 Welcome to the NTN Nightly. I'm Nisha Charles. This edition stops stories. Healthcare sector is the primary focus for the government of St. Lucia as it enters into a new financial year. ICT and TVET identified as the foundation to building the workforce of the future. The OECS and the RSS sign and memorandum of understanding. All that, plus the latest in U.S. development, sports and the NTN novel are clear. The all-important healthcare sector is a prime focus for the government of St. Lucia as it enters into a new financial year. That declaration was made by Governor-General Sir Emanuel Neville Snack as he delivered the Throne Speech opening a new session of parliament. The Governor-General stated that government intends to continue strengthening primary healthcare and public health, advance work on national health insurance, and implement measures for quality assurance. Plans for the opening of the Owen King EU Hospital and the St. Jude's Hospital are also advancing. The progress made to date on commissioning and operationalization of the Owen King EU Hospital is not worthy and work will continue towards full transition of all our patient and inpatient services within the shortest time possible. The decommissioning of the Victoria Hospital has become imperative and my government is taking urgent action to achieve this. Equally crucial is the completion of the St. Jude Hospital based on its new design with a timeline of 2021. This will be approached by means of phased transitioning into the new facility. Sir Neville went on to announce the implementation of a national quality management system in order to ensure that the healthcare system satisfies international quality standards. The requisite legislation the Governor-General said will be considered for enactment during this session of parliament. Another sector to receive due attention in the 2019-2020 financial year is education. In his thrown speech, the Governor-General indicated that government considers education as a foundation for building the workforce of the future. To realize this, two priorities are being explored. The mainstreaming of information and communication technology, ICT and the strengthening and expansion of the technical and vocational education and training TVET program. The ICT in education policy and strategy provides a clear outline and context for St. Lucia's e-education drive and encompasses our smart nation initiative. It will facilitate the transformation of our learning spaces into smart classrooms incorporating infrastructure and instruction materials which satisfy the requirements of integration. Computer coding and robotics training introduced in 2018 will remain a regular feature on the education agenda. The TVET program will continue with its focus on technical competencies together with the soft and employability skills demanded by employers. Assessments will be undertaken of the feasibility of repurposing existing school plans to accommodate pre-K classes. This, Sir Neville said, would ensure that more children benefit from early childhood education. Secondary schools, which may be fit for the introduction of six forms, will also be identified. The importance of productivity to the overall performance of the local economy and their nation was emphasized recently by the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council. The Productivity Council during a presentation to fifth formers of the Cicero Secondary School on Productivity showed the effect of procrastination on their personal and collective productivity. More from Glenn Simon. The week of April 1st to 5th was literally the final week of school for the fifth form students of the Cicero Secondary School as they set off to write CXC examinations commencing later that month. Charlon Thebles, homeroom teacher for one of the fifth form classes, invited the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council, NCPC, to make a presentation to the students to help motivate them as they are prepared to further their studies or enter the world of work. At the Cicero Secondary School, we strive to cater for the holistic child. We don't just want them to have what it is in school. We want them to be molded for what is out there, what they will be presented with on the outside. So being productive is a very major part of living in society. The topic, procrastination kills productivity, was presented to the energetic yet attentive performers by yours truly Glenn Simon, communication specialist with the NCPC. The NCPC provides timely and effective recommendations to policymakers, the private sector and other stakeholders on issues relating to competitiveness and productivity in St. Lucia. As we prepare for CXC, as we prepare to enter the field of work, as we prepare to write to other schools for placement, we wanted them to understand that they should not delay. Procrastination really is the intentional and habitual delay of starting or completing a task, knowing full well that it will have negative consequences. The productivity, we brought the message of productivity to them that it is really what you get out from what you put in. Many of the students pledged to work towards reducing their level of procrastination and welcomed the video presentations and discussions on the topic. Fifth former Romanus Henry said he found the topic very interesting and now realizes how procrastination can impact his future. I can procrastinate a