 Welcome to the NTN Nightly, I'm Nisha Traus. This edition stops stories. The Department of Health and Wellness is continuing to prepare for the smooth transition to the OKEU. A comprehensive strategy aimed at revitalizing the apiary industry has been launched. The LaWars Festival in full bloom as a cultural centerpiece. All that plus the latest in youth development, sports, and the NTN Nouvelle Arquéon. The Department of Health and Wellness is continuing to prepare for the smooth transition from the Victoria Hospital to the new Owen King EU Hospital through a series of discussions. The OKEU is scheduled to open later this year. More in this report from Fanelle Neptune. A delegation from the University Hospital of Martinick recently paid a visit to the Owen King EU Hospital to provide feedback and technical expertise on the transition to the Millennium Heights Medical Complex. Permanent Secretary in the Department of Health and Wellness, Felix St. Hill says he's very pleased with the collaboration with the team from Martinick given the experience from a recent transition to a new hospital. The support is in practically all facets of the transition in. In medical and clinical, you know, organizational, technological. So the team that just arrived in St. Lucia that have been working for us for the past two days, they've been looking at our electrical systems, our water systems, our medical gas systems, you know, our policy with regard to maintenance, even some of our organizational issues. Like I mentioned, you know, we probably share quite similar cultural experiences. So the change management process, you know, they've been advising us because the important thing is that Martinick itself just went through a transition in themselves to the University Hospital of Martinick where they had some enlargement, you know, of their own facilities and their own services. Director of Cooperation at the University Hospital of Martinick, Christian Bourgeois says it is important that they strengthen the medical cooperation with St. Lucia. We discovered a wonderful and exciting building. This OKEU is really a very, very interesting building. We discover also a very engaged team, people ready for the change. This visit was a very good point because we can see that all the comprehensive plans have been prepared but there are some very specific issues, technical issues to address in order to secure all the plans. So we live St. Lucia in the hope that they will succeed and we can help succeed this challenge. Department of Health and Wellness wants to assure the general public that transitioning plans for the new hospital are progressing smoothly and that they are committed to providing quality healthcare services. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, I am Phenoleptune. A comprehensive strategy aimed at revitalizing the apiary industry has been launched in order to harvest the benefits of the market demand for honey. With assistance from Compete Caribbean through its cluster development project, Export St. Lucia and the Ministry of Agriculture have initiated a plan to develop and grow the apiary industry. Apiculture, more commonly known as beekeeping, is the maintenance of bee colonies mostly in man-made hives. The honey produced is harvested and used by various sectors including food and beverage, cosmetics and health and wellness. At a recently convened presentation to stakeholders, member of the project development team, Yvonne Agad, appraised attendees of why honey was chosen for the cluster development project. It is one of those products that is in great demand in the specialty food market. And so we went about to develop the program, meeting all the conditions of the donor agency. It was accepted. We had to present our, in fact, defend that project before an international panel of judges. And a couple of weeks later we got to go ahead. The beekeeper with Horizon Brothers Honey Producers, John Chalmine, is excited about the project, particularly the implementation of standards for honey producers. It's not just under the boosting. It's also a proper knowledge of it, where we know that product is going to reach the outside market. And doing it in the right way alongside with the Bureau of Standards, so it will show success. A critical component of the project is the implementation of a solid governance structure for the industry. The Milfler Honey Producers Cooperative Society Limited has been chosen to undertake this task. Eurilien Alphonse is the organization's president. We're hoping to see Milfler as the structure for farmers where they could come and get their input. They want a loan, you could give them that sheet stating what they have done for the past year and they could go. So we're using the cooperative to put everything in place, that structure for farmers, the insurance, the loan payment and all of these things. Beekeepers and cooperatives say they are eager to get the ball rolling on the implementation of the cluster development project and look forward to the successes which will be derived from the project. The new academic year officially opened on Monday 2nd September 2019. However, the Department of Education, Innovation and Gender Relations has informed that a number of schools will reopen on the following dates. The Meekood Secondary School will reopen on Tuesday 3rd September 2019. The Milit Primary, Montador Combined and Viewfort Special Education Center will all reopen on Wednesday 4th September 2019. The St. Lucia Sports Academy, formerly the Grossly Secondary, will reopen on Monday 9th September 2019. On