 Welcome to NTN Nightly, I'm Huma Di Mark. This edition stops stories. The official findings of an archaeological survey has given the green light to the Kabul development on Mount Hardy. Saint-Thusia reccomends to the environment on this Earth Day under the theme Restore Our Earth. And First National Bank joins the list of local companies coming to the aid of Saint-Vencent and the Grenadines. The official findings of an archaeological survey on the former Arouac burial ground, which forms part of the multi-million dollar Kabul development, has been released. The report gives an all-clear for the continuation of the development on Mount Hardy. The former Arouac burial ground, with its archaeological significance today, has been the focus of major media attention, with concerns being raised by the Saint-Thusia National Trust. Former developers, Kabul Saint-Thusia, under the recommendation of the Saint-Thusia National Trust, engaged the services of eminent and internationally respected archaeologist Dr. Reginald Mulfi to undertake a physical study of the area. He described his research as bittersweet from an archaeologist's perspective as he had hoped to discover significant archaeological findings but found nothing remarkable. Now as far as the development potential or the archaeology of the site, we can say it's been almost totally eroded, washed out, natural causes and vehicular traffic. It's unfortunate but that's the reality of that particular site. We did a complete comparison. We looked at where people excavated before. We found those spots. They were gone, almost bedrock in most places. Then we looked at where the houses were located because those are also mapped by the University of Leiden. They're completely gone. We looked at the burial ground area. That's all gone. And by the way, no complete individuals were found there. Just partially remains of over 40 people. The study was also a requirement of the local DCA in order to grant permission to Kabul to continue works in that specific area. The local archaeological and historical society was asked to consult with DCA and to prepare the terms of reference for the study. President of the Archaeological and Historical Society, Dr Winston Filgens, confirmed the integrity of the survey. I would want to focus solely on our role in all of this. We advised the DCA. The advice that we gave was that a proper archaeological assessment was supposed to be done. The report has come back. We have read the report. The report according to terms of reference. The report also according to normal archaeological assessment projects around the world. And we satisfied that the gentleman who did the work, Mr Mofi, did what he was asked to do. And the report has met our terms. Dr Mofi was also asked to give an expert opinion as to whether his findings hindered the developers from moving forward. All I can say is from professional archaeological opinion, there's nothing there of cultural heritage values, tangible values worthy of, say, stopping a project. Again, if I'm asked to make a decision, should they go ahead and do it? I look at the values of the job creations, I have to look at the economical values, I have to look at all those things, and balance it out against heritage because heritage must be seen to be contributing financially, otherwise no sites are going to be saved. We have to look at the economic values of heritage. This is a good example of, you have a heritage site, you study it, and if you have to put the development in, you study it until there's nothing left and get everything you can out of it, and then you can develop it, but you have the historical document. This is the kind of case I think, I would say yes, it could be developed at this point in time. The Krabot team has welcomed the findings and the green light to proceed with the works in the location of concern. CEO of Krabot St. Lucia is Christine Thompson. Living in harmony with our communities is at the core of what we value as a corporation, and what that means is not only providing economic opportunities for the members of that community, but also respecting and protecting the flora and fauna on the site, the history of the site, the peoples that live there, the marine environment that surrounds the site, the conservation of scarce resources like water, so for example on this course we will use all drought resistant strains of grass so that we can serve whatever resources that we have, and really protecting the environment in the best possible way that we can. One of the key recommendations of the archaeology report is that an archaeologist be present when any digging or excavation work is taking place in that specific area. Krabot has noted that they are working closely with the local archaeological and historical society to facilitate this and has also committed to erecting a monument in the area to memorialize the indigenous peoples. From the Government Information Service, Rajvaro Lawrence reporting. St. Lucia on Thursday, 22 April joined the global community in observing Earth Day. Tsukama married the occasion in just over six months prior to the 26th conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Department of Sustainable Development launched Climate Change in St. Lucia. Let's make it our drama, a stimulating four-minute animated video designed to raise public awareness about climate change, particularly among youth, and accelerate climate change action across the country. The video created by local artist