 Welcome to NTIA Nightly. I am Genelle Norville. This edition stops stories. St. Lucia has been credited by the World Bank in disaster risk financing. Government through investing Lucia is embarking on strengthening entrepreneurship and health officials encourage members of the public to become blood donors. St. Lucia is leading the region in disaster risk financing. The World Bank Group says the island is the first in the region to have its national strategy approved by cabinet. St. Lucia is also lauded for taking the lead in the implementation of innovative solutions and practices. St. Lucia is no stranger to disasters. The country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic or water emergency and it has moved to now face the hurricane season. The Government of St. Lucia has taken several steps to mitigate the impact of disasters. According to Deputy Director of Financial Administration in the Department of Finance, Matthew Branford, who recently appeared on the COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery panel series Disaster Risk Financing, one such step is the establishment of a disaster risk financing strategy. The main objective of this strategy is to assess, reduce and manage fiscal risk due to disasters. So the strategic priorities for the Government Department of Finance is to build resilience for today and to secure our future by measurably and strategically reducing the fiscal disaster risk. And so we want to maintain a sound fiscal position because without having a good fiscal position, the impact of disasters on your resources are even doubled and so on. So develop cost-effective and accessible financing mechanism for immediate liquidity and liquidity becomes important every time there is a disaster because the requirement for financing for relief, recovery and reconstruction activities, this becomes very, very important. World Bank Group's Disaster Risk Management Specialist Mary Bohm highlighted the importance of disaster risk financing adding that a country must have in place plans for both pre- and post-disaster. Boh explained that the World Bank provides multiple instruments to aid in a country's response to disasters including grant financing and concession alone financing. We also have contingent emergency response components or CIRCs which are a flexible financing arrangement that's added to most World Bank projects meaning that if a crisis happens, the project can immediately reallocate resources to address that need. St. Lucia, for example, has been able to access two contingent emergency response components in response to its COVID-19 needs through its health systems strengthening projects as well as the aforementioned disaster vulnerability reduction projects. We also support CRIF in helping CRIF to keep its premium costs low and build more innovative projects and most importantly, in addition to grant and concessional financing we also offer a wealth of technical assistance to the region. Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Chief Executive Officer Isaac Anthony indicated that while the CRIF currently provides insurance to governments it has been experimenting with offering insurance for individuals. Any individual whose livelihood is at risk from, let's say, some sort of natural hazard risk and so this particular initiative has had its own challenges I must admit. We've been working with, not just in Lucia but in Grenada, in Jamaica and more recently in Belize as well as Trinidad. But right now the project is now being restructured and to the extent that CRIF will now assume a leadership role within the region in terms of managing that project. So we think that in the next couple years that we will be able to offer a package that individuals will find sufficiently attractive to help them manage their risk. And that would complement very nicely some of what we are doing in terms of course, I've already mentioned course which is designed specifically for the Fisherfolk. The CEO added that farmers and Fisherfolk have been able to benefit from the CRIF in times of disaster. The country continues to make strides in building resilience against disasters including working towards the implementation and enforcement of a building code to ensure resilience. From the Government Information Service, I am General Norville. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has called on all inclusions to maintain a healthy lifestyle amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Testing results received on June 16, 2020 indicated 52 negative test results. A total of 1,447 tests have been carried out to date and the recorded number of confirmed cases remain at 19. 18 of those cases have fully recovered. The last positive case was recorded on June 4, 2020 making today the 13th consecutive day that all tests conducted have returned as negative. The Chief Medical Officer urges that as we continue to live and function well within the reality of a COVID-19 environment, protecting our health and well-being has renewed importance. Dr. Sharon Belmar George advises daily physical activity, increasing the daily intake of fresh fruits and vegetables, increasing water intake, reducing stress, avoiding the use of alcohol and do not smoking. These habits together help in building a strong immune system which will improve the ability to fight off not only COVID-19 infection but many other infectious diseases. Meantime, health officials are encouraging members of the public to become blood donors and Isiah Antwan tells us more. Following the observance of World Blood Donor Day, officials from the Ministry of Health continue to raise awareness about the global need for blood donation and how everyone can contribute. Safe blood transfusion can aid patients suffering from life-threatening conditions live longer and can be vital during medical and surgical procedures and emergencies of all kinds. Karen Lewis, Senior Medical Technologist at the St. Lucia Blood Bank Service explained that whilst safe blood transfusion can save the life of a