 Welcome to NTN Nightly. I am General Norville. This edition stops stories. Prime Minister, the Honourable Philip J. Pierre, to appoint his cabinet of ministers. Educators from 45 schools received training in digital education leadership and incorporating local culture and heritage in national development. The Honourable Philip J. Pierre, Prime Minister of St. Lucia, has been in consultations as he prepares to appoint the cabinet of ministers. The announcement of the cabinet of ministers will take place at a swearing-in ceremony on Thursday 5th August 2021 at 4pm. The ceremony will be hosted at the House of Parliament on Labry Street, a departure from the announcement of Mindo Philip Park. This was necessary to mitigate any spike in COVID-19 cases and to redirect finances to assist parents with back-to-school expenses. LED screens will be placed in strategic positions to allow for participation of the public. To date, the Prime Minister has assumed the responsibility for the ministerial portfolios of finance, economic development and the youth economy. Principal school administrators and senior teachers from schools across the island have completed a digital education leadership training workshop. The week-long program was a collaboration between the Sir Arthur Lewis Community Colleges, E-Learning Academy and the Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund, ICDF. The workshop is a response to the growing need to develop capacity in technology-enabled instruction among practitioners in St. Lucia's education system. E-Learning Specialist Royston Emmanuel highlighted the importance of enhancing the skills and abilities of one's most valuable resource, the people. We uniquely position ourselves as a small country with not many resources. Our key resource is, of course, our human resource. And I'm so happy that we had such a turnout for those sessions because it showed that our principles are very interested in developing our human capacity, in encouraging, in ensuring that there is continuity in education. Digital literacy refers to an individual's ability to find, evaluate and clearly communicate information through typing and other media on various digital platforms. Digital literacy has become even more important with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in students having to transition to online learning. Dr. Harriet De Silva is the Dean of the Teaching Education Department at the St. Vincent Community College. Governments have tried to meet the challenges by assisting students and teachers with devices and access for the challenges of principals to ensure that the teachers deliver the courses using technological resources and not just transferring face-to-face teaching to the technology is why we were here for the week, for the two days. We hope that this workshop has enlightened you as how to face the challenges and how you need to ensure that your teachers are prepared for the classroom and the input that you need. Dr. Harriet De Silva, along with eight facilitators from the Sa'afa Lewis Community College, assisted with the face-to-face workshop. Principal of the Sa'afa Lewis Community College, Dr. Keith Nurse, noted the opportunities for improvements presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are shifting out of that emergency remote learning scenario into embedding digital education as a core element of the learning experience. This allows us to operate in market spaces and to address the concerns and needs of learners wherever they are. In fact, Dr. De Silva used the term whenever, wherever, and so forth. And so no longer are we restricted by the geographic boundaries of an island or two or a region. And in that spirit, our eLearning Academy has pivoted off our services to people and professionals all around the world. Deputy Chief Education Officer in the Department of Education Dawson Raghunanan explained that the COVID-19 pandemic has altered education systems the world over. Our education system was transformed and let me say we cannot go back. You see, we cannot go back to those days because gone are the days when our clients, the students, were digital immigrants. Now they are digital natives. We know that as can be seen even when you give a baby a tablet, there is a natural inclination to gravitate towards these devices. Therefore, as leaders within the education system, there is a fundamental need for us to be able to provide digital leadership at all levels starting with digital literacy. Ambassador of Taiwan to St. Lucia, His Excellency Peter Shen highlighted the importance of such programs to the education sector. Capacity building of educators in information technology is one of the core values of the ICT for Education Development