 Welcome to the NTN Nightly, I'm Nisha Charles, this edition's top stories. The first phase of the Huronara International Airport Re-Development Project is set to begin. The government of St. Lucia continues to focus on improving the quality of life for the citizenry. Efforts at local government reform ramp up. All that plus the latest in youth development, sports and the NTN Nouvelle Enquil. The St Lucia Air and Seaport Authority's SLASPA is preparing to undertake the first phase of the Huronara International Airport Re-Development Project to begin in the coming weeks. The 175 million US dollar project will deliver a modern facility in compliance with international aviation regulations, passenger friendly and open a world of business opportunity to the island. Lisa Joseph reports. The Huronara International Airport Re-Development Project is the largest infrastructure project to date to be undertaken by the government of St Lucia and the St Lucia Air and Seaport Authority's SLASPA. The first phase of the project is taken off. Following approval by the Development Control Authority, the DCA, a high-level team representing the project partners from the Overseas Investment and Development Corporation, OIDC and its subsidiary Overseas Engineering and Construction Company Limited, OECC, arrived in St Lucia to supervise the commencement of phase one. Our first phase of this project is the clearing of the lands to allow us to be able to commence the project and again in any construction project you would have to clear the ground, level the ground, build it to receive the other components. First time I was here was more than a year ago. I led a team with very experienced engineers and technicians to hear the needs of St Lucia about their new airport project. It's based on the needs that St Lucia is spending its economies, have policy to expand their development project. So we came up with the very important firms in Taiwan who is currently doing Terminal 3 in Taiwan, a terminal that can accept a yearly more than 20, 30, even 40 million passengers. So with that team we come up with a report to give ideas to the government about their project. So how to do it, in what time, and what kind of points that we need to take care of. The project will significantly improve airside and airfield operations to include a new air traffic control tower elevating over 100 feet, five new parking aprons with connecting air bridges, towards 337,000 square feet terminal building, and new road infrastructure and traffic management system. The massive development will undoubtedly be down to the benefit of St Lucia, especially in job creation. We need to utilize as much as possible the local materials and human resources. We don't bring with us foreign workers. We don't occupy the opportunities for St Lucia people. We wish to establish kind of terms that through this project, St Lucia, the company and the people can benefit from it. SNASA's acting journal manager shows that 70% of the workers needed for the project will be local. I'm really, really happy that we'll be afforded our people a lot of opportunity for employment just not during construction, but you have to look at after commissioning and operation. It will be one of those infrastructure projects which will transform the economy. It will transform how St Lucia moves forward. Overseas Investment and Development Corporation, OIDC, has over 20 years of experience in major infrastructure works with its subsidiary Overseas Engineering and Construction Company Limited, OECC, having done more than 100 projects in the Caribbean and Latin America, including St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Argyle International Airport, which opened in February 2017. Vice President of OECC, David Chang, says the company prides itself on safety and delivery. All our engineers and site workers, they shall be have very good and very tough training progress. And everybody, when they arrive at site, they must follow the site safety procedure. And for the airport project, there is more tight conditions than any other public works such as roads or normal buildings. Therefore, we shall follow the slaspa or employ their requirements and also follow the St Lucia Government's law. OIDC and OECC are said to be in regular contact with the architectural firm on the project, Heery CBRE. The first phase of the HIA redevelopment project is expected to be completed within three months. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reports in. The Government of St Lucia continues to focus on improving the quantity of life for the citizenry. This, as the Mon Fortune Liberty Park opens, General Nova reports. The Mon Fortune Liberty Park in the community of Mon Fortune is now officially opened. The park was the vision of St Lucia's first female member of Parliament, Haroldine Rock, a former representative for the area who sought to aid that Government acquire a plot of land to create a public space for the residents. Minister for Economic Development, Housing, Urban Renewal, Transport and Civil Aviation, and Parliamentary Representative for Castries Southeast Honourable Guy Joseph welcomed the park, indicating that it had been on the cards for years. The Minister added that he would like the community to embrace the park as its own. We want this facility to be one that has multi-use. This is not a facility, as you heard from Mr Singh, that is going to be controlled by the Government. We will help in the maintenance through the constituency council to do the maintenance and upkeep of this facility. But I am hoping that the residents of this area will get together and select at least a three-person committee to be the persons to be overall responsible for this park, to determine who uses it and at what time they use it for what activity. Coordinator of the constituency development program, Amy Mitchell Joseph, shared some insight into her journey towards the completion of the park. This project became an avenue for temporary employment for number of small contractors and their teams. And we cannot ignore the labour of love for community and desire to see things come to completion, which led to the successful completion of the MON park project. It is with humility I stand before you today at this opening. At the CDP, we often see the implementation of many infrastructural projects, large and small. But projects like these, we enjoy the pleasure of meeting the infrastructural whilst also enhancing the socio-economic needs of the community. Charge the face of the Embassy of the Republic of China Taiwan, Councillor Bill Wang, expressed that Saint Lucia and the Government of the