 Welcome to NTN Nightly, I am Genelle Norville. This edition stops stories. St. Lucia has begun receiving travellers from the Travel Bubble under the Bubblecation Campaign. The Ministry of Health and Wellness cracked down on COVID-19 protocol infringements and the Department of Environmental Health is working feverishly to restore livelihoods. With the reopening of the borders, travellers from the Travel Bubble have begun visiting St. Lucia. Caribocation recently introduced its latest marketing campaign, Bubblecation, where travellers from countries within the designated Travel Bubble are able to visit St. Lucia. These visitors are required to submit a negative PCR COVID-19 test prior to arrival into St. Lucia within seven days of travel. All arriving passengers from within the Bubble must have travelled directly from a country within the Bubble and have been in that country for at least 21 days. Venetia Antoine has the details. The Caribbean's leading destination marketing brand, Caribcation, has introduced its latest marketing campaign, Bubblecation, where travellers from countries within the designated Travel Bubble can reconnect with family and friends or enjoy a romantic getaway in St. Lucia. SLTA's Public Relations Manager Jarene Georges explained that the Bubble countries approved by the Department of Health and Wellness currently include Antigua, Barbuda, Aruba, Anguilla, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Barthelmy, St. Kitsandivis, St. Martin, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos. Now visitors within the Bubble countries who have been within one of the Bubble jurisdictions for at least 21 days are eligible to be a part of Bubblecation. So they are able to come to St. Lucia and would be exempt from quarantine. However, they are required to obtain a negative PCR COVID-19 test prior to arrival in St. Lucia and that test must be obtained no more than seven days prior to arrival in St. Lucia. Additionally, visitors from the Bubble countries are subject to all on-island protocols and that includes airport screening, wearing of masks in public and observing physical distancing. Marketing manager for Caribbean and Events, Christopher Gustave, indicated that SLTA looks forward to welcoming back Caribbean brothers and sisters through Bubblecation, which for the authority would be a wonderful avenue to again share common cultures and friendship. The important Caribbean market welcomes well over 85,000 visitors annually and with the commencement of commercial flights within the region, a positive growth trajectory is anticipated. The public relations manager indicated that individuals within the Bubble desirous of traveling to St. Lucia are to pre-fill the mandatory arrival registration form located on www.saintluxia.org slash COVID-19. Additionally, visitors can utilize www.caribcation.org to assist in direct bookings of their accommodation at a wider variety of authentic community properties, which include villas, Airbnb properties and small hotels. Airlines around the region, including Caribbean Airlines Inter-Caribbean, Air Antilles and one Caribbean have committed to serving the region with their resumption of service. Travelers should, however, check with the airlines for their flight schedules. The health and safety of local communities remain paramount with the continued responsible phased approach to the reopening of the tourism sector. With that said, the St. Lucia Tourism Authority, through its Caribcation brand, will work with approved operators including accommodation properties, car rentals, restaurants, tour operators, shopping centers, taxi associations, yachting and water-based adventure tour operators in providing a safe visitor experience. If your stead-approved operators should sign up at www.caribcation.org or call 1758 458 7101 for more information. From the Government Information Service, I am Anicia Antoine reporting. On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received information from a local bank of a returning national from the United Kingdom who arrived on Sunday, July 26, 2020 accessing services within the bank. The Ministry contacted the Royal St. Lucia Police Force with the necessary information. On investigation, many breaches were noted including leaving home quarantine in less than 14 days, receiving guests into the home during the quarantine period and providing inaccurate information to health authorities in relation to the number of persons residing at the dwelling house where quarantine was taking place. The individual in question and the remaining members of the household were all transferred to a Government-operated quarantine facility where they were screened and tested. The family will complete the 14-day quarantine at that institution. Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Sharon Belmar George, commended the Royal St. Lucia Police Force, the private institution associated with this case and the community for their vigilant and swift response to this matter. As we continue with the phased reopening of the country, the risk for introduction of COVID-19 is increased. The public is advised that all of the protocols are still in place, including the reduced numbers for public transportation and the protocols for the private sector establishments. These also include the use of face masks in public places and to maintain safe physical distances from others. The Ministry of Health will once again reiterate the importance of quarantine for returning nationals and visitors as it is a good measure to minimize the risk of the transmission of COVID-19. And it is with this we ask that everyone adheres to the 14-day quarantine time and also for persons to stay in quarantine for the full period. This action is expected to protect the health and the safety of every individual within our country. We also appeal to everyone to continue to support our national effort to minimize the threat of COVID-19 on our island. St. Lucia has recorded a total of 25 COVID-19 cases to date. 22 of these cases have fully recovered and three patients remain in care at the respiratory hospital and remain stable. A total of 3,548 tests have been conducted to date. Two of the patients have recovered clinically and do not show any signs and symptoms of COVID-19. However, they still record positive COVID-19 test results. The last confirmed case is an 86-year-old gentleman who is recovering well in care. All of the family members, friends, and healthcare workers disclosed to the contact tracing team have been screened and tested and to date, the results have been negative. The health team continues to monitor and investigate the source of infection. Efforts are continuing to ensure that the health and safety of all local communities are enforced through the protocols outlined for the management of COVID-19. And as St. Lucia's economy's reopening in a phased approach, the Department of Environmental Health has been working favoritly establishing protocols for each sector with the health and safety of individuals as the number one priority all while restoring livelihoods. More in this report. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in not only a health crisis, but an economic crisis as well. Hundreds of jobs have been lost as part of the economic fallout of the pandemic. The Ministry of Health and Wellness have been combating the virus on several fronts, including ensuring the health and safety of all inclusions and restoring the livelihoods of the public. The Department of Environmental Health in the Ministry of Health and Wellness has been working with stakeholders in the various sectors in an effort to establish protocols for reopening. Senior environmental officer in the Department of Environmental Health, Emma St. Vitalis, indicated that as of late, the majority of applications have been coming from the sporting organizations and caterers. And what I want the public to understand is that within the development of those protocols, the essential goal is about protecting public health and public safety. And they do come to us, those applications, we review them, we assess, the aim is not to shut down or to prevent any activity from happening, but the aim is to do it in a controlled environment, an environment which promotes public health and safety, and that's what the protocols aim to do at the end of the day. So we have been working quite a bit of sporting institutions, sporting organizations, as far as Shwazel, also some of the caterers who are coming in and they want to begin the catering business, to gain revenue and to serve the public. So we have been working quite a bit of them in developing those protocols and assessing their establishments for compliance. And I must say most of them are compliant because they recognize that without compliance, they really can't operate and they can't provide that level of safety which we are engendering from the public. A senior environmental health officer certain that the department's priority remains protecting lives and restoring livelihoods. By establishing protocols, the Department of Environmental Health is able to ensure a safe transition in the country's reopening. Again, the aim of environmental health in this whole fight against COVID is to ensure that the public remains safe. We have written quite a bit of protocols from then and what we continuously do is to monitor those protocols, monitor the establishment which are opened and again to ensure the safety of the general public of St. Lucia. As the reopening of St. Lucia continues in a phased approach, officials assure that the health and safety of the people of St. Lucia remain a top priority. As of July 28, 2020, the National Insurance Cooperation NIC processed a total of 36,733 applications with a total sum of $30.1 million being disbursed under the Economic Relief Program ERP. NIC's communications manager, McNaughton McLean encouraged employers to update the portal and notify the NIC of any changes to allow for the processing of payments as no payments will be made for the month of June until the NIC has received the updated information. We still have this issue of employers feeling to provide the necessary information for us to process claims and I can give you a little information on that as well. The number of employers registered on the employer portal now the employer portal was created to allow employers to provide that information that would be required for us to process the claims and make the payouts to the qualifying applicants. So the number of employers registered in that portal was 1,367. The number of employers registered but yet to upload any information. These are people who registered who approved but have failed to upload information on behalf of the employees, 119. The number of employers yet to submit information for May 613 and the number of employers yet to submit information for June 718. NIC's head of Group Internal Audit Suan-Charlie Payne indicated that despite an excess of 18,000 applicants having successfully received payments, the NIC has made additional improvements in communication to better assist individuals who are currently experiencing challenges in accessing the benefits of the ERP. Charlie Payne also explained that an individual's receipt of funds from the ERP is subject to whether or not they are currently receiving any other benefit. The regulations stipulate that employee applicants would be paid the higher of the two. So they would be paid the higher of the economic relief or if they have applied for another benefit, maternity benefit and so on, they would receive the higher of the two. Sometimes because of the timing when one is processed as opposed to the other, the difference have to be paid to make up for the higher of the two. So if I have to give an example, somebody who applies for the economic relief and they would have been entitled to a payment of say a thousand dollars they also applied for say a maternity benefit and that maternity benefit amounted to say eight hundred dollars. If the maternity benefit is paid already, they would have gotten eight hundred dollars. However the two benefits together, the thousand dollars obviously account for the higher of the two. When they get the economic relief payment they will be getting two hundred dollars. The head of Group Internal Audit explained the rationale behind the timeframe in which payments are made. So the program is from April to