 Welcome to NTA Nightly, I am Channel Novel, this edition's top stories. City vendors to have their financial burdens eased as local government Minister Hon. Richard Frederick issues another reprieve package. Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre calls for greater public education on St. Lucia's war heroes. And the food service industry helps pilot a plastic-free St. Lucia. More St. Lucia's are to benefit from government initiatives aimed at providing relief to those impacted by the financial fallout from COVID-19. Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for housing and local government, Hon. Richard Frederick during the sitting of the House of Assembly on Tuesday announced that all vendors renting from the Castries Constituencies Council, CCC, will be granted a waiver on rent owed to the CCC prior to the 1st of November 2021. All 656 vendors who are currently renting from the Castries City Council, all are outstanding that accrued before the 1st of November this year is hereby forgiven. This waiver is to the tune of $3 million. Minister Hon. Richard Frederick explained that vendors have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and this relief will go a long way in assisting their financial recovery efforts. This rent reprieve, Mr. Speaker, is for vendors in the vendors' arcades, vendors in the central market, both provision and craft market, the various units owned by the CCC and the individual vendor vending booths all across the city. This move, Mr. Speaker, this additional reprieve will cost the government another $3 million, putting the people first. Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt that the government is helping its people. The people must now help the government by discharging the legal obligations by paying the rent from January and agreeing not to sublet. The Department of Housing and Local Government to date has provided two reprieve packages totaling $7.2 million. In October, Hon. Richard Frederick announced the waiver of rent owed by both commercial and residential tenants of the CCC. Meanwhile, the Government of St. Lucia has announced that it will be undertaking the completion of phase one of the St. Jude Hospital. The decision was made after comprehensive analysis of the status of the current structure. The announcement was made by Prime Minister of St. Lucia, the Hon. Philip J. Pierre, during Tuesday's sitting of the House of Assembly. Hon. Pierre also informed that the analysis of the Hiranora International Airport redevelopment project is progressing with the aim of charting the best way forward for the project and the country. The five options proposed for review are 1. Do nothing, compete at terminal using the current design and determine the overall cost. 2. Scale down the existing design to obtain a single structure by removing components including the elevated roadway and food floor with VIP lunges. 3. Use a design from 2020 with construction of the terminal in the car park, north of the existing terminal and demolition of the existing terminal. 4. Keep the existing terminal and incorporate it into the expansion. Create a connector and use the existing terminal for arrivals and a new scale down along the vertical plane terminal for departures, leaving room for full expansion if required. Piling for that phase would have already been in place. Determine what could be salvaged from the ongoing foundation works and relocate the new terminal further towards the east. The governmental works define the report of the committee, but in the meantime will include and pursue the identification of various value engineering options to ensure that the money of the taxpayers of St. Lucia was not squandered. Another matter of national importance to be undertaken by the government of St. Lucia is constitutional reform. We have signalled our good government's intentions by the appointment of a deputy speaker. We have in the first hundred days reignited the Constitutional Reform Commission, presented to parliament in a motion debated in August 2015. On assuming office, the government recognising that since the approval of the resolution by parliament in 2015 for the establishment of the committee, little progress had been made in this important matter. We have taken steps to pursue the constitutional reform recommendations as a matter of high national priority. In fulfillment of this objective, government will work with and take the necessary steps in consultation with you, Mr Speaker, and the leader of the opposition to ensure that this matter is adequately pursued. Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Honourable Philip J. Pierre. The ER clinical staff lounge at the Victoria Respiratory Hospital receives a facelift providing a relaxing and welcoming space for employees. More from Funnel Neptune. The Respiratory Hospital recently unveiled its refurbished and upgraded ER clinical staff lounge with the help of the St. Lucia Manufacturers Association. The refurbished ER clinical staff lounge provides a space for staff to recharge, join long and challenging periods at the Respiratory Hospital. Minister for Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, the Honourable Moussa Jebatis, Express sincere thanks and appreciation to the St. Lucia Manufacturers Association for the gesture and invested their resources to ensure comfort for the staff at the hospital. This room will help with our mental health because that's an aspect of the COVID-19 battle which is not spoken about too much, mental health, stress. The stress that the doctors are going through, the porters and the cleaners and everybody around, the security people, all right, you two are frontline workers and I can see the stress that you're going through. So I wish to thank you and to say to the St. Lucia Manufacturers Association, this is really wonderful, this is heartwarming and I want to encourage your members to continue to reach out to the hospital and let us do this together. President of the St. Lucia Manufacturers Association, Margaret Daisy says, despite challenging times, the Association saw the need to give back to St. Lucia and the health sector. All our manufacturers, the bulk of them contributed to ensure that it was a