 Welcome to the NTN Nightly, I'm Nisha Charles. This edition stops stories. St Lucia's Prime Minister has made the plea for OECS member states to place more attention on adaptation. The global environment facility has signed four million US dollars to St Lucia's climate change efforts. Junior Carnival gears up for another spectacular display. All that plus the latest in youth development, sports and the NTN Luvel Arquio. St Lucia's Prime Minister, the Honourable Alan Shasne, made the plea for OECS member states to place more attention on adaptation as opposed to waiting on help from developed countries. Prime Minister Shasne made the call at the fourth sitting of the OECS Assembly held Monday in Antigua, Barbuda. The 67th meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Authority, which featured the sitting of the OECS Parliament, brought together government leaders and politicians to address issues facing member states. Among the issues is climate change, a major talking point for member states as the oceans continue to warm and sea levels continue to rise. While the OECS Assembly urges countries to fulfill their existing pledges and raise the level of financing made available to developing states, Prime Minister, the Honourable Alan Shasne, is of the view that more than likely first world countries will not reduce their emissions sufficiently to an acceptable level. The reality that global warming shall continue and the reality that as a result of global warming, that we are going to have more unpredictable and more disastrous hurricane seasons and weather patterns is a reality. And therefore accepting that reality and being responsible governments that we must now allocate the necessary resources in order to be able to build the requisite infrastructure to provide the resilience to the people of our region and to protect our own assets. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Representative Camilo Gonzales agrees with Prime Minister Alan Shasne and went further to say that more resources for adaptation are mandatory. We have to understand that we have to mobilize creatively resources on our own because all the money if we wait for it will be waiting for something that might not arrive. We have to understand that adaptation is paramount because we have to prepare for a world beyond 1.5 degrees and not simply wish for 1.5 degrees. We have to understand and we have to explain even though the Honourable Prime Minister of St. Lucia is frustrated about it, we have to explain to people again and again and again that when a hurricane comes it doesn't ask if Antigua and Barbuda is a high-income country and therefore skip it or it doesn't ask the British Virgin Islands if their per capita GDP is one of the higher per capita GDPs in the region. The hurricane comes and hits everybody and our small islands and small economies cannot rebuild without grant and concessional funding. The OECS Assembly urged developed countries to address climate change with greater urgency and rapidly and significantly enhance their mitigation ambition. The fourth OECS Assembly was held in Antigua and Barbuda on Monday. Meanwhile, the Global Environments Facility, Jeff, has just concluded its 56th Council meeting in Washington DC and has approved almost 1 billion US dollars worth of projects. The main areas of focus for the Jeff is climate change, biodiversity, chemicals and waste, land degradation, sustainable forest management and international waters. St. Lucia has been assigned 4 million US dollars to undertake projects for climate change mitigation, 1 million biodiversity, 2 million and land degradation, 1 million dollars. St. Lucia has over the years benefited immensely from Jeff's resources. St. Lucia has received over 10 million dollars for 11 national projects. The marketing of tourism within the OECS is expected to take on a more co-ordinated approach following an agreement by OECS ministers of tourism to strengthen the region's tourism brand. The decision was taken at the sixth meeting of OECS Council of Ministers for Tourism. Jacqueline Emanuel Flood is the head of economic affairs at the OECS Commission. More than anything else, we came out of this meeting with an approach and agreement and we have been putting together a working group who is going to look at how we can do this collectively, efficient mechanism and approach whereby we can promote the OECS tourism brand on a sustainable basis. I think this was perhaps one of the highlights of today's meeting. We were able also to come together to get the ministers support and their views for us to move forward in operationalizing the Eastern Caribbean Institutes of Tourism, which is a virtual integrated tourism institute that is comprised of centers of excellence for different specialties in different member states. It's a very important project for us, not just for capacity building in the OECS tourism industry, but also to continue to profile and develop our industry as a center of excellence globally. And that was Jacqueline Emanuel Flood of the OECS Commission. The celebration of the island's main cultural showpiece is one month away, with organizers feverishly working towards a spectacular display. Among them is the Junior Carnival Committee. Let's hear more in this report. Colors, themes and excitement filled the air at the launch of Junior Carnival 2019. The first ever press launch of the event according to President of the Carnival Bands Association, Barry George, was get towards introducing new bands to the public and helping bands increase their visibility. Tonight we featured eight of the bands that will be competing for Junior Carnival, which will be on the 7th of July at the Sabre. And the eight bands of course will be competing in four major categories, which is the individual of the year, the junior king and junior queen of the bands, and of course the band of the year title. The president also highlighted that a new route would be utilized for Junior Carnival 2019. He noted that this was all in an effort to ensure a safer environment for the children where they can have fun. We try to make a more friendly environment for the kids. And we want to bring a more spectator aspect for those coming towards Junior Carnival. The roadside sometimes, whilst it works, we try to create an area where families can come in, sit in and look upon the stage. We want it to be interactive, where