 Welcome to NTN Nightly, I am Jadal Novel, this edition's top stories. Saint Lucia has received high marks from CDMA for achievements in the Model Safe School Program. The National Apprenticeship Program has set some 40 young persons on a career path. This week, the year-long celebration of the Island's 40th anniversary of independence takes on new meaning. All that plus the latest in youth development and sports, and the NTN novel, a quay all. Saint Lucia has received high marks from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, CDMA, the Implementing Agency for the Model Safe School Program in the Caribbean. CDMA has commended the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development for leading the charge among the beneficiary countries. Saint Lucia following the commencement of consultations is now finalizing the National Safe School Policy. The National Safe School Policy will facilitate the amendment of existing legislation to integrate disaster risk reduction and environmental protection measures for schools in the implementing countries. The first stage of the policy consultations was designed to garner stakeholder participation and consensus building within the national context. Now in its second phase, key policy expert and consultant on the Safe Schools Policy, Dr Winston McCullough said the aim is to validate the document. The country that really has led the way is in this area, Saint Lucia. So what we are doing is finalizing what a document called a safety schools policy for Saint Lucia. This is our second visit. We were here in May for about a week, had extensive consultations throughout the country and some team members visited a number of schools. And out of that, an initial discussion with the Ministry, the document was prepared. So what we are doing today is validating the document, finding out if any changes are needed, making the changes, resubmitting the document. That document will go to the Ministry of Education and hopefully will go from the Ministry to Cabinet for approval. The goal of the Model Safe School Program for CDEMA participating states is to create safe, secure, protective and green educational institutions from primary to tertiary levels, including public and private institutions through the development of simple, applicable and adaptable tools. Project coordinator for the implementation of the Model Safe School Program in the Caribbean, Kerry Ann Thompson, highlighted the importance of the policy. This declaration points to a road map for school safety, a regional road map for school safety, which bears three pillars. One speaks to school disaster management. One speaks to basically the mainstreaming of safe schools in the education curriculum. And one speaks to the institutional framework. And essentially the policy will basically be the vehicle for the advancement of the different aspects of the pillars of school safety. So for example, as you mentioned, the integration of resilience concepts and safe school concepts within the curriculum is a very important imperative and that will be reflected in the policy. The implementation of the Model Safe School Program in the Caribbean MSSP project was designed to, among other things, enhance the capacity of the six target curriculum states to incorporate and mainstream comprehensive risk and disaster management considerations into education sector policies, planning and operations. The policy document provides the legal means by which the school safety program will be put into force. Ministry of Education School Safety Coordinator, Bonaise Kodra, said that the project has been high on the ministry's priority. So school safety has been on the priority list for the Department of Education. We look at school safety holistically, as we've said before. And for us at the Department, this second round of consultations is critical because we are looking at a multi-sectorial perspective as it relates to this school safety policy. As we move forward, school safety is not just going to be a ministry of education, but it'll be all of St. Lucia. Technical support for the consultations is being provided by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, CDEMA, for environmental solutions limited in Jamaica under the MSSP project in the Caribbean. The CDEMA Coordinating Unit has received grand funding from the Caribbean Development Bank, CDB, to the amount of Euro $746,000 to implement the program toolkit in St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Neves, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. For the Government Information Service, I am General Norvel. The National Apprenticeship Programme has set some 40 young persons on a career path. They are now better equipped for employment in the tourism hospitality sector, having been trained and graduated from Monroe College, more from Anissa Antoine. A cohort of students have graduated from the hospitality training course through the National Apprenticeship Programme at the Monroe College in Vue Fort. The three-month program is part of an initiative by the Government of St. Lucia to help alleviate the high unemployment rate amongst our youth, especially in the south of the island. Dr. Wendy Montserie, Director of the National Apprenticeship Programme, congratulated all