Project. There were more than 50 hours of training conducted in the year of 2020. These capacity building classes were designed to build up teachers' ability to create teaching contents and master the education tools. But to better integrate teachers' ICT skills into the teaching environment, school principles play a pivotal role. The Digital Education Leadership Program is designed to better equip school leaders to facilitate the use of ICT resources in the field of education. I am proud to say that St. Lucia is the first country to provide the Digital Education Leadership Program in the Caribbean. Ambassador of Taiwan to St. Lucia, His Excellency Peter Shen, the 5-day Digital Education Leadership Program, targeted 45 primary and secondary school teachers throughout the island. The importance of incorporating local culture and heritage in national development practice was highlighted at the launch of the Caribbean Ties Exhibition on Emancipation Day. The showcase, which runs all August, is expected to be an added attraction for cruise visitors this summer. Jesse Leos has a report on this and other expected outcomes from the exhibition. Caribbean Ties Connected People Then and Now is a traveling exhibition that opened in 12 countries across the Caribbean and in the Netherlands in 2019. The initiative is the culmination of a Leiden University-led research project titled NEXUS 1492. St. Lucia was not on the original roster. However, through fortuitous means, the St. Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society was able to partner with the organizers to stage the exhibit on the island this year, 2021. Throughout August, the general public is welcome to visit the exhibit, which showcases Indigenous heritage and culture and its contemporary value, along with a very local cultural package, including artisans at work to enliven the exhibition. President of the Society Historical Anthropologist Dr. Winston Filgent says, one of the objectives of the exhibition is to highlight the heritage of St. Lucia and the wider region and the importance of its protection within a nation's development agenda. Development, where we think steel, concrete and glass is the only way to bring people forward, threatens to destroy sites in order to foster economic development. This exhibition is taking place on one of the last heritage sites in the city of Castries and the wider Castries Basin and St. Lucia in general. One of the aims of the Nexus 1492 project is the highlighting of the past within the present to ensure that the heritage agenda of our times raises awareness for the preservation and protection of the past. Today, I hope that the collaboration between the Leiden University, the St. Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society, the Holy Trinity Church, and all of the other partners who have come together for this exhibition brings St. Lucia and the solution public to a point where there's a spotlight on heritage and the need for its preservation. Donalyn Vite, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and the Creative Industries, expanded the perspective of heritage and sustainable development by emphasizing the importance of mainstreaming local culture and heritage in the national development practice, specifically with tourism. The interconnected relationship between tourism and culture and the shift in visitors' awareness has put to focus tourism concepts such as heritage tourism, cultural tourism, village tourism, community tourism, rural tourism, and many others. In the final analysis, the concepts all recognize the needs and travel motivation of the visitor today have gone far beyond sun, sea, and sand. Some of the factors that strongly influence the visitor's decision and travel patterns are the visitor's essential motivation to learn, to discover, and experience, to really look into the intangible and tangible cultural heritage of our people, its attractions and products that make the destination. The Ministry and the organizers have hoped that the exhibit can be sustained beyond August. Vite pledges continued support of the initiative, including the development of a tour package of the exhibit to present to cruise agents. Dr. Phil Jens and Vite were speaking during an Emancipation Day church service to launch the Caribbean Ties exhibition in St. Lucia. For the Government Information Service, I am Jesse Leons reporting. The Ministry of Health and Wellness is spearheading the Commemoration of World Breastfeeding Week. The observance is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness and promoting the benefits of breastfeeding. It is observed annually during the first week of August. This year it is being held another theme, Protect Breastfeeding, a