 Coming to you from RGIS Studios, I am Anicia Antoine and this is your media news brief. The government of St. Lucia has officially launched the Canal's resort development in China. The real estate investment project is being undertaken by Caribbean Galaxy Real Estate Ltd. Minister for Commerce, Industry, Investment, Enterprise Development and Consumer Affairs Honourable Bradley Felix described the meeting as a productive one. The five-star hotels will form the main hub of the New Luxe Resort and residential community at the Canal's estate on the island's southeast coast. Together, the two hotels will comprise 330 rooms along with an adjacent real estate component with 380 residential units. The two hotels will include E-Trees, bars, conference centres, a spa, children's clubs and entertainment areas. The project, which was first announced in 2017, is slated to break ground later this year. In an effort to build the country's capacity to respond to natural disasters, the US ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS, presented two satellite phones to the government of St. Lucia. Minister with responsibility for foreign affairs, Honourable Sierra Flood Borbara, expressed gratitude to the US government on behalf of the government and people of St. Lucia. Ambassador, her Excellency Linda Tavialatela, informed that a drill will be done to ensure that the phones are able to transmit a good signal. The two satellite phones were distributed to the National Emergency Management Agency and the Office of the Prime Minister. Since 2007, the government of the Republic of China, Taiwan has been working with the government of St. Lucia through the constituency development programme to improve the livelihoods of the St. Lucians by constructing, rehabilitating and maintaining infrastructural facilities across all communities in the country. Under the programme, projects like flood mitigation, drainage, soil stabilisation, community access roads and school facilities are all implemented bringing benefit to the people of St. Lucia. Recently, the government of the Republic of China, Taiwan, disbursed funds under the programme for the second phase of 2018 and the first phase of 2019. Ambassador, his Excellency Douglas Shen, says since inception over 2,400 projects have been completed and 25,000 jobs created under the programme. This year, the programme will place more focus on projects that are centred on people development. This has been your media news brief. Thank you for watching.