students on the successful completion of the training course and wished them the best in their future endeavors. The economic environment in St. Lucia is influenced by forces both internal and external, and so we believe the best way to prepare you is by giving you knowledge and experience that will prepare you to effectively function in the wider communities. I want to remind you, those who are graduating, that this is just the beginning of a new path for some of you and the extension of an existing path for others. Cabinet Secretary and Keynote Speaker Benjamin Emmanuel encouraged students to take control of their destiny. Gotten here through the partnership of Monroe College and NAP are among the tools that you require in order for you to succeed, but it is you who will determine how that training, the skill, and the opportunity that you've been given helps you to achieve your goal and your destiny. Graduate Speaker Deborah Cooper expressed gratitude to the professors on behalf of the graduating class for their guidance and counseling. My journey at Monroe College has been quite a learning experience. It's been a life-changing. The friendships and relationships I have fostered here at Monroe made this a comfortable environment to grow and transform. I have acquired skills and become empowered with knowledge that will prepare me for the future endeavors, though it was not without challenges. But being in the front of this class taught me how to be professional. The graduation ceremony took place on Thursday, September 26th, 2019. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. On Thursday 3rd October, the year-long celebration of the Island's 40th anniversary of Independence takes on new meaning with the unveiling of the All-In Sculpture at the Castery's Waterfront Roundabout. Internationally renowned sculptor Jali Mudovic was commissioned to artistically capture the essence of Sinclusio. He recently sat down with the GIS's Geraldine B. Sett-Joseph to discuss the piece. It speaks to our united stride into the future and where we project ourselves. You know, our country has given so much to the world. We've given the world literature. We've given the world economic philosophy. We've given the world acts. We've given the world this they have so much to be proud of. We have so much stalwarts that has emanated from this small dot. You know, and I often see synergies like an atom. You know, it's small but it's powerful. If you split an atom, then you have, you know, something explosive. Yeah. You know, so I really believe that this company encapsulates all that. Jali Mudovic's sculptures have been displayed at museums worldwide. In recent years, he has worked extensively in China. He says being asked to produce a sculpture for the Island's 40th Independence celebration was an honor. So when opportunity came, it's something that I received with much elation, but also with a great degree of reverence and seriousness, I would say, to find a better word. Seriousness because this is epic. Our people need those because all the developed world, you have these iconic things, these iconic statues, you know, that break the monotony of your daily lives, that give inspiration, that serves as beacons for inspiration and also sort of a mapping of a map of who you are and where you are and where you want to go, and people need these things. And also society needs these things to grow. This is very essential to our growth. The unveiling takes place Thursday at 3.30pm. The event will be broadcast live on the national television network NTN and streamed. The St. Lucia Bureau of Standards SLBS is spearheading a series of activities in commemoration of World Standards Day, which is observed annually on October 14. World Standards Day this year is being observed under the theme, video standards create a global stage, a reference to how standards have been critical to developments in video technology that have expanded opportunities for advances in medicine, entertainment and social interactions between people wherever they are in the world. In St. Lucia, the observance will focus on the importance of standards in various sectors of the economy, including beauty and wellness, construction, agriculture and the environment. The St. Lucia Bureau of Standards will launch its activities on Thursday 3 October at 10am at its headquarters in Bisey. This is NTN Nightly. Ryan O'Brien is up next. When a hurricane is approaching, safety of life and the preservation of livelihoods is most important. We should take heed. Create proper drainage along the contour of your farm. Harvest and store all crops that could be harvested. And if possible to sell any produce, do so. Reinforce farmhouses by using screws or hurricane ties to secure the roof and ensure that it is boarded up. Remove all plastic covers from greenhouses and store properly in your reinforced farmhouse. Secure all official agriculture and farming business documents and policies in sealed plastic coverings. And perhaps consider taking out a crop insurance policy to secure your agro livelihood. Take all possible precautions ahead of a hurricane or tropical storm. This is the hurricane season and we should be prepared. A message brought to you by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Welcome everyone to your update from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports on the NTN Nightly News. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Athletics coach in the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, Coughbert Modest recently facilitated a one-day workshop for district three primary schools physical education teachers ahead of schools athletics competition. More in this report. More emphasis is being placed on honing the sporting skill of primary school students on island. On Friday, an athletics workshop for district three primary school physical education teachers was held. The engagement took the form of theoretical and practical sessions on how to make athletics more appealing to the students while using fundamental training techniques for future star athletes. Facilitating the workshop was ministry coach Coughbert Modest. He says what is most important at the primary school level is nurturing the children's sporting development. Well, the objective, like you know, is sprints, green sprints, right? So I give them some drills and some games. So when they go back to the school, I mean, they'll make the running fun. Once you make it fun, you'll get kids coming out to play, right? But it makes them too hard, they'll run away. And the emphasis is not on winning. The objective is developing the athlete. So by the time they reach secondary school, they'll put whatever they learn into the sport right now. PE teachers who participated in Friday's sessions appreciated the training exercises. Well, this session is a timely one because most of the schools around the island are preparing for the annual district and inter-district athletics meet. So it's a timely workshop in that it allows us to teach the students the correct procedures in terms of sprinting and, you know, how they use the lanes designated so that they can run. This is like a refresher for me. We haven't had a track and field workshop in a while. So Mr. Tuatine coming out and doing this with us is a great initiative. One thing that has stuck with me is the starting position for a sprint. The knowledge I had before coming in today, I found that it was wrong. So now that I've learned the correct technique, I can go back to my school and teach the girls the right thing to do. A lot of information and a lot of strategy and a lot of eye-openers, certain things that we, certain practices that we were engaging in which were not adequate for the students, we were able to augment them and we're able to have a wider knowledge of activities, drills and stuff that we can do so that we can enable our students to be better athletes. So we learned a little about athletics in the morning, more about nutrition, what needs to be taught to the children, how do they engage in the track activity. Okay, it's health because we teach special education. I teach special education and I can apply a lot of what I have learned today in the classroom and for sports. Coach Modest is confident that such training sessions for PE teachers will make for overall improved performance of budding athletes and sporting seasons over time. Training is not so good. That's why I train to help them out because when I come I see some children doing some stats, run, wrong position, they don't train too many races and they just come and maybe a week or two before the sports, I mean the children run, run, run, run, run. No, it doesn't work so. It's like a build up, build your strength first, your confidence and then show them how to run. Sporting is a must in the primary school market. So from then on, you know you have a core of children you're watching because most children are at most children that's come to secondary school and you cannot do nothing, nothing, nothing. Okay, so everyone starts from young from a primary school. Friday's athletic workshop for district three primary school PE teachers was held at the Mindo Phillip Park. From the information unit of the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, I am Jesse Leons reporting. Cricket West Cindy's Vice President Keshon Shalo is impressed by what he saw following a visit to the San Lucia Sports Academy in Gosele. Mr. Shalo was part of a delegation from Cricket West Cindy's that visited the facility with Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Shasne. Excellent, excellent initiative. I think this is definitely a model for the West Pacific Caribbean. I see it as a similar model to a campus, a sports campus that I saw in Ireland all year this year which I think is fantastic. So to have the different sports in this event coming together, giving children the opportunity to play sport while you know continuing their studies is phenomenal and I think this is an excellent, excellent initiative. The San Lucia Sports Academy was conceptualized to facilitate the merging of sporting and academic excellence among outstanding young San Lucia sports personalities. That's your update for today from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks Ryan. Bank of San Lucia recently partnered with a local author to host its 11th annual Back to School Student Success workshop for scholarship recipients. The workshop which forms part of the bank's overall scholarship program was held at the Financial Centre in