 Welcome to the NTN Nightly. I'm Nisha Charles. This edition stops stories. The Ministry of Education undertakes bold student-focused initiatives. Schools in the castres beast and participate in a disaster risk reduction summer camp. St. Lucia and Japan reaffirm their commitment to key development areas. All that plus the latest in youth development, sports, and the NTN Nouvelle-Arcouillon. The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations, and Sustainable Development is working towards implementing a more student-focused policy designed to read down to the benefit of not just students but teachers as well. The Government of St. Lucia is advancing its efforts at modernizing the school curriculum and teaching methods with a student-centered approach. Student-centered learning shifts the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student. During a recent press briefing, the Education Minister, Honorable Dr. Gil Rigabert, revealed that the Ministry of Education is undertaking a number of initiatives which cater to that, including subject specialization at the primary school level. We are currently running some pilots in select schools and I would be delighted to share the results of that pilot with you in good time. But we recognize that there is some good justification for specialization, subject specialization at the primary school. I will, in good time, let you know what the results of that experiment are. It is informed by the very notion you're espousing that not all teachers are equally gifted or capable in the broad range of subject areas delivered at the primary school level and that consideration should be given to some specializations. The Centers of Excellence in Sports and the Arts and Culture will also provide nontraditional but important avenues for students to realize their full potential whilst receiving a sound secondary level education. The Education Minister further informed that the Grosjele secondary schools transition into St. Lucia's National Sports Academy is poised to be open in September of 2019. Last week, I think there were some final discussions regarding human resource needs, expertise as we transition into the Sports Academy. I know that provision has been made for bringing on board some specialists and sports specialists in the whole range of sports related fields whether it be nutrition, fitness and of course the particular areas of sports that we will be focusing on. But it's not just the students, the teachers are being given the opportunity to enhance their skills to better serve the students. Whereas there are opportunities for lifelong learning and continuing enhancement or advancement, the concern remained whether teachers could pursue studies and continue to benefit from their monthly salaries. Thanks to the partnership we have with CDB, with the GPE, Global Partnership for Education and other agencies, we have been able to offer scholarships to our teachers and to ensure that they will not be deprived of their salary because we recognize and appreciate their economic and financial commitments. This course of action is expected to revolutionize both teaching and learning in St. Lucia. In other education matters, students in the castries basin have been equipped with skills to assist in times of disaster. Anise Antoine has the details on the disaster risk reduction summer camp they attended. The Ministry of Education hosted a three-day disaster risk reduction summer program for students from ages 8 to 10 in schools located in castries and environs. The students participated in hands-on activities such as basic first aid and CPR classes and were given an opportunity to visit the Nemo headquarters to gain insight on the role of the organization. It is an opportunity that we have given our students to become safety ambassadors in the schools or more so first responders, providing them with the necessary skills, more hands-on interactive experience on mitigating various hazards which they are vulnerable to. Also at the schools, the families in the community and ensuring that they become more aware of those hazards and presenting a platform for them to be more equipped in reducing loss of lives, property, and ensuring building a sense of resilience in San Nusha and the community at large. The Ministry of Education collaborated with the fire service department to enlighten students on the various fire hazards. Brenda St. Helen, a teacher at the Avamuria School, stressed on the importance of educating students on both man-made and natural hazards. It is for them to be aware of what our natural disasters and what other man-made disasters that we have around the place. It will sensitize them and as the camp suggests that they become ambassadors to their schools, so they will go back to the school and to sensitize the rest of the school. The Disaster Risk Reduction Summer Program commenced on Monday, July 8th and culminated on Wednesday, July 10th, 2019. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. Ambassador-designate of Japan to San Nusha, His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama, on Thursday presented letters of credence to Governor General His Excellency Sir Emmanuel Neville Snack. Japan and San Nusha established diplomatic relations in January of 1980. His Excellency Sir Emmanuel Neville Snack indicated that Japan has been a great ally to San Nusha, providing support to the San Nusha Fire Service, the rehabilitation of the Bokash Secondary School and the Miku Combined School. The greatest asset I think Japan has to accredit is the fact that she is a constitutional parliamentary democracy where governments come and go by the will of the majority. In my opinion, to be a free people is the highest order to which one can belong for this is where true happiness resides. Ambassador Tatsuo Hirayama expressed the commitment of the Government of Japan to work with San Nusha in strengthening existing bonds and contribute to the overall development of San Nusha. I wish to highlight the friendly and cooperative ties between our two countries based on our shared fundamental values such as democracy, human rights, the international peace and security, the rule of law, and sustainable use of