 Welcome to NTN Nightly, I'm Hermadi Mark. This edition stops stories. Karakam adopts a marketing strategy proposal by St. Pusher's Prime Minister. The local tourism sector is poised for a major bounce back from the impact of COVID-19 and a donation drive by the St. Pusher New York Consulate to benefit scores of students in Denver. Karakam heads of government have drafted a blueprint for the economic recovery of the region from COVID-19. The heads have accepted the final report of the Karakam Commission on the economy, which contains a 12-point action plan in response to COVID-19. Central to that plan is the proposal by St. Pusher's Prime Minister for a brand strategy to better an evil market penetration. Here's Lisa Joseph. If we could now collectively spend more money on one single brand for the West Indies, that's how much further we could go. Prime Minister Honorable Alan Chastney is confident that the Caribbean can derive more earnings as a region under a unified marketing brand. In fact, the Caribbean tourism organization, the CTO, realized this during two critical periods, 1991 during the Gulf War and 2008 financial crisis. The CTO launched campaigns advertising the Caribbean as one destination with multiple options. The success of the Caribbean brand and the power of that Caribbean brand that's been built all over those years. Many countries that you would not normally associate as being in the Caribbean now affiliated themselves to the Caribbean. So Cancun is considered Caribbean. Costa Rica is considered Caribbean. Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, even Colombia in Cartagena is considered now Caribbean. And so is that really the image that people can note when they think of Caribbean? Whether or not, but they use that word Caribbean to help promote their image of their country. Honorable Chastney says brand differentiation is important and as such the Caribbean should embrace and build on the powerful brand already created by West Indies Cricket, the University of the West Indies and the West Indies Rum and Spirit Producers Association. You can still have your national identity. So San Lucia West Indies, Jamaica West Indies, St. Kitts West Indies. To show you how it works, you can't put Cancun West Indies. You can't put Guatemala West Indies. You can't put Panama West Indies. So it is a very definable group and when you now start thinking of the power of that brand, it's not just tourism. It's the success of our cricket teams. It's the success of our track stars. It's the success of our entertainers. It's all of the collective successes of the West Indies and more importantly, when you include now the history of the West Indies. Caricom Heads of Government have taken note of the idea and have integrated it into a common tourism promotion plan. The proposal is also included in the economic recovery plan for the Caribbean post COVID-19. Honourable Roosevelt Scarrett is the Prime Minister of Dominica. We need to create a West Indies brand as was indicated by the Prime Minister of St. Lucia. We are known as the West Indies, the University of the West Indies as indicated. West Indies cricket and I think it's important for us to start promoting this definition of ourselves as the West Indies, rather than the Caribbean, which extends way beyond the Caricom Group. Prime Minister Chassani says all sectors can benefit from the West Indies marketing brand. The diaspora Honourable Chassani suggests can be enlisted to drive the brand in their adopted homelands. The Prime Minister of St. Lucia is longing to see the creation of a West Indies music label among other ventures. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reporting. Meantime, the local tourism sector is poised for a major bounce back from the impact of COVID-19. Stakeholders are gearing up to welcome the first international cruise ship since the closure of the sector last year amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. The country is in preparation mode to receive the first international cruise ship since the closure of the sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Celebrity Millennium has indicated St. Lucia has a stop on its itinerary in mid-July along with the islands of Wabidas and St. Martin. This decision was made after ample discussion with local authorities. Doreen George's Public Relations Manager of the St. Lucia Tourism Authority, SLTA, explains the strict protocols which will guide the arrival of the ship. Preliminary discussions with Royal Caribbean include a commitment that both passengers and crew over the age of 18 years would all have been vaccinated, full compliance to pre-arrival COVID-19 testing and that tour operations would be conducted within a green corridor or bubble. Additionally, all persons disembarking would be subject to the standard protocols of wearing of a face mask, physical distancing and sanitizing. Judges says the overall aim is to ensure while the cruise ship sector can continue to benefit the local economy, the local populace is kept safe. A special committee has been established to provide oversight to the resumption of cruise tourism which include the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Health, Port Health, St. Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority invests St. Lucia, customs, immigration, port security, the Royal St. Lucia Police Force, St. Lucia Tourism Authority and cruise agencies, cocks and company limited and foster and ins. We are enthusiastic that with the advent of science and technology amid this pandemic, we can prepare for a silver lining. Communications with key sector agencies have begun with the focus remaining health and safety. According to jury and judges, the coming weeks will see increased dialogue with suppliers and operators and the committee will hold regular meetings. The agenda to include the review and approval of protocols for the reopening of the sector, a review of the terminal and its operations and logistics for excursions within protocol. From the Government Information Service, Hermione Mark reporting. A donation of 10 laptops and an ID card printer has been made to the Department of External Affairs to assist with its work from home regime. In a recent ceremony to mark this show of goodwill, portfolio minister Hon. Sarah Flood-Bowbra expressed heartfelt thanks to the Government and people of Taiwan for yet another timely gesture to St. Lucia. We really, really appreciate this donation. I know that the staff had been asking for these laptops for a while. They had been saying that we needed to have these laptops and particularly at a time when through the World Bank grant students are getting laptops. Children are getting laptops and parents don't have laptops to work. So a lot of our staff literally had to be borrowing their children's laptops to do work. So this is what the reality had become. So this gesture is so important. The Alpha card reader, the ID card machine, again, you are upgrading what you donated before. You donated our previous machine, allowing us to work efficiently right here and not having to print our ID cards elsewhere. And you're upgrading. Taiwanese Ambassador His Excellency Peter Chen, in handing over the equipment on behalf of Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says it's their pleasure to sustain Lucia's External Affairs Department's digital transformation in response to the pandemic. And today it's about better equipped to combat the impact of the COVID-19 and advance the government and your good department. And I also like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to our Prime Minister and your team for your long-time support and assistance to my office. No matter in terms of our endeavor of promoting bilateral cooperation or the convenience of our daily living in Lucia. The St Lucia New York Consulate spearheaded a donation drive that has benefited students in Denry, more from Daniel Dubois. Scores of students from the Denry infant and primary schools received school supplies from a donation drive spearheaded by the St Lucia New York Consulate in collaboration with the Make It Happen Foundation and several contributors from the diaspora. The supplies, which include a plethora of items, banning crayons, bagpacks, calculators and notebooks were officially handed over to the principals of the schools on Wednesday, 17 March 2021. The Make It Happen Foundation is very pleased to be a part of this initiative to help provide assistance to the Denry infant school with this donation of educational supplies for its students. We know that the 2020 academic year and this 2021 academic year have been very challenging for the children, especially the younger ones for whom peer socialization is so very important. But we hope that this small gesture of support helps in some small way to make their journey a little easier. In remarks that were read on his behalf, Consul General of New York Alvin Landers, the lead on the donation drive expressed his gratitude to those who collaborated to make the donation possible, especially during this challenging time. St Lucia, as he noted, rose to the occasion with their countrymen in mind. He went on to mention those who were instrumental to the cause, Alfonso Marquis of the Halfwood St Lucia Lions Club, Raquel Prosper, Sally Etienne, the St Lucia American Association of Connecticut, the St Lucia Domino Club, the lavish crew members within the Hartford area and the Make It Happen Foundation. And so I'm happy that the Consul General in New York and all the partners in Connecticut and all the citizens of St Lucia who reside in the United States did it in the hand to put those beautiful gifts for our kids together. We are very, very pleased. More than 200 students are beneficiaries of the donation drive and work is ongoing on another. Reporting for the Office of the Prime Minister, I am Danielle Dubois. The value of water to our everyday lives is being underscored as the Ministry of Agriculture leads the observance of World Water Day. World Water Day 2021 is again set aside for increased awareness and sensitization of the importance of water resources to everyday life. This year the Water Resources Management Agency, the WRMA, will work in partnership with the Department of Forestry to roll out its itinerary of activities, get towards highlighting tangible ways a citizen can support the ongoing interventions by the Agriculture Ministry to improve the accessibility to water and to encourage proper management and use of water resources. Jason Ernest is the Director of the Water Resources Management Agency. Right now in terms of campaigns that are going on, we have a photo campaign in terms of persons being aware of what's happening in the environment, sending photos to us. So it's like a photo competition. We have a panel discussion that is going to be upcoming later this week. We do the normal press releases. That's one of the activities that we have. Mr Ernest says the placement of the World Water Day observation on the calendar each year is timely for synductions as it gives us an opportunity to reflect and to make adjustments to our behaviors and habits as it relates to the use of water. It's very fitting, very timely for us in this region because right now we're actually in the middle of the dry season. So it's an opportunity to let persons know at this time of year when we have the drought-like conditions, the dryness that the water resources may be affected in terms of the availability to consumers. So I think it's a time where persons need to take that into consideration and we move into some kind of conservation measures. The theme for World Water Day 2021 is value in water. According to the United Nations, the value of water is about much more than its price. This day is celebrated keeping in line with Sustainable Development Goal No. 6, which is aimed at achieving water and sanitation for all by 2030. From the Information Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Amanda Feclocke reporting. This is NTN Knightly. Up next, Primus Hutchinson with the NTN Novella Quiole. The point is that all of this is done to save water. There is a lot of water in the living room, not only to save water, but also not to save water. If the toilet bowl is wet, we can put 10 bags of water in it. If the toilet bowl is wet, we can put water in it before we flush it. If the toilet bowl is wet, we can dry it. Save a big bag of water to wash the llamas. Entering water use flowers. If running water, or feeding water, don't hide fromCI어나is.