 Welcome to NTN Nightly, I am Jesse Layance. This edition stops stories. Prime Minister Hon. Alan Chastney activates a NEMAC as community cases of COVID-19 increase. Infrastructure upgrades set for Ansleray as village tourism takes shape and fishermen receive life-saving equipment. On Friday, October 16th, 2020, the Ministry of Health received a confirmation of one new case of COVID-19. The individual is a 14-year-old male, the son of recently diagnosed cases 30 and 31 from castries. The individual was swabbed following the diagnosis of his parents and placed in quarantine, given his high risk of exposure to the virus. At that time, he had no respiratory signs and symptoms. Upon receiving his results, he was transferred to the Respiratory Hospital for care. This case will continue the current efforts of the Ministry's contact tracing team, which had commenced with the diagnosis of cases, his parents, COVID-19 cases 30 and 31. Given this new case is a secondary school student, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmont-George says, the necessary discussions are underway with the Ministry of Education and the management of the school. The Cabinet of Ministers met in emergency session on Friday morning to discuss the unfolding developments. Prime Minister Hon. Alan Chastney has activated the National Emergency Management Advisory Committee, NEMAC. A special meeting was held Friday afternoon. Lisa Choseff reports. Prime Minister Hon. Alan Chastney told the NEMAC meeting that at this time, the country will not be shut down, nor will curfew be imposed. Rather, strict enforcement of established protocols by the Royce and Usher Police Force will be in effect. As the Ministry of Health manages what is now community spread of COVID-19, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmont-George says, a contact tracing app will be introduced to aid in the fight. All schools island-wide will remain closed for one week, and the Cass Street Comprehensive Secondary School closed for two weeks. During this period, the Ministry of Health and Wellness will continue to conduct its necessary screenings, the results of which will help determine the way forward. The Ministry says instruction will revert to the multifaceted approach of online learning and safe distribution of instructional packages from teachers during the period students are at home. We are presently at 500% decision to reduce mass crowd activities to limit it to 100 as we monitor and manage the situation on the ground. All sectors with the reopening, the phase reopening of the economy, presented plans, COVID-19 safety plans to allow the safe reopening of the organizations. We noted over the last few weeks, a level of complacency and non-adherence to those. There'll be strict enforcement of protocols from community markets to nightclubs to dances to beach parties to weddings, funerals, church activities, and both tribes will be limited to family excursions only taking out the public boat rides, which pose a risk to us. So all of those activities will be strictly enforced for protocols or run the risk of losing their licensing or being closed within very short measures. Also, we're coming close to the Juniquial activities. Those will be limited to family home activities and the community activities will not be allowed. Health Minister Senator Mary Isak called on everyone to play their part in keeping the country safe. When you're in a community and you see a person who's supposed to be in Martini or supposed to be somewhere else and the person just show up, you need to be able to report that to the authorities. You have to, we all have to do what is necessary for us to contain this virus. It may well be our own lives that we are saving. Prime Minister Allen Chastney stressed that this is not the time for panic but collective action. The only way we can protect ourselves is by being each other's brother's keeper. It's the only way and we have to have zero tolerance. We were getting away with it because for the most part we didn't have it in our communities. We now know we have it in our communities. And that's why I'm saying to you, I don't need, we don't need to wait until tomorrow or next week to find out what the numbers are. The remedy is the same. Persons who are currently affected, infected, can't change that. We need to try to help them find out that they are infected, get them to quarantine as quickly as possible but the rest of us need to be safe practices. And I assure you, there's a study that came out today that said if you were in a plane and everybody is wearing their face mask, even if there are individuals who have COVID on that plane, you minimize the likelihood of you becoming affected by wearing your mask. The chief medical officer says it is anticipated and expected that St. Usher would have to manage small waves of COVID-19 without going through extreme measures. From the government information service, Lisa Joseph reporting. Ancillary is one of three pilot communities for village tourism, scheduled to undergo upgrades of the waterfront and front street. The upgrades form part of the village tourism community infrastructure improvement component. A check presentation of funds for the initiative was held in the village Thursday 15th October 2020. Financing for the first village tourism hotel on the island has been secured. This project will form part of the transformation of Ancillary backed by the Republic of China Taiwan to the tune of US $1,865,671 under the bilateral corporation agreement grant for 2020. Taiwanese ambassador, his Excellency Peter Shen, handed over a check for the sum, a two tourism minister and parliamentary representative for the area, Honorable Dominic Fede, during a ceremony held at the waterfront of the fishing village on Thursday 15th October 2020. Ancillary will have the opportunity to host the first village tourism hotel right in the location where the police station building is. That's component number one of the project. There will be 10 bedrooms and we will put this building up to tender to any resident who would like to run this facility as a small business. The rental fees goes to the village council and so there is an opportunity for anybody in Ancillary who can come up with a brilliant business proposal to run that facility as your very own business. This will no doubt create several jobs for the community. It will bring about a tremendous economic spin-off. Our shops, our bars, our restaurants are going to be better patronized by our international clientele. Other components of Ancillary's transformation consist of village square redevelopment, rehabilitation of the fish fry