Ed Sandeford of Acid Creations in collaboration with DSD and UNICEF features musician Ezra Defund Machine, Augustine, and radio host Francesca Frani Solomon as narrators. The animated video is intended to be used in schools, summer camps among youth groups, and otherwise to introduce students to and to help galvanize action on climate change while sharing information on government's plans such as the nationally determined contribution and the National Adaptation Plan. Climate change and environmental education is key. For instance, discuss how our tourism and agricultural sectors can contribute to the fight against climate change and how this can help our country promote a sustainable tourism and agriculture model and create jobs. Share ideas on how renewable energy and energy efficiency practices can make our environment clean and green. Read about climate change. There is so much to it. Did you know that over 50% of our coral is already bleached? Did you know how drought is impacting our farmers? Climate change will only make things worse. Learn about how to tackle these problems. And of course, take action. Think of dengue. If you de-appart by clearing stagnant water, we can eradicate it together. Rewarding, isn't it? You can also join tree planting campaigns or gardening activities at your school to protect both our environment and your health. Think of all the other little practical things you can do on a daily basis, such as reducing, recycling, reusing and repurposing, which will help you save a lot of money. Meantime, the Ministry of Tourism Information Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries celebrated the local environment under the designated theme, Restore Earth. Here's Miguel Morissette. The Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries is joining the world in the commemoration of Earth Day 2021. The theme for this year's observance is Restore Our Earth. Ecosystems and natural resources are a vital part of St. Lucia's tourism sector. The Permanent Secretary, Donalyn Vite, speaking on the importance of this year's theme, says it is necessary to protect and preserve our green spaces for future generations and to achieve economic sustenance. It's quite impossible for tourism to take place or even to thrive in a world where the Earth is not protected and the Earth is not respected. And so we are very delighted here in St. Lucia that we have a bounty of natural resources that is really able to allow St. Lucia to put itself out there in the world market for tourism. We have the extent of our driving volcano. We have our underwater features, our dive sites, our wonderful creatures below the sea. We also have our sky rides and our wonderful parks and recreational facilities that really surround us with green spaces and amenities that allows not only visitors but St. Lucia to recreate and enjoy. Vite says the COVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to focus on the rehabilitation of green areas and ecosystems. We've been seeing how many of our clients, those persons who have sites and attractions, those persons who have farms and they were taking care of green spaces, how they have gone further and developed it and being able to realise that this downtime has given them a significant opportunity to increase forest cover and also to really take care and nurture and develop various facets that we could use as part of our tourism industry. Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Lenita Joseph says the day provides an opportunity for staff to reflect on the significance of the planet and to celebrate its existence in light of recent natural disasters. Here in the Ministry of Tourism, we wanted to celebrate Earth Day. We wanted to celebrate the place that we live in and how much we appreciate what this planet does for us. So we're celebrating today so the staff have dressed up in animal print, in floral print or in earth colours just to engender that sense of wellness and thankfulness and appreciation for our environment. And also for lunch, we're having local food, not processed food but stuff that has been grown here, you know, ground provisions and fish. So we're looking at both land-based and marine-based life and we're having appreciation for it. Joseph says the exercise allowed the Ministry to lend its voice to the importance of protecting the Earth. From the Government Information Service, Miguel Morissette reporting. Chief Education Officer Dr Fiona Philip Meyer has reported satisfaction with the opening of the third term of the academic year in the physical setting. Students returned to the classroom Monday 19 April 2021 after adapting to virtual learning for the better part of the past year due to COVID-19. Indications of the transition back to the classroom setting has been generally smooth with the Department of Education and the Ministry of Health working closely to ensure that protocols are at head too. As a parent and long-serving educator, I'm well-placed to appreciate the anxiety as well as relief associated with the reopening of school for many parents and staff. We are keenly aware of the efforts of many educators and applaud them for the preparations geared at welcoming our students back. We saw some creative and fun projects that reminded students of safety protocols while at the same time reaffirming their sense of belonging at the educational institutions island-wide. Well done everyone and thank you for your efforts. We thank you for this initial step at what