there is a family village that the event can host everybody in terms of bouncing castles, a place where it's safe and sound for the children to parade on Junior Carnival. Junior Carnival is scheduled for the 7th of July 2019 at the Sabre playing field. For the Government Information Service, I am Genal Norvel. And this is the NTN Nightly. Ryan O'Brien is up next. But it's doing its part, along with countries around the world, to reduce the emissions that are warming our world and changing our climate. These efforts are called mitigation. But decades of emissions have already changed the climate, and the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere today will increase average global temperatures even more. We need to adapt, that is, do everything we can to prepare for and respond to the actual and expected negative effects of climate change, and everyone has a role to play. We need to protect our crops, build homes that withstand storms and keep our drains and waterways free of garbage to help us recover or bounce back from climatic events. Learn more about the Government of St. Lucia's National Adaptation Plan and the steps you can take to protect yourself and your fellow St. Lucia's. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Thanks, Nisha. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Welcome to your update on youth development and sports on the NTN Nightly News. The Inter-Primary and Secondary School Swim Championships are set to be held at the Rodney Heights Aquatic Center June 21st. The swimmers will swim in age groups as profina rules. Age, as of December 31st, 2018, will determine the age group in which swimmers participate. Each school allows to enter no more than four swimmers per age group and six in individual events. However, only two swimmers per team will be allowed to score. Each school will enter up to two relay teams in the relay event. There shall be neither substitutes nor alternatives in individual events. Swimmers may enter a maximum of three events. Medals will be awarded for the first three places per event. Trophies for age group winners and the overall meat winner will be awarded at the annual school sports awards ceremony scheduled for June 28th. The relays will not count towards points and are fun events only. Scoring will be first place nine points, second place seven points, third place six points, fourth place five points, fifth place four points, sixth place three points. Seventh place two points and eighth place one point. The San Lucia Aquatics Federation will provide the meat referee, chief timer, stroke and turn officials. All events are time-finals and seated according to entry times or no time if none is available. The pool will be open one hour before the meat for warm-up. Then assignments will be given upon arrival at the pool. Swimmers are reminded that they must wear uniforms in a march pass during the opening ceremony. The Ministry of Development and Sports in collaboration with other government agencies together with the National Table Tennis Association see the need to develop and showcase the special needs of these abilities in a fun and safe environment and recognize the need to ensure that sports are for all. To this end, Table Tennis will be the sport used to express their abilities. Six schools will be participating in a Fiesta and Competition at the Boseshoe Indoor Facility on Wednesday from 10 in the morning to 2 in the afternoon. The schools participating are Donata School, Educator Learning Center, Lady Gordon Opportunity Center, Denry Children's Center Special Ed, V4 Special Education Center, Sufret Special Education Rehabilitation Center. The Table Tennis tournament will take the format of open singles for both male and female competitors. Preliminary round-robin matches of one single game to 11 points will be played during the group stage, quarter-finals and semi-finals. The finals will be played two best in three games. Medals will be presented to top finishers in the championships. The physical literacy Fiesta will be taken place throughout the day as the students will have the opportunity to participate in six activities in the order of their choice. These activities focus on the ABC's Agility, Balance, Coordination and Speed, which are skills needed. The six stages are forehand bounce, backhand bounce, alternating forehand and backhand bounce, transfer balls, skipping and agility ladder. The students who complete the six activities will be presented with certificates. Each school will also have a team consisting of four athletes comprising two boys and two girls for the balancing ball relay. And that's your update on your developments and sports for today. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks Ryan. Bangkok St Lucia recently partnered with two local organizations that educate young women on sexual and reproductive health and bring attention to the seriousness of the autoimmune disease lupus. The month of May was quite an eventful month for education with a number of observances such as reading awareness month and lupus awareness among many others. In keeping with its community outreach programs, Bangkok St Lucia lent its support to two organizations with initiatives focusing on two vulnerable groups in society, teenage girls and persons affected with lupus in St Lucia. Earlier this month, representatives from two of these groups visited the bank for the official check presentation ceremony. This year, Bank of St Lucia has supported a number of initiatives. Two of these were in support of the historic collective headed by Dr. Robin Shawry White and we also collaborated with the St Lucia Authorities and Lupus Association. This year to help raise awareness with our staff and the general public, we gave the option to staff to purchase purple polo shirts and the proceeds of these purchases were then handed over today to the association. It's very important to us at Bank of St Lucia to continue to be the people's bank, to continue to be a bank that is involved in our communities. The Hurst to Our Collective is a group of individuals primarily based in St Lucia who advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights of women throughout the Caribbean. According to organizers, the launch of their latest health flow initiative targets various schools empowering young girls about menstrual health and hygiene. We recognize that there were some