lot. I find the topic to educate me and to put me straight for me not to procrastinate anymore so therefore I'll have to build a focus and a mentality for me to be proactive in my schoolwork and also in other activities. Desri Joseph said, as she prepares for exams, her takeaway was to create a timetable for herself to decide how and when to do certain tasks in order to reduce procrastination. At this stage you're supposed to be studying and if you keep leaving your studies, I will do it sometime, I'll do it later. That keeps you back from gaining some knowledge for your exams. Simon expressed his delight on behalf of the NCPC to present to the students who he remarked are important stakeholders within the country. The fifth form students were presented with various tokens of appreciation and participated in a tongue twister competition amongst themselves. For the National Competitiveness and Productivity Unit, Glenn Simon reporting. The San Ocean Network of Rural Women Producers' Babano cluster is to receive governmental assistance in securing a base for production. Anissa Antwine explains. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives, Honourably Zekel Joseph, recently toured a number of the island's agriculture facilities, including the Forasau Agro Processing Plant. Minister Joseph indicated that the government fully understands the difficulty currently faced by the women of the San Ocean Network of Rural Women Producers' Babano cluster, who have indicated that producing from their home poses several challenges for them. The minister assured that the necessary steps are being taken to ensure the group is provided with a proper facility. In the case of Forasau, like we explained to the personnel who listen to the facility from us, Paradise Foods, that arrangement has to be made to accommodate the rural women of the cluster from Babano. I'm happy that ICA is on board and we're now seeing how we can, in the short term, make provisions for them to operate within the existing facility. Of course, with the intention of building a separate structure for them on the compound where they can continue with their operations. A member of the San Ocean Network of Rural Women Producers' Babano cluster and Entrepunier highlighted the many challenges currently faced by the cluster having to produce outside of a facility. She emphasised the need for a designated workspace, revealing that the cluster has been considering operating their own facility. We have a lot of products that we are doing and we are doing it from home and really we have our labeling, our packaging and we feel it's time that we're able to put our products out and get to the supermarket level and other areas. Our capacity for now it's been lost since the interest. A lot of the women have lost their interest with what we have right now. The members that are there, we are doing quite well. So all we need now is just a space so we can start doing our processes. We had suggested that we were looking to get a piece of crown land where we would set up our own little building, our own space. So we don't know if that's still up if there is a way that we can work this out. The agriculture, fisheries, physical planning, agricultural resources and co-operatives minister reaffirmed the ministry's commitment to the cluster asking for its patience as the government seeks to improve the current situation. I'm happy that we are able to identify a clear path moving forward and I'm sure when we sit down and we look at the resources and we support EECA we can come up with some clear schedules, timelines so we can monitor ourselves as it pertains to the process. On the 24th of February 2019, two processing plants located in Anjai Miku, one specifically allocated for the processing of cocoa, were officially handed over to the St. Lucian Network of Rural Women producer Miku Cluster. For the Government Information Service, I am Anicia Antoine reporting. And this is the NTN Nightly. Ryan O'Brien is up next. What is money laundering? Money laundering is the concealment of the origins of illegally obtained money, typically by means of transfers involving financial institutions or legitimate businesses. There are three steps in the process of money laundering. One, placement. This is the movement of legitimately obtained cash from its source into circulation through financial institutions. Two, layering. This is the act of concealing the source of that money using a series of complex transactions and bookkeeping tricks. Three, integration. This is the movement of previously laundered money into the economy, mainly through the financial institutions and thus such monies appear to be normal business earnings. What is terrorist financing? Terrorist financing provides funds for terrorist activity. It may involve funds raised from legitimate sources such as donations, profits from businesses and charitable organisations, as well as from criminal sources such as the drug tree, the smuggling of weapons, fraud, kidnapping and extortion. There is an interrelation between terrorist financing and proliferation financing, which is the act of providing funds or financial services used in the acquisition, manufacture or transport of weapons of mass destruction. How does money laundering and terrorist financing affect St. Lucia? St. Lucia can lose its reputation and international credibility, more violent and organised crimes and corruption, penalties for the financial sector and loss of correspondent banking. St. Lucia will be evaluated in 2019 to reflect its money laundering and terrorist financing regimes. How can you help? Get involved. Learn about the threat that money laundering and terrorist financing pose to St. Lucia and cooperate with financial and non-financial institutions when information is requested. Money laundering and terrorist financing are crimes with penalties of up to $1 million and imprisonment of up to 10 years or both. A message brought to you by the National Anti-Money Laundering Oversight Committee and the Attorney General's Chambers. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Welcome once again to your update from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports on the NTN Nightly News. Minister responsible for youth development and sports, the Honourable Edmund Estefan, says he will continue to advance the national sports evolution in St. Lucia and that the Sporting Infrastructure the Redevelopment Program is one such move in achieving this. Minister Estefan made the disclosure during a short-term ceremony for the redevelopment of the Souffre Ministry and the Ruby Cricket Ground. As Minister with Responsibility for Sports, along with the support of the Prime Minister and my other Cabinet colleagues, I have been blessed with the great opportunity of service to our nation and it is my aim to advance our national sports evolution and as Mr. Lagerby told you, we will be doing this island-wide. It's just a pity we cannot do all of them at once. If that was possible, this is what was going to happen. With the commencement of work on the upgrade of the Souffre Ministry and the Cricket Ground, we'll come and improve and in the quality of sporting talent in the District and make Souffre a force to be reckoned with in sports nationally. That's the view of Parliamentary Representative the Honourable Herod Stanislas as he spoke during the Saltonen ceremony. Today marks the beginning of the complete rehabilitation of this Ministry. The rehabilitation which is going to include the laying down of an IAAF-certified 400-meter ethylene track. It is also going to receive a brand new FIFA-certified artificial or what we call synthetic tooth for football. It is also going to receive three new cuts, one specifically for netball for our young girls, our young ladies. The other one, multi-purpose which will be for volleyball tennis and maybe with consultation with the Basketball Association Basketball because as you know we have a basketball court in town next to the hospital so we do not want to duplicate and the third one is going to be a court for 5 on 5 football or what we call futsal, a court where our local footballers could train, they could practice and so on, even the warm-ups before matches begin. The Youth Empowerment Project is galvanizing the talent of the youth in a number of communities in the city of Castries as part of their public relations and sensitization drive on the initiatives being undertaken during the project. One such intervention is a logo competition which has some precise guidelines. Joan Husbands is project coordinator. You must be within the four target communities of New Village, Barnard Hill, Conway and New Village and you must be able to you must be of the age of 10 to 35 years. The design must be yours not be copyrighted and any submissions will belong to us and so it will be our property upon submission and the submissions can also be submitted on CD if you like and we really want to ensure that you attach your contact information your name, your number your social media handles whether it be on Facebook or Instagram so that we could also tag you when you submit your submissions to us. The logo competition runs until the end of April, Youth Month. And speaking of Youth Month the first official activity HELL was a speech festival which concluded at the financial center last week. Dr. Paul Fort of Team Action International Incorporated said there was mock improvements shown by participants of the four day event. A lot more persons came out we saw a lot of people starting on Monday very shy at the end of yesterday evening openly speaking a lot more persons come out to take part in the competitions this morning and so I think it would have done the job of getting one students to be aware of their surroundings two students to be more participatory in programs and three students to understand their developmental role in helping themselves succeed. The speech festival facilitated poetry workshops public speaking workshops and we saw a wrap from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports today. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks Ryan. The OECS and the regional security system the RSS have signed an MOU to better protect police and preserve the ocean space in the eastern Caribbean as the birthright of every Caribbean national. As the major shared resource between OECS member states the ocean plays a vital role in the air we breathe transportation and food, medicine and economic benefits. According to the OECS director general Dr. Didikos Jules the MOU will see the implementation of a $6.3 million Caribbean regional OECS policy and strengthening action plan CROP to ensure the space is managed sustainably to leverage economic opportunities for member states. E-CROP is a comprehensive initiative that seeks to address the multifaceted complexity of our seascape. We are taking account of our ocean space as a fluid geographic asset that is threatened by climate change by unsustainable economic practices by pollution and a host of other challenges. The grant agreement that we saw signed a while ago between the RSS and the Caribbean Development Bank all signed today will support the implementation of some of the E-CROP's strategic actions as well. This is a good case illustrative of the exponential mathematics of integration and cooperation 1 plus 1 equals 11 in this case. Deliverables under the $6.3 million E-CROP project which has been executed by the commission will include an enhanced E-CROP by year end. The MOU was signed on behalf of the six independent member states of the organization of Eastern Caribbean states Antigambar Buda, Dominico, Grenada Sincitza Nivas, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados. The signing took place on Friday the 5th of April at the RSS Council of Ministers meeting in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. And stay with the NTN nightly. Up next, Primus Hutchinson is here with the NTN Nouvelle Arquéol. I was in my neighborhood. It was a very dark night. I decided to go for a drink by a bar. On my way from the bar I felt distinct to my right leg. When I look back I knew it was a fuller snake. You happen to be in an area where there are snakes and you are bitten by a snake. This is what you do. You call for help and try to reach the Victoria Hospital within one or three hours. You will be seen immediately. My uncle at the time was a police officer called the Victoria Hospital and told them that we're coming down for a snake bite. There is a facility on the island which has a protocol and a treatment plan where you can be treated adequate. We call them before you go there so they can prepare for you. The rest assured that there are adequate supplies of antivenom with doctors who have been trained in the treatment protocols of the snake bite. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle Arquéol. Mr. Madam Department of University of San Francisco for information government set this up. This is GIS, the National TV and NTN. This is the Nouvelle Arquéol. This is Primus Hutchinson. The fourth session of the World's World's Palais Mains is on the 9th of April. I'm from the community assembly on the 10th of March. I'm from the city of San 실�wanté. I'm from the association New Rome with a report from the Gov. Shape Union government. As this及 in lite was the single indemnization of the Dotıt alumni in the department. thousand dollar. So now I want to start addressing the Kai Konsiit, because Konsiit is planning to pay and to consider the Parliament as a place for the Nation to command a good service, like the PEP-70, which is a place to talk about. It is going to be for the West Bank to pay and to exchange, and it is going to be for the government and the opposition to respect Kai Konsiit for the benefit of the people and for their generation to come. This novel states that the government is planning to adopt effective laws to govern education, health services, agriculture, and tourism among others. The general government has also placed a huge importance in this area, such as the TPI, which has developed, and also intelligence, which is not good. According to this novel, it means that in the Parliament, there is an invaluable source and, by the consequence of this, it is going to have the responsibility of a strong institution that has put a strong trust in this country. The youth that has accomplished, with which I have accomplished a great success in a sports business with a lot of discipline and business, have found a great role in Kai Konsiit. Let's go to the West Bank to open a new session in Kai Parliament, Governor General Emmanuel Neville Snack. Congratulations to Daniel Hodegui on the completion of Mr. Jordan Dujon, who is our initiative to turn our nation into a work for your great national, regional, and international business. So Neville will make a reference to Gene Gasson to gain a great knowledge like Manuel Fla to pay Canada and to play volleyball. At Ling Sport, eliminate 6A Leven Spencer to win the first set list to win the De Medage Law to play Commonwealth there, and also to enjoy the victory in Karebla, the Amérique-Sétoile Amérique. The government has organized a long-term dinner at Leven, a hotel in St. Louis, to give appreciation to Governor General Adi. The most excited is Kimani Melius, who is the president of the United States of America, who played in Canada with Julian Alfred, who won the Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. He started his career in the 11th month of December. After that, I would like to thank Mr. Hodegui for giving me an invitation to consider the life of our country. Mr. Opel Primus, and here's a look at what's happening to us weather-wise. The skies are fair, becoming cloudy at times with some widely-scattered showers. The Atlantic high-pressure system continues to maintain moderate easterly winds across the eastern Caribbean islands. Weak and stable conditions in the atmosphere over the region will cause some scattered showers . The tide for V4 Bay was low at 2 p.m. and will be high again at 8.25 p.m. The seas, moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 meters. The sun will rise Wednesday at 5.53 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 San Lucia Government News.