we hope will be a sustained third tone. Like other sectors of society, educational institutions will be managing COVID cases under the guidance of the Department of Health. We want to reassure parents that they will be contacted as per the need and we hope there is no need to do so but we want to reaffirm our commitment to always keeping them informed if their children are impacted in any way. We have staff, parents and students who in some way or another may be impacted reference COVID-19. We wish therefore to remind all stakeholders of the specific responses to various scenarios that were developed prior to the reopening of school. We encourage everyone to practice and adhere to the protocols that are clearly established so as to reduce any possible spread. We must, especially as adults, be vigilant and responsible in our actions so as to reduce any risk to our younger ones. Our commitment is clear. Health, safety and a successful educational journey for all. Educational institutions will operate from Monday to Friday based on the established school hours. Some schools will adopt a whole school approach based on physical infrastructure and school population. Other schools will operate using the alternate day system. Six days cycle first providing at least three days of face-to-face instruction to students. Meanwhile, the Saint Lucia Students Council has called on all students to cooperate with school and health authorities and that head to all COVID-19 protocols in order to achieve some sense of normalcy. Jean-Luc Constantin is the Public Relations Officer. We understand that our schools reopen. We will all attempt to jumpstart our education and that there is no one-size-fits-all method that will work for us all. But it will be critical for us as students to take responsibility and work alongside our teachers, our peers and our parents to ensure that we have a smooth transition to face-to-face learning. Students of Saint Lucia, now more than ever, your voices matter. Your cries for help have always been heard. Please do not be afraid to seek guidance from your peers as we all have to cope with the trauma of this pandemic. Constantin is encouraging students to continue to adapt and to demonstrate resilience in this new era dictated by the coronavirus. First National Bank, Saint Lucia Limited has made a significant donation of drinking water and water storage tanks for the families most affected by the eruptions of the La Soufie Volcano in Cistern Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Jesse Leance reports. A total of 2,000 cases of drinking water plus 5,800 water storage tanks were placed on boats and shipped along with other relief supplies to the residents that were displaced from their homes for general distribution where the supplies were most needed. Present at the Aview Fort Docks to see the handover was managing director of First National Bank, Jonathan Johannes. As a corporate entity with deep connections in St. Vincent and hopefully if all goes well soon to be an operator in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, we felt it necessary to reach out at a time of need for the people and the government over there. We firmly believe that if the shoe was on the other foot they would have done the same for us and we have history and evidence to show the deep support and deep ties that the islands have. So reaching out to St. Vincent at a time of need was a natural thing for us to do. Director of NEMO, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Michelle Forbes, received the items on behalf of the government and people of that country. I would like to express thanks to the First National Bank for the donation of these 5,800 gallon water tanks to the people and the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. As we all know, we are still experiencing explosive eruptions or episodes from the last affair of volcano and this has really severely affected our water distribution throughout the country. These water tanks will go a long way in supporting not just NEMO but agencies that belong to NEMO in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The receipt and coordination of the donations were handled by Ms. Voneta Rogers, Country Manager for RBC RBTT, which was recently purchased by the OECS Consortium of Indigenous Banks. For the Government Information Service, I am Jesse Leance reporting. This is NTN Nightly. Up next, Primus Hutchinson with the NTN novella Quiole. The dentist was really nice and she told me that mouth renting is better if water gets rid of food in between your teeth, which can protect you from getting cavity. No way! So after I eat a drink, anything is a good idea to rinse out my mouth with water. Yes! Make sure to spit out the water after renting because swallowing will... Remember, water is an easy and cost-effective way to instantly boost your health and a healthy body to fight many diseases including COVID-19. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN novella Quiole. Thank you very much. Thank you, Madam Department of Health and Welfare, for the information on government services, such as GIS, such as the NTN National Television, as well as the Nouvelle Quiole, as well as Primus Hutchinson. The Ministry of Tourism, a government such as this one, observed the NTN National Television to preserve the Earth in a way that would kill me, such as this one, in a way that would imprison the citizens except for the marches that are necessary to preserve the citizens. In the exhibition, the Ministry of Tourism, dedicated to the public, and also the officers from the USP for protection to live in a general way, the Minister of Tourism, Donaldine Vite, explained the necessity of the initiative. We have made an effort to preserve the Earth in a way that would kill the Earth. In this way, we have created a way that would kill the citizens. We have created a way that would kill the people, but as far as we have seen, we have not destroyed the Earth. We have destroyed the Earth. So we have come down here to the whole country, to come in, to celebrate the Earth, we need it to eat, we need it to swim, we need to hold our fingers to do everything that we eat We don't want to settle here, so we don't want tourism, but we don't want tourism to destroy the land. So we want to encourage people, even if they need a livelihood, to do it in a way that they can enjoy and preserve the land. We don't want to sell it, but we want to make it happen. Prime Minister, this is the Minister of Finance, Alain Chassnay. He announced that the government will provide $24.2 million to continue to build various national projects in the country. Prime Minister Chassnay made an announcement saying that a budget presentation for 2021 could be passed in Reconcite. Prime Minister, please make an announcement. The budget will be financed by the Bank of Development, the CDB. Prime Minister, please also make an announcement that the government will finish the second phase of the redevelopment system in January. The government will continue to filter out the dam block in John Compton. Prime Minister, please also make an announcement to deposit all the money in the budget for John Compton. This is a result of October 2020 that I made very well. The budget will finish by the end of this month. And I will provide a service for more than 100,000 people at the end of the month. Prime Minister, please make an announcement that the budget for Eopor Hewanora and NEP will increase their capacity by 24%. Prime Minister, please also make an announcement to provide financial financing to help address the water issues. And also to build this, with a lot of necessary equipment, including a lot to eat and drink. In tourist development, Prime Minister Klamotweki has 60% of the work he has done. Except for tourists who are supposed to live in operations, such as in Majouiette, with the capacity of aviation services, such as Kaituiho and Jouiette for December. Prime Minister Klamotweki says that tourist projects for these villages are to start building a shelter and shelter. For those who live in facilities such as Kacham Domi, Kacham Popoyon Tidite, the same village, such as the shelter, for those who live in the western part of the world, and also in the south. All those who live in the south, they are the ones who work with Kaituiho in the shelter and shelter in the facility. Particularly for those who live in the facilities in Palmis, for those living in the north, they are all diverse, such as the work they have done in the development of the Gouzile border and also the facility for people to live in. The work they have done to feed the Gouzile residents on the other side of the road. Prime Minister also mentioned that this is the second phase, We're developing Gola Place at Castouille. We're developing Bodlamé at Kanawi. Second phase, we're developing Derek Walker Square. We're developing a facility that has a diverse area that is not built by the government. That's a choice. And we're developing a facility called Old Trafford at Soufier. The country's history has found a place to understand the budget for the year next year. The facility was very easy to build. The government is working to develop a place that is diverse to explain without all the technical words that are difficult to understand. The government is working to develop a place that is not built by the government but by the government. That's the government that is working to develop a place that has a diverse area that is not built by the government. So, for the first time in the history of the government, we're presenting a guide to understand the budget for 2021 to be sold more easily. We're also collaborating with the Finance Department to present a way for all the public to read and understand very easily and to make the public more aware of all these information that will help them to understand the budget that is being presented to the government. If the government is able to understand the situation here, we will be able to understand and help them to understand how the government is working to develop a place for the next year. You can find the budget on the internet so visit www.finance.gov.lc slash programs slash view slash one two five. AOC online flippin' book F-L-I-P-P-I-N-G-B-W-O-K dot com slash view slash seven zero five eight one six four five two slash attachments. If you want to apply, you have to make sure that the call and the call can be canceled so I can go there. Okay? That's all for now, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for watching. I have a lot of information. If you have any questions, you can send us a lot of news at the end of the day. We'll see you in the next episode. Thank you very much. Thank you, Prime Minister. That brings us to the end of NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. You could also catch up with us anytime on the government of St. Lucia Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Guilmer Timmar.