Republic of China Taiwan can achieve great things when they work together. And over the years we have completed over 24,000 projects benefiting around 25,000 people all around the island. May I dare say that you know the reach of the CDP projects, sorry is that correct? Okay, but I may dare say that it reaches each and every community of Saint Lucia and it shows that if we together, we work together, sustainably, continually, we can work wonders together. The park that initially commenced in 2011 was opened on the 2nd of June 2019. It was funded by the Government of Saint Lucia and the Government of the Republic of China Taiwan funded constituency development program. For the Government Information Service, I am Janelle Norville. Projects funded by the Republic of China Taiwan have come in for high praises by Taiwan's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Joseph Wu. Dr. Wu visited Saint Lucia last week for the signing and salt-turning ceremony for the US$42 million road improvement and maintenance program in Santa Vos. Dr. Wu also visited projects funded by the Taiwanese in Souffre and Troselle including the Hummingbird Beach Park. This is some facilities that we work together with Saint Lucia and we are very happy that is in a very good operation and I think it's a mutual assistance for mutual benefit. We set up this together with Saint Lucia government in order to benefit the people of Saint Lucia but at the same time it also benefits us because we know the experience and we will be extending this experience to many other countries and we also get supported by the Government of Saint Lucia and we appreciate it very much. Minister with the responsibility for external affairs, Honourable Sarah Flood-Bobre, says such projects are indicative of the relationship between Saint Lucia and the government and people of the Republic of China Taiwan, one that is centred on people development. We see development that touches the lives of people. We see development that takes what one might consider ordinary work, gives it structure and gives it dignity and even in the brief moments that have been here I've heard of the people who were selling on the beach just in a tray exposed to the elements and today they can have adequate housing structure and an environment so their businesses can grow and we're talking about ordinary people taking ordinary work and ensuring that we preserve its dignity and give people a livelihood and structure. Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Shastney as well as Minister for Economic Development, Housing, Urban Renewal, Transport and Civil Aviation, Honourable Guy Joseph also formed part of the tour. The Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment has ramped up efforts at local government reform. Chevron Marius has details on the latest phase. The Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment has undertaken the second phase of the local government reform sensitization training workshop. Ms. Lenita Joseph is the Deputy Permanent Secretary and the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment. Today we're actually having sessions with the mayors, the deputy mayors, the chairpersons, the deputy chairpersons and the clerks of councils so that we can build a more cohesive team so that when we're ready to roll out our reform agenda everybody's on the same page. I think it's important for us to have that human resource capacity that allows us to implement the agendas that have been set out for us. The local government authority is one that ensures that local government authorities are efficient, transparent, democratic, accountable and sustainable. The human resource component is very critical so quite apart from giving them the skills, how they manage the resources that are given to them will be important. We're looking at financial planning, giving them more authority to do what's necessary. Facilitator Mr. Anthony Watkins emphasized the importance of building collaboration between council workers and ministry staff. One of the things would be certainly clarity among all people who are in local government about really what is the purpose of local government and what does it have to deliver to the population. That would be one clarity on that. The second of course would be the kind of synergy and collaboration that needs to take place between people who are appointed to councils and the people who work within the ministry. That is a critical linkage if these services are to be delivered and of course ultimately the outcome would be an improved quality of life for the people of St. Lucia. Participants engage in intense discussion and group activities which examine strategic planning, team building, leadership and human resource management. One of the things in the training was we're teaching about togetherness. Togetherness is in that when it comes to councils on council and clerks and workers we usually we normally work as individual groups and one of the things even the LG local government one of the things that they teach us is to to work as a group. St. Lucia established the constituency council act in 2012 reporting from the ministry of equity social justice local government and empowerment i am chivalry marius and this is the ntn nightly rhino brine is up next do you know me i've been forced to do this by my trafficker i was promised a better life but got forced into domestic servitude i can be any age i can be any gender any ethnicity i am i am i am a victim of trafficking in persons know the signs see it reported if you see me please help me call the tip hotline at 847 welcome back we join rhino brine for the latest happenings in youth development and sports thanks nisha i'm rhino brine if you're updates on happenings from the ministry of youth development and sports quarter final matches in the 2019 ministry of youth development and sports secondary school under 1540 over cricket tournament were played on wednesday at the grossly playing field an outstanding spell of bowling by national under 15 left arm seamer iran joseph proved too hot to handle as a mary's college registered a convincing nine-wicket victory over the ira simon secondary batting first ira simon secondary is kittle out for 26 in 15.3 overs with no batsman reaching double figures joseph was the main destroyer with five wickets for six while tai harris picked up two wickets for one run and implies a mary's college rushed to 27 for one then did frederick truck 14 at the minnow filet park in a low-scoring but exciting game trezell secondary defeated castries comprehensive secondary by 13 runs trezell secondary batting first after winning