 Welcome to the NTN Nightly, I'm Nisha Charles, this edition's top stories. Fishers of Shosei to benefit from continued support by the Government of Japan. The NUSHA facilitates regional discussion on the importance of women and girls in STEM. The NTRC brings consumers and services providers to the table. All that plus the NTN Nouvelle Arquéon. The Government of Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA is continuing support for the development of Saint Lucia's fishing sector. JICA has come to the aid of the Fishers of Shosei with regard to the use of its fishing port. Since construction of the Shosei fishing port close to 20 years ago by the Japanese Government, Fishers of the community have had difficulty getting their fishing vessels into the port due to the build-up of silt in the area. JICA has again seen it fit to assist the Fishers of Shosei in finding a solution to the persistent problem and recently made a presentation to Fishers as well as the Shosei Fishermen's Cooperative Society. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives Honourable Ezekiel Joseph was present at the meeting and highlighted the importance of the fishing port to the community. As a Government and as a Cooperative with the responsibility of your Parliamentary Representative, former and present, we have tried many recommendations, we have tried many solutions and they are not working and of course when you look out there, you'll see the negative impact of what's happening to the environment in Shosei. We can say that we have engaged the Government of JICA, the Government of Japan through the Office of JICA and we are happy that they have reconsidered their position not to give support in solving the problems we are facing in Shosei. The Minister responsible for the fisheries sector highlighted that previous measures undertaken by Government to remedy the situation proved extremely costly and were not something that would be sustainable. It was for this reason that the Government of Japan was re-engaged. A team of us went up to Japan last year. Your Parliamentary Representative was part of that team and we had two representatives from the Shosei Fishermen's Cooperative accompanying that team with my Chief Fisher's Officer and the technical engineer from the Ministry of Infrastructure to have a first-hand appreciation as to some of the recommendations that we can engage in St. Lucia to be able to solve the problem. I can say that based on the outcome of that visit we are all satisfied that there are possibilities as far as a remedy. For the Parliamentary Representative for Shosei's Salterbus Honourable Bradley Felix the problem is not only a financial one but has negative impacts for the environment. Honourable Felix remains grateful for the assistance of the Japanese Government at this time. Because one of the things that we must remember is the kind of assistance we would have gotten in the past from foreign governments and other agencies are very, very few in common. We don't get this kind of assistance like we used to get in the past and the Japanese people are now demanding that where the government spends their money they must be accountable, that it goes to good use. They are demanding that when they give a gift that it is something that they can recognize the benefit to grassroots people and the people that are supposed to benefit. And so these funds are getting a lot more restrictive. So we are very appreciative that the government through JICA has come back on board to give us the kind of assistance that is required to take off this long outstanding problem that we have had. According to the Japanese officials the proposed solutions would not see any meaningful results until the end of 2020. There will however be shorter measures. Students of the French Isle of Guadeloupe have completed a fact-finding mission here that sparked new life into the agriculture sector. Anise Antoine explains. The Ministry of Agriculture welcomed a group of 14 students from the College of Agriculture in Guadeloupe. The purpose of the visit was to expose the students to the farming systems in St. Lucia and the different agricultural techniques. Paul Edgar, Chairperson of the Barbano Constituency Council gave insight as to some of the activities the students engaged in including a visit at the banana farm in Roso and a tour of the agricultural complex in Union. On Sunday we had an island tour. Let them have a field of St. Lucia. And on Monday was a rough day. A rough day in terms of we had a series of farmers. First of all we visited the feed mill at Viewfort. From there we went to a farmer, Leo Anthony, Poetry Farm at Auger. From there we went to the Seymour's Farmers and they actually witnessed, you might see they witnessed the process to some extent. And on our way we stopped at Mahou looking at the operation of Digi Farms. Odial Council Zenon, Biology and Ecological Teacher accompanying the students expressed gratitude to the Government of St. Lucia for the opportunity and noted that the group has learned a lot. We have two programs, a program on development and another one on animal production. So we saw things about chickens and about banana which are cultures, production, we do too in Guadeloupe. So we want to compare, we want to see if there is another thing to do here or the same thing in order to make our students have a see on all the world and particularly on the Caribbean. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives Honourable Zinkel Joseph expressed hope for the continued exchanges between Guadeloupe and St. Lucia. The Chairman of the Council said that many of the groups in Guadeloupe have come to see the AP. I don't know if there is a possibility to host these groups. Because I remember myself as a student going on these exchange visits how I learned a lot going to the Caribbean countries interacting with people playing the sports, playing the football, playing the cricket so I felt it was a good initiative and I'm hoping that during the time that you interacted and you enjoyed St. Lucia. The program commenced on Saturday the 18th of January and culminated on Saturday the 25th of January 2020. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antone, reporting. The Lucia is this week hosting the 2020 Caribbean Regional Steam and Innovation Symposium sponsored by Microsoft and the World Bank. The symposium is being facilitated by the Innovation Division of the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Inspire Artemis Foundation. It is geared towards increasing female representation and interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Genelle Norville has the details. The symposium which targets women and girls was born out of a need to get girls and women more involved and take greater leadership in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Founder of Inspire Artemis Foundation, Hermione Johnny, indicated that it is expected to see a number of young women and girls from St. Lucia and the Caribbean contributing to dialogues that will shape their future, families and the world. Johnny added that girls and women should be represented across the board. It is incredibly important that we engage and rebuke false narratives as a first step in breaking the glass ceiling in STEM related fields. Women and girls need to be reminded that all career options are available to them. Beyond this, we need to be mindful that credible studies from institutions such as the Harvard Business Review have cited diverse teams as more likely to produce diverse ideas. Diversity and inclusion is very important in our societies today. How do we expect young women and girls to feel that they are represented in fields that are supposed to have them in mind if they do not see themselves physically represented in the rooms, in the arenas that have the most impact? The symposium, which is the foundation's first event in the Caribbean, aims to achieve organizational goals which include contributing to long-term development, changing lives for youth development, providing opportunity and fostering strong communities for youth engagement and empowerment and engaging cultures by encouraging youth to broaden their perspectives foster acceptance and work together to find innovation to complex problems that affect their lives and communities. Microsoft's Director of Partner Technology, Harsha Burner, indicated that being in the age of a digital revolution, it is important to create more digital citizens interested in STEM and STEM. I feel like we are at the point where we are trying to solve a lot of difficult problems. We are trying to solve problems like hunger, safety, poverty, the earth for that matter. We are in a crisis like global warming is real. We are trying to solve a lot of different problems. Right now, the number of girls and women in the teams that are trying to solve these problems is not proportionally represented. So I think what we really need to do is the problems are being solved, but the problems are being solved primarily by only one gender. So when we are trying to solve the problems for the entire population which represents both the genders, don't we have a responsibility to make sure that we bring both the genders to the table? So our job is to start creating that pipeline and encouraging both genders to be able to contribute to these problems solving. The symposium which is designed to inspire and encourage women to get involved in roles that will shape future technologies is being sponsored primarily by Microsoft and the World Bank. For the Government Information Service, I am Janelle Norville. The Department of the Public Service will be embarking on a number of initiatives aimed at enhancing security and improving the aesthetics of the Graham-Louise administrative building compound. More in this report by Jolita Peter. Phase 1 of the project entails the installation of a fence around the perimeter of the ground. The project got underway on Monday, February 3rd. Brian Samuel is the Director of Security at the Graham-Louise administrative building. The objective of the project is to enhance security and safety at the Graham-Louise administrative building. Over the years, we've had several incidents of theft and vandalism. The fence is expected to help curb those incidents. The Department of the Public Service is implementing the project with a customer-friendly mindset. Therefore, we will ensure that the fence does not alienate members of the public from accessing services provided at the building. Architectural Assistant at the Department of the Public Service, Cook John, explains what the scope of the project will entail. The project entails erecting approximately 340 feet of fence along the boundary of the Graham-Louise building, and more specifically the boundary facing the Cassress Carpath. The boundary facing the Cassress Harbour and the boundary between