 Welcome to NTN Nightly, I am Genelle Norville. This edition stops stories. St. Lucia to assess the viability of its geothermal resources following World Bank funding. Prime Minister the Honourable Philip J. Pierre to ascribe greater significance to St Lucia's heritage and patrimony and applying knowledge to crop protection. The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved US$21.9 million for the Renewable Energy Sector Development Project for St Lucia. This grant financing will help the Government of St Lucia assess the viability of its geothermal resources for power generation and strengthen the business environment for the private sector to pursue clean energy projects. The World Bank says the Renewable Energy Sector Development Project will help St Lucia evaluate how geothermal energy can contribute to the country's national energy mix. Clean energy from geothermal sources can improve electricity system reliability and reduce the cost of oil imports. Transitioning to renewable energy would also decrease the country's vulnerability to the volatility of fuel markets. Consequently, the World Bank believes the future development of geothermal energy informed by the activities financed by this project will translate into lower electricity costs for households and businesses. High electricity prices in St Lucia are an impediment to economic competitiveness and growth. Over 55% of firms identify the high cost of electricity as a major constraint to doing business in St Lucia. While electricity is supplied reliably, the country remains almost completely dependent on expensive imported fuels for diesel-based generation. Securing clean and resilient energy will also help the country to achieve a green economic recovery in line with St Lucia's Economic Recovery Resilience Plan. The project will support exploration, drilling, capacity building, technical assistance and market engagement. The project will also prepare women for employment for technical jobs within the energy sector by giving them access to educational programs and employment opportunities. The project is financed by the Canada Clean Energy and Forest Climate Facility, the United Kingdom's Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the Clean Technology Fund as well as funds from the International Development Association, IDA. IDA financing is interest-free with a maturity of 40 years, including a grace period of 10 years. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reporting. St Lucia's Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre on Sunday delivered his first address on a national observance. The Prime Minister told the nation that the celebration of Emancipation Day from now on will be one centred on meaningful themes for the society. The first of August 1834 marks the end of slavery in the British Empire when the 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act came into force. In St Lucia, some 13,283 people from 384 plantations were freed from slavery. To this day, Canada and many of Britain's former colonies in the Caribbean including St Lucia commemorate the end of slavery on August 1, Emancipation Day. Prime Minister St Lucia, the Hon. Philip J. Pierre in his address explained that the day over the years has not been given significant recognition, something that this Government intends to change. This message today from me as Prime Minister is a signal that from now this Government will make the first of August a major event in a national calendar. Our self-esteem, our dignity, our respect for the lives and struggles of our forefathers demand this of us. For while slavery was abolished in St Lucia and other British territories, 183 years ago, the mindset and racial attitudes that brought African people to the Caribbean and the Americas as slaves still lingers. In recent times, we have graphically witnessed in the USA the unwarranted killing of the African-American George Floyd in Minnesota last year and that of our own Bouffam Jean the year before in Texas and that of so many other African-Americans. These events have shocked the consciousness of the entire world resulting in a universal cry for racial equality, human rights and justice for all. The Prime Minister explained that the war against racial discrimination, poverty, disease, drug abuse, marginalisation and inequality continues. He added that the commemoration of Emancipation Day signals that the resistance has not yet ended and St Lucia must power the development of the country through education, commitment, discipline, hard work and the determination to succeed. The Government of St Lucia Honourable Pierre Noted will also be playing its part. The Government of St Lucia will always support the preservation of our heritage and the importance of sustainable use of the environment. In this regard, the Government of St Lucia will immediately reinstate the Government's subvention to the St Lucia National Trust. Our Government will also lend full support to the Caribbean Reparation Commission in its efforts to obtain reparation justice from our former European colonial powers. The commemoration of Emancipation will not however be confined to giving greater recognition to the First August. It has to be a continuous process of continuous education and so this Government will take steps to ensure that the African, Caribbean and St Lucia history is taught at all levels of our schools. We will also examine the possibility of making Creole an official language of our country. The Slavery Abolition Act in British History is the act of Parliament that abolished slavery in most British colonies freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number in Canada. It received royal assent on August 28, 1833 and took effect on August 1, 1834. Meanwhile, a major exhibition detailing St Lucia's history and heritage in the Caribbean context was launched on Emancipation Day, the 1st of August. The Canadian University of the Netherlands and the St Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society have collaborated with the parish of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in staging Caribbean ties. Several other partnering agencies such as the St Lucia Government, St Lucia National Archives, ICA, the National Reparation Committee, one senior Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre, Indian Heritage, Uwe Open Campus and the St Lucia National Trust have contributed to the month-long showcase. We get details from Jesse Leos. On this year's occasion of Emancipation Day, Catholic priest and cultural activist Monsignor Patrick Anthony reaffirms that real emancipation will be achieved through the strengthening of mobilisation efforts for reparatory justice. He was the featured speaker at the Caribbean Ties exhibition launch held on August 1 at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Castries. The month-long event details St Lucia's history and heritage. Commending this initiative, Monsignor Anthony emphasised the need for increased awareness about the events surrounding slavery and eventual abolition in order for the population to truly liberate itself from the intergenerational traumas associated with its colonial past. Part of emancipation is a challenge for us to recognise how we have to emancipate ourselves from mental and spiritual and psychological and emotional slavery. We have to do it. Nobody will do it for us. We have to do it. And that is a challenge, that emancipation. 