programs looking at menstrual hygiene and education at the lower levels in primary schools at the time when students are focusing on common entrance. And so a lot of the secondary schools didn't have any of these initiatives and so we tried to fill in the gap, especially looking at outer districts and rural areas. A lot of these girls don't have anyone teaching them about menstruation, although we look at sexual and reproductive health and rights, it begins with menstruation. And if they don't understand why they're even getting a period of what menstruation is, that word is far into a lot of them. The bank's donation to the St Lucia Aphritis and Lupus Association was focused on raising awareness for lupus and teaching persons affected how to manage the disease. We are extremely grateful to the Bank of St Lucia because we spend the whole year fundraising. We have an office to rent, we have an administrator who works there for three days a week and we need to fundraise just to keep things going. So we are grateful to the Bank of St Lucia who's taken us on board and we hope they continue to stick with us. According to Bank of St Lucia officials, the bank will continue to demonstrate its commitment to the people of St Lucia by supporting initiatives like these which focus on the development of human resources and the nation as a whole. For the Government Information Service, I am Janelle Norville. And stay with the NTA nightly. Up next, Primers Hutchinson is here with the NTA Nouvelle Arquéole. I'm innovative. I'm competitive. I am productive. I'm creative. I constantly improve what I do. And how I do it. I provide excellent customers to visit. I never stop learning. I give all my best, always. The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council embracing excellence. Welcome back. We join Primers Hutchinson for the NTA Nouvelle Arquéole. Thank you Madam Department of Investability and Information. The Government is here with the NTA Nouvelle Arquéole. We visit Primers Hutchinson. Your ambulance is here to serve the owners of the NTA. This is a critical question. This is your second Chief Officer, Judge Victrim. Victrim is here to talk to you about the situation of the Corporation in Japan. To serve the owners of the NTA. There are a lot of equipment with new ambulances. The second Chief Officer explained who is the person who makes the choice at night. This is because of the accident. I found him in the basement of the district to come here. The ambulance is here. It is here to help the owners of the NTA. Victrim also took the opportunity to thank the driver who led the NTA. He told us that it is the easiest job to do. Because the two drivers who are here to serve the owners of the NTA. The ambulance is here to help the owners of the NTA. We are here to help the owners of the NTA. It is one day that the nanny has not been served. It is one day that the person who has served is the one who has worked. So we are here to help the drivers. And we are here to help the owners of the NTA. The owners of the NTA. Because they are the family, the owners of the NTA. So the higher ambulance the NTA is. Come and help the owners of the NTA. because it's not just about the life, it's about the simple life. I am the legislation for protection and for adoptive children because we have to replace this that existed before, but the law that existed before, is that it is advisable to address the laws that came to the operation in 2018. It is a committee that is advisable to read. Unfortunately, the committee is still not able to establish, but the law that existed before, is that it is advisable to speak to the Parliament as quickly as possible to address the application and the application more easily. I should mention that for the EGIS, it is advisable to go on a paper and a lot of it is advisable to continue to apply for adoption. Because the committee is the director This year, I have visited APIA for six months for a data application to adopt their data. The Health Department and the Organization of Health Pan-American has made a commitment to improve the condition of people who suffer from bad health in APIA. For example, there is a training program for people who are suffering from bad health and who suffer from bad health in APIA. So, the professionals at APIA and the chief and diverse community have found the opportunity to build their own capacity so that they can be able to serve the people who are suffering from bad health. So, the condition of people who suffer from bad health is that they are under pressure because of bad health and bad health. Yolanda Alcindor, who has been training in APIA has made it possible for people who are suffering from bad health to adopt their data. This is a very common program for people who are suffering from bad health. It is very complicated for people who are suffering from bad health to participate. So, Yolanda Alcindor, who has been training in APIA has made it possible for people who are suffering from bad health to adopt their data. It is a very common program for people who are suffering from bad health to adopt their data. Yolanda Alcindor, who has been training in APIA has made it possible for people who are suffering from bad health to adopt their data. So, Yolanda Alcindor, who has been training in APIA has made it possible for people who are suffering from bad health to adopt their data. So, Yolanda Alcindor, who has been training in APIA has made it possible for people who are suffering from bad health to adopt their data. A tropical wave located just east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to affect mainly the southernmost eastern Caribbean islands this evening and continue into Wednesday. Another tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 miles per hour or 28 kilometers per hour. Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days. Saharan dust haze will continue to cause a reduction in visibility around the Lesser Antilles. The seas moderate to locally rough with waves 6 to 8 feet or 1.8 to 2.4 meters. Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds, rough seas and reduced visibility. The sun will rise Wednesday at 5.36 a.m. And that brings us to the end of the NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7 p.m. with a repeat at 7 a.m. You can also catch up with us anytime on the St Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Nisha Trouse.