September. It needs to be appreciated that until the time has passed we don't pay in advance. So we would not be paying from April to September in one batch. The time has elapsed, we need to get... In the case of the self-employed we don't have say employer upload because the applicant is also the employer by virtue of the nature of self-employed. However, those self-employed persons may return to trade. We don't know. We need to allow the time to pass and we are depending on those self-employed persons to inform us when they have returned to employment. Also they may start contributing to the national insurance and that may give us an indication of whether or not they have returned to trade. So we don't pay in advance and that is one of the reasons why the applicant would not see all of the payments to September. That was NIC's head of group internal audit, Suan Shaal Ripen. This is NTIA Nightly. Up next, Primers Hutchinson with the NTIA Nouvelle. If you are in receipt of an abnormally high bill it is highly possible that you have a leak. That leak may not always be visible. Before you contact WASCO, conduct a do-it-yourself test. 1. Record your meter reading. 2. Do not use water for 30 minutes to one hour. 3. Take another meter reading. If the reading changes, you have a leak. Contact a plumber to identify and fix the leak at the earliest. A message brought to you by the Water and Sewage Company Incorporated, WASCO. Welcome back. We now join Primers Hutchinson for the NTIA Nouvelle a qui-all. Monsieur Tha Genel. Monsieur Mdm Departement, Universes Coursabilité with the formation of a government certificate that says GIS and the National Television for NTIA Nouvelle a qui-all, visit our Primers Hutchinson. We now have the opportunity to address whom is the victim. The victim is a person who is responsible for the victim's crime. Minister of Universes Coursabilité to make the violence and defense of the Salah and the Settlesie on behalf of Dr Gail Rigabet who addresses the session to discuss the situation of the violence and defense of the Salah as the corona has been reported. Dr Rigabet declares that the situation of the Salah deserves the assistance by the government. According to Dr Rigabet, the Settlesie population is 10% 18 countries have experienced sexual maltreatment for 12 months. Among those affected is the woman who is 17% of the population. Dr Rigabet says the situation of the Salah in the Settlesie on behalf of the Salah deserves the assistance by the government. Dr Rigabet declares that the situation of the Settlesie on behalf of the Salah deserves the assistance by the government. Minister of Universes Coursabilité to make the violence and defense of the Salah and the Settlesie on behalf of the Salah deserve the assistance by the government. But the corona has been exposed to the Settlesie on behalf of the Salah on behalf of Settlesie on behalf of the Salah on behalf of the Salah deserve the assistance by the government recommends that the Settlesie not only understand the law ofvez We visit constitution and to degrease security for a fast, violent, hot-farm act now. President Constitut Les Genesses, S.T.L.C. Nylos Alfred, declared that my gay malady corona affected Guam Plain could observe more the Genesses in Madaoui. Cut them, you can continue to buy Genesses, pay as well. Constitut Les Genesses found 25,000 dollars hot-farm in the S.T.L.C. on our island Chastney, as a result of Guambal-Shawitab-Edipadas, who, as a result of organizing the meeting, during our discussion with the S.T.L.C. Alfred Palais, the Plain Organization, for the Genesses in S.T.L.C. You know, the activities of the Plain will change your perspective to assist the students who live in the school in Madaoui, S.T.L.C. But we still have the responsibility to assist the students who live in the S.T.L.C. So, the Genesses in S.T.L.C. will come to S.T.L.C. who will pay for the school, who will pay for the B.A.B.L.E.V. who will pay for the books in the S.T.L.C. who will pay for the uniforms, who will pay for the pencils, who will pay for the work, who will pay for the S.T.L.C. So, we will try to telephone where we basically try to join assistance by the students who live in S.T.L.C. who will pay for the school. So, at that point, we will try to make a phone call and we hope that S.T.L.C. will open a door to buy for the young students who live in S.T.L.C. by the school, who will pay for the S.T.L.C. I will call the S.T.L.C. again, not again, for the S.T.L.C. public not to buy anything from the S.T.L.C. during a discussion with the N.T.N. Information and Communications Office of Information and Communications to make the S.T.L.C. for the M.L.N.G. and the S.T.L.C. to help the S.T.L.C. to help them to make an effort to distribute the S.T.L.C. through the VIT and the PostCortex. N.T.L.C. refugees from organizations that have collaborated and the S.T.L.C. especially the S.T.L.C. public to continue their work in order to distribute the S.T.L.C. in the country and to keep the S.T.L.C. public and the S.T.L.C. and the S.T.L.C. with the purpose of supporting the S.T.L.C. For the S.T.L.C. for the M.L.N.G. for the S.T.L.C. the S.T.L.C. Yeah. See plastic container. Vemene, so si nunipu fea si wenupani se bae saa oliwono, nupani vermino oliwono, i epotan pulmon fea saa ki si poze fea, pu chenpe i anet. Madam Jakao si fea public class saa ki otwitia siya kumase amase zodia ko, a plein saa vledi gomatue yo ki ka okipe apile. Ussav nunteni o service ko te nutika amase zodi yo foa pa moa, a chak komina peia. Nukai kumase saa amua aua. So change uteni o jus trokla tekapase a komino trokla kaipase a komino mems jusa. So nukai kumase amua aua saa se from deme, trokla kaipase a komino ki ka. Toujou jwen service saa, li pi tomie samdi amua aua. Nukai kwe si tutmon fea, tutsa ki nese saa, nukai we pli mues vemin a peia. Eh, misi, madame, saa si kotei nua trua but nuvel a jodia. Muka mese o otta po ka gade. Muka bahu yo an invitasi yo nko. Ushunepi moe si die ko se ve la vi, dengai po se to a lot nuvel a kue. La poeson, muka fie po se to janel. Merci apile primers. That brings us to the end of NTN Nightly. Join us next time at 7pm with a repeat at 7am. 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