success. It's just the beginning because we have a lot more to offer and we encourage all other companies, all other associations to come and give back. This is the best way to help our nation and our society get better. And we feel that if the wellness of our doctors, nurses and staff are taken care of, it will have a domino effect on the patient. The combined expenditures of the organizations within the St. Lucia Manufacturers Association who contributed towards the refurbishment of the EL Clinical Staff Launch was in the range of $50,000. Reporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, I am Funa Lipton. Prime Minister the Honourable Philip J. Pierre has hailed the heroism of St. Lucia Nationals who fought in the world wars. Prime Minister Pierre has however lamented the lack of public education on the lives of those who served to secure our freedoms. More from Herbody Mark. Engraved on the war memorial at Derrick-Walkett Square are the names of St. Lucia soldiers who served during World War I and II. This year, 2021 marks 103 years since the end of World War I on November 11, 1918 and 76 years since the end of World War II on May 8, 1945. St. Lucia annually recognizes the service of these brave soldiers with a wreath-laying ceremony, the wearing of poppies, and in past years a Remembrance Day parade. The Remembrance Day observance held this year on Sunday, November 14 at Government House provided an opportunity for reflection on the sacrifices made by war veterans and the benefits derived in modern day. Officials of the Government of St. Lucia, the Diplomatic Corps, and the family of war veterans paid tribute to the St. Lucia servicemen who fought and lost their lives on the battlefield of the two world wars. Highlighting the indelible contribution of the 359 St. Lucia's who served in the British Armed Forces, Prime Minister of St. Lucia Hon. Philip J. Pierre called for greater public education on the work and sacrifice of St. Lucia's war veterans. These brave patriots pay the ultimate price, they sacrifice their lives to defend and protect the lives and freedoms of people who lived at that time and for generations to come. Hon. Philip J. Pierre indicated the sacrifice of these servicemen paved the way for many rights and democracies enjoyed today. Our way of life which gives us the right of choice, the right to live in peace and harmony, the right to the freedom of expression, and the right to elect a government of the people's choice, the right to enjoy the ownership of property amongst others were all preserved. In essence, democracy reigned over tyranny. The British High Commissioner to St. Lucia Leslie Saunders recognised two surviving veterans of World War II for their service. Mr Francis, 84 years old, and Mr Hain Cyril, who celebrated his 100th with thee on November 12th. Your colleagues have arranged a wonderful certificate for you, Mr Cyril. From the Royal Commonwealth X Services League, it says happy 100th birthday on the 12th of November 2021, awarded to Mr Hain Cyril, living in St Lucia, in recognition of this incredible milestone and the lifetime of memories of your distinguished military service. We wish you many more, signed by Major General Mitch Mitchell, the Deputy Grand President of the Royal Commonwealth X Services League. French Ambassador to St Lucia, His Excellency Jacques-Henry Houls, described their remembrance these commemoration as extremely moving. He recalled that French resistance during the Second World War escaped to the Peter regime in St Lucia and received a warm welcome. This gesture is well remembered in France and so I'm very happy to be here with my British colleague and to celebrate with you that particular day, which is also in France a kind of general day for the victims of the main wars of the 20th century. So thank you very much. The first remembrance service was held in 1919, one year following the end of World War I. From the Government Information Service, Hermione Marc reporting. One local restaurant has answered the call to reduce the use of single-use plastics voice takeaway services. Spice of India is teaming up with the Plastic Waste Free Islands project for a pilot to encourage sustainable consumption in St Lucia's food service industry. Jesse Leos has the details. Indian cuisine is on the menu and you can now order the takeout in reusable food containers. The Plastic Waste Free Islands PWFI project through the Department of Sustainable Development has made available 49 reusable food service containers to a local restaurant, Spice of India, to boost their sustainable efforts at reducing single-use plastic consumption. In the pilot initiative, Spice of India commits to include the containers in an ongoing offer where patrons who opt for takeaway in a reusable food container will pay a small deposit when they order food from the restaurant. The deposit is paid back to the patron when they return the container. The PWFI project food service containers can be used up to 250 times, cleaned after every return under the strictest hygiene standards. Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Department of Sustainable Development, Silka Tobias, handed over the containers to restaurant owner Chef Adil Sherwani on behalf of the PWFI project. This will assist with our goal to reduce the country's dependence on single-use plastic food service containers by encouraging customers to avoid single-use plastics and using reusable containers for ready meals, takeaways and any food in bulk. This project will further assist with finding innovative solutions against plastic waste generation and leakages. The PWFI project is part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Global Close the Plastic Tap program. With support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Corporation NORAD, the three-year project works in St. Lucia and five other islands of the Caribbean and Pacific. The project seeks to promote island circular economy and to demonstrate effective quantifiable solutions to addressing plastic leakage from small island developing states. Spice of India owner Chef Adil is pleased to align his enterprise with this cause. Anything to do for the environment, we will do whatever it takes to save the environment