Casstrees. There are many businesses belonging to both the private and public sector who host scholarship programs for the children of their shareholders and staff. For many years however, Bank of San Lucia has been going a little further by hosting a full one day workshop to better prepare its scholarship recipients for school, success and for life. This year's 11th annual Student Success Workshop was based on the theme achieving success through positive relationships and covered several topics including self-esteem, conflict resolution and the importance of listening and body language among others. I'm very happy to be here today to host these students. So actually children of our staff members here at the bank, it's very important to us to recognize their hard work and their achievements in the common entrance examination and some of them are also repeat participants of the program. We focus a lot on education and youth development as these two areas play such a major part of our corporate social responsibility program here at Bank of San Lucia. Local author Valentine Dantes was first selected to facilitate the workshop based on the success of his educational book entitled orientation made easy what to expect when starting secondary school. As a former teacher and employee of the bank, Dantes says that he is forever grateful to Bank of San Lucia for giving him the opportunity to recognize and harness his talents. It has been a journey, it has been a very wonderful experience meeting so many children and being able to impact them in so many different ways. Bank of San Lucia has been very supportive in terms of helping me grow my business, helping me grow this initiative, this workshop. Bank of San Lucia's HR team oversees the program every year and have been pleased with the results so far based on feedback from both parents and students. BOSL is very grateful to its shareholders and employees for its success and the annual student success workshop is one of the many ways the bank gives back to them, the youth and education. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Andouan reporting. Stay with NTN Nightly up next, Primers Hutchingson is here with the NTN Nouvelle Aquial. I was in my neighborhood, it was a very dark night, I decided to go for a drink by a bar. On my way from the bar, I felt distinct to my right leg. When I looked back, I knew it was a full snake. You happen to be in an area where there are snakes and you are bitten by a snake. This is what you do. You call for help and try to reach the Victoria Hospital within one or three hours. You will be seen immediately. My uncle at the time was a police officer called the Victoria Hospital and told them that we are coming down for a snake bite. It is the only facility on the island which has a protocol and a treatment plan where you can be treated adequate. We call them before you go there so they can prepare for you. And rest assured that they are adequate supplies of antivenom with doctors who have been trained in the treatment protocols of the snake bite. Welcome back. We join Primers Hutchingson for the NTN Nouvelle Aquial. Monsieur Madame, Department of Investigation and Investigation, information, government, S.C. G.I.S., National Television and NTN, Caposito Nouvelle Aquial, Puezzatou, Primers Hutchingson. So, you are going to do this? Yes, I am going to do it. Okay, okay. Satisfy? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right, all right. Thank you very much. Okay. Oh, you are much more shy, because so mad. Okay. As a result, we thank the medical officers for the amount of medical assistance they provided. The Government of the Republic of Korea has provided its own services, and along with the $1,020,000 that has been provided by the International Development Corporation in Korea. The Embassy of the Republic of Korea, the Committee of Korea has provided assistance in providing the capacity to pay for the services provided by the International Development Corporation in Korea. The Embassy of the Republic of Korea, the Committee of the Republic of Korea has provided its own services, and along with the $1,020,000 that has been provided by the International Development Corporation in Korea. The Ministry of Health and Welfare has provided its own services, in the country. They want a grand spectacle, put it officially over a month of Koyol heritage, which could cause a lot of suffering from the last month, and then a full activity like the regional visitation for several places of heritage, a grand spectacle the same, a new place for the Riverdale, Old Trafford. Officers CDF, George Fischalfos, explain the story. Thank you very much for your invitation. If you want to visit Koyol, you can visit Koyol. If you want to visit Koyol, you can visit Koyol. The tide for Castries Harbour was high at 6pm. The tide of Yehfor Bay was low at 1.01pm and is high at present. The seas slight and more rumbling than the sea. The tide for Castries Harbour was high at 6pm. The tide for Yehfor Bay was low at 1.01pm and is high at present. The seas slight and more rumbling than the sea. The seas slight and moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet in 0.9 to 1.5 meters. The sun will rise Thursday at 1.05pm. 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