2021, places before us in St Lucia. They say it's a new beginning, a new times, we have new government, et cetera, et cetera. I don't know. All I'm saying is that the cultural activists, the men and women of spirit, of soul, who have understood that no matter who in government, no matter what they do or what they don't do, we have the capacity to help our people understand the power of God's people, that the power of God within them can achieve greatness. Monsignor Anthony highlighted the great injustice dealt to former slaves when the British Empire only compensated former slave owners for the abolition of slavery. He calls for the marshalling of descendants, activists and otherwise to see reparatory justice fulfilled. They paid 25 pounds, three shillings and four pence per head. In other words, the owners were compensated for losing the slaves. That is why the work that has been done here, Archdeacon, is linked with the work of the reparations committee in St. Lucia, of which I'm a proud member, because you see, there is something called reparatory justice. There is a reparation that must be done, and that reparation must be done by all of us. Throughout the month of August, the Anglican School Annex Top School will host the Caribbean Ties Exhibition from 8am to 5pm weekly, featuring a varied cultural package, including artisans at work to enliven the exhibition. It is free to all patrons, especially school children and visitors to the island who are interested in the historical affairs of St. Lucia. The Leiden University of the Netherlands and the St. Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society have collaborated with the parish of Holy Trinity Anglican Church in staging Caribbean Ties. For the Government Information Service, I am Jesse Leans reporting. Carrer-Tiniat Law Leslie Vincent Mondaysi has been appointed Attorney-General of St. Lucia. On Friday, 30th July 2021, a swearing-in ceremony was held at Government House. Honourable Leslie Mondaysi as Attorney-General will serve as the Principal Legal Advisor to the Government of St. Lucia. More from Hermione Mark. Honourable Leslie Vincent Mondaysi took the oath of allegiance and the oath of office of Holy Trinity, Friends and Select Colleagues. I Leslie Vincent Mondaysi do swear that I will faithfully bear true allegiance to St. Lucia, that I will discharge my duties and perform my functions honestly to the best of my ability faithfully in accordance with the law and always in the interest of the sovereignty, integrity, solidarity, well-being and prosperity of St. Lucia and that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal the business or proceedings of the cabinet or the nature or contents of any document communicated to me or any matter coming to my knowledge in my capacity as the Attorney-General except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties. So help me God. Honourable Mondaysi worked in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for seven years as a prosecutor in the Magistrates Court, High Court and Court of Appeal. He transitioned from the DPP's office into private practice in 2007. Honourable Leslie Mondaysi as Attorney-General now serves as the principal legal advisor to the Government of St. Lucia. He describes his appointment to the Post as a proud moment in his career. So I think with the background seeing it on both sides, prosecution and defence, though in a criminal sense I think it would be prepared me in terms of dealing with this office. Though I had a number of clients in private practice, I believe it would be the Government and the people of St. Lucia. So in that regard, I think I'll do the best I can. I will do the best I can for my clients in terms of conducting my duty as the Attorney-General of St. Lucia. I think it's a great honour and I stand here with a great sense of pride, to be honest. And it was a lot of hard work for us to be here today, but I really thank the Honourable Prime Minister. I cannot thank him enough for at least having the trust and faith in me. The people of St. Lucia. Honourable Leslie Mondaysi now heads the Attorney-General's chambers, which includes the Advice and Listigation Department, the Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property, the Legislative Drafting Department and Financial Intelligence Authority. From the Government Information Service, I'm Humedy Mark. A Crop Protection Officer in the Department of Agriculture is calling for increased training and certification for farmers to better equip themselves with the issue of indiscriminate use of highly hazardous agents. During an interview on the latest episode of NTN's Agriculture on the Move, Cletus Alexander says the emergence of new technology has shed light on the extent of pesticide impact and reinforces the need to use such products as recommended. But when I drive around, I see the way farmers are using pesticides in 2021. I wonder if it's a reminder or it's a revolution to educate farmers about the impacts of pesticides on the environment, animal health and humans. As I said, the problem with pesticide use in St. Lucia, indiscriminate pesticide use, there are two major problems there. You have one, as I said, a farmer who cannot read and write, who cannot understand the label. You have to come to the agri-businessman for a pesticide. Now that agri-businessman has no information about the active ingredient. You will tell the farmer, use this, use that. But does he understand how the active ingredient is working? Because there is a trick in the pesticide. You have the active ingredient and you have what is called the inert ingredient. Now with the inert ingredient, that is a trade secret. The manufacturer will tell you what the active ingredient is. But they will not tell you what the inert ingredient is. Now the inert ingredient may be more toxic than the pesticide itself. But you as a registrar, you cannot decide whether you're in a bind because you don't know what the inert ingredients in the pesticides are. So