 Welcome to the NTN Nightly. I'm Misha Charles. This edition stops stories. St. Lucien's, who have contributed to nation building, have been recognized by the state. The development of agro-processing advances with the commissioning of two plants in Ager. Scores of young St. Lucien's grasp the opportunity for higher learning in Taiwan. All that, plus the latest in youth development sports and the NTN Nouvelle, are quay on. St. Lucien's, who have contributed to nation building in various areas of service to the country, dedication to community, were recognized by the state for their patriotism at the 2019 Independence Awards. The Order of St. Lucien's and Order of Chivalry established in 1986 by Queen Elizabeth II. Commonly referred to as the Independence Anniversary Awards, the insignia of the Order are conferred on the 22nd February to citizens of St. Lucien, and other persons for achievement, acts of bravery, or meritorious service. A number of St. Lucien's as part of St. Lucien's 40th anniversary of independence, were recognized and awarded for their contribution and services to St. Lucien. Chair of the National Awards Committee, Senator Mauricio Thomas Francis, highlighted the significance of the awards. Our awardees represent a group of illustrious St. Lucien's from a wide cross-section of fields, including medicine, the judiciary, religion, the arts, philanthropy, community development, the public service, inter alia, men and women who have rendered highly commendable service above self in their respective fields and chosen philanthropic endeavours. The St. Lucia Cross, Kenneth Allen Patrick Moplesi, QC SLC CBE OBE for distinguished service in the field of arts, law and humanitarian causes. Mr. Kenneth Moplesi is an attorney by profession who has made a significant contribution towards the arts and humanitarian causes in St. Lucia throughout his lifetime. He attained barrister at law qualification from Grays Inn in London in 1957 and has been a practicing barrister in St. Lucia and other Caribbean islands since. Dr. George Joseph Ford received a St. Lucia Medal of Honor Gold and Angela Murray had received a St. Lucia Medal of Honor Silver. Dr. Stephen James King, SLC OBE for long and meritorious service in the field of medicine. Dr. Stephen King was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, fathered by the legendary St. Lucien surgeon Dr. Owen King. He received his early education at the St. Aloysius R.C. Boys School, St. Mary's College and the then A-Level College, earning the 1976 St. Lucia Island Scholarship to study medicine at the University of the West Indies. Returning home in 1988, he distinguished himself as the island's first pathologist. Augustine Julian, Arthur Willard Lison and the Cynthia Weeks were awarded the St. Lucia Medal of Merit Gold. The St. Lucia Medal of Merit Silver was awarded to Patrick Gilson Simeon and Byron Ignatius Dyer. Carlos Modesta's Neville Noel, Andre Abel Alancicot and Paula St. Luce were awarded the St. Lucia Lupitor Medal Gold. Mr. Carlos Modesta's Neville Noel for long and meritorious service in the field of entrepreneurship and community development. Mr. Carlos Noel has been actively involved in the growth and development of the community of library. His love for that community where he spent much of his formative years has been unwavering. Although he spent almost 20 years in Souffre, his burning desire to give back to the community of his booth was visible in him donating his time and the talent in the supervision of the Library Bridge Lighting Project. Thierry Zazier-Charles, Thierry Zadouboulay and Paul Lord were awarded the St. Lucia Lupitor Medal Silver and Theodore Charles was awarded the St. Lucia Lupitor Medal Bronze. Severin Mosheri was awarded the National Service Cross and Gabriel Harrow the National Service Medal. The ceremony was held on Sunday 24 February 2019. From the Government Information Service, I am General Norville. The development and use of agro-processing techniques in the quest to diversify the island's agriculture sector and add value to locally grown produce has advanced yet again with the commissioning of two agro-processing plants in Arjenmiku. The facilities are under the command of the St. Lucia Network of Rural Women, Miku Cluster. Agriculture officials, the diplomatic corps and residents all gathered to witness the handover of the Arje agro-processing facility and the Koko Processing Plant, two multi-million dollar investments by the Government of St. Lucia and the European Union. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony last weekend, Agriculture Minister Hon. Ezekiel Joseph says he is elated that he is able to deliver to the people of Miku North and South, a state-of-the-art, house-up-compliant facility. The focus, he insists, lies not only in adding value to our locally grown crops but to ensure that our process codes adhere to the latest international food safety standards. We believe as a Government that agro-processing is critical because we are very seasonal in our production pattern. When we have Mongols, we have too many Mongols who are going to waste. When we have Citrus, we have too many Citrus who are going to waste. Representative of the European Union delegation to Barbados and the eastern Caribbean states, Mr. Bogdan Stefanesco, in applauding the diligence of the island's agriculture leaders, says St. Lucia has made good on its part in the bilateral agreement, which includes placing sharp focus and strategic actions on growing cottage industries. EU has supported the Angers processing facility in this period, together with two other agro-processing facilities on this island. And I'm proud that the European Union has contributed to the development of this amenity by allocation of the necessary budget for its refurbishment and equipment. The BAMP program has also targeted the banana competitiveness and contributed in the rebound of the banana export business. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that thanks to the combined efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture and its development partners, St. Lucia has boosted earlier than expected its banana exports while at the same time reaching new destinations on the European continent such as the French market. Thus far, St. Lucia has benefited from an injection of 10 million euros for the stimulation and expansion of agro-processing on the island. From the Information Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Cooperatives, I'm Amanda Fee-Clock reporting. The Government of the Republic of China, Taiwan continues to partner with the Government of St. Lucia in development initiatives for St. Lucia. Recently, scores of young St. Lucia's desires of attaining higher learning in Taiwan attended a briefing on the available scholarship programs. The Ministry for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Honourable Dr. Gil Rigabert encouraged the successful applicants to give up their best in all endeavours and serve as ambassadors to St. Lucia. There is no greater gift that one can share with another than to equip one with knowledge. Because, indeed, knowledge is power. And that knowledge, my friends, is not meant for you to perceive yourselves to be better than those who perhaps have a little less than you do. No? That's not the purpose of that knowledge. That knowledge is to equip you to plow back into your community and into your country for the betterment of all. The scholarship programs provide opportunities for young St. Lucia to study in Taiwan for Bachelor, Master and PhD degrees. Ambassador of the Republic of China, Taiwan to St. Lucia, his excellently Douglas Shen encouraged the applicants to ensure a balanced life while studying in Taiwan. You have to balance your mindset. Study hard and play a little bit. Have some fun in Taiwan. Because Taiwan is an island just like St. Lucia, a little bit bigger. We have 36,000 square metres in Taiwan and the shape of Taiwan just like St. Lucia. We have a beautiful coast. We have a lot of big high mountains. I was told in Taiwan we have more than 20 mountains higher than 3,000 metres. That means up in the mountain is snoring, but down in the beach you can go skiing, you can go swimming. Since re-establishing diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, Taiwan in 2007, over 150 St. Lucia's have benefitted from the annual scholarship. All application documents should be delivered to the Embassy of the Republic of China, Taiwan, Radarid Beach Avenue, Rodney Bay Grosselay by the deadline Friday 15th March 2019. And this is the NTN Nightly, coming up the latest happenings in youth and sports with Ryan O'Brien. Small household electrical appliances when faulty can give rise to big problems. If you have just purchased a small appliance from a store and you are concerned about the safety of the item, an appliance has been at home for sometimes subjected to wear and tear from regular usage. Have it tested by St. Lucia Bureau of Standards. It is better to be safe than sorry. For more information contact the St. Lucia Bureau of Standards at 456-0546 or email SLBS at candw.lc or visit the website at www.slbs.org.lc St. Lucia Bureau of Standards making quality and standards our way of life. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Hello everyone and welcome to a regular update from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports. I'm Ryan O'Brien. The 2019 Marseille United Cools cricket tournament resumed on Monday, February 25th with five matches. At a grossly plain field, Leone's comprehensive secondary completely outplayed Barbono's secondary, winning that encounter convincingly by ten wickets. Barbono's secondary winning the toss and batting first could only muscle 71 all out and 21 overs with Yannick Noel 23, the only batsman to reach double figures. Left-arm orthodox spinner Jayden Elibox bowled impressively for Leone Hesse, finishing with figures of 5 for 25 in his allocation of 10 overs. The other wicket takers were left-arm spinner Captain Keegan Arnold with 3 for 20 and northspinner Udel Preville 2 wickets for 4 runs. Set 72 runs for victory Leone Hesse led by opening batsman Keegan Arnold with 36 not out and Benaya Monsi 28 not out made light work of their target, finishing on 76 the fourth loss, only after 7 overs. At a ball at a plain field, the Iroh Simon secondary won a Nailed Biter against Vibhutai secondary by 2 runs. The Iroh Simon secondary batting first after winning the toss dismissed 485 in 28 overs with Gabriel Beset hitting his second consecutive half century of the tournament. He scored 61, which included 5 folds and 6 sixes. Joseph Epiphan got 18 and Karik Victor 11. Vibhutai secondary, Marvel serial bat 4 for 24, Davidson PLU 3 for 42, Avalinas calendar 2 for 26. Hesse 186 for victory, Vibhutai secondary led by a half century, from Leone Dupre 53 with 4 folds and 3 sixes, held parallely close to the Iroh Simon's total, finishing on 183 all out in 32 overs. James Donai with 20, Avalinas calendar 15, and Noel Imanus 10 also made valuable contributions. The most successful bowlers for Iroh Simon's were Jaquan Epiphan with 3 for 32 and Gabriel Beset 2 for 20. At the Larisouz plain field in the Mabria Valley, Jonathan Memorial won over Granny Vier secondary by 5 wickets. Jonathan Memorial secondary won the toss and invited Granny Vier secondary to bat first with 122 all out in 19.5 overs, with the main scorers being Daniel DiTelvel with 40 and Lequan Henry 32, bowling for Jonathan Memorial. Janua Jules picked up 3 for 7 in 2 overs, caught William 2 for 20 and Shan Wee 2 for 30. To the victory target of 123, Jonathan Memorial secondary got to the total, finishing on 123 for 5, with Nevon Mitchell making 24 and Ezran Jules 10 all out, bowling for Granny Vier secondary. Cem Kamabach claimed 2 wickets for 2 run. At the Wendt plain field in Monipo, Meku secondary enjoying a very light day at the office, defeated Clinton Memorial secondary by 10 wickets. Clinton Memorial secondary batting first hit a lot for 29 in 10.2 overs, doing a damage with the ball from Meku secondary where Brent Edward with 3 wickets for 1 run and Lequan Henry 3 for 19. Jules and Justin 2 for 9. With just 30 runs needed for victory, Meku secondary opening batsman Keon Gaston 15 all out and Neon DiTelvel 4 all out easily brought victory to the team in just 3.2 overs. At the PI plain field, Sufra comprehensive secondary, registered an easy advocate victory over PI secondary. PI secondary batting first after being inserted in Sufra comprehensive, never got going and with his missed 1 or 44 in 14 overs with Joshua Monero making 10. But Sufra comprehensive, Dean Bowlers, Stefan Theofen with 4 for 14 and 5 overs and Kevin Gassi 2 for 9 did the damage with the ball. To the target of 45 for victory, Sufra comprehensive finished on 45 for 2 with Nick Jabatis and Anil Foshe remaining undefeated on 21 and 9 respectively. Minister for Youth Development and