 Welcome to the NT and Knightley. I'm Nisha Charles. This edition stops stories. Saint-Lucens have been advised that their competitive edge depends largely on their ability to innovate. The ECCB joins Prime Minister Hon. Alan Chastney in efforts to secure the region's climate resilience. Saint-Lucens, among the nearly 800 graduates of the UB Open Campus, all that plus the latest in youth development, sports, and the NT and Nouvelle Arquéon. Saint-Lucens have been called upon to be guided by some key buzzwords that include revolutionize, modernize, and transform as they embrace their competitive edge. The call was made at the official launch of Productivity Awareness Week, spearheaded by the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council, His name is Antoine. The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council has officially launched Productivity Awareness Week. In its sixth year, Productivity Awareness Week is being held under the theme Embracing Competitiveness and Innovation. The objective of the Productivity Awareness Drive is to encourage discussion amongst private and public stakeholders on ways of improving Saint-Lucens' competitiveness. Gerard Bougasse is the chairman of NCPC. Innovation and research have emerged as critical factors that must be addressed in creating jobs and boosting growth and competitiveness in our island state. There's a great need for investment into research and development that promotes innovative strategies and ideas to spur economic growth. Based on information obtained online, advanced economies such as the US and Germany spend on average 2.8% of their GDP on research and development. In our part of the world, the average is 0.3% of GDP. Laura Japier, Operations Manager of Invictus Inc. Solutions for Alternative Energy, stated that Saint-Lucens' productivity and competitiveness relies on an inventive commerce sector that embraces research, technological innovation and international partnership. New technologies are constantly disrupting our lives. Citizens, industries, political regimes, no one is protected from the constant progress in, let's say, artificial intelligence, internet of things, e-commerce, etc. So much so, we can sometimes feel impotent and overwhelmed being a small developing state with limited resources. However, this developmental wave does not need to be passively accepted. On the contrary, it needs to be administrated and fashioned into the driver for transformation we want it to be. Productivity Awareness Week commenced on Monday, October 14th and will culminate on Friday, October 18th, 2019. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. The 94th meeting of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, the ECCB, was held at the ECCB headquarters by stairs and kids and neighbors on 11th October 2019 via video conference under the chairmanship of Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell. The Monetary Council received the Financial Stability Report for the ECCU for the period January to September 2019. The report revealed that the ECCU's financial system remained broadly stable during the first nine months of 2019. The report also indicated that the financial sector continued to experience growth as evidenced by the rise in both assets and deposits, the credit growth had become more sustained and broad-based across sectors. Council noted that growth remained resilient at the ECCU level despite international conditions. Key contributing factors to growth include an increase in tourism arrivals, higher public and private sector investments, and an increase in government consumption. Meantime, the ECCB is ramping up support for climate resilience in the region, expanding discussions by St. Lucia's Prime Minister on the world stage. Honourable Alan Shastney has been lobbying the global community for actionable change in how it engages the region in the areas of financing post-disasters over the last two years, beginning during his tenure as Chairman of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, OECS, in June of 2017, and now as Chairman of the Caribbean community. Lisa Joseph has more on that. So if we don't build the physical resilience to reduce the amount of economic impact and chaos that the storm causes, then we become uninsurable. So a good friend of mine who has a hotel in Dominica, his insurance went up 600%. 600%. 600%. So it's now 20% of his operating cost. There's no model in which you can pay 20% of your operating cost for insurance. That's just not viable. And that's now, and since that hurricane, nothing has happened. Prime Minister, the Honourable Alan Shastney speaking at the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Summit on September 23, 2019. Honourable Shastney was a panelist at the summit which discussed transforming markets, redesigning today's economic models. Senutia's Prime Minister at that forum brought to the fore the stark realities of small island states like Senutia as they take on the Hekulian journey to climate resilience. Honourable Shastney's note to the World Economic Forum is one that has resonated with the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, the ECCB. In fact, Governor Timothy Antoine says there must be heightened discussion in the