the Heraldine Rock Building. The assembly is basically hot-dip, galvanized wire with rectangular hollow sections with a powder-coated finish. We believe that this would strike the best balance between being resilient to the sea blast given the proximity of the building and upkeeping the aesthetics of the compound. This project is part of a larger programme of projects which will be undertaken by the Department of Public Service to enhance public safety and security. The project is expected to be undertaken within 21 days. All is being done to ensure that there is minimal interruption with regard to access and parking during the construction period. The Department of the Public Service solicits the cooperation and understanding of the general public. From the communication unit of the Department of the Public Service, Julia Tepita reporting. And this is the NTN Nightly. We'll be back in a moment. The Ministry of Tourism is working alongside the Department of Statistics to develop St Lucia's Tourism Satellite Account, TSA. The Tourism Satellite Account is an internationally established method of measuring the direct contributions of tourism to our national economy. This will help the government in developing effective policy for the industry. If you are in the business of tourism, the Ministry needs your help in collecting critical data necessary for this tourism satellite account. Let's all help to develop and improve our economy. All tourism-related establishments are asked to contact the Ministry at 468-5393 before Friday the 28th of February for further information specific to their business. Welcome back. Users of telecommunications services were given an opportunity to interact with service providers, the regulators and consumer rights advocates during a town hall meeting organized by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, the NTRC. The objective of the town hall was to ensure that consumers receive the best quality service through a process of engagement and empowerment. Please allow me to take the opportunity to welcome you all here to our first meet, greet and speak town hall meeting. Residents of Grosally and Barbano were the beneficiaries of the first consumer engagement activity, facilitated by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission for 2020. What we have discovered is that many times consumers, sometimes they have issues, but they are not necessarily aware of how to address those issues. I am Josephine Alsitbafelmi of Raidery and I have a lot to say tonight. Ready to respond directly to consumer complaints and comments were representatives of the main telecom service providers in St. Lucia, Digicel and Flow. Ultimately, ultimately, ultimately, none of us want angry customers. None of us want dissatisfied customers. But we don't get enough feedback for us to make informed decisions. So part of this for us from our side to you is please help us so we can help you. Consumer rights agencies, governmental and non-government were also invited to address the audience. Tonight, I am here basically to tell you about your rights as consumers. Today we have a solution and we are on the cusp of a revolution. It's called the Consumer Protection Act. The NTRC's Meet, Greet and Speak Grosally Town Hall gave the audience multiple opportunities to engage the decision makers at Flow, Digicel and the Consumer Rights Agencies. Do you laugh at us sometimes when you offer us your bundling packages? If you want one service and they say you can't have one service you have to have four at once, that now is illegal. You cannot do that. You can choose what you want to have. I have internet which drops most of the time. I have cable which I only really watch one channel. Every Monday and recently on a Tuesday my internet speed drops by half. There was very good advocacy on the customer side which is what we really wanted to do, providing information for customers, for consumers so that they know what their options are. We were keen to understand from our perspective and from our consumers perspective how we can improve our service. So we welcomed that initiative and tonight was a success. It was useful and I think that it should be something that probably is done maybe once a quarter or twice a year. The NTRC intends to take its Meet, Greet and Speak Town Hall meetings throughout the island with the hope that St. Lucian's will be empowered and more aware of their rights as consumers and that service providers will be better informed of the experiences and expectations of their customers. And stay with the NTR nightly. Up next is Primus Hutchinson with the NTR Nouvelle Arcway. And include communities, ministries and business houses. Join in the excitement and let's show the best of St. Lucia. Now is the time. Let's do this together. Welcome back. We now join Primus Hutchinson for the NTR Nouvelle Arcway. The NTR Nouvelle Arcway and Primus Hutchinson. The cultivators, I have found a good opportunity to sell their produce for the first time. This is because the technical mission of Taiwan in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture is to organize the place to eat for the cultivators to evaluate their products. The main objective was to increase the sales for their products. The initiative was to build efforts to strengthen the production goals that are most effective and also to strengthen the distribution of various equipment, equipment, and projects that will support