York, Primers Hutchingson. Come in la guerre, Empowers Babono, enchimé, pour trouver l'école première, nouveau. Sa enchimé de réalité comme la tenue et en cérémonie, pour marcher officiellement placement pour bâtir l'institution de l'éducation Nef Salat. Projet assayant qui a coûté 7.6 million dollars à bas finance gouvernement Settlement GIS égocie bag des affaires de développement caribable à CDB qui a supporté construction Salat. Nécol Nefs, la Pounifie et Gasson, sa c'est l'école Pounifie et Gasson, en la guerre, qui a une grande chambre à terre et qui a un haut-gouillon qui a coûté qui a éporté 4 chambres pour le son. Il a gagné un bibliothèque, il a un laboratoire pour étudier le computer, qui a une chambre pour le son de musique avec ses chambres à terre qui a éporté 4 séparations pour le son, il a une chambre pour les étudiants posés, une chambre pour les institutaires, il a une étudiante à l'école et un bureau pour le principal de l'école la même. Il a une chambre pour un ballet à l'école, pour éviter un maximum de chambres pour l'éducation de l'éducation de l'école. On s'adresse au sérémonie à un premier ministre de l'Éducation. Alain Chassner a déclaré qu'il n'y a pas besoin de l'éducation c'est pour y nécessaire, pour y donner toutes ces facilités qui sont idéaux pour faire, pour goer et cacher les couilles eux-mêmes. Premier ministre Chassner a renforcé l'importance aussi pour les institutaires et les capacitaires pour étudier ces étudiants en façon de direction, de technologie. Excellent Premier ministre Chassner. C'est une situation qui c'est qu'on lavé la main, si cet étudiant l'école a pas ni capacité et capacité de technologie pour instruire ces étudiants. C'est pour raison que tout le genre et que ce soit étudiant en face au salar. Construction l'école a été un huit temps à aux auteurs de Cyclone Thomas qui devalusait plusieurs écoles. Et par conséquence, finesse qu'il était déjà en place pour bâtir l'école tenue pour servir plus tôt, pour rencheser l'école au salar. Minister d'affaires à l'éducation, Dr. Gil Rigobo Dickey, l'École de la guerre qui a ni capacité pour pas seulement résister pour Cyclone mais aussi pour embrasser de l'éducation qui a amé ces genres-là et puis toute la capacité s'éveille pour prendre l'avantage de l'éducation qui a existé présentement. Vos positifs, à qui parlez-moi, pour Paris Babon, on va abuser Kiel Joseph. Merci à ses parents en commun la guerre pour l'éducation, mais aussi conseillers pour toujours supporter et engager en activité l'école-là. Il m'a dit que pour supporter ses institutaires à façon pour aider ces programmes qui caillent l'école-là et pour faire ici, c'est à tout clair. Gwek, ça c'est Gwek pour Company Construction and Industrial Equipment Limited qui a bâti l'école-salar, ça c'est Reno Kajada. Fécur point qui, la plière, qui a posé un type of blame pour qu'il n'y ait pas huit ans et pour qu'il n'y ait pas huit ans pour sa vitesse pour finir pour le salar. Des lotes l'école qui a trouvé bénéfice à bâtir le salar pour aider à renforcer capacité d'éducation, ces institutions. Ça c'est Produce Construction Services Limited, CEContois, pour bâtir les chambres-nefs à l'école Methodist, Gordon and Walkout Memorial qui a coûté 6.6 million dollars à construction and industrial equipment limited qui a bâti on aussi à l'école Première Vit Bouteille qui a coûté 4.6 million dollars. Les cultivataires et les femmes à payer j'ai trouvé conseils pour faire ce qu'ils ont établi en place pour protéger les produits qui j'aient m'attréter avant un cyclone passé. C'est Chef Officier d'Extension qui a conseillé eux pour faire ça. C'est donc Monsieur Communual Jebatis. Il tout est nécessaire pour ces femmes à protéger les produits et bien d'un wé qui j'aie bon pour écolter si la nuit un cyclone. Chef Officier d'Extension qui s'est fermé ça a récolté c'est d'un wé qui j'aie m'attréter et placer à des plats qui ont bien protégé à l'école c'est pour dire pas qu'à payer s'il n'y a qu'un cyclone et qu'il faut que ça vend après un mauvais temps à passer. At least il paraît tomber et prendre un de l'eau ou il paraît prendre l'eau parce qu'il casse les couilles c'est ça. Ça a aussi fait c'est mettre un storage si on n'a qu'à vendre ça a acheter ça a bon c'est pas ça ou ça vend mettez-moi avec acheter l'autre manier pour disposer Officier d'Extension Monsieur Chébatiste Ca a aussi conseillé Fama Légime qui casse avec Greenhouse pour prendre bonne precaution aussi si un cyclone Si l'un de cyclone vend assis ou point de marche pour tirer plastique c'est Greenhouse c'est Greenhouse c'est un païsole tout de suite il vend viner c'est pas de chaï c'est pas de chaï c'est dommager c'est Greenhouse c'est ça pour faire espérer beaucoup de plastique ça où c'est faitsemblant c'est fait Treat educación For those of you who can learn I'm not teaching during this time I teach To greenhouse farmers to get greenhouses For those who basically are doing they save but but I did I took a little change quests know what it is there were We also have a marketing board. We have a marketing board that assists us to make a storage, so that we can make a storage with whatever we need. I would like to thank all of you for the invitation. I would also like to thank all of you for the invitation. Thank you very much. That brings us to the end of 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 am General Norvel.