region on insurance and financial protection. Speaking at the launch of the ECCB's Financial Information Month on September 30, 2019, the ECCB Governor stressed that as the region strives to become the first climate resilience zone in the world, the issue of financial resilience is of paramount importance. Insurance, which is essentially a form of rich transport, ought to be seen and properly recognised as a key element in our region's resilience framework. As we speak, about two-thirds of natural disaster losses in the Caribbean are uninsured. At the household level, many homes are uninsured or uninsured. Some suggest only about 25% of our household stock may be adequately insured. Governor Antoine indicated that the financial protection gap in the Eastern Caribbean presents a major impact on the future of the Caribbean. Governor Antoine indicated that the financial protection gap in the Eastern Caribbean presents a major impediment to sustained development and shared prosperity. We cannot start over our development every time we experience a natural disaster, medical problem, or financial reversal. Instead, we ought to position ourselves to bounce back quickly, the classic definition of resilience. To bounce back quickly after we've been hit by the storms of life, which inevitably come. This concern by the ECCB's governor was highlighted by Honourable Chassane when he addressed the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2019 as he recounted the devastation wrought on the region by Hurricanes Irma, Maria, and most recent Dorian. Against that backdrop, Honourable Chassane announced a new partnership between St. Lucia and the World Economic Forum as the island strives to be the first country to implement a country financing roadmap, CFR. The CFR is a platform to support countries in making a transformative shift from funding to financing. It will harness the collective intelligence from the WEF's expansive networks and promote consensus on the main challenges that limit capital flows to St. Lucia. It will also leverage coordinated action to move from a holistic diagnostic to a country-specific tangible action plan. We are grateful for this opportunity to be the test case for this initiative and look forward to its success and once successful to be replicated across other states. The Governor of the ECCB says Financial Information Month throughout October offers all the platform to discuss openly the challenges and opportunities of financial stability. The theme for the Month's Observance is Plan for Uncertainty, Make Insurance Your Priority. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reporting. On Monday, October 14, 2019, St. Lucia joined the international community in observing World Standards Day. As part of activities, the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards hosted a seminar for stakeholders in one of the fastest growing sectors in the economy. The beauty and wellness sector in St. Lucia is guided by four standards, a general code of practice, one specific to the spas, one for hairdressers and barbers, and one for tattoo parlours. The standards look at the minimum requirements that ensure that practitioners operate in a hygienic way. As part of the observance of World Standards Day, the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards held a seminar with those who operate in that sector to educate them on these standards as well as a certificate program for the sector. Zane's Dubouson is the head of certification at the Bureau of Standards. We have had establishments that have become certified and what we want to advocate is for them to continue the certification. We want the consumers, because at the end of the day, if the spas are certified, if they implement the standards and nobody is asking them, are you certified, are you licensed by the Ministry of Health? Then they don't see the need for it. So we want to inculcate a culture of quality where the consumer is actually conscious and they would actually go into these establishments and look for these certificates. Certification, however, is a voluntary process and according to the head of certification, it is consumer driven. This activity today, I mean, we start in the process and in the future, I think it's important that we have some meetings, town hall meetings with the consumers so that they are aware of the standards. So we have a lot of work to do and we are aware of it and in the future, we will definitely be targeting consumers. World Standards Day was held under the theme, video standards create a global stage. And this is the NTN 9-3. Ryan O'Brien is up next. 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. Report it. If you see me, please help me. Call the TIP hotline at 847. