 Celebrations for St. Lucia's 43rd Independence Anniversary launched on Monday, 7 February 2022 at the Finance Administrative Centre and saw the unveiling of the logo for this year's observance, designed by Royal Joseph and the Independence 43 jingle, produced by Irvian Ace Lochte. The theme for this year's celebrations is Duval Assam, celebrating our people. The theme encourages St. Lucia's hair and abroad to set aside their differences and strive towards achieving progress together. Royal Joseph indicated that the theme deeply inspired this year's logo. Within the logo, you have the hands which pretty much comes together and we use various colors from the flag to create that piece, to show the diversity, to show that different persons of different backgrounds coming together to achieve one goal. We have the triangle, which is also from our flag, but it also signifies that forward motion. Co-Chairman of the Independence Committee, Tharil Montra, provided insight into the calendar of activities for Independence 43. There's a range of activities to look out for and there's a common theme, common thread, tying them all together, so they're not just disparate activities, I don't want people to see them as separate initiatives, but to see the thread that ties them together. So whether we start off from the prison worship service, we all at least solutions profess to be believers in a supreme being, whatever the denomination. So we must recognize our own humility towards that creator and give thanks and gratitude to it. And so that's an important part of the calendar of activities. There is going to be the military parade to show the discipline, to show the state. That is certainly back. That is certainly back. I mean, our own Nobel laureate at least, First Louis, pointed to the fact that a society without the creative sector is a cultural desert. So our calendar of activities celebrates a lot of that creative sector in its many forms. So when we're going to think of live at live at, I mean, this is an exciting phenomenon where all the creative sector, we have to perhaps get more understanding of what that creative sector is. So whether visual artists, whether digital photographers, whether graphic artists, chalk art, I mean performance arts, all forms of that art form will be on this page during live at live at. Minister for Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information, Honourable Dr. Ernest Hilaire encouraged Saint Lucia to participate fully in celebrations for Saint Lucia's 43rd independence. I think I want to join the others who spoke before me to, to invite all solutions here in abroad to celebrate independence 43 with us, to focus on the theme, do some that we want to do together as a people, overcome in some of our differences, some of the division that we have. And let's put people always at the centre of national development. It's not about bridges, roads and buildings. It's about people put in the people first. Of course, they will always need those things. But say to our people, let's reflect on our theme, let's reflect on the activities and let us put the people at the centre of development and let's take our country forward together. For more information on the celebration of Saint Lucia's 43rd independence, please visit 758 Independence on Facebook and Instagram.