 Welcome to the NTN Nightly, I'm Nisha Charles, this edition's top stories. The Royal St. Lucia Police forced to refine crime fighting strategies using evidence-based data. More legal teeth have been given to the agents overseeing public health in St. Lucia. The chef's in-scores cook-off simmers this week. All that plus the latest in new development, sports and the NTN Nouvelle Arquéon. The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and the Regional Security System, RSS, launched an automated police records management information system for the Royal St. Lucia Police Force. Held at the Grosally Police Station on June 12, the launch marked the official handover of computer hardware and software to the police force to support the implementation of key activities under the UNDP's Carry Secure project. Carry Secure was born out of a UNDP Caribbean Development Report that cited the importance of data to the formulation of crime fighting strategies. The 2012 UNDP Caribbean Development Report, which focused on citizen security, crime and violence in the region, pointed to the high levels of violent crime plaguing the social well-being of the region. Most importantly, the report concluded that policies and programs could not be developed in the absence of timely and reliable data. The newly launched Police Records Management Information System is a key component of the Carry Secure project which seeks to improve youth crime and violence, policy making and programming in the southern and eastern Caribbean through the use of quality, comparable and reliable national citizen security information. Assistant Commissioner of Police George Nicholas says the new system will seek to address this death in data by improving the quality and quantity available within the criminal justice system. The Royal Central Police Force can use this type of software to monitor criminal activities and criminal trends and to evaluate the efficiency of the strategies that are used in fighting crime. This system will assist the Royal Central Police Force in providing a mapping of criminal activities, offering case management to track the status of a case, evidence of related documents put into the case, dispatching officers or teams based on their availability and locations, managing communication with citizens, report on the evaluation of criminal activities and also to assess the efficiency of police departments. Supporting the project is the United Nations Development Programme with a funding grant of US$150,000 towards equipment and training. The citizen security and rule of law specialist with the UNDP, Juliet Solomon, says the project supports the work of the organisation towards helping member states achieve agenda 2030. A crucial basis for achieving SDG 16 is access to accurate, standardised, easily accessible crime and violence data in order for frontline actors like police forces to do their jobs to the best of their ability and for policy makers to design information and evidence based policy decisions. As a starting point for the collection of data in the criminal justice system, the police are a logical partner in the formulation of evidence based crime prevention policies and programmes and building capacity within the organisation is vital. Indeed, it is concrete initiatives such as these that promote progress towards the SDGs which highlight the importance of our work and the necessity for partnership in achieving our objectives. Police officers deployed to a crime scene will now have the means to electronically enter specifically disaggregated information into a computer, store that information, retrieve real-time data, analyse trends and prepare reports in a more efficient and timely manner. The system will be piloted at the grocery and the MECO police stations. Meanwhile, the Senatorship Parliament has passed a bill which will facilitate the island's participation in further ensuring citizen security across the region. The bill, titled Caribbean Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Serious Criminal Matters, was passed in the lower house on Tuesday evening. It was the next step in a process that began 14 years ago. In July 2005, St. Lucius signed the Caribbean Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Serious Criminal Matters along with other caracom states. The treaty provides for each signatory to give support in keeping with their laws the widest measure of assistance at any stage of an investigation, prosecution and judicial proceedings in relation to serious crimes. Prime Minister the Hon. Alan Shastney highlighted key areas of the 30 articles contained in the treaty, including the definition of terms. Serious crime, which means an act or a mission under the laws of the State Party, which constitutes a criminal offence punishable by at least 12 months imprisonment or more and includes an offence against the law relating to taxation. Under article 2 of the treaty, the purpose of the treaty is to increase cooperation and a mutual legal assistance amongst Caribbean countries with respect of serious criminal matters and to combat criminal activity. The treaty provides a definition for mutual legal assistance to include, a, identifying and locating persons and objects, taking evidence or statements from persons, obtaining the production of judicial or other documents, serving judicial documents, examining objects, sites and premises, providing any available information and relevant exhibits, providing originals or certified copies of any document and records, facilitating the personal appearance of witnesses, affecting a temporary transfer of persons in custody to appear as witnesses. And that was Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Shastney. More legal teeth have been given to the agents overseeing public health in St Lucia, this after the Parliament approved amendments to the Public Health Act. Janelle Norville fillers a sin. Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Growth, Job Creation, External Affairs and the Public Service, the Honourable Alan Shastney at Tuesday sitting of the House of Assembly, presented the Public Health Amendment Bill. The amendments to the bill provides environmental officers with greater latitude to fulfill their mandates as well as stiffer penalties for violation of the Act. Section 11 of the Act is amended in Clause 10 of the Bill to give officers powers including the ability to request information, seize or take samples of substances and take photographs and videotapes when they have entered premises. Clause 11 of the Bill amends Section 15 of the Act to increase the penalties to be imposed for contravention of the Act from $250 to $50,000 and from $25 to $500 and to increase the term of imprisonment from three months to six years. Clause 12 of the Bill amends the Act to insert new provisions relating to the use of force to authorize the Minister to amend the schedule of the Act by order to be published in the Gazette. The Act is also amended for the making of regulations for a beauty and wellness centre, a spa, a massage parlour and a body art facility. Minister with responsibility for foreign affairs and MP for Castry Central, Hon. Sarah Flood-Bowbrae, threw her support behind the bill. The Minister indicated that consideration must be given to another health hazard, noise. I've got a serious problem in my constituency and I've received letters and petitions and emails. I've had to have meetings with the Castry City Council and with the housing authority and with the police because I have many complaints from my constituents about the level of noise within the city. Now we all appreciate that if one lives in the city, one should expect to have more noise than usual. But the level of noise within the city and in some neighbourhoods in St Lucia is unacceptable and it's causing a health problem for many of our citizens. And it is important that our health legislation, not just our public order legislation but our health legislation recognise that noise levels that are unacceptably high can cause serious health problems. Minister for Infrastructure, Ports, Energy and Labour and MP for Castry's North Hon. Stevenson King expressed a strong support for the bill. He also called for immense support for the relevant personnel given the challenges that lie ahead, especially as it relates to the indiscriminate dumping of cabbage. So we need to ensure and I appeal to the Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, to give support not only in the legislation, otherwise it will simply be on the books, but to give support with the personnel that will enforce the legislation. And there's another aspect of that which I hope we will reintroduce, what we used to call the police Zordi, but little ones. But they were very, I mean, Mr Speaker, they were very effective. The House of Assembly met on Tuesday 11th June 2019. For the Government Information Service, I am General Norville. The Consumer Affairs Department within the Ministry of Commerce, International Trade, Investment, Enterprise Development and Consumer Affairs has officially opened the doors to its new home. More in this report. The Consumer Affairs Department, or CAD, has moved from the fourth floor of the Herodine Rock Building, Waterfront Castries to the Abraham Building at the corner of Miku and Coral Street. The new office is set in the heart of the nation's capital, which means greater accessibility for the public, as well as a more holistic approach to consumer protection. Director of the Consumer Affairs Department, Guillaume Simon, says the move helps facilitate the department's growing scope of work and responsibilities to the public. The department has evolved, and it was felt that Consumer Affairs needed to be more in the city center where it would have catered to the consumer in public, the needs of the consumer in public. Throughout its existence, the department has promoted consumer rights and interests through policy guidelines and appropriate legislation. Through the CAD, consumers can seek redress from businesses which have not acted in accordance with their consumer rights. The public can expect greater expediency in terms of addressing consumer complaints. The public will have more direct access to the department, on the offices of the department, and I believe that the public will be able to again have their concerns heard by a department of a set of extreme cadre of professionals. The department is continuously evolving. It is hoped that over time, the CAD will become more familiar to the public, the public in turn become more empowered, and with that power, create an equilibrium between consumer and the provider. From the Ministry of Commerce, International Trade, Investment, Enterprise Development, and Consumer Affairs, I am Jacqueline St. Compton reporting. And this is the NTN Nightly. Ryan O'Brien is up next. Be aware of and follow water conservation practices. Here are a few tips to help you save water. Wash dishes in a basin of water instead of a running tap. Soak pots and pans instead of letting the water run while scraping them. Check toilets for leaks by putting dye in the tank. If colour shows in the bowl without flushing, there is a leak. A leaking toilet can waste thousands of gallons of water. Use a bucket instead of a hose to wash cars and reuse grey water from laundry to water plants. Water conservation reduces energy consumption and strain on the water distribution system. Conserve water whenever possible and remember, every job counts. A message brought to you by the Water and Sewage Company Incorporated, Wah School. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Thanks, Misha. Welcome everyone to your update from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports on the NTN Nightly News. I'm Ryan O'Brien. 