shared responsibility. Lisa Hunt is the Chief Nutritionist in the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The theme is aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 2030 campaign, which highlights the associations between breastfeeding and survival, health and well-being of women, children and nations. This year's objectives are to inform people about the importance of protecting breastfeeding. Anchor Breastfeeding supports as a vital public health responsibility, engage with individuals and organizations for greater impact and galvanize action on protecting breastfeeding to improve public health. A primary focus of this year's observance is the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk substitutes. This code was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981 to protect families from the infant formula industry's aggressive marketing tactics aimed at promoting breast milk substitutes which was contributing to declining breastfeeding rates and increasing child mobility and mortality. The aim of the code is to contribute to the provision of safe and adequate nutrition for infants by the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and by ensuring the proper use of breast milk substitutes when these are necessary on the basis of adequate information and through appropriate marketing and distribution. This year, 2021 is the 40th anniversary of the code. UNICEF and WHO have called on governments, health workers and the baby food industry to fully implement and abide by the code's requirements. The code requires governments to enact and enforce legislation to prevent commercial interest from undermining breastfeeding, the optimal nutrition for infants. In an effort to prevent this undermining, health workers must protect, promote and support breastfeeding and must not accept event sponsorship from companies that market foods for infants and young children. The Department of Justice wishes to inform the following persons that they should present themselves to the Civil Status Registry from Monday, August 9, 2021 to Friday, August 13, 2021 between the hours of 8am and 1pm. Mr. Lawrence DeGassoff, Monsi or Shwazel, Mr. John Montute of Mabia Valley, Denry and Mr. Francis Chalry of Grace V Ford. You are asked to work with a valid form of government-issued identification. For additional information, persons can contact the Secretary to the Registrar of Civil Status at 468-7017. This is NTIA 9thly. Primers Hutchinson is up next. Stay with us. A connected people then and now. A unique exhibition that presents the diversity and complexity in the Caribbean before the arrival of the Europeans. August 1 to the 31st at the 100-year-old Anglican Annex open daily 8am to 5pm. Be part of the past still present today through stunning exhibits accompanied by live cultural street entertainment. Save the dates, August 1 to the 31st. Welcome back. We join Primers Hutchinson for the NTIA Nouvelle at Quayol. Mr. Jota Janelle, Mr. Madame de Patma, Kinebosco Sabilité pour Formation, a gouvernement s'est leci. Ça c'est GIS, ça c'est Bébé, télévision nationale payée à NTIA Nouvelle à Quayol pour s'est leci. Primers Hutchinson. Premier Ministre leci, Honourable Philip J. Pierre. J'ai trouvé en invitation pour visiter Pays-Taiwan. Invitation, ça l'a fait, devant nos conférences vidéo et puis Ministre de sa Faire les Étoiles Gères Taiwan. Docteur Joseph Wu. Honourable Docteur Ernest Hilaire et Honourable Alva Baptist. Tu es aussi assisté aux conférences vidéo, ça l'a. Ministre Wu, félicité au Premier Ministre Pierre et puis mamelie à cela victoire, en dernière élection qui fait l'événement 6 au mois de juillet 2021. Ministre Wu, aussi, renforcé, signifie que c'est diplomatique. C'est leci qu'on n'a assez plus besoin du Taiwan incroyable. Ministre de la Faire les Étoiles Gères Taiwan, fait promettre la qu'il paye Taiwan, qu'elle continue pour cimenter bon relation à la coopération des pays, et que c'est pour travail et puis administration au volat pour y trouver plus de bénéfices pour gérer Taiwan pour cimenter. Ministre Wu, aussi, dit qu'il est Taiwan qui apprécie des grosses supports qui cimenter qu'à continuer bio en participation Taiwan, continualement, à se ordonner qu'ils passent. Il qu'est-ce que le Premier Ministre Pierre pour continuer cimenter qu'il cimenter toujours by Taiwan, an affaire internationale, qui invité Premier Ministre Onheva-Philippe Jepier pour visiter Taiwan. Ministre de la Faire Étoiles Taiwan, aussi, promet pour visiter C'est leci, interpovenie. Premier Ministre Pierre Moutui appréciation pour Président Taiwan, Sai Ing-wen, a governé Taiwan pour continuer cimenter développement national, a c'est leci, des grosses supports qui Taiwan j'abyes C'est leci