building and a new restaurant to be constructed at the site of the old community center on the waterfront. The Ministry of Infrastructure, they have rendered this building structurally unsound and because the structure is compromised, they have actually recommended it for demolition and so by next week, we should be rolling in with the excavator and other equipment to demolish this building and let the transformation of a great restaurant begin. And on the waterfront here, another business opportunity for another business person in Ancillary to come and to put a business proposal forward to the village council working with the Ministry of Tourism. The Ancillary Development Foundation and we will together determine who has the best ideas to run a proper restaurant facility on the waterfront. Speaking in his capacity and on behalf of the Prime Minister, Hon. Alan Chasne, Hon. Guy Joseph expressed thanks to Taiwan for backing the transformation of Ancillary. I must take the opportunity to say special thanks to the government and people of the Republic of China, Taiwan for such a generous contribution in this difficult time. Further, when we came into government, we sat with the Taiwanese Embassy and we said, while we love the T-Canal projects and we love the food parks and we love the concrete roads, we also want projects that would be revenue-generating, that would be job-creating, not just in the short term, but in the long term for the people of St. Louis. And they readily accepted. Ancillary is one of three communities on island receiving attention under the Village Tourism Project. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Donalin Vite, says work to upgrade Ancillary, so far and grossly, are part of efforts to refine St. Lucia's tourism product, pending full recovery of global tourism. Village Tourism Initiative is a vehicle that the government will use to build local inclusion. Too long we have been hearing from community residents that it's expats who own accommodation properties, we want to ensure that you two get your piece of the pie. We want you to become self-sufficient. We want you to assist us in improving the linkages. We need to use the downtime that we have right now because of COVID to get ready, so that when the doors finally both open, we will have our fair, graceful and stately position to announce that St. Lucia is prepared, that Ancillary is prepared. The transformation projects for Ancillary are scheduled for completion in February 2021. As the government of St. Lucia continues efforts to reduce impacts of climate change, the fisheries sector has received much needed equipment. Over 200 VHF radios, valued at US$80,000, has been presented to fishers, more from Anissia and Juan. The departments of fisheries and telecommunications in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility, Jeff, and the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, through the Climate Change Adaptation and the Eastern Caribbean Project, CC for Fish Project, have procured a total of 200 very high-frequency radios for fisherfolk around the island. The VHF radios will enable fishermen to dialogue over substantial distances on marine radio channels, and is an invaluable fishing tool that alerts marine police during moments of distress. Two marine repeaters have also been purchased for the north and south of the island in an effort to re-initiate the use of VHF radios amongst fisherfolk. Acting Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources, and Cooperatives, Hon. Harold Stanislaus, says the procurement of these equipment is in keeping with the objective of the CC for Fish Project to increase resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts in the Eastern Caribbean fisheries sector. The installation of the marine repeaters and distribution of the VHF radios are contributing to the second overracking goal of the National Adaptation Plan for St. Lucia, which is to accelerate the implementation of climate adaptation and risk reduction actions critical to safeguarding the country's socio-economic and environmental systems. Furthermore, the introduction of the VHF radios are consistent with the expected outcomes of the St. Lucia fisheries sectoral adaptation strategy action plan by strengthening preparedness for climate variability and extremes in the fisheries sector. Parliamentary representative for Ansela Ray Canry's Hon. Dominic Fede expressed gratification on behalf of the fishermen of his constituency for the newly acquired equipment. For a long time now, you've heard stories about fishermen being lost at sea. We can't find them. Their loved ones, their families, go through the agony, the pain. And I think that this is going to help to address that problem. So really congratulations to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for a well-thought-out initiative. It is quite important what they're doing. And I supported wholeheartedly representing a constituency where many of the residents there do rely on fishing for their livelihoods. The license fee for the VHF radios have been waived by the government of St. Lucia. From the information unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. The government of the Republic of China, Taiwan, continues to lend support to St. Lucia farmers. Here's Anisia Antoine once again. In an effort to increase farmer production and sustainability, the Ministry of Agriculture in partnership with the Taiwan ICDF have been supporting farmers with various initiatives including farmer training in areas of product development and marketing. At the recently held graduation ceremony for the 2020 Region 6 farmer training, the ambassador of the Republic of China, Taiwan to St. Lucia, His Excellency Peter Shen, reaffirmed his government's commitment to assisting St. Lucia farmers. According to the statistics, St. Lucia spends more than 6 million EC dollars importing fruits and vegetables such as cabbage, watermelon, catalog, and tomatoes each year. And the import value has been increasing. So why if we could purchase them locally instead of buying from overseas and more specifically buying from your farms? So that's the reason why the government of Taiwan is working with the government of St. Lucia to promote local produce and consumption of the seven important crops on a sustainable basis and hosting this training program. A participant of the 2020 farmer training, Iverson Kalext, encouraged farmers to make use of the knowledge received throughout the training. I also want to encourage us all not only correctly apply the practices from this certification course, but also to hold one another accountable for doing