 Welcome to the NTA Nightly, I'm Nisha Tras. This edition stops stories. A number of high-profile cases have been solved as the forensic science laboratory advances in DNA technology. The nation, on the weekend, bade farewell to a distinguished son of the soil. St. Lucia positions itself as the choice destination for investment in leisure. All that puts the latest in youth development, sports, and the NTA Nouvelle Arcueil. Plans by the government of St. Lucia for an improved justice system are taking shape with major developments at the forensic science laboratory. Minister for Home Affairs, Justice and National Security, Senator Hon. Herman Gil-Francis says significant investments have been made in upgrading the facility and the results have been monumental. A number of high-profile cases have been solved as the forensic laboratory advances in DNA technology. St. Lucia has the details. The operationalization of the forensic lab is paramount to solving crime. So said Minister for Home Affairs, Justice and National Security, Hon. Herman Gil-Francis, who appeared on GIS NTN's program in focus. He indicated that the laboratory had been closed due to a mold issue which occurred as a result of poor construction works. The building having been rehabilitated is now open and serving its purpose, having brought solutions to two matters. The Minister highlighted the importance of the forensic lab. The lab has given us solutions to at least two cases. One of them was a elderly lady and one from Jifot, a young lady called Sabi. So we have the forensic and it was found out that those individuals were the ones who committed the crime. And this is the way we have to go. Forensic evidence is going to be the way forward. We can't rely on eyewitnesses or persons to come forward because as a small society, we don't have the capacity for witness protection. We have just a small window of opportunity there. So we have to rely on the forensic. The Minister added that the next step would be to introduce the areas of DNA and serology testing in the lab. He explained that certified individuals are already employed there and the government has also committed to providing the necessary funding for the move. We are now going to go into the DNA. And DNA is very important because we have a lot of cases in Sandusia where children don't know who their fathers are. Mothers give people children who do not belong to the father or some fathers do not accept the children. And so that DNA can be an avenue where mothers and fathers can go and find out, yes, the paternity of the child. We are going to go into serology where things like intimate samples, saliva and semen and these sort of things. We have promised the lab that we are going to give them $380,000 in the new budget so that they can put these two areas on stream. Sandusia is also making headway in the area of ballistics. According to the Minister, the government now utilizes facilities in Bermuda for ballistic testing. However, an individual has come and studies in the field. Honourable Herman Gill Francis also noted that results from the ballistic testing have also pointed to perpetrators. We have a young officer, a corporal, a police and he took his own initiative in that he started studying ballistics on his own, started doing the courses and so on. So we have recognized that and we have started to push him by sending him to Bermuda on a regular basis to do these sort of things. He has gone to Bermuda with some of the firearms that we have recovered and incidentally we are getting hits indicating that we can link a particular firearm to a particular border. But again, we have done that and then when we link that border to the perpetrator, that perpetrator is dead. So we have not been able to actually arrest and charge anybody because most of the times that person who the firearm was found in his possession is no longer with us. Minister Honourable Francis appeared on GIS NTNs in focus on Thursday 17th October 2019. For the Government Information Service, I am General Norvel. The nation on the weekend bade farewell to a distinguished son of the soil with the hope that his legacy will inspire others. Our Lady of Fatima Church at La Clarey was filled on Saturday as St. Lucian said their final goodbyes to former educator and former member of Parliament, Gasper Schalmein. Schalmein was an integral part of the Soufriere community having taught from 1956 to 1984. Parliament representative for Soufriere, Fawcée Jacques Heret de Nisles believes that his constituency and St. Lucia are better off because of Mr. Schalmein. As we bid farewell to Mr. Gasper Schalmein, organist, educator, human resource specialist, former Minister of Government, community servant, father, grandfather, husband, friend, let us remember his steadfast contribution and dedication to our country, to the field of education and to the wonderful people of Soufriere, Fawcée Jacques. Our country has lost a great man, a man of service to the people. The late Gasper Schalmein was a statesman highly involved in arts and culture and above all a devout Christian. He served as the organist at the Parish of Assumption