and of course it's a cost-effective way for us and for our clients as well. So I'm very excited for this day and the staff are excited, the whole team is excited and I'm glad to get it out so people can start patronizing it. Actually it works very good with the summit going on right now where we're trying to save the environment in the whole world and this goes a long way. So anything for sustainable development, Spice of India is up for it. The handover was held on November 3rd, 2021. More restaurants and food service providers are encouraged to introduce similar initiatives to reduce single-use food packaging. For the Department of Sustainable Development, I am Jesse Leans reporting. This is Ntia Knightley. Primus Hutchingson is up next. Stay with us. The water and sewage company Ink Wasco wishes to inform the public that individuals wishing to access the customer services department can call or send a WhatsApp or text message to the numbers 4820187, 4820188, 4820058 and 4820060 for assistance with the following queries. Bill balances, bill queries, high consumption, new connections, reconnections, disconnections upon request, change of a householder's name and meter replacements. The service is available from Monday to Thursday from 7.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. and Fridays from 7.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Call or message us today to resolve all your customer service-related needs. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchingson for the Ntn Nouvelle. Acquire all of you. M. Houtain Genel, M. Mdm, Department of Sustainable Development for Information in this government. This is G.I.S., Assembly for National Television, and Ntn, the new president of Acquire all, the president of Primus Hutchingson. The ministry has made sure that the citizens of M. Jebattis are happy and that the success I have made and that the COVID-19 pandemic continues. I say congratulations to M. Mdm, the minister of Jebattis who spoke mainly about his government's accomplishments and how we can make a difference for the great satisfaction that has already existed in the coronavirus pandemic. According to M. Jebattis, if the pandemic continues, there will be no coronavirus pandemic that can stop the pandemic. That's not a reason for me to say goodbye. We have to manage COVID-19, Mr. Speaker. It's different. It's not easy. One is difficult. One is difficult. One is difficult. One is difficult. One is difficult. One is difficult. One is difficult. But Mr. Speaker, we know that everything is not easy. It's not easy. It's not easy. Honourable Jebattis, the government has approached the situation in a different way. We have to make a difference. We have to make a difference with the fact that we want to bring everyone to this. But Mr. Speaker, it's a unique thing. He has to mix everything. He is not a politician. He has to try to talk to everyone. It's not everything he can do well. But he has to talk to these people in these health centers. Mr. Nessot Belvi, these health centers, we're all working for the best. For the best. We're all working for the best. We're all working for the best. Both of us are working for the best. The government and the private sector with the housing in these situation, the city, the company, the structure, the state, the government, the government's office, to talk about how it has already been accomplished for the last 100 days since the government was in power. On November 21, 2021, Frederick declared that the government had already abolished 646 holidays, which was before November 1, 2021. On November 21, 2021, Frederick said that it had cost the government $3 million, more than $4.2 million, which is a debt relief for residents with no commercial services. On November 21, 2021, Frederick declared that he had already abolished 646 holidays, which was before November 1, 2021. Frederick said he had already abolished 646 holidays, which is a debt relief for residents with no commercial services. On November 21, 2021, Frederick said he had already abolished 646 holidays, which was before November 1, 2021. This news was shared via Facebook with members of the independent State agency group. This radio news was shared via facebook with members of thenotepad. For registration, tenant, laser, officers to visit these tenants and to put them all by their place, to make sure that they are doing well. After that, we actually, City Council, have made an assessment. They have come to sell the place and sell it to the kids. We have made an announcement and we will let them do it right away. We will visit the FIGs in Wijon 8, except that is in Paris, Besson, and Ozo. Ministry of Agriculture, Honorable Alfred Prospect, promised the tenants to make sure that they find the place and their needs to help improve their cultivation and production. Ministry Prospects, who have engaged the tenants to make sure that they are doing well, and also to find advice, to make sure that they are doing well, and that they are doing well. We want to make sure that we continue to produce FIG quality and FIGs that are in good condition. Because if we have a business for NFTO, DOC, and other companies, the FIGs that are having the FIGs are successful in doing good jobs. So we want to continue to engage the tenants so that we can make sure that they are doing well, and that they are doing well. We want to make sure that we continue to boost the clients. We want to keep the 25% of the clients that make it and we want to make sure that We are in a good condition, we have good quality figs, and I think it is important for you to be a pharmacist, as a minister, as a government, because you have to be committed to the industry, the industry is part of your life, for how long? If you imagine a pharmacist in a situation where you are frustrated, you are frustrated, you are not happy, simply because you have to be committed to the industry. That is why we have to be committed to the industry, as a minister, as a government, to be committed to the industry. Thank you very much. I would like to thank you very much for your invitation. I would also like to thank you very much for the opportunity to be a part of your life. Thank you very much. Thank you very much.