 Welcome to the NTN Nightly, I'm Misha Charles. This edition stops stories. The Ministry of Education trains a new cohort of security personnel. The Chief Medical Officer addresses concerns over St Lucia's vulnerability to the Ebola outbreak. Organizers of St Lucia Carnival to consider regulations and licensing. All that is the latest in youth development, sports and the NTN New Fair, Arcoio. The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development has commenced another in its school security course. The program, facilitated by the Royal St Lucia Police Force, provides training to security guards at the various schools. Here's Jenelle Norvell. The second cohort of security personnel has commenced training under the Ministry of Education Security Courses. Following a number of breakings at various schools on the island, the Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Honourable Dr. Gil Rigabet, indicated that the safety and security of the individuals on school premises are of utmost importance. The Minister explained that the necessary steps would be taken in that regard, including the training of individuals to serve as security officers at the various schools on island. Highlighting the seriousness of the tasks given to the security personnel, the Minister shared with them words of encouragement. And that is why I want to encourage you to embrace this training opportunity, to come in with fresh and open minds. The Royal St Lucia Police Force training school has distinguished itself in this field, having trained generations of police officers in our country. You are receiving the best there is to offer on this island. So I want you to be open-minded and I want you to embrace the transformation that I'm guaranteed will happen over the next couple of weeks. Commandant in charge of the Police Training Academy of the Royal St Lucia Police Force, Inspectoral Centre Daisy Dolor, indicated that the selected individuals were considered most deserving to participate in the course. Superintendent in charge of training, Dr. Mashama Silly, commending the Ministry for Undertaking the Training, emphasised its importance to the safety of school personnel. It was seen that it is important for you to receive that training because you not only secure a building or the items in the building, you are also responsible for the lives of children and adults during school hours. So it is very commendable that your employer has seen it fit to equip you with the right tools, commencing with the fundamentals and that is the basic security course. Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Generations and Sustainable Development, Kendall Kodra, expressed gratitude to the Royal St Lucia Police Force for its assistance in the training of 30 security personnel in this cohort. The training is at a level of Special Police Constable, SBC. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Milton Daisy explained to the trainees the expectation of an SBC. Now, it is expected, and the Minister said it, that some of you may be Special Constables. Okay, if the training goes well with you, Special Constables. Now, with Special Constables, I know what I'm speaking on behalf of myself and the Commissioner, that we would not make special Special Constables even if they are not within the force where you are carrying an oath of office, which is the same oath as Special or the Special Constables. So, her discipline comes into play. Okay, we would not like to know that persons are made Special Constables and then they form the full out there. Okay, if you are given that opportunity, you are given the oath that you behave as a Special Constable. So, therefore, you would need to have your behavior, your attitude as to be changed or kept in line with what is expected of you. The Ministry of Education Security course commenced on Monday 22nd July and will be held over the period of two weeks. For the Government Information Service, I am Janelle Norville. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has addressed public concern regarding St. Lucia's vulnerability to the ongoing Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 17, 2019. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. This means that the situation constitutes a public health risk to other states through the international spread of disease and that a coordinated international response is required to control further spread of the disease. St. Lucia's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Merlyn Fredericks-James says while there is the global alert, Ebola is not endemic to St. Lucia and has not been confirmed in any Caribbean territory. In the Caribbean and in St. Lucia, our risk of getting a case of Ebola is extremely low. It is extremely low, but we do know that due to travel, the possibility exists regardless of how low it may be. Though the outbreak continues in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has indicated that at this point in time it is not necessary for countries that are far away, such as countries in the Caribbean, to implement excessive screening measures at their ports. And persons may recall that during the last Ebola scare, we had in St. Lucia at some point in time implemented some screening measures at our ports, but that is not indicated at this point in time. So the World Health Organization has advised that there should be no hindrance to trade or travel. Although the risk of introduction to our island is very low, the Department of Health and Wellness has commenced sensitization and reactivation of its staff and stakeholders on the National Ebola Plan and Protocols. The recently strengthened Public Health Act empowers the Ministry to take the necessary quarantine, isolation and treatment measures should any potential Ebola case be identified on our shores. We have raised the alert. We have informed our stakeholders and we have meetings planned to inform persons at the national level as well. We have a National Health Security Committee which should be meeting very soon to discuss the threat. We have also reactivated our Ebola preparedness plans and will continue sensitizing persons and will