Soufriere for 63 years. His nephew, Hilary Schalmein, gave his eulogy. He was courageous, he had no fear, and he said to me, I would like you to deliver my eulogy. He said some of the things he wanted in there, and then he warned me. He said you have a habit of being late to people's frunerals. This one you cannot afford to be late, so I was early. And then he said I want to hear well done good and faithful servant. I was like this is not coming from this man. I want to hear good and faithful servant. He said because Hilary I have lived a good life. Hilary noted that his uncle personified service and served graciously and passionately. In his early years his leadership was dynamic, energetic, it was visible. You knew when Teacher Gasper was around. It was contagious, it was impactful. He provided an educational leadership that was the catalyst for change. Teacher Gasper caused things to shift. It shifted in the minds of his students. It shifted in the culture of his schools. It provided a platform from which dreams, hopes and aspirations were realized. It impressed upon a generation of men and a generation of women the need to ascend towards a new and better way of thinking and a better way of living. Gasper's childmind leaves behind his wife, two daughters, two grandchildren, two sisters, a brother, a son-in-law and three stepchildren. The role of mediation in solving commercial disputes was underscored on Friday 18th October as prominent attorney and mediator Oswald Larcher facilitated a critical symposium, more from Anicia Antoine. The Registry of the Supreme Court of St Lucia in collaboration with Compete Caribbean hosted a mediation symposium exploring the theme, promoting innovation and growth through alternative dispute resolution. As explained by the Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, Daniel Francis, mediation is a structured dispute resolution process where an impartial third party meets with the disputing parties to explore options and clarify goals outside of a court environment. The objective of the mediation symposium was to raise awareness of the use of mediation in resolving commercial disputes. Attorney and mediator Oswald Larcher explained the importance of the mediation process. There's always an adjournment for different reasons, so it takes time, it takes time. Whereas with a mediator, that can be resolved in two or three hours, but you'll pay the lawyer, you'll go through the court system and then you have to go through all kinds of documents to be filed unprepared so as to the case to be heard. You have to wait about a year, sometimes two years to prove a point, whereas you could utilize a mechanism or a process that can solve the problem within two hours. Larcher further explained the benefits of mediation. And at the end of the day, there will be what we call an agreement. An agreement between the two parties are right at, and that agreement has the same legal effect as an order of the court, because after that agreement is signed by all the parties. They send to the court and the judge now endorses it and becomes not official, I mean official in terms of the suit. So how is the beauty you taking part in it? The symposium included the Registry of the Supreme Court of St. Lucia, Compete Caribbean, along with seven experts, and targeted a wide cross-section of organizations, including business support organizations, BSOs, and the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College. The Mediation Symposium took place on Friday, October 18, 2019. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. And this is the NTN Nightly. Ryan O'Brien is out on assignment, but when we return, St. Lucia to commemorate the Caribbean Equine Cultural Festival. In an effort to reduce congestion within the nation's capital, the Casteries Constituency Council will be implementing short-term paid parking in a phased approach. Ten terminals will be installed on the following streets, Bridge, Broglie, Bourbon, Jabatiste, Miku, Labyrinth, Pinyr, High Street, and in the William Peter Boulevard. Short-term paid parking will run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday. To find out more, log on to the Casteries Constituency Council's Facebook page. $3 an hour can save you $500 in parking tickets, short-term paid parking coming soon. Welcome back. St. Lucia is looking to strategically position itself and highlight its many offerings as tourism industry representatives meet to participate in the much-anticipated Florida Caribbean Cruise Association FCCA conference in Puerto Rico. Cutted for October 21 to 25, the high-level conference will allow industry personnel to network, share ideas, examine best practices, and establish business initiatives with top-level cruise executives. St. Lucia is fielding a diverse delegation made up of officials from the St. Lucia Tourism Authority, Invest St. Lucia, St. Lucia ANC Port Authority, the Citizenship by Investment Program, and Export St. Lucia. The St. Lucia delegation headed by Prime Minister Hon. Alan Shasne and Tourism Minister Hon. Dominic Fede will seize the opportunity to update industry partners on plans to commemorate