so. Our value to the St. Lucia economy cannot be overstated, but we must cement this by infusing our knowledge into our daily practice. Moreover, I wish to encourage our farming community that although we may be operating in a competitive environment, that we will collaboratively as we share a common objective of improving the overall agricultural sector in St. Lucia. The 2020 farmer training for Region 6 forms part of a series of programs done by the Agriculture Ministry with support from the Taiwan Technical Mission and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, ICA, under the enhancement of the efficiency of production distribution supply chains in the fruits and vegetables sector project. From the information unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. Up next, we have Primus Hutchinson with the NTN-Nouvelle Aquarium. Simple adjustments are necessary to keep us all safe. When calling 911, we may need a little more information to deploy the right personnel and protocols. You may be asked about your travel history, signs and symptoms, contact and movement history, and whether others in your household are exhibiting similar symptoms. Please, be patient and cooperative during this time to ensure you receive the best possible care while keeping our first responders safe. Welcome back. Time now for the NTN-Nouvelle Aquarium with Primus Hutchinson. Hello, please. Thank you for joining us. We have a lot of people in the country who have been suffering from COVID-19. Specifically, this year, we have recorded 31 cases of COVID-19, 27 of which I have done very well, and four of which have continued to be treated at the Victoria Hospital. We have also won the health offices that have continued to conduct investigations in the communities that are concerned and also to examine them in a diverse way. According to the Chief of Medical, Dr. Sharon Belma George, this year, there is a situation that is very critical after the COVID-19 pandemic, except that we need very careful action to determine success rates for treatment, treatment, and degeneration to prevent complications and death. So, we have a big call that is made for all the chiefs in this community, the political representatives, the power companies, the chiefs of the organizations in this community, the religions, the sports clubs, and all the people in the opposition in this community to provide accessibility, to guide public concepts, to take all the necessary precautions to reduce COVID-19. According to Dr. Belma George, the Ministry of Health has prepared to manage and address the situation in the best way possible. And I have prepared to let the workers start to eat as much as possible. This is for the workers who have called to support everyone for the protection of the nation. Particularly, the most important citizens and those who have suffered from bad diseases. The Ministry has continued to call for everyone to serve as much as possible, to help the people who have a lot of distance. And not to humiliate the people who have a lot of distance. All these precautions are not for those who have a lot of work, but for those who have a lot of disease to go to the doctor immediately. In celebration, the national health care center is full. This is where the observation is carried out, in collaboration with the United Nations. This is for the occasion of the State Department of Research and Development, Ministry of Agriculture, to organize these moments to apply various measures in order to encourage protection for the health care center and to make the nation more aware that it is important to protect the health care center because it has saved our lives and also saved the environment and has increased economic development. The Ministry of Agriculture is in a position to apply for the moment on our Herod Stanislas. It is called on the people to provide a better health care center such as climate change and the activities of the people who have affected the health care center. It is also said that the people who have a lot of disease to go to the side of the earth who have affected the health care center. The Kadi Agriculture Organization has worked with the Ministry of Agriculture to adopt measures to protect the health care center and to protect the health care center. The Kadi Agriculture Organization has spoken with the Ministry of Agriculture to apply certain measures for the health care center to be considered for the health care center. If the health care center has affected the health care center what conditions can the health care center have to support the health care center? The ministry of Agriculture has discussed the activities that will be carried out for six months, as well as for the farmers. It was to help and prove its capability to produce and distribute in the fruit sector with the GMO. This is mainly because of the government's set of goals to try and reduce its expenses to buy and eat our fruits. It was to pay attention to its several goals. For example, to adopt a good way to produce and grow agriculture, to serve with chemical fertilizers, production of great technologies to serve with chemical fertilizers, and then the place to register information concerning the operation of agricultural cultivation. Representative Ike, Greg Williams, no, Greg Rowlings, excuse me, advised these farmers not to send information to the community but to pass it on to other exporters so that they can provide some. According to the Prime Minister of Agriculture, Barry Felice, and others, for the cultivation of the farmers, always adopt a good way to work in agriculture. You know, these farmers who participated in the election, Alex Faucher, thank you, Minister of Agriculture, for all of these participants. And I hope that as much as I invest, I can serve you immediately. And, by the way, there is no more confidence because it serves to do if there is still a chemical problem. So, I hope that as much as possible, you can participate in the election. And I hope that as much as possible, we will continue to put new things there. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for your invitation. I don't know if I can say when I was living in the city, I would like to talk about new things. And I would like to show you again, that there are two, that Dr. Belmajot Jadou, it's a very important point to consider what is the situation of the coronavirus that has been very critical here. And we all have to do what we can to protect the law and protect it a lot. And I hope that as much as possible, I would like to thank you all for your good financial support and I would like to thank you all for being with us, Jesse.