pour abattre maladie corona. Il y a encore wepte determination, administration, administration pour renforcer relation diplomatique, coopération etc. C'est leci, c'est leci, c'est leci, c'est leci. Il declare qu'il est payable embrasser nos relations de bons amis qui bâtir à ce parler de liberté démocratie, equespers, pour droit les hommes, equespers, pour loire. Le directeur bac-modial a prouvé 21.9 millions de dollars méritier pour c'est leci développer secteur d'énergie renouvelable, assistance finance salar qui est faill possible pour gouvernement. C'est leci fait accessement des ressources des énergies géophamiques pour produit courant et qu'indé renforcer l'événement business pour secteur privé en pays. C'est le bac-modial développement secteur projet renouvelable qui a aidé c'est leci estimé qu'il met façon énergie géophamique un pays qui a fait contribution pour les secteurs santé s'en desservent, énergie ressources géophamique, c'est leci qui est plein et qui a éprouvé assuréabilité, système qu'on a écoéduit, assurépense pétrole qu'il a acheté. Pour le service qu'on a c'est leci, c'est leci qui est très haut, c'est leci qui a porté visionement pour l'arrivée de compétition et de l'organisation et de business. Puisque c'est 45% un business qui a fait plat de manière pour le service qu'on a affecté operation business, c'est pour ça qu'on a aidé assuréabilité, c'est leci qui a aidé assuréabilité, c'est leci qui a aidé assistence technical et égagement des affaires la place pour j'ai aussi qui a préparé femmes pour faire travail technical, côté Yokaïssa, trouver information, des programmes d'éducation, des occasions pour trouver au employé à ma projet salaire. Le officier du département agricole qui est responsable pour protection de diverses chemiques qui les cultivateurs pour l'anit plus étrangement ex-certification en service de prison salaire. Officier a très concerné manier farmac à servi chemique vitivaire sans assez protection, il dit que l'équilibre n'est plus capable pour le service chemique à barbitration agricole. Il fait déclaration salaire devant nos discussions à ce programme agricole movement. Cletus Alexander j'ai ouvert zier public la question des services, c'est mauvais pour les services salaires avec monnaie de sa service à façon de s'y poser faillie. Sinon, Mr Alexander l'aie qu'a visité diverses habitations agricoles et j'avais cette façon qui les farmac à servi chemique qui déjouait qui s'accaportait pour eux aux accidents qui s'accaportait pour eux aussi il faut comprendre qu'il n'y a plus de farmac qui n'est pas capable de lire ces informations sur ces bouteilles chemiques salaires et qu'il y a un autre problème c'est le business à côté qu'il a acheté ces chemiques-là. Il n'y a pas d'information pour utiliser ces farmac qui m'aimait pour servir ces chemiques salaires. Officier pour protection chemique ajoutait qu'un pile de ces chemiques salaires qui a porté cette prison n'a pas même sauvé ça il n'y a pas même sauvé ça et qu'il n'y a pas qu'à même servir équipement qui est nécessaire pour servir ces chemiques salaires. Il y a aussi l'année farmac qui a coéqui s'il servit plus au misi parce que c'est sa officier extension d'adio pour servir il n'y a pas de problème la plus vite mais ça a fait plus d'hommage pour denouer et exciter eux-mêmes bon, s'il n'y a pas servi assez chemique c'est peut-être là qui a trouvé assez et qu'à temps s'il est vers mis à la caille ou si c'est chemique là il n'y a pas plus de problème. Il n'y a pas de problème la plus vite mais c'est au temps il n'y a pas d'invitation il n'y a pas d'invitation il n'y a pas d'invitation il n'y a pas d'invitation mais c'est au Chanel. The sun will rise Thursday at 5.48 am it will be partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms and now for the tropical outlook an upper level trough together with an approaching tropical wave will cause an increase and the sun will rise Thursday at 5.48 am it will be partly cloudy to cloudy skies the tropical wave will cause an increase in cloudiness, shower activity and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles another tropical wave over the tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 miles per hour 24 km per hour some slow development of this wave is expected over the next few days a third tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 miles per hour or 24 km per hour also a small area of low pressure located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 5 days the system poses no threat to our region that brings us to the end of NTN Nightly join us next time at 7 pm with a repeat at 7 am you can also catch up with us anytime on the St. Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel I am Janelle Norville