Friday 31st August, St. Lucia Culture came alive with the celebration of the Feast of St. Rose of Lima, commonly referred to as the La Wals Festival. In a novel reports on the celebration held in the community of Moshi. On the Feast of St. Rose of Lima, schools of individuals also referred to as roses, made their way to the Church of St. Rose of Lima in Moshi, all the while chanting songs that praised the roses and taunted the Magwits, the traditional flower rivals. The procession consisted of members from various communities, each group of its own band. The groups all adorned in their costumes of pinks, reds and white consisted of a king and queen, prince and princess, doctor, magistrate, policemen, nurses and soldiers. Following the procession, a church service ensued where founder of the Folk Research Centre, Monsignor Honourable Dr. Patrick Anthony, enlightened the congregation. After the second concert, the calendar was changed and St. Rose of Lima was placed on the 23rd on the Feast of St. Rose of Lima. After the second concert, the calendar was changed and St. Rose of Lima was placed on the 23rd on the Feast of St. Rose of Lima. Following the church service, the roses proceeded to partake in the confet where they put on a display of song and dance. Senior Events and Production Office of the Cultural Development Foundation, CDF, Tyrone Harris, indicated that while more must be done to ensure the continuity of the flower festivals in St. Lucia, the tradition is very much alive and thriving. He noted that the increase in funding provided by the Government of St. Lucia has assisted greatly in ensuring that there is proper structure within the groups and there is a component of Costume Development. A number of workshops have also been held in leadership since when leaders of the groups die, the groups become dormant as other members are not able to take on the leadership role. Harris highlighted that the CDF has been working with the various groups to bring more awareness of the festival to the public, hence the introduction of the Guanceance. We have introduced the Guanceance. The Guanceance is because before the group simply have the sciences in the community and the communities would just be surrounded around the community. If you had to see it, you basically have to leave your own area to go down to the community to take part in it. But what we've done in the Guanceance is to bring it to a commercial centre and usually the commercial centres run the base strip between the malls and we're trying to get the general public to buy into it. Number one, participate, get involved in the activities, learn about the traditions, why they are celebrating and we are trying to do that for both flower festivals and no matter what people say, this is an indigenous flower festival, our culture is alive and well and it's not going to die. The CDF explained that an increase in funding will assist in growing the festival where even more groups are able to participate. Several groups participated in the festival this year, including the Bellevue, Derriso, Oleon, Grand-Rivière, Montrepo, Labry and Moshi-Lawals groups. For the Government Information Service, I am Janelle Norville. And this is the NTN Nightly. Ryder Bryan is up next. If you're HIV positive or have an STI, having unprotected sex with multiple partners puts them in grave danger. You'll expose every partner and their present and future partners to HIV or another STI. Use a condom every time you have sex. You can live a productive life even if diagnosed with HIV. Remember, early detection is key to your survival. Be responsible, protect yourself and others. Help stop the spread of HIV and other STIs. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in Youth Development and Sport. Thanks, Nisha. Welcome once again to your update from Youth Development and Sports on the NTN Nightly News. I'm Ryan O'Brien. With the inauguration of a National Sports Academy, talented sporting young seductions can get a number of opportunities to further their interests, both academically and in the sporting arena. Minister responsible for education, innovation, gender relations and sustainable development, Dr. Gil Rigabert outlined three such areas. So the thinking was can we afford the students very early on that dual path of development that the academic is not compromised? That's not the intention, that you can develop a competency in those core subjects that we need to survive anyway while pursuing that professional sporting path. That would do three things for you. Not only would you be able to hold that sporting talent to harness that sporting talent. Two, it would better position you to participate in regional and international competitions with a very good chance of emerging victorious. But thirdly, to give you that dual path post-secondary to secure scholarship for tertiary education while pursuing your professional sporting discipline. Minister Rigabert made the comments while a guest on the NTN live discussion call-in program in focus aired every Thursday. Apart from earning the most disciplined team trophy at the recent Caribbean Charity Football Tournament in Grenada, the awards from the Boys Training Center BTC showed appreciation to their hosts by undertaking a clean-up exercise surrounding their accommodation quarters before returning to St. Lucia. Coach Alvin Xavier said the awards wanted to show appreciation for the consideration showed towards them while in Grenada. And we even have something to give them back before we leave. We have totally boys. Since the people have been so courteous to us, they give us the community center to stay. On the morning of the Sunday before we leave, we have to take it up on our own to kind of clean up around the area as a way of giving back to them for opening their hearts and their hands to us. The team from the Boys Training Center played impressively during the tournament before being eliminated at the semifinal stage. That's where we leave you for today with your update from youth development and sports on the NTN Nightly News. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks, Ryan. The performing arts received its very own stage at this year's edition of the Roots and Soul Festival. In this report, Janelle Norville captures just how important such an avenue can be to the artist. Local talent took center stage at the third installment of the Roots and Soul Festival. The first event entitled Performance Poetry and Rapso featured 95% of local performers. Public Relations Officer of the events Company of St. Lucia Inc. Minerva Ross highlighted the importance of ensuring that national performers are provided with a platform to showcase their talent. It's a mandate of ours, and it's something that we take very, very seriously. It's very dear to us to always have a very fair representation of local artists. And so you would see that to be a common thread throughout each day. We started off again with the first day of the Roots and Soul Festival where it was 95% St. Lucia Inc. We moved into Saturday. Again, you saw Skip Monday starting the ball rolling. We had, as well, on Sunday, we had also Showing Duke's Brice who took the stage. We have Zamanie who is of St. Lucia Inc. parentage. So throughout the festival there's a common thread. We take it again very seriously to always ensure that the festivals also give an opportunity to our local, to our national musicians, to our national artists, giving them a showcase, giving them a platform to develop their own arts and their skills and their music. Performer Asha Small-Small brought raw emotion to the stage as his acts spoke to his own personal experiences. He divulged that music has been an outlet for him, providing him with a medium to express himself. Music has always been a therapeutic thing for me, firstly. And it's just a blessing that other people, it resonates with them to the point that they can, you know, feel something from it. So with that, it's just when I'm performing songs or even when I'm working on songs, you know what I mean? I'll be in the studio and looking exactly like I was looking on stage, you know what I mean? It's just the passion when it takes over is you can't really do anything about it. You just let it run its course, you know? Performer Kamiya Lisette embraced her roots fully with an all-sinclusion crew from musicians to vocalists and dancers as well. She indicated that she was very excited and grateful, having been given the opportunity to perform in St. Lucia. Kamiya also shared some modes of advice to anyone looking to venture into the field of performing arts. Try not to let your inner voice be your biggest critic. That's something that I've struggled with myself. Also, use what resources you have. I know that's so cliche, I'm here all the time, but when I first put out Lucian Pride, that poem was written for a pageant that I did years ago in 2010 and I released it in 2012 because it was just sitting there and I was like, what do I do with this? I grabbed the camera, I said to my friends, let's go, we're going to Oxford Street, I'll hold my flag. We're just going to get around the people to hold my flag. We're putting our videos together, we're putting it out. And that's probably the best thing I've done. It was fearful. The response though was overwhelming. It was great. I would say to any youth or young person who is trying to get into the artistry, it's to really keep going, try to quieten that voice, that critic inside and try, if you do not try, you will never ever know what works. Performer Naomi Ngozi-Grandison expressed gratitude for the opportunity to showcase her talent. She added that the country is filled with talent and more should be done so as to provide individuals with such a platform. I think it's timely. I think it's a great opportunity for us to experience what it really means to be on a large stage, for us to experience ourselves as artists to share what's inside. And we have so much talent in Sanusia. Like this is just the tip, literally the pointed tip of the iceberg. Sanusia is just full of amazing talent and they've created and they have the videos. So just to have that opportunity that I did, to have that promotion of your stuff and people like, wow, I didn't know you were doing that and other people who knew they were just so happy for you. I appreciate the events company for considering so many homegrown artists on every single show. I'm very grateful. The third installment of the Sanusia Roots and Soul Festival was held from the 23rd to the 25th of August, 2019. For the Government Information Service, I am Janelle Norville. And stay with the NTN Nightly. Up next, Primus Hutchinson is here with the NTN Roosevelt Enquiry. In Sanusia, it's important to know that we lower the amount of gas we serve to keep the earth warm. To lower the amount of gas we serve, we need mitigation. To change things up, we need to know that all the oil and gas in the earth is very good. That's why the earth is so warm. That's what we need to do to adapt. We need to prepare and recover for these negative consequences because of climate change. We all know that. For example, we need