the Caribbean Equine Cultural Festival happening December 12 and 13 in St. Lucia. The two-day luxury lifestyle and racing entertainment event will be held at the newly commissioned Royal St. Lucia Turf Club in the South Town of Vierfo and will feature the inaugural Peter Cup that boasts one of the largest horse racing prize purses to date in the Caribbean. St. Lucia is being promoted as a must-see for investment in leisure. The Rosa Combined School located in Jackmill has received a state-of-the-art printer donated by Barbie Limited, a corporate citizen based in the Rosa Valley. The gift was timely as it was presented on Teacher Appreciation Day. Students of the Rosa Combined School were just about to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day when a special gift arrived. It was a much-needed printer sourced from the GTBS and donated by Barbie Limited located not far away. Barbie Limited has been actively supportive of the school and so did not hesitate when a request was made. We have always been an organisation that gives back to our community and especially with the fact that we're located in the area. It's important to us that we take care of our own. So again, when the school contacted us with this need, there was no hesitation in us giving back and being able to acquire this for the school. Barbie Limited is our friend. This is not a first time that they are collaborating with us. Sometimes when we have fundraising activities or any activity we have whatsoever, we contact them and anything we ask them for, they are always forthcoming with it. We have a very good working relationship with them. Acton Principal of Rosa Combined, Philomena Julien, received the gift on behalf of the teachers and the students of Rosa Combined. We use it on a daily basis. We have to make copies of our letters. We send home to the parents of our test papers, our activities, worksheets, and sometimes they have to print a handouts for the children and we really, really do need this machine. The presentation could not have had better timing as students were showering their teachers with accolades and special tributes on Teacher's Appreciation Day. Surprisingly, so it is Teacher Appreciation Day so I'm sure the teachers are appreciative that they are able to now have this piece of equipment which will definitely assist in an ease of day-to-day running. The state of the art printer will ensure that teachers no longer face difficulties in printing classroom material, including notes and other communication critical in keeping parents informed of developments at the school. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. In keeping with changes in international oil prices and government's application of the modified market passed through petroleum pricing mechanism, the retail price of gasoline and diesel, LPG 20, 22 and 100 pound cylinders has changed. The retail price of kerosene remains unchanged. The price changes take effect from Monday, October 21, 2019. Gasoline increased from $13.21 to $13.28 per gallon. Diesel increased from $12.81 to $13.37 per gallon. The 20 pound LPG cylinder decreased from $32.28 to $31.38. The 22 pound cylinder also decreased. The cost is now $34.79 per cylinder. The 100 pound cylinder decreased from $205 to $200.71. The next adjustment of the retail price of fuel products will be on Monday, November 11, 2019. And stay with the NTN Nightly. Up next, Primers Hutchinson is here with the NTN Nouvelle Aquarium. Welcome back. We join Primers Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle Aquarium. Mr. Tarnisher, Mr. Mme, Department of Universities for Information, Government of the CGIS, National Television, NTN, Nouvelle Aquarium, Primers Hutchinson, Pepeia, in particular, were able to learn and participate in the show and to teach and teach our students to play for a long time, which was truly the story of our Coelho heritage. First, I would like to thank my team, my friends from Dimash Passé, for their spectacular research places for the Coelho heritage observation. They had the opportunity to teach our students how to play for a long time and to enjoy the Coelho in its different communities. It was a pleasure to play for our participants in the Tiki Talk, Mab, Zing, Skip and the others. I would like to thank them for their spectacular research and their initiative. Thank you. Today, we are here to teach our students how to play for a long time. We want to encourage them to come and participate. We play Mab, we play Chinese Skip, we play Kabuwe, we play Tiki Talk, I am a player with the Coelho heritage. I see many famous players who have been working for Dimash for the past 7-8 years. The Coelho heritage is a place of history and of culture, a place of culture. I am a member of the Eastern Folk Band. I have been part of many team-grouping chosen by Coelho. I have to pay for the fees of the school because it's very expensive. I think that because of the government's support, I think that in school 2nd grade, in the first year, you will have to pay for the faculty, even because of the lack of resources. So I think that it's a good place to put a lot of money to develop