Sports, Hon. Edmund Estefan is banking on further sporting Lens for St. Lucia as government continues to focus on providing the proper infrastructure to assist in improving sporting performances by nationals. Minister Estefan made the remarks during the recent sports awards ceremony. We promise to keep the public educated and updated as we commence ground works and proceed with this major sports infrastructure programs and development. So by our 41st year of independence next year our sportsmen and women will begin to enjoy new and upgraded world class state-of-the-art sporting infrastructure and program support that will come from the national lottery's authorities. That's all from us at Youth Fund Sports today. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Our journey, our future, our data for national development is the theme for St. Lucia's first-ever online open data showcase in commemoration of the 2019 International Open Data Day on March 2nd. Fairheaded by the Department of Public Services, St. Lucia Open Data Initiative, the online open data showcase will be launched on March 1 and will provide an opportunity to highlight the use of data in both the public sector with a view of showing the importance of data in decision making, productivity and inevitably national development. In 2014 St. Lucia became the first country in the Caribbean to participate in an open data readiness assessment as part of the World Bank Program of Assistance of the Caribbean. Submissions are therefore invited for projects, research papers, applications or any works done utilizing data in the public sector. In order to submit an entry, participants must complete the online entry form available on the open data website data.govt.lc. And stay with the NTN Nightly. Up next, Primers Hutchinson is here with the NTN Nouvelle-en-Hueya. The most important thing is to have a good health care system. For example, you can wash your hands after changing your clothes, if you want to get sick, after taking a bath, and after taking a bath. And if you don't have a good health care system, you can take a bath for three seconds. Wash your hands often, it's a good way to treat your illness. Welcome back, we join Primers Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle-en-Hueya. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to give you the opportunity to inform the government here about the NTN Nouvelle-en-Hueya and Primers Hutchinson. The project for the development of the Nouvelle-en-Hueya in a way that is capable of developing a new business and improving the whole operating system of the NTN Nouvelle-en-Hueya. For example, the NTN Nouvelle-en-Hueya has a new construction for the development of the Nouvelle-en-Hueya. The Nouvelle-en-Hueya has a new construction for the development of the Nouvelle-en-Hueya and the development of the NTN Nouvelle-en-Hueya is an advanced and modern project that has more than 3,7,000 employees. The Nouvelle-en-Hueya has a new it's a piece of difficulty. It's also a system in place to facilitate all kinds of operations at the Yopoh-Nef Salah. In fact, according to my seeking, the passengers have to experience a small test to be able to travel. In order to ensure security for the Yopoh-Nef Salah, the Yopoh-Nef Salah is the most advanced and most advanced Yopoh-Nef service. On behalf of Allen Chastney, I am very excited to talk about the new development of the Yopoh-Nef Salah. I am really thrilled to be a part of the Yopoh-Nef Salah and to serve the passengers as they experience. The Yopoh-Nef Salah project is very much successful because passengers have to be able to travel in different ways the here, a chemin pour trouver plus goulot né, horde organisation, Commonwealth. C'est ce genre qui plus avance à un business à cet épée, Commonwealth. Je viens de Gwèk pour Business Roiwet, un pays à al-Gas organic. Monsieur Duran and Dujon. C'est un ancien esclat qui pays l'Angleterre à choisir pour trouver l'Onesse à la. Monsieur Dujon, c'est je viens de payer le WEPOcidatif pour l'occasion à la. Monsieur Philippe Parham, un bio au WEPOcidatif Gouvernement-l'Angleterre, je l'ai passé, Monsieur Parham déclaré que l'organisation est Gouvernement-l'Angleterre, tout est prêt. Et puis, et forcez Génès, ce pays, Commonwealth, qui a développé, conduit et coincent qualité initiative