this goal for a period of three years. The NTR Nouvelle Arcway project explained that the cultivators used to serve the traditional place, but the NTR Arcway was also important to explore a lot of possibilities to establish the most expensive place. The NTR Arcway was also important to encourage residents to serve more products in this area. This is the same area. Let me show you the place in Valais Mabuya. This is the NTR Nouvelle Arcway. This is the NTR Nouvelle Arcway for the distribution of various products that are most effective and local. Representative Mr. Taiwan noted that this was the sixth place for cultivators that have already participated. I would like to note that it is to try to reduce the amount of waste that the NTR Arcway has to buy in order to continue to work to improve its production, especially the NTR Arcway has also assisted the cultivators to get used to the new technology and their representatives for these cultivators, such as François Bispat to discuss the satisfaction that the NTR Arcway has. I would like to read the other cultivators and farmers who are interested in getting the opportunity to participate in the NTR Arcway. During the cultivators, the NTR Arcway has always been an example for the people of Castecox to buy this product. For the diversification project, such as the NTR Arcway, particularly the pitages and the gyms, began in the past in Caibut in the year 2000. The company of water services in this area, OASCO, I have officially officially set up the NTR Arcway with the NTR Arcway. The management of OASCO has declared that, with the strictness of OASCO, it is not a problem to work but also to facilitate a new service that provides a place of improvement for the visitors. OASCO has also set up the NTR Arcway for one service for the visitors of OASCO, but later I found out that the NTR Arcway is capable of facilitating a new service for the visitors. Particularly, with the ECLIPOATIC management of OASCO, the government has decided to build a new facility that is capable to support the development that I have proposed to facilitate a new service. Chairman of OASCO, Francis Dembo, has declared that it will provide a significant amount to the company to establish a new facility. In the near future, OASCO will be able to build a new facility for the visitors to deliver a new service for the visitors that will increase the number of visitors that will be able to deliver a new service for the visitors. Dembo, has said that OASCO will support the development of OASCO. Chairman of OASCO, Alon Shosne, has said that OASCO will be able to provide a new service for the visitors to deliver a new service that will increase the number of visitors that will be able to create a new facility. Visit OASCO to visit OASCO for more information about OASCO and the skills that video video shows. OASCO has said We will continue to work with the government to ensure that we have an improvement facility in Sudpeya. We will continue to work with the government to ensure that we have an improvement facility in Sudpeya. Go and facilitate what you are fighting for in a strong city, a strong country in a strong city. If you are done, in 12 months, you will have to pay $7.5 million, but instead of this, you will have to help to finance this project. Also, as I said earlier, we have to address the Prime Minister, Alan Chastney, as well as the climate management association, and address them for the year 2020. Prime Minister, we have Alan Chastney, who has been here for the year 2020 to take more action and respect the environment and to have more confidence in the natural environment. Prime Minister Chastney, we have to do what is possible in order for the people to be deposited in Divide Divide so that they can work on the channel and help the people who serve here. Prime Minister Ladiki, I have made a great effort to control and help small businesses to be able to continue to work on the channel and help the people who serve here and help the people who serve here. But Prime Minister Chastney, we have to continue to look for new technologies to be able to deposit and pay more. As for the program, we have to examine the Prime Minister for his development and for his facilities. And that is why we are working on this new project. We thank the Prime Minister for his time, for his time and for his invitation. I would like to know if the future of the country is going to be the same as the future of the country. Why? Why is the future of the country going to be the same as the future of the country? Thank you, Prime Minister. And here's a look at what's happening to us. Where the why? Partly cloudy, hazy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers. The Atlantic high pressure system will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and rough seas around the eastern Caribbean region for the next couple of days. Weak, unstable conditions in the atmosphere over the region will cause some scattered showers to develop over the islands during the next 24 hours. The seas locally rough with waves are northerly to north easterly swells 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 meters. Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise extreme caution due to brisk winds and rough seas. The sun will rise Wednesday at 6.28 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 any time on the Selenusia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Nisha Troll.