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Thanks, Nisha. Welcome to your update from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports on the NTN Nightly News. I'm Ryan O'Brien. We start today with some results in under-19 Big 8 Netball. Sufra Comprehensive defeated Trissel Secondary 48-14 Wasufra Comprehensive Gold shoot Trissel Didier scored 7 from 10 attempts Call attack Tansy Pascal scoring 41 from 59 attempts For sure as a secondary Valenik Gustav scored 4 from 13 attempts Nela Nelson 10 from 19 attempts Miku Secondary defeated Kastry's Comprehensive 30-26 For Miku Secondary Mads Magritte scored 30 from 40 attempts And for Kastry's Comprehensive Gold shoot Rina Jean scored 23 from 40 attempts And Gold attack Teisha Kadei 3 from 5 attempts The Ministry of Youth Development and Sports is continuing with its national youth mentoring program and has been carrying out some training of prospective mentors Shelly Ann James, an associate clinical psychologist has been engaging mentors on how to carry out their roles We're doing the mentoring training We're training the mentors, preparing them to work with mentees in the national youth mentoring program Today we're equipping them and deepening their understanding of the issues that youth deal with So we're going to sensitize them to psychological needs of young people People in general, but specifically young people We'll also be giving them tools to work with the young people in their mentoring relationships Hopefully we'll also be strengthening them in their own resilience to deal with their own issues because all human beings have issues, mentors included psychologists included, right? But as we cope with our issues and we can come alongside someone else a younger person to help them deal with their issues we'll all cope better, we'll have a better society The mentors also identified the way forward for the mentors after they have completed their training So the mentors will be paired with mentees coming from schools because it's a youth program it's not including children at this point So from 12 to approximately 17, 18 The mentors will be working one-on-one with the students and they will see them usually in a school setting or in another public facility The parents will be included, so the parents will meet the mentor they'll know exactly who is working with their child so that we have a wraparound approach it's not a program in isolation So the school can be aware of who is working with our students the parent is aware, the community is aware so we can ensure safety as well It is expected that the training of the mentors will leave them in a much better position to deal with issues being faced by the nation's youth and that's your segment from youth development and sports for today I'm Ryan, no Brian Thanks Ryan Nationals from 16 Caribbean countries have graduated from the University of the West Indies, the UBI Open Campus Since 1948, the University of the West Indies has been shaping the minds of Caribbean citizens producing world-class individuals who contribute meaningfully to their respective countries and even beyond the Caribbean region On Saturday, October 12th, over 700 graduates received their degrees and certificates joining the alumni of the University University Chancellor Robert Bermuda has reminded the graduating class to remain engaged and contribute to nation building In addition to your family you are now a member of an ever-growing UBI alumni community that extends across the world remain engaged with your alma mater stay connected to your UBI friends join your local alumni chapter mentor a student contribute to the development of curricula by serving as a junk faculty individually, we can make small differences collectively, we can make a tremendous difference to how the University of the West Indies continues to grow and evolve Class valedictorian Novinia Isaac received a Bachelor of Science in Social Work with first class honours from the UBI Open Campus Dominica She implored the graduating class to remember why they began this journey with this diploma that we will hold in our hands and then pose for all pretty and handsome pictures which we will no doubt flood social media with hashtags such as hashtag UBI grad 2019 hashtag, first to second class honours hashtag, I made it However, let us not forget why we fought for this paper that tells the world that we received the first class education from one of the top 4% of universities in the world Let us also not forget the values instilled in us during our stay here Core values that the University of the West Indies stands for such as integrity, excellence gender justice and diversity Let us make ourselves, our families this prestigious institution and the professions which we represent proud The presentation of graduate ceremony was held at the St. John's Pentecostal Ministries St. John's Antigua And stay with the Antion Nightly Up next, Primus Hutchinson is here with the Antion Luvel Acreol Welcome back, we join Primus Hutchinson for the Antion Luvel Acreol Welcome back, we join Primus Hutchinson for the Antion Luvel Acreol This is a very strong event that the Canadian government has established in St. John's Pentecostal Ministries that can provide applications to be able to travel to Canada Developing this event came in reality after several discussions that the government of St. John's Pentecostal Ministries and the Canadian government supported this event After that, St. John's Pentecostal Ministries has been established in many countries to provide applications to be able to travel to Canada Ambassador for Canada is the US Secretary of State Anton Edmonds who accepted a new salary that was set in the face of Canada that started the operation in St. John's Pentecostal Ministries