 Constituents of Denry North, fellows and lutions at home and abroad, the holiday season is here again and I am both honored and privileged to address you as the Minister for Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training, and of course as the Parliamentary Representative for Denry North. This is a time for reflection. This is also the time of year when we plan and prepare to forge ahead with determination and the purpose in the new year. Despite a few setbacks, it was a rewarding year for the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training. With the support and cooperation of several key stakeholders, we successfully executed several of our programs. We reinstated the one laptop per child program, and to date, every child in the secondary school system now owns a Chromebook, compliments the Government of St. Lucia. The One University Graduate Per Household Initiative is yielding tremendous results, with hundreds of young St. Lucia's benefiting from Government support in their quest for higher education. In the last two years, approximately 600 young St. Lucia's have benefited from direct Government support in their higher educational pursuits. Our Government has committed millions of dollars for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of schools across the length and breadth of the country. During the past year, our students registered remarkable performances in local and regional examinations. The performance of the Viewport Comprehensive Secondary School in the Regional Keep exam was truly outstanding, with students of that school copying very prestigious awards. The Department of Sustainable Development continues to spare the efforts at addressing climate change and other environmental management issues. On the global front, ours continues to be a voice of advocacy for small island developing states. Both Prime Minister Pierre and I recently participated in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties 28, otherwise known as COP28 in the UAE, where we made representation on behalf of St. Lucia and the wider region. Like the rest of the developing world, we welcome the decision to operationalize the loss and damage fund, which will serve as a source of funding to help address our climate adaptation issues. My love and appreciation for the people of the Mauia Valley continues to grow with every passing day. I remain intimately grateful for the opportunity that my constituents of Denver-Nove have given to me to be their voice in government and the parliament of our country. The drawings for the repurposed Laracious Health Centre have been completed. Prime Minister Philippe J. Pierre has allocated more than half a million dollars for the reinstatement of the Laracious Health Centre. The contractor for the reinstatement of the Laracious Health Centre has been chosen and the construction is set to begin in January 2024. I remain steadfast in my belief that development of a community entails much more than concrete and steel projects. Our focus on human resource development and training continues to be a priority in the constituency of Denver-Nove. Our young people continue to benefit from the government's scholarship programs. Presently young people from the valley are enrolled in higher education programs at universities in Hungary, Morocco, Taiwan, Cuba, Barbados, Trinidad, Monroe College and elsewhere. In 2024, several other young people from the valley will enroll in university programs at home and abroad. I am particularly happy for the three additional students who will travel overseas to study to become medical doctors. The Steelpan program funded by UNESCO and the Ministry of Education has been launched and it is anticipated that in the new year, roughly 100 young people from the valley will learn how to play the Steelpan. There is a comprehensive road rehabilitation program in store for Denver-Nove in 2024. We will complement the smaller ones we were able to address under the Taiwanese-funded constituency development program otherwise known as the CDP. In Upper Montego Bay-Olio, the roads from Walcott to Dockers and Manton to Ma Pin have been repaired. The long-awaited Austin Hill Road is currently being resurfaced from lower-Denny Riviera near Metro all the way up to Madigua, and upon completion of that main road, the people in Tumeris Austin Hill will finally get relief. The Apatat Road in Lapel and the Cemetery Road in Larisos have both been resurfaced. We await the intervention of central government to address the rich-for-ring road, the member stretch as we call it in Larisos, the Caddy-Bellmont Road, the Bellmont-Innerleaf Road, the Tuafua Road, the Mondesie Road, the Blafloran Road, and several other roads in the constituency. A program of support for farmers and small businesses will be unveiled in the new year. We have had a lot to be fangful for in 2023. And so let us savor the holiday season, a time when we can truly commit to the renewal of friendships, strengthening of family ties, and create an atmosphere where love, charity, and kindness can truly thrive. It is the time of year when we are expected to do more to help those around us who cannot help themselves. As we celebrate and enjoy the festive season, let us pay a thought for the many families that lost loved ones in 2023. As I look back at the year ended, I must fang the many individuals, groups, and agencies that worked with me throughout 2023. I thank Almighty God for health, strength, and courage to discharge my duties to constituency and the country. My mother and family for their unwavering love and support provided throughout 2023. I want to thank Prime Minister Philip JPF for his continued confidence in my ability to serve in his cabinet, and for the opportunity to lead on regional and international initiatives. I must fang my constituency support teams and staff of the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology, and Vocational Trading, to include the statutory agencies in my ministerial remit, namely the Board of Governors, staff, faculty, and students of the Sao Paulo East Community College, the management and staff of the St. Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority, the management and staff of the National Skills Development Centre, the management and staff of the Peter Management Area, the National Accreditation Council, and the St. Lucia T Vet Council. I also want to thank the Executive Director and staff of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, the SIDMA, from my family to yours, Merry Christmas, and God's richest blessings for 2024. This is an opportunity to thank everyone who worked tirelessly for 2023. This year has made us succeeded in the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Sustainable Development, the Ministry of Development Development, and the Department of Development, the whole HUB. Thank you to everyone who worked tirelessly for the Department of Government and Salam. Thank you to everyone who worked tirelessly for the Department of Government and Salam, and the government is currently providing their support for young people at the University College. We have helped about 600 young people realize that we are doing our best to go beyond what they want to do in the university, so that they can do what they want to do, and that they can do what they want to do in the future. We have given all our parents secondary schools a 9th grade, and we have also given them a 6th grade. We have made every success that we have achieved, and we have given them an opportunity to go higher. The most important thing for us in the university is the health center, the resources that we have given you, so that you don't have to go beyond them. First Minister, I have never been to the university, I have never been to the contractor, and then you will have to start in the health center of the resources in the year 9th of 2024. I am Austin Hill, I am Semitier, I am Patat Lapel, and I have been to Oulian, and on the other side, I have given up. We have given all our parents secondary schools a 9th grade, and we have given them a 9th grade, and on the other side, I have given up. Thank you everybody, best wishes for the holiday season.