the toss made 65 all out in 17.2 overs with joseph contributing a valuable 12 bowling for castries comprehensive secondary donovan philip back 5 for 14 and joshua seapal 2 for 10 in reply to what seemed like a modest target of 66 good steady bowling by trezell secondary restricted castries comprehensive secondary to 52 all out in 15.3 overs jabari emillian with 17 was the only batsman to offer any meaningful resistance to the trezell secondary bowling attack during the damage of the ball for trezell secondary where jordan immanuel with four wickets for eight and jaheem sent emi four wickets for nine runs and the py playing fields who fred comprehensive secondary completed a comfortable five wicket victory over the opponent's grandivier secondary grandivier secondary batting first in a game reduced to 35 overs aside made 108 for nine in the allotted overs with de quen henry making 20 and Giovanni alexander 15 bowling for sufra comprehensive john modus picked up 2 for 10 and kevin gassy 2 for 14 and implies sufra secondary finished on 109 for 5 in 26.3 overs with risa alfred making 29 kesman fregason 18 and kevin gassy 13 grandivier secondary's more successful bowler was giovanni alexander with 3 for 22 and at the larris who's playing field in emabria valley leonhardt's comprehensive defeated algebra secondary by 60 runs leonhardt's comprehensive secondary batting first led by a mid-and-half century from winter islands and a 15 player shonell edward was a smith 461 in 35 overs edward batting with great authority made a well-played 70 which included nine fours and two sixes of the useful scores came from tori polius with 21 camani law 15 and kan elcock 12 interpret secondary's captain winter islands female player zeta james was a school's most successful bowler with 3 for 21 good support came from jaden berk with 2 for 32 and rois paul 2 for 39 in reply angipo secondary the smith 401 in 23.1 overs with zeta james stop scoring with a defiant knockoff 34 rois paul 13 and mckay bridget 10 national under 15 reserve player lee john continued his impressive bully in the tournament so far he was leonhardt's his comprehensive best bowler with figures of 5 for 26 in 7.1 overs san jeff francis had figures of 2 for 28 the semifinals on friday we'll see san mary's college up against choselle at a gruselier playing field and leonhardt's comprehensive taken on souffre at larris the finals are set for wednesday june 12 as under 15 cricket winds down the ministry of development and sports continuing their partnership the ministry of education and the senator aquatics federation to stage the interprimary and intersecondary schools meet on friday june 21st the primary schools will have their competition between 9 a.m and 12 noon while the secondary schools will head into the pool between 1 p.m and 4 p.m in both cases schools have been invited to send their top swimmers and a maximum of 30 students can be entered by a school the competition will be contested over several age categories and that's your update from new development and sports for today i'm ryan o brian thanks ryan the department of the public service has unveiled activities and observance of public service week from june 17th to june 23rd more in this report by julieta peter over the years the department of the public service has ensured that public service day observed annually on june 23rd remains a staple on its events calendar the observance complements other initiatives and programs by the department to recognize and reward the hard work and dedication of public officers deputy permanent secretary in the department of the public service sheila imbat said this year's theme transforming our public service building excellence and promoting good governance our journey our future underscores the renewed thrust by the department to provide the right environment where public officers can continue to thrive and be the custodians and promoters of efficiency and professionalism the fact that the department of public service has extended the observance of public service day to an entire week speaks volume to the importance that we place on the well-being and overall development of our staff among the slew of activities planned for the public service week of note is the departmental staff appreciation and recognition day slated for tuesday june 18th we are saying to our public officers that your contributions have not gone unnoticed we are saying to you that we care we hear you we understand your concerns and the sacrifices that you make even at times with limited resources among the activities planned panel discussion a job shadowing day for upper form secondary school students and a job swap among public officers shirtel wilson laurence is a chairperson of the public service day planning committee we have the ecumenical service which is scheduled for wednesday june 19th at 9 30 a.m at the minor basilica of the maculite conception every year the ecumenical service plays an integral part in the commemoration of public service day it is intended to bring public servants together to pray give thanks and praise as we come together as a nation to transform our public service by building excellence and promoting good governance public service week will culminate with a health fair in collaboration with several health institutions on june 21st at the castries waterfront 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éprouvmenter c'est pour j'ai ça là et c'est pour ça nous bout nous voilà la vie messio pill primers and here's a look at what's happening to us weather wise partly cloudy and hazy skies occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers a weak tropical wave located about 426 miles or 809 kilometers east of the lesser antilles is moving westward near 12 miles per hour on 19 km per hour. The wave is expected over the far southern Lesser Antilles by tomorrow Friday. Saharan dust is present in the vicinity of this wave and this is limiting convection and showers. A second tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 miles per hour on 19 km per hour. Tropical Cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days. The tide for Castries Harbour was low at 12.13 pm and will be high again at 7.04 pm. The tide for Vier 4 Bay was low at 1.40 pm and will be high again at 8.11 pm. The seas moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 meters. The sun will rise Friday at 5.34 am. And that brings us to the end of the NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7 pm with a repeat at 7 am. You can also catch up with us anytime on the Saint Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Nisha Charles.