also continue monitoring the situation. The Ministry of Health has direct communication with the Pan American Health Organization and the Caribbean Public Health Agency. And we also receive direct information from the World Health Organization through its IHR or International Health Regulations committee as well as the alert system. So we are continuing to monitor the situation and we will keep persons updated. And that was the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Merlyn Fredericks-Chains. Prime Minister Hon. Alan Shasne has identified education as one of the pillars of transforming the economic landscape of St. Lucia. In that vein Hon. Shasne believes that the educational revolution is based on the incorporation of new technologies in the education system as well as teacher training. And as Chairman of the Caribbean Community Characom, Prime Minister Shasne is championing that change regionally. In fact, a partnership between the Characom Secretariat and UNESCO is working towards implementing quality standards for the education sector. Justine Dunkley-Malcom of Characom News Time reports. Standards for the teaching profession are currently being reviewed by experts across the world. The review is being conducted via a series of consultation workshops being done in five UNESCO regions. Experts from the Caribbean and Latin America have started reviewing the standards for this region. The consultation began on Wednesday, July 17 at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre in Georgetown, Guyana through a partnership with the Characom Secretariat, UNESCO and other stakeholders. The first phase took place in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and the second phase is taking place in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. So it was a fantastic opportunity for Cary Com to collaborate with UNESCO to engage in its own consultations around the proposed Characom regional standards for the teaching profession and actually look more closely at the ways in which those proposed standards are aligned to the UNESCO Global Framework or the proposed UNESCO Global Framework for the standards. So that's what's happening here today. We have actually included a number of participants within Guyana and across the world. So we have representation from South Africa, we have representation from Europe, Latin America, in the Caribbean itself and in particular a very strong cohort of Guyanese participation stakeholders who are involved in the consultations here today. Included, and I think one of the things that we need to celebrate, is the participation of our teacher-training candidates because these standards, once they are confirmed and endorsed by the COSOR for implementation are going to affect their future and the nature of the professional profession and the kind of professional that they turn out to be. The purpose of these regional consultations is to make sure that these standards are developed not by us sitting in an office at UNESCO, but by the profession themselves. An international task force on teachers for education 2030 has also been established to support governments and teacher organizations to agree on and implement a common understanding of teaching and teacher quality. The task force is a group of stakeholders interested in the quality of education and particularly in the progress of the teaching profession. It was established back in 2008 in Oslo, in Norway with support from some countries particularly Norway but with constituents from governments, civil society, teacher unions like Education International is part of it and also experts. So the purpose of the task force is basically advancing in teacher professionalization, teacher professional development but also looking into the working conditions of teachers that will allow this professionalization and these attempts to improve the quality of teachers worldwide. Meantime, the Saint Lucia National Commission for UNESCO has launched the Saint Lucia Sand Watch project funded under the UNESCO participation program for the biennium 2018-2019. The UNESCO Sand Watch project seeks to reduce the levels of pollution in the Caribbean Sea. It will provide water testing kits and training manuals to all schools in Saint Lucia. Secretary-General for the National Commission for UNESCO in Saint Lucia, Masiya Simforium hopes the initiative will be fully integrated within the school curriculum. We have all seen firsthand the devastating effects of climate change and global warming on small island developing states such as Saint Lucia. In order to respond effectively and to mitigate the impact of these events, we have to respond through education. Education is the key and in that regard we believe that the Sand Watch project is a perfect tool for achieving our objectives. Acting Director of Innovation within the Department of Education, Zair, says ultimately the project will help to identify and evaluate threats facing the coastal environments and develop sustainable approaches to addressing those threats. Those of you who are part of Generation X, you would have grown up in a time when the coastal region in Saint Lucia brought about much economic stimuli. Hotels were being built, sand was being minded, mongrel was being cut to make charcoal. So it brings chills up by spine that I stand here today to welcome you, to wish you well on such an occasion where we are going to be embarking collectively on an effort to study our coastal region to give insight and to effect change. On behalf of the department which I serve, we are hopeful that this training exercise for students and the teachers as well as stakeholders will facilitate something ingenious in schools. And this is the NTN Nightly. Ryan O'Brien is up next. If we consume and we don't spare a thought for the damage that they'll do, no. Think about the children. Think about the children. Think about the children. How will we save them? Chemicals and GMOs are not the solution. Use organic and joint. Excessive agrochemical use, additives and genetically modified foods are helpful to health and the environment. Join the Good Food Revolution. Grow, buy and consume organic. A message from Ryan St. Lucia and the Ministry of Sustainable Development with funding from the GEF Small Grants Program, UNDP. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Welcome everyone to another update from youth development and sports on the NTN Nightly Games. I'm Ryan O'Brien. We continue to look at the Winter Island Schools Games scheduled for Dominica. The Ministry of Youth Development and Sports held a news conference Tuesday morning to announce St. Lucia's contingent to participate in the games scheduled to open at the weekend in Dominica. Deputy Permanent Secretary Liotta Charmaine Mason urged the athletes to take the country proud. Your determination and hard work has paid off and have given you a sport to represent team St. Lucia. You will be going out there as ambassadors to St. Lucia and most importantly to yourselves. So I don't think I need to express or to tell you how you need to behave but to let you know that we expect you to compete in the school spirit of sportsmanship. Isabel Alexander Markey is a school sports coordinator. She will be attending the games as chaperone to the female contingent. She called on the selected athletes to ensure that Lucia performs well enough to win the title after being joint runners-up last year in St. Lucia. This year the games will be held in Dominica and we're growing there with one purpose in mind. To do our utmost best and not to repeat a second or joint anything. We go and we know we have been training hard so what we can do is replicate what we put into practice on the field of play when we reach in Dominica. You know it is tough we have three islands against one. It's four islands fighting to attain that one dream and to be Winville Islands champion and so this year let it be us. Wayne Benty has been appointed overall team manager. He stressed that he wanted to see the same enthusiasm shown in the camp to be reflected in their play while in Dominica or the games. In view of what we were dealing with five things we have to work on. Our discipline we know that what that is respect and you must be able to respect yourself so that you could respect others you must be responsible you must show some empathy and you must be safe so safety for yourself safety in the environment when we get to Dominica, safety in your room and just general safety for yourself. So with these five things other things will be traveling with each other. We should attend to and like Mrs. Maki said we have to understand each other and work with each other throughout the ten days will be in Dominica. Grenada are defending their Winville Islands schools games title. That's all from new development and sports for today. I'm Ryan of Ryan. Thanks Ryan. The review of St. Lucia's Carnival 2019 is on Tuesday and is expected to continue over the next week. A main agenda item is the proposal for the introduction of regulation and licensing for Carnival. More from Anise Antoine. The post mortem for Carnival 2019 is scheduled to begin this week as the government of St. Lucia places focus on the development of regulations and licensing for Carnival 2020. The two-day street parade welcomed a number of new bands including ZUVO which was the biggest band. Ministering the Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries with responsibility for culture and creative industries, Senator Honourable Fortuna Bell Rose highlighted the importance of setting regulations due to the increased visitors coming to experience St. Lucia Carnival. The numbers from these bands that people are listening to us from the outside be responding to us and I think the investment the government has made in terms of trying to transform this product and making it something that all of us can be proud of I think we will of course in terms of doing that. Clearly we have to be able to establish now the regulations and the standards for operating the events and we are busy of course trying to do this. The Minister stated that the Carnival zone has been expanded and highlighted the increase in private events. Yes we do have some of these events because some of the events are advertised online, you have high levels of patrons and persons coming in and to some extent sometimes the organisers do not manage that properly and they are not prepared you understand for the level of support that they will be getting in terms of patronage to the events. So we have a responsibility as a government to ensure that these events are licensed and people obtain the necessary clearances before they can say that they actually do these events. So all of that is food for thought discussion during the post-mortem and I think the fact that people have been through it they have been through the experiences we have been doing this for years but we need some controls we need to ensure that we conform to the standards and that is where we are headed now. The Minister encouraged the organisers and the executive members of bands to educate their members on the regulations and rules as it relates to Carnival. From the Government Information Service I am Anisia Antoine reporting and stay with the NTN Nightly. Up next Promise Hutchinson is here with the NTN Nouvelle-en-Cueil. Thank you Welcome back. We join Primes Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle-en-Cueil. This is the first time when we have been able to visit the country and to participate in the national celebration for the first time we had Caribbean Airlines who were chosen as the official aircraft for Carnival. This was an easy one for the visitors visiting this place for the occasion of the celebration that was held with a special agreement. For those who are going to visit this place for the first time you can also experience Mokiri Beach, a very popular show on the French spot. This is the first time when we have been able to visit this place for the first time to participate in the national celebration for the first time on the French spot. This is the first time when we have been able to visit this place for the first time for the first time for the first time to participate in the national celebration for the first time on the French spot. For those