However, Ambassador Edmonds initiated the salary to be able to travel to other countries to provide services He added that St. John's Pentecostal Ministries was particularly good for young businesses such as St. John's Pentecostal Ministries and Canada The estimated salary was only $2,000 for the individual for 8,000 for the family of four people to travel to Trinidad and Bebabad to provide applications for the visitors The discussions were conducted and the officers of the Canadian Government approached the Canadian Government to establish a mobile system so that they can travel to other countries to provide applications for the visitors to visit the country for the students and for the people who work there As you can see the excellence has been achieved Minister of Business for the salary of St. Lucie I told him I will do everything I can to help the students who have come to St. Lucie According to him St. Lucie has to continue to provide an acceptable amount to the country if we want to stay in the country for the rest of the year we have to do everything we can to help the students who have come to St. Lucie According to him St. Lucie has to continue to provide an acceptable amount to the country for the students who have come to St. Lucie According to him St. Lucie has to continue to provide an acceptable amount to the country to recognize the country The film we are making is about video we are not about video but we are everyone who comes to St. Lucie you have phones you have cameras you have videos quality technology we are in the country we are in the country where we responded there are so many people on the West Bank St. Lucie there are so many people on the West Bank PhDumi cafe, pubic class, savki, a vast number of boussala capote, nil avatage, et aussi faiblesse. Alors, minoussala cafe, avec aveti, bouillon, pour bonne percussion à ces boussala. Et aussi par les dits effor, qu'il a fait par toutes agences qui engagent d'initiative sala, par exemple, Export Saint-Louis, Bureau of Standards, Égliseau Vissier, amnisté. C'est boussala, you can use a shy workshop. You can use a workshop, appuille workshop, you can call the gênes congoins pour venir, où est-ce que vous avez accès aux cadeaux? C'est si vous pas affaire, then business qui est fini? Si vous n'avez pas produit, c'est ce genre qui caractère pour lui, c'est pas bon. Vous finis? So, les nos cafés c'est workshop là, vous pouvez inviter ces monde, pour venir workshop là. Ok. C'est pour au même point, l'avantage en ça, pour venir. So, quand nous n'y Taiwanese exhibition n'a qu'à venir. Tout le monde qui est venu là, il n'y a pas ça, Jean-Saint-Lucie, qui a fait. Moi aussi, les gens, c'est moi-là, comment c'est qu'à gagner un produit, mais c'est en magie qui est là. Il n'y a pas envie, bon, au business qui est croisé. 24 NVIDY, j'ai trouvé succès, au chipé, chouval, course. Satisfait, en bas, projet national, pour assister les NVIDY, pour apprendre l'état étrangement ça, tu as trouvé facilité par les esthétiques outstanding Kentucky, un pays en Amérique. Diverté executive pour esthétiques ça, Dr. Reed McClellan, expliquez ces individus et qu'à prendre attitude ces chouval, il y a aussi à prendre pour connaître tout bâtissement ces chouval, ça, c'est un théo et plus maladie il y a un coup qu'il peut trouver et que qu'il fasse pour tuer Théï pour appuyer chez Iciaka. C'est le Dr. McMillan, ces chouval, qui, en cette liste, présentement, c'est pas hoisse, éthième, et capésé à peu près 600 pour 680 dix lèvres. Mais, ces chouval, qui, en 3 ans, c'est hoisse, c'est hoisse la même, et capésé à peu près y'a 1000 pour y'a 1000, 80 000 lèvres. Programme d'éthiènement c'est pour Guancorpetition, Cousse Chouval, Quiolomé, Priton Scope, Guancousse Salat, c'est posé pour éco, les 12 décembre, à sous établissement nouveau Cousse Chouval et Villefort. À peu près, qu'à what des chouval, Cousse, qui est c'est, c'est c'est posé à peu près, à moi, lesvoyons ces participants, c'est je suis drowned, deskis, éthiènement, qu'à assister, ces participants, vous prés SCOE, ils ajouter des, s'appart quand do a lot. You'll feel like we all have ways of, we've got ways of doing this. Messing up pale primers and here's a look at what's happening to us weather-wise. Fair to partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers. A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is producing disorganized cloudiness and thunderstorms. This wave has a low chance of development during the next five days while it moves westward near 15 miles per hour or 24 kilometres per hour. A strong tropical wave located over the far eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 miles per hour or 24 kilometres per hour. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next couple of days. The tide for Castries Harbour was high at 347pm and will be low again at 10.04pm. The tide for V4 Bay was high at 454pm and will be low again at 11.31pm. The sea is slight to moderate with waves at 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 meters. The sun will rise Tuesday at 5.54am. And that brings us to the end of the NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. You can also catch up with us anytime on the St. Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Nisha Trouse.