240 soft touch volleyball have been delivered to the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, courtesy Volleyball St. Lucia. During a brief presentation on Tuesday, the organization's marketing officer, Manda Simon, expressed the hope that the equipment will increase gameplay among the nation's youth. The donation of these soft touch balls represent Volleyball St. Lucia's unwavering commitment and support to the Ministry of Youth and Sports' primary and secondary school volleyball program. To expand on this a little bit, in the south, Volleyball St. Lucia has had a volleyball program in collaboration with SMJ beverages, where we've brought Volleyball to the primary schools in the south, namely, library bands, eatings. These schools have benefited from this program. It helps fight and combat childhood obesity and it's a, how should I say this? And it promotes a healthy lifestyle among the youth of the south. We wish to see this program expanded and brought forth to other primary and secondary schools on the island. Coaching coordinator at the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, Anthony Lamontine, was on hand to receive the equipment. Here we are most thankful for the generous contribution by Volleyball St. Lucia. Of course, equipment is one of the necessities once our coaches get out there within the communities and schools. And a number of coaches have been making requests for greater supply of equipment, particularly balls. And so we're very grateful for this. We hope that we could spread the love of St. Lucia Volleyball across the island through the use of the balls that you have limited here today. Thank you very much once again. Deputy Permanent Secretary Mrs. Lyotta Shalmine Mason commanded the initiative. Not very often are we on the receiving end and this morning we are really excited to be the ones receiving stuff this morning. These light touch balls will allow us to be able to introduce Volleyball in our primary schools and of course our grassroots program. And for this, we are very excited. Volleyball St. Lucia's latest move to advance the sport in St. Lucia follows its 2018 annual Sports Awards ceremony held on Saturday at the NSDC Conference Center to honor outstanding performers in Volleyball. We have an update as we went to studio on the finals of the school's under-15 40-hours cricket competition between St. Mary's College and Leon Hess Comprehensive at the Gosele playing field. Rain delayed the start and reduced the game to a 35-over encounter. Leon Hess went into bat after winning the toss and would dismiss for 133 in 32 overs with Kant-Elcock top scoring with 32 and Sanjay Francis adding a crucial 30. Aaron Joseph and Kiki Gustav both picked up three wickets each bowling for St. Mary's College. And that's our update for today from youth development and sports. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks Ryan. 20 students from 10 secondary schools throughout the island will go head to head at this year's chefs in school's cook-off later for Thursday June 13 and Friday June 14 2019. Participants will have two opportunities to wow a judging panel made up of seasoned local chefs. The first round is the signature dish category and the second mystery basket. A number of the island's resorts have stepped up in recent weeks transforming their kitchens into training spaces for the young competitors. These partners include the Bay Gardens Beach Resort, Cap Maison, Coconut Bay Beach Resort and Spa, Jade Mountain, Ladera Resort, Margo Bay Resort and Marina, Sandals Halcyon, Sandals Grand, St. James Club Morgan Bay St. Lucia and Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort. The team to emerge victorious this week will go to represent St. Lucia at the Uncoming Caribbean Junior Dueling Competition in Barbados, which is set to take place in August. Second and third place winners will receive the gifts and cash prizes. The competition will take place at the Souffre Comprehensive Secondary School from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature participants from the Casteries Comprehensive, Leon Hess Comprehensive, John Audler Memorial, Antropo Babano, Sir Iris Simmons, Angers, Choselle, St. Joseph's Convent and Souffre Comprehensive Secondary Schools. The chef's in-schools cook-off is supported by the SLHDA's Tourism Enhancement Fund and co-sponsored by Winfresh. And stay with the NTN Nightly. Up next, Primers Hutchinson is here with the NTN Nouvelle Aquello. First of all, we have a plan to manage the asses for the women. Long before the first season started, we discussed plans with the women and made sure that everyone knows what to do. Well, everyone, we discussed a plan to manage the asses for the women to pass. Also, we have a board of vision and a baguette that will be stored in the fridge and that will be kept in the kitchen. We have a lot of things to eat, drink, water, lamp, radio, battery, we made a baguette for cleaners, special provisions for mothers, grandmothers, people who are sick and sick. Not forgotten to replace the baguette with water, we made a baguette for the women. As you can see, we have a lot of things to do. We have a lot of things to do and we have a lot of things to do. As you can see, we have a lot of things to do. Alright, let's let the yog partout-girls enjoy the night. Let's find out if we get to be using the stuff as we discussed. Now, let's go and spend a nice day. Let's decide what we want to do now, let's get the foggled up and see what happens. Hope you will enjoy the rest of this video. Till then, goodbye. Department of University of Sabilite for the formation of this GIS government, and the Indian National Payee Television, and also the new Aquaeol, and also the Prime Minister, Prime Minister Alain Chastney declared that it is still not enough to have this GIS for the Bank Payee Agency itself to propose redevelopment and support for the international effort. And that's why I consider this matter. We have the Prime Minister Chastney declared that the decision to finance this GIS for the UNROHOD Bank of Sabilite and to serve its 3rd partisan is really your decision to excellence. That's why Prime Minister Chastney, even if the government has accepted this as a low-concernation, there is no guarantee that the government will benefit from this GIS. The government has no hope. The decision is to pay the money and serve its 3rd partisan to finance the EUROPA which will help the country save money to pay the most debt under the construction and redevelopment of the EUROPA. Prime Minister Chastney, by assurances like this, the concessions will be paid for the trade trade, but there is no guarantee that the GIS will find a reward for the partisan. We have the opportunity to pay the most debt under the construction and redevelopment of the EUROPA. However, Prime Minister Chastney, it is the easiest way to pay the money to pay the most debt under the construction and redevelopment of the EUROPA. The government has to serve to finance the EUROPA for example, to finance the EUROPA under the construction and redevelopment of the EUROPA. Prime Minister Chastney, as a pay-per-viewer, for the next few years and for the next few years there will be no guarantee that the GIS will find a reward for the next few years. 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