осверноз knows it's all about the Hindu faith. If we sistreget, running water is important. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Novella Quiole. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to inform you that the government of this country, G.I.S., and the national television company N.T.N., which is also a news company, which is also a Primus Hurchinson, is also a company which is also prepared to welcome international tourists who have been in this sector for the past few weeks because of the corona virus. This means that discussions can be held on this issue and the authorities in this country. Royal Caribbean, I am N.T.U.I. who is the Secretary of the Tourism Industry in this area, Apuyolani, Batu, Tuis, Celebrity, Millennium, and visited this area. Primus, a start-up trip for these tourists, and then a party for Destination, in Fassat-out-Kawablas, that is Semate and Babad. Among these discussions that the authorities have made, and Royal Caribbean, it was a big commitment that the passengers and the workers who have decided to go and get vaccinated, and that they will be able to visit my cell, the view that is natural, plus they will recall the way that the Germans have accomplished, and also that everyone who has been there will be able to spread mass suffrage, obey social distancing, and also sanitize. The objective is to make sure that the Secretary of the Tourism Industry continues to contribute to the service and the benefit of the economy here, and that it is also necessary to make sure that the people of the country have good protection. There is a special committee in place to provide these diverse guides that are necessary for the start-up operations of the Secretary of the Tourism Industry. Among these agencies that have formed the Salah Committee, are the Ministry of Tourism Affairs, Ministry of Health, Slasper, Police Organization, Authority of the Tourist Affairs, and the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Tourism Affairs, that is the Minister of the Ministry of Health, said that it will be exciting that with this technology, and with the help of the Salah Committee, we will have a clear understanding of the absence of the Secretary of the Tourism, the brutalization of the Secretary of the Tourism in the country, except for the different cases that have already been done. So, Minister Dediki, you can speak to the Secretary of the Tourist Affairs, about who, and how it is to make the Secretary of the Tourist Affairs to see how it will succeed in this way. The government will continue to assist the farmers and the people of the country to continue to learn about the COVID-19 pandemic, but the government of the Resilience Court of Desserts will be in charge of the climate, the call to make available the U.S. Tanglo for the common people who need it more, the public service ecosystem, which is necessary to ensure that security will be provided in Desserts. So, we will have the pleasure of the Church, the organization that can help to make profits, that is NGO, and a lot of organizations will be able to activate the Tanglo according to the Secretary of the Tourist Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Development, Thomas Descartes, said that, in order to assist the farmers, it was necessary to lodge a law for the Ministry of Agriculture, on the other hand, the pleasure of the farmers, the Cloth Agents, and the organization to make profits. So, we will have the pleasure of the situation of the Zas Yon, the young cultivator who will assist the farmers, it is Kanisha Arnold. And congratulations to the farmers, that you have been able to help the farmers to achieve their goals with the help of the farmers. After that, for the young cultivators, the Global Agents, who have been cultivators all over the country, the Agents, the Agents, the Agents, and the Department of Agriculture, they will be able to work with their various activities, to make the citizens aware and in a way to support the Ministry of Agriculture, to prove in a way to find the water services and to encourage the first water management in this area. Director of the Agents, Jason Ernest, who observes there every year to help the citizens in this area to reflect and make certain arrangements in a way to serve the water. Assistant Chief of the Agents, Milton Daisy, who continues to advise and encourage the Agents to observe and obey these protocols for protection against the coronavirus. Thank you, Mr. Nouvella-Coyol. Mr. Daisy, thank you very much. It is not a shame to force a person who has served in mass as a figure to reveal sanitize and exchange their distance. Thank you very much. Assistant Chief of the Agents, thank you very much. This is the only way to do it because it is easy to sacrifice to everyone. According to Daisy, if everyone follows this example, then everyone will be more confident that there will be more protection, more people who will preserve their families and the public. This is the only way to prevent the pandemic from happening. This is the only way if everyone continues to disobey and listen to what the police force to do, then it will be done. This is the only way to do it. This is the only way to do it. I am still wondering if the police force to do it is the only way to do it. The police force to do it is the only way to do it. The police force to do it. There is no need for the police to do it. They just do it and not for the police. For the police to do it. This is the only way to do it. This is the only way to do it. This is what the police That brings us to the end of NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. You could also catch up with us anytime on the same usual government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Huma Dimang.