who are going to visit this place for the first time and will continue to do so. For the celebration of Carnival 2019, we have a wide range of spectacles, including Power, Groovy Monarch, Calypso intercommercial competition, and Steel Band Panorama competition. For the pleasure and pleasure of participating in this competition, Ex-Spectacle Carnival, we will be talking about the special training set that will take place in the US. We hope that Carnival will take place here, and that you will not disappoint me. Thank you very much. For the first time, we will be talking about the special training set for the celebration of Carnival 2019, which will be an increase in the manifestation of the approval of the participation of the participants who will be participating in the event of the Carnival 2019. We will be talking about the special training set that will take place in Ebola, which has affected a large country in Africa, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Coyon, which is involved in the public health treatment that supports the international status. This is a capacity that is capable of helping the public in other countries of the country, and by consequence, it is involved in the international treatment that is well served to block the ability to eat. According to the Chief Officer of Medicine, Dr. Moline-Fadouk James, he declared that in Ebola, it is not a disease that I have found in this set, but it is also possible that it is also possible that it is also possible that it can be found in the country itself, but it is also possible because the world can react every day. As a result of this, the world that is part of the Republic of Congo, the world that is part of the Coyon, is also part of the animal. According to Dr. Fadouk, for the Ministry of Health, I need all these actions, actions and goals to help the health of the country. Thank you very much. That is why the Ministry of Health has raised all the plans we have made before, because I know that the last time I was approached by the Secretary of Health was when everyone was talking about Ebola, the fact that Ebola is a different country, the fact that people who have been travelling, the pandemic, etc. have been talking about Ebola. So, since that year, we have already made a plan for all different sectors that we can do in the future to prevent people from staying, etc. So, we have already raised all the plans, and we have already talked to everyone to know that what we have done is what we are going to do to prevent the disease from spreading here. The World Health Organization, the CWTO, has advised countries that are concerned to place restrictions on their affected countries so that they can do their own business, and prevent people from staying here. That is why it is necessary for them to stay here. We have also set up a project with the CWTO in the River Mutant to address the problem of water before the rain stops. This development committee in the CWTO has already moved the CWTO Department of Construction to the Ministry of Health so that we can establish the 187-metre CWTO with which we can work all these projects in common. According to the Assistant Engineer, Len Leo, the project that he has done is certainly not only for his consultations and departments, but he has also played a very important role because this department can help to address who needs it to conduct quality work like that. Leon declared that the CWTO that all the people who work there are committed to the development of the River Mutant, the CWTO, and the people who work there. He added that it is possible for the CWTO to advise the committee on the necessary needs, so it was very easy for the CWTO to accept the quality work that was done in this project. In October, $200,000 of the CWTO was spent on projects above the bottom of Canada to manage the WIS, the CWTO, which came in reality by the regional program of the incredible development that is going to be held in Canada. One of these people, that is director Benoit Pierre Laramy, declared that he would like to give you a good example of how the community can address the climate change. He noted that Canada has assisted the previous country that has been fighting the WIS when it comes to climate change and the Committee of Development in the River Mutant, the GoExp. He also added that the Parliament for the Committee of Development in Montaute declared that for the River Mutant to establish a better environment for other projects of rehabilitation, he added that the Committee with the GoExp would like to serve the project that would help the same way to address the climate change and place the Committee with a channel of opposition that is stronger. That is what I would like to say. Thank you, Madam. I thank you very much for watching. Thank you very much. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to talk to you about the climate change. After that, I would like to thank you for your attention. Thank you, Bill Primus. And here's a look at what's happening to us weather-wise. Fair to occasionally cloudy, hazy and breezy with widely scattered showers. Lengoring moisture in the wake of a westward moving tropical wave will continue to cause some cloudy spells and some showers over the Eastern Caribbean today. Another tropical wave located over the Central tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 15 miles per hour or 24 kilometers per hour. This wave is expected to affect the Eastern Caribbean region by tomorrow. A third tropical wave located over the Eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward at about 15 miles per hour or 24 kilometers per hour. The tide for Cassius Harbour was low at 1.15 p.m. and will be high again at 8.22 p.m. The tide for the A4 Bay was low at 3.17 p.m. and will be high again at 9.29 p.m. Sea is moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 meters. The sun will rise Wednesday at 5.46 a.m. And that brings us to the end of the NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7 p.m. with a repeat at 7 a.m. You can also catch up with us anytime on the Senusia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Nisha Trouse.