pour au Cévalet pays, économie pays. Alors, pour les autres salaires, il faut placer 600 millions pour aider Génès à développer plus les meilleurs businesses qui y ont égagé à la. Dujon Parley, puis nous, conseillez significatif de développer ça à son business au WEPOcidif qui y va évoluer. Café Toi va être pour mon amicou, Dennerie, Prahlet, ces places-là. Gouvernement-l'Angleterre a gardé comme c'est de lui ça, c'est à Boba Gaye, puis il y a un Chai Diffueil Mouna International qui a apprécié qu'il s'est à nos cafés. Et puis, au WEPOcidif, c'est à Boba Gaye qui a fait une chose jolie, parce que, le gouvernement consacre à apprécier. À apprécier, ça veut qu'à faire, ça a dit à comme c'est à faire. Mais bon, il faut qu'on qu'à avoir plus force. C'est l'autre jour, c'est l'action pour trouver grand l'honneur salaire. C'est un témoignage pour m'onir les pays internationales qu'à apprécier, il faut qu'il qu'à fête. Par les Génès. La porte qui partait qu'à ouvrir, enfin, pitié qu'à ouvrir, c'est à moi, c'est à Gai Salah, parce que c'est vrai pour tout le monde qu'à ouvrir. Si c'est le monde qui a apprécié qu'il s'est à faire, pitié qu'à faire, il a changé qu'il m'a dit qu'il m'a gardé ça au café. So, moi, ça c'est à Bola Vettai. Et puis, plus le monde qui connaît tout ce qu'il s'est à faire, c'est plus le monde qui a acheté des produits, plus le monde qui a supporté, et puis c'est ça. J'ai remis deux jours, ça c'est M. Dujon, qui était payé à WEPOcidif pour participer à la grande affaire salaire à la Nulité. En continuation, pour défricher adresse Premier ministre Alain Chassnay pour édibiliser ici, nous c'est à ce point, c'est à ce point qu'il faut qu'il soit payé pour suivre, y'a un chemin pour bosser une coopération parmi les PEP. C'est le Premier ministre Chassnay. Cognition, c'est à ce point qu'il faut accomplir autant. Mais à comme c'est dit, le payeur, c'est à commencer à payer le chemin et qu'à ce point, le Premier ministre là, il faut qu'il n'y ait pas d'affaire salaire pour abattre la qualité de développement qu'il n'y a pas d'affaire salaire. Nous qu'assez mieux pitié pour faire bataille contre Yonalot, qu'à essayer d'étouiller sa nuja accomplie coordination. Premier ministre Chassnay, fais-on grand appel pour les PEP CIDF pour chevoir Alain Chassnay parce que c'est celles manières nous sommes qu'au hage là pour aider payeur Premier ministre là qui est associé CIDF pour motuer la théâtre et aussi nous-mêmes qui nous pourqu'on perd habilité pour n'y remettir Yonalot. Yonalot, et qu'il faut s'accepter fort nous il y a des celles manières nous sommes qu'à abattre ces mauvais situations qui caménaient c'est payer. Premier ministre Chassnay déclare qu'il qu'au Yonation, qu'il y ait de podaces et qu'à célébrer qu'au deuxième anniversaire nous c'est pour nous accepter aux responsabilités pour avoir ce garantissement pour nous-mêmes qu'il y a des personnes qui ont une meilleure vie après ça, qu'elle peut venir. Et qu'on sait qu'il qu'on paye cette liste qu'à célébrer et accomplissement il faut nous réfléchir à ce que les lois qui fêtent et qui passent qui nous pliquent qui qu'il fait tout le difficile pour nous accomplir plan national. Et bien nous c'est continué pour adresser Premier ministre Chassnay à ce qu'il y ait de podaces et qu'au Yonalot. Et bien M. Sassi Kotey nous a trouvés un nouveau Jodia Mokabe M. Otton pour garder Mokabe et pour inviter à ce qu'il y a pour s'occuper de moi et qu'il y a de podaces et qu'au Yonalot. M. Pil Primus et c'est un look at what's happening to us weather-wise. A high pressure system over the Atlantic will continue to maintain brisk easterly winds and rough seas around the eastern Caribbean region during the next few days. Low level clouds drifting with this wind flow will bring some scattered showers over the islands during the next 24 hours. Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise extreme caution due to brisk winds and rough seas. Tides for Viewford Bay low at 5.37pm high at 12.10am. Seas locally rough with waves and north easterly swells 6 to 8 feet or 1.8 to 2.4 meters. The sun will rise Wednesday at 6.21am. And that brings us to the end of the NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. You can also catch up with us anytime on the Saint Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I'm Lisa Chong.