Heritage Query. Our goal is to make it bigger in the future and we want to be able to get out of this school and all the other communities. We want to be able to do this. The first thing we want to do is to help young people to be able to engage in physical work so that they can stay in good health. If we don't do this, we won't be able to get out of this school. This is important because we will be able to get out of this country and we will be able to change this. We will be able to get out of this school. Every day, we say this, the people who played with us before, these mothers know how to play, they know how to play, they play, they play, they are often used to play here, they don't know if they were playing or not. They know how to play in school, they are often used to do this and that, they are used to play, they know how to do it. It's important that they know how to play, they know how to play. Hello. Yes, I'm here. All those people who were playing, to your defect, come forth, and we'll take out and we'll play Peixin with Mabba. When I left my mom, I was happy to be a Chinese skipper, I was happy to be a Peixin. When I played with this watch, I was happy to play with this watch. Chinese skipper, I was happy to play with this watch. I was so involved with this bike, I loved it. So it was a great experience for me. I hope I can continue to do it so that I can come back and play with this bike so that I can stay alive. Pleasure, colleagues. Misery. To indicate that my mom and I had passed away a year ago in the church of Fatima and Lacleré. I hope you can get your mom's blessings from Shalmahin, to please. You're welcome. The Shalmahin class passed away, this was a unique indicator for the public school. He could see your mum, Senetla, and her mum, Akai Kosetsetlesi. What was that if poor Sophia only had her at Stanislas? The cleric, Sophia, pre-developed her with a son-in-law-cause contribution Mrs. Chalmaine. He said to your mum, choir and the English Catholic, as I said to Sophia, he should log the English law to please kiss her certainly. He said, what contribution would you give to education? Choyon instituted officer of education and chief officer of education. The old man, Kilvish Chalmaine, considered his daughter, a cook and a chef. He had a lot of courage. He added that Choyon serviced his daughter, and Sophia had a lot of courage. Kilvish also considered his daughter, Choyon, who was well-known and was a co-experts in the development of education. He encouraged young girls and young boys to realize their abilities, to embrace excellence, and to make Choyon Chalmaine a woman, a daughter, a auntie, a sister-in-law, a brother, a son-in-law, and three children. The young people for the children who could take care of the health care, for the health care, to live and feed all those who can vote in pharmacy, for example. The minister said that he would call for the public to find a way to do that and to inform them about the situation of the development of the salary in this region. The official who was responsible for the medicine that the minister gave was Alcindor, who said that the minister had found information about the health care that the minister gave to regulate the health care situation of the women and the health care that the minister gave to the English for the medical care. According to the minister, it was an investigation that the minister gave that the medical care was not available in the public sector. It was also by the Victoria hospital, St. Jude, in a place where the hospital was paid by the health care center. I also informed that all the medical care in the public sector were not available in the public sector under the table of the medical care. The minister said that he also advised the public not to access the medical care to visit the doctors near the hospital. So, I wanted to inform you that I contacted the Minister of Health Astrid Mendesi of the Ministry of Health about the 4th, 6th, 8th sector of the union. I am very happy that I was able to meet the minister and talk about the invitation. I also want to tell you that I have a lot of news to share with you all. I wish you all the best. Thank you. And here's a look at what's happening to us weather-wise. Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with unscattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the Lesser Antilles will cause some showers and isolated thunderstorms over portions of the region during the next 24 hours. Two tropical waves located over the central and eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 miles per hour or 19 kilometers per hour. The tide for Cassie's Harbor was low at 2.24 p.m. and will be high again at 9.08 p.m. The tide for Vierfort Bay was low at 3.51 p.m. and will be high again at 10.15 p.m. The seas slide to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 meters. The sun will rise Tuesday at 5.56 a.m. And that brings us to the end of the NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7 p.m. with the repeat at 7 a.m. You can also catch up with us anytime on the Selmousia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Nisha Trox.