that's why it is very important that you use pesticides wisely. Alexander adds that there are specific modes of application required for the use of pesticides and is concerned that some farmers may not be in adherence. The equipment that you're going to use is very important. The pressure of the equipment is also important. What I see farmers doing out there, take for example you have Vidit. You're supposed to use Vidit with a Vidit gun. Every shot would be 7.5 ml. Diluting the pesticide in the NAFSA which was not supposed to happen. So you find pesticide use in St. Lucia. Farmers are not adhering to the pesticide label. They cannot write and they believe if probably the extension officer tells them to use 5 ml. If 5 ml can control the pest they believe probably 10 ml will eradicate the problem. But it will not. We have to go against this thing. The indiscriminate use of pesticides is not in St. Lucia alone. It is a regional problem. It is a global problem as well. Cosscutting is also an aspect of indiscriminate use of pesticides as using less of the product is likely to increase a pest resistance to the product over time. While you may save some dollars by using less chemicals but on the long run you are causing a major issue that is pesticide resistance because on the pesticide label the rate at which the pesticide should be applied is on the label. Now if you use less it means you are going to apply the pesticide on whatever pest that you are trying to control. Now when applying pesticide on some will be sensitive some that is those that will be affected and you have some that will not. For example, if you do not use the correct rate it may not control the insect. Now by using, by doing that the insect is not controlled all the time you will get exposure to the pesticide and in the long run it is not going to control the pesticide. So while trying to save money you will find yourself a bigger problem on the road. Yes, because you will end up using more pesticides than necessary. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle Aquéol. M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle M. Genelle Part of the strong political party found the victory in the election of 2021 in Baconduit, Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre, who was in 13th Paris. Having said that, Prime Minister Pierre declared that it was a very long and difficult road. He added that he thank God that he assisted to make the road a success and that he continued to use his strength and hard work to get closer to excellence to make the road a success in the future. Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre declared that Prime Minister had promised that he would work hard to make the road a success but for all citizens of the country. He added that he had arrived to lead the country in a way that is equal to all people. He also said that he would be able to understand that Prime Minister had never received the respect that he deserved except that he had understood that Prime Minister had never received the respect that he deserved because he had never received the respect that he deserved because he had never received the respect that he deserved but think about일� for us to present this sacrifice, which is made for the people of Lime, the settlers of Eklot Nationegg in Karebla, Eklavestalatia. The Prime Minister said, we must observe the situation, but it will continue to cause poverty, bad health, equality problems, decriminalization, drug problems, and so on. We must continue. The Prime Minister advised us to continue fighting for the development of our country, for education, for the principle of commitment, for the work we do, and for the determination to succeed. The Prime Minister said, before the position of the Prime Minister, it was the Minister of Tourism, the Minister of Commerce, the Minister of Construction, and the Chief Opposition of the Government. The Prime Minister said, to present the Prime Minister's Cabinet, I said the sixth day in May, at 4pm in the afternoon of 2020, he said, we must continue fighting for the development of our country. The Prime Minister said, in front of the public, on television, on Facebook, on YouTube, and on the media. I said, in front of the public, on the media, on Facebook, on Facebook, and on the media, on the Internet, on social media. I said, I will continue fighting for the development of our country. To present the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister said, before the position of the Prime Minister, The second part of the economic development is not about the condition of hospitals and gyms, but about projects that are important. There is a discussion and the officials don't agree that the projects of the development are not important. The Prime Minister, the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister of the Philippines continue the discussion and the government officials are the ones who are elected to work at the Cabinet of Ministers at the Parliament. During the preparation that was made for the Senate Ministers, I made the sixth amendment in 2020. The Prime Minister, Philippe Jepied, who is a Portuguese nation, and then we learned that this was done after the end of the entire assessment. Last Friday, on the 20th of July, the Prime Minister said that we will receive an appointment for the West Coast Ability to finance the economic development and make the young people better. The Prime Minister, continue and the traditions that have already existed to change the position and make the West Coast Ability the most important Minister, as well as new qualifications for economic management and business management. And then the next thing we will find is the Avocados, the members of the parliament who will have a position that we can run in general. We have made Avocados, the members of the West Coast Ability for all the government affairs, and we will follow the Constitution. We will have the members of the parliament who will be able to contribute 20 years of experience to the Avocados to serve the Cabinet of Ministers at the Government, as the head of the legal affairs council. Apart from the appointment, it was Ma'am Zelle Mandel-Louis who contributed to the communication affairs in the first Minister's office. Before that, he was the head of the communication affairs, a political party. The position was there and the West Coast Ability to represent the Prime Minister in all the communication affairs. And that's all we will find. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so much for watching. Thank you for the invitation. Thank you again. If you have any questions, then I present a lot of news. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Chanel.