recipient, it is also beneficial to the donor. Giving blood too is also important for the donor. It stimulates your bone marrow to produce red blood cells. Red blood cells are made naturally every 120 days. That's an automatic thing. When you do that, it stimulates your bone marrow to make new red blood cells, fresh new red blood cells which contains your nutrients, sugars, hormones circulated throughout the body to your different tissues and cells. For men in particular, it is very important for men to donate. With women, we have our monthly cycle so the excess iron in which blood contains, we get rid of that in other sense. For men in particular, since they do not have that, the excess iron sometimes is stored along the walls of the arteries of your liver and your heart. So men in particular have a higher chance at cardiovascular diseases and strokes. When men in particular donate every three months, that decreases the chances of those kind of conditions. Ms. Lewis noted that persons are eligible to donate blood from age 17 to age 70. The senior medical technologist made an appeal to the public to donate blood as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a reduction in the number of voluntary donors. So now with COVID-19, we are limited and I should say seconded to OKEU only. We have not got that OK when we can go to different business places etc. So we cannot reach everybody, give them that personal one-on-one attention when we go to courts, when we go to digital, when we go to our standards chains, when we go to our churches. So most persons and right now, persons can come to donate at OKEU from the hours of 8.30am to 4pm. Make sure you have a solid breakfast. You can call us in Lucia Blood Bank Service at 4525430 or 285-9642 and you can also email us at slubloodbank at gmail.com All individuals coming to donate blood are reminded to wear a mask. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. The Government of St Lucia for Invest St Lucia ISL is embarking on strengthening entrepreneurship among nationals with the introduction of the Business Incubator and Accelerator Program. Business incubation and acceleration have been acknowledged as one of the principal means of providing a comprehensive range of business support services that can contribute to the successful establishment of new micro and small enterprises and the growth of fledgling ones. Dave Headley, Project Coordinator of the St Lucia Business Incubator Program explains the rationale behind developing the Business Incubator Program. A lot of research and of course engagements have been done not only from a number of other key agencies within the ecosystem but as well as engagements with just a lot of entrepreneurs from a number of various sectors within St Lucia. Like you rightly said, starting off you really want that guidance and support. And like anything else, and I think Daniel pointed it out, he tapped into his savings. At that point, they might not have the financial resources. They need some kind of management training. They need that marketing support. They need HR advice. You would want to develop a marketing plan to get persons in the market to know about whatever products and services you're offering. So when we talk about the Business Incubator and providing that support these are some of the services that we're referring to. ISL has included the St Lucia Bureau of Standards, St Lucia Development Bank and the St Lucia Manufacturing Association on a task force that seeks to better assist entrepreneurs. We have engaged everybody who would have impacted or provide some kind of support or development to the entrepreneur at any development stage. So we are in dialogue. In the initial dialogues we got positive feedback. A lot of persons would have loved for the Incubator to be up and running. You hear the cries of the young entrepreneurs. But I can assure you that the engagement is across the board and it's really to strengthen all the key players to get that additional support that really will propel them. The project coordinator explained that with the new method of business operations due to COVID-19, the virtual aspect of the Incubator program is now of critical importance. Acting Commissioner of Police Milton Daisy has revealed that no police action will be taken against anyone who participated in the Black Lives Matter protest held here on Friday, 12 June. There were public concerns that participants would face arrests following the event, which was not authorized by the commissioner. Permission for the gathering was not granted due to the Emergency Order Act. There was a commander on the ground who saw the need to deal with it in the way that he dealt with it and communicated to reporters to the commissioner after. I know in a clip, I saw he said that we would explore every avenue which may be to arrest. But it remains that and the commissioner has taken a decision with that officer to indicate that I am satisfied with the way that he handled the situation and I call it the end of it. So I am not going to ask anybody to arrest any individual. However, I need persons to know that they committed an offense by not complying. Acting Police Commissioner Milton Daisy And this is NTN Nightly, up next, Primus Hutchinson with the NTN Nouvelle Aquial. Coronavirus? I am worried Gaza is only old people dying from that. Hold up, being young does not mean being safe. Yes, it's true that the elderly are at higher risk but anyone can get the virus. The effect is even worse if you have a chronic condition like hypertension, heart disease, lung disease and diabetes or weakness in your immune system. If you are living with these conditions, be extra careful. Wash your hands with soap and water. Use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol when hand washing is not possible. Avoid touching your face. Take steps to boost your immunity through proper nutrition, exercise, rest and take your medication as prescribed. Limit being around people who have flu symptoms. Even close family members. Our health is in our hands. Together through simple actions, we can stop the spread of coronavirus. This message was brought to you by the Bureau of Health Education of the Ministry of Health and Wellness. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle Aquial. Monsieur Tarjanel, M.Departement de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université de l'Université. I'm President of Primus Hutchinson. série 6 Milton ... I'm about to explain the situation of the police, to be hotel member, to exceptional public in order to participate in the Trust and toünf Operation to help but it is not allowed here. So now we have to find permission to protest. The police have humiliated us. We have to make sure that the police take action because the protestation that we have to end this week is not allowed here. And now we have to find a way to stop the result of the corona virus. The police chief has to be able to approve the application for the public to protest. As I said before, we have to find a way to stop the protest. We have to find a way to stop the police from protesting because the police are not allowed here. So we have to find a way to stop the protest between the people who protest and the police because the police are not allowed to serve the people. So we have to command the authorities who are the ones who are doing well to make sure that the police don't have to do this to bring the parts of the people here and to stop the protest. The police are not allowed here. We have to find a way to stop the protest because the police are not allowed to do the public activity. And why do you participate in the action? Because the people who participate, they are not allowed here. So if they are not allowed here, they are not allowed to connect all the laws, they are not allowed here. But we have to find a way to do the research. We have to find a way to do the law under COVID-19, under the public order so that we know what we can do. And I also want to point out that the health care center on Sunday that the people who are protesting are not allowed here. The police are not allowed here. They are not allowed to go to the court. So they are not allowed here. So the police are not allowed to go to the court? They are not allowed to go to court. But the people who are here are not allowed to go to the bus or to the street. We are talking about the police who are doing the reverse operation that I have conducted and succeeded to get this done already. According to Kapoal and Edward, who are the paramedics and the police officers, in his Indian television description, two weeks have passed and the policemen have seized three boats and brought them to the court that they are allowed to go to the bus in France. According to Mr. O'François, these are the boats that are allowed to go to the court that they are allowed to go to the court. Kapoal and Edward have also brought for the year 2020 the journey of 20 people who lost their lives during the course of the year. Among them, three of whom I have found nine, who I have found nine of whom I have found in the summer and 20 of whom I have found in the criminal scene by two employees who are still investigating. Kapoal and Edward have also announced that the police division will be able to find the criminal revolver that was possible and assist the police division. Kapoal and Edward have also the police security facilities and three young men who have been trying to pass the law to the paramedics telephone, mobile, marijuana, paramedics. You have to try to do something in prison. But first of all, they have to be transported to the court. Kapoal and Edward have also the police division of the drug case that has already been carried out for the year 2020. You can find 74 or more Latin people with seven special operations including 64 amination pills for the year 2020. The police have 321 kilograms of marijuana 48.2 kilograms of cocaine and 6 grams of crack. The Office of Tourist Affairs has never been in court before to publish this letter to our country. The Office of Tourist Affairs and the Japanese government have published this letter to young people who have encouraged people to visit. But that is the only country in the world that has brought young people. International activities of the Ministry of Tourism have done like this to work to bring down this wave of COVID-19 very quickly through a campaign to address all the international and regional places and other initiatives. Activities that have reached millions of consumers through social media have activated the place through the service of the computer and the Ministry of Tourism. Activities of the Ministry of Tourism have also promoted the most popular of the Ministry of Tourism in a natural way and to tourists visit their destinations for vacancies. The video was very beautiful because of the mountains and the sea and the beautiful forest. The Ministry of Tourism has also declared that when COVID-19 comes after the coronavirus the tourists will be able to visit their vacancies in peace. The Ministry of Tourism has given the opportunity to be able to take responsibility for COVID-19 and the good news to implement the wave that has been made for everyone to live under COVID-19. The Ministry of Tourism has also made a video of the Ministry of Tourism that will be able to visit all the countries in the face of the tourist who have encouraged the foreigners to return and to establish a way for industrialistic necessities to support the citizens of the Pacific. And that's it. I wish you all the best, ladies and gentlemen. I thank you all the time for watching. I wish you all the best for the young people who have continued to pursue their lives with the help of the new Aquaeol. I wish you all the best for the young people. I wish you all the best. Thank you Apil Primus. And that brings us through the end of NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. You can also catch up with us anytime on the Sinclusia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I am Janelle Norvel.