marine resources. I sincerely hope to develop our bilateral relations to the next level with the Excellency's kind help and general support for the people of San Turisia. In regard, I humbly request for your valuable cooperation and guidance to help ensure the deepening of ties between Japan and San Turisia. The Japanese ambassador presented the letters of credence to the Governor-General on Thursday 11th July. The San Nusha Tourism Authority and events company San Nusha partnered with Caribbean Airlines to host a welcoming ceremony for regional visitors coming to San Nusha for their carnival experience. Laila Williams is the marketing and sponsorship officer at events company San Nusha. There's a welcome for persons coming off, both the Liat flights which comes in about this time and also the Caribbean Airlines flight to welcome them not just to San Nusha but to San Nusha Carnival. So on the inside there was a DJ, there was Carnival costumes, there were giveaways in terms of bandanas, little pouches with paraphernalia related to San Nusha meaning what San Nusha is all about. Just like I said to make people feel welcome and to make them aware that San Nusha Carnival is happening. There were a few people who were coming with their costumes, a bunch of them ordered online and were shipped to them, but they were coming with their costumes and there was a whole festive atmosphere because we were able to meet up with two different flights like I said, one was Liat and one was Caribbean Airlines. So it was really, really fantastic in there. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, July 10th and this is the NTN Nightly, Ryan O'Brien is up next. Everyone is at risk forgetting a foodborne illness. While most foodborne illness cases are mild and go unreported, long-term health complications and even deaths can occur from a foodborne illness. Foodborne illnesses are caused by contamination of food at any stage of preparation. If you are a food handler involved in home-based food production, meat, fish, chicken or a big shop, as a food vendor, how you prepare food can put your customers at risk. Do you know the risks and how to avoid them? The San Nusha Bureau of Standards can help you. For more information, contact the San Nusha Bureau of Standards at 456-0546 or email SLBS at candw.lc or visit the website at www.slbs.org.lc The San Nusha Bureau of Standards making quality and standards our way of life. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Thanks, Nisha. Welcome once again to your update from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports on the NTN Nightly news. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Netball coach in the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports and National Netball Captain, is currently in Liverpool, England, to be updated on the workings of the Americas Federation of Netball Associations coaching committee between July 12th to the 22nd. It will be a unique opportunity for Maxwell to experience elite performances and engage with colleagues in self-reflected learning along the pathway to understanding the international approach to coaching and the strategy and vision to support the development of coaches across the Americas. There will also be an opportunity to participate in the elite coaching clinic to be conducted during July 16th to 18th. The workshop will also provide her with cutting edge techniques and competencies in respect of netball coaching at the national and regional levels. CardiCom Secretary General Irwin La Rock is optimistic that heads of government and the Caribbean community are taking the matter of healthy lifestyle seriously. He made the assertion during an interview with the NTN Nightly following the 2019 CardiCom 10K held in St. Lucia recently. It has to be a coordinated effort between all of us. An event like this, and you would know, to organize an event like this is a collaborative effort and the sponsors, of course the organizers, the participants and showing that you get persons to come, the heads of government are very much aware of this event. What we probably have to try to do is make it, I know it's difficult because it's always best to do a 10K race, for instance, on a Sunday when there's less traffic. But if it is possible to have it closer to the heads of government meeting like you had in Jamaica. So in Jamaica, the Prime Minister of Jamaica participated, the President of Suriname participated, I even participated a bit, and other ministers and so on. But I think there's a firm commitment to the issue of a healthy lifestyle and promoting good health in our region and through sports and discipline. And also, sports is also important for our youth. Next year's CardiCom 10K will be held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. And that's your update from New Development and Sports for today. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks, Ryan. In a continuing effort to further the development of hospitality students at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, the Commission of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, OECS, provided yet another opportunity for the students to hone their craft through practical experience. Students were given the opportunity to host a diplomatic lunch attended by resident members of the diplomatic corps in St. Lucia, regional representatives from partner organizations and staff of the Commission. The three-course meal accompanied by specialty bread made from cassava and sweet potato prepared and served by the students with assistance from their teachers given the large number of students currently off-campus attending summer internships. Head Chef, Riyad James, thanked the OECS Commission for providing the students with opportunities to improve their skills. He also used the occasion to apprise guests on the work of the culinary department. Earlier this year, the Commission engaged the hospitality students in preparing a five-star lunch to reward the staff of the OECS Commission. And stay with the NTN Nightly. Up next, Primers Hutchinson is here with the NTN Nouvelle Arquio. Be aware of and follow water conservation practices. Here are a few tips to help you save water. Wash dishes in a basin of water instead of a running tap. Soak pots and pans instead of letting the water run while scraping them. Check toilets for leaks by putting dye in the tank. If color shows in the bowl without flushing, there is a leak. A leaking toilet can waste thousands of gallons of water. Use a bucket instead of a hose to wash cars and reuse grey water from laundry to water plants. Water conservation reduces energy consumption and strain on the water distribution system. Conserve water whenever possible and remember, every job counts. A message brought to you by the Water and Sewage Company Incorporated, Waskoo. Welcome back. We join Primers Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle Arquio. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, the University of South Korea for the information of the Government of South Korea, GIS, the National Television Agency for the NTN, the Nouvelle Arquio, and the Primers Hutchinson. Ministers of the University of South Korea for the education of Dr. Gil Rigorbutt, I welcome you and embrace and accept the institution that is an establishment that is in place to perform the second thing for the students who need special assistance, an institution that I agree to assist the students who can perform the dignity that was deserved in the Common Entrance Exam in the Salar. As a result of this, the Ministry of Education announced the initiative that started in September to try to correct the situation in the Salar. Dr. Rigorbutt, I thank you and Dr. Mason who directed the institution to consider the Salar and the students who had the opportunity to continue the program in the institution that I have established your reputation to find the results of excellence by the students that I have followed the program that I have done. According to the Ministry of Education, Rigorbutt, I thank the students who are not weak to place the students who can perform the dignity that was deserved in the Salar and the students who can perform the dignity that was deserved in the Common Entrance Exam in the Salar. As a result of this initiative I established the reputation of our students to complete the excellence of their high-level students who had the opportunity to participate in the Salar and the students who have the opportunity to participate in the Salar and the students who had the opportunity We have to make sure that the law is completed and that the program is in the best position to achieve it. So, Dr. Rigovot has made an appeal to the parents to make it possible for them to follow the program, to find a lot of opportunities to be able to see it. In the meantime, the school has decided to follow the program to start the program in September. The institutions have learned from the school that they have received training in a way to occupy them and their capabilities to build the studies in a way that is more advanced. We have also received assistance from the Ministry of Education, Kendall Kodra, who is a program that has been operating in all of the cities in Kauabla. We have also developed a program that supports the education of Kodra and Kauabla in order for the students to advance in the way of the technology that needs to be quickly changed in order for the educators to find a new way to educate them. If Kodra is a program to develop the institutions professionally, they need to be equipped to correct these situations. So, as technology has changed so often, it has come in very necessary to continue to train the institutions with the education system. Ambassador Chappan, who is here today, is here in Yama. He is an official position for the General Government. He is here today. On an anniversary for Senator Avel,'d Ambassador Hirayama, I would like you to please visit this place, and study about the relationships between countries and partnership. You may find new foreign leaders in Japan with the help of good relations and cooperation that exists in Japan. Ambassador Hirayama, I would like you to please visit this place We have visited here for the second time, as it was the first country to visit in Karebla, which was visited for the first time in 2012. The Japanese ambassador declared that the countries will continue to cooperate with the International Law of Democracy, the Human Rights Act, the International Security Act, and the establishment of a chain of institutions. This is how it was evaluated with all the countries involved. It can be done with all that is possible to keep the relations of the countries alive and to continue to strengthen this cooperation. In response, Senegal thanked Japan for continuing to assist the PESH sector to establish a predation to assist Mala de Sida to also assist the PESH sector to establish a box for one of the services needed. Senegal thanked India for establishing an authority to manage other PESH assistance to associate them with rehabilitation, secondary school, vocation, primary school, community center, amilet, and many other assistance. Thank you very much for your time and for your invitation. I would like to thank all of you for your time. Thank you for your promise. And here's a look at what's happening to us, whether wise. Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers today, a gradual increase in cloudiness and some moderate to heavy showers with a chance of isolated thunderstorms is expected from tomorrow Friday. At 11 am, Thursday, Tropical Storm Barry formed over the Gulf of Mexico and poses no threat to the eastern Caribbean islands. Over the central tropical Atlantic, a tropical wave located near 530 miles or 980 kilometers east of St. Lucia is moving westward near 20 miles per hour or 31 kilometers per hour. This wave is expected to generate scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the eastern Caribbean islands by Friday and into Saturday. Further east, a tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure has a low chance of developing into a tropical storm during the next 5 days. Tides for Castries Harbor, high at 12.17 pm, low at 4.53 pm, Tides for Viewford Bay, high at 124 pm, low at 6.20 pm. Seas moderate with waves of 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 meters. The sun will rise Friday at 5.52 am.