to protect all of Sanuka Plenty. We need to keep the earth warm so that we don't get damaged by cyclone and water. We need to build a channel so that we can live in climate change. We need to find more information about the National Government and the measures we take to protect the earth from cyclone and water. Welcome back. We joined Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle-Arcouillon. Monsieur Tarnichet, Monsieur Boudin, Monsieur Boudin, Monsieur Boudin, Monsieur Boudin, Monsieur Boudin, Monsieur Boudin, Monsieur Boudin, Monsieur Boudin, Prime Minister, Dr Gil Riggibout, let's do a visitation for the people who are working to prepare for these negative consequences that have begun. I would like to say that I have made the most possible contribution to the rehabilitation of the people living here. I would like to say that the government has spent $10,000 to rebuild the school. Prime Minister, I would like to say that I have made the most possible contribution to the rehabilitation of the people living here. I would like to say that I have made the most possible contribution to the rehabilitation of the people living here. I would like to say that I have made the most possible contribution to the rehabilitation of the people living here. I would like to say that I have made the most possible contribution to the rehabilitation of the people living here. I would like to say that I have made the most possible contribution to the rehabilitation of the people living here. I'm going to talk a little bit about the situation here at the school. The Minister of Education, Dr. Gil Rigabet, declared a new institution for sports education which connects the school to the Gouzili school. It offers only a range of sports activities, in continuation of discussions and news in Koyol. Dr. Rigabet has placed a lot of importance in this institution, such as the new season 9, which I have opened to continue the program at the school. So, Dr. Rigabet, I'm going to talk a little bit about the English, maths, history, and social research. I'm going to talk a little bit about this institution, because it's an institution, and I'm going to talk a little bit about the examinations here at the school. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to talk a little bit about the Gouzili school. I don't know if it's possible to use the Gouzili school to connect the English, maths, and so on, but it's not possible to use the school to connect the school to the Gouzili school. So, we can't continue this Gouzili school, but we can also offer a lot of Gouzili in sports areas, such as physiotherapy, interviewing skills, commentating, coaching. So, in sports, it's not possible to use the Gouzili school to connect the Gouzili school to the Gouzili school, but it's not possible to use the Gouzili school to connect the Gouzili school to the Gouzili school. So, I'm going to talk a little bit about the Gouzili school, and the basketball. We can also talk a lot about the Gouzili school, how to do it, and how to use it. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to talk about the Gouzili school to engage in a lot of activities in the country. I'm going to talk about the Gouzili school, because I want to continue to work at the University College of the United States to join the Gouzili school if you're doing well at school. I want to join the Gouzili school. The Gouzili school is for you to continue to study. I want to join the Gouzili school, but also I want to be an opportunity to engage in professional sports, international sports. I want to continue to work at the University College of the United States. The Gouzili school is for you to join the Gouzili school, because I want to be an opportunity to engage in the Gouzili school. I want to join the Gouzili school, because I want to be an opportunity to engage in the Gouzili school, because I want to be an opportunity to engage in the Gouzili school, because I want to be an opportunity to engage in the Gouzili school, because I want to be an opportunity to engage in the Gouzili school, because I want to be an opportunity to engage in the Gouzili school, because I want to be an opportunity to engage in the Gouzili school, We are going to donate $50,000 to YOLANI. If someone decides to destroy YOLANI's lot, including MUNSALA and the establishment that participates in the religious service, they will not be able to do it. If someone decides to destroy Shagwine, Anselte, or Vlefe Batayi, they will be able to donate $50,000 to YOLANI's prison. If someone decides to destroy YOLANI's post, they will not be able to participate in the religious service and participate in public services. They will not be able to assist in the service and they will not be able to donate $5,000 to YOLANI's prison. Are we going to donate $50,000 to YOLANI's prison? I don't know if it's because of the rain or because of the rain, but it's because of the rain. That's why it's because of the rain. This wave is expected to affect the eastern Caribbean islands by Wednesday. A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic has a high chance of developing into a tropical depression during the next 48 hours. This system is expected to remain over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic during the next five days. The Tides for Castries Harbor was high at 5.59pm and will be low again at 12.12am. The tide for V4 Bay was low at 1pm and will be high again at 7.06pm. The seas slide with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 meters. The sun will rise Tuesday at 5.52am. Tides for Castries Harbor