 Welcome to the NTN Nightly, I am Penal Novel, this edition, Top Stories. The youth agri-enterprise program reaped a major gain, the head of the Commonwealth Hills Inclusion as a vital member nation. Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Shasne says the OECS as a region is growing in a manner that truly demonstrates inclusion. All that plus the latest in youth development, a sport and the NTN novel of the all. The Government of St. Lucia continues to secure the future of the island's agriculture sector on many fronts. Among the efforts is the engagement of the youth in the sector. Since the implementation of the youth agri-enterprise program, major gains have been realised in creating job opportunities for participating youth, increasing the knowledge base in the sector as well as providing assistance to farmers. More now from Anise Antoine. To ensure the sustainability and survival of the agricultural sector, the Government of St. Lucia in partnership with the Carecom Development Fund invested approximately 4.2 million EC dollars towards a youth agricultural enterprise program. Currently 80 young St. Lucia's are receiving training and support in areas such as the use of appropriate technology and application of best practices. Adelaide Nurovik, national coordinator of the youth agri-enterprise program in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning and Natural Resources and Cooperatives appealed to young people to explore job opportunities in the agricultural sector. We're looking at the creation of young entrepreneurs in agriculture. Also we're looking to develop that kind of mindset where the persons could introduce and embrace new technology that's using agriculture to move agriculture forward. We had problems with the age of our farmers, that's why we're targeting the young persons. The average age of a farmer in St. Lucia and the region is around 55 to 60 years. So we do have an ageing population among the farmers. And that is an impediment for introduction of technology and also for longevity of anything that we're planning. The youth agri-enterprise program has been operational for approximately six years. The program caters to farmers who own or lease private lands. Crown lands are also utilized. River Dory is our most diversified site where you have the greenhouses, you have apiculture, honey production, bees. You have all the different enterprise, all the different livestock enterprises that you could think of on that site. We have Rosso, where we have approximately 28 acres in Rosso. We have Lakaya, where we have 100 plus acres, we had 100 plus acres. Later on recently we have decided as a ministry to move most of the land into bananas. So the different activities that we had proposed for that area, we had to move it to private lands and elsewhere. So Lakaya is still with us because we still have some participants there. But these participants have been absorbed by the Banana Project. Eurovik explained that the SLDB has made terms and conditions of loans for farmers more lenient to encourage growth and youth participation in the farming industry. To date, the Ministry of Agriculture has recorded no defaults on loan payments. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antwan reporting. Meantime, the success of St Lucia and Johanna Dujon in establishing the first indigenous biotech company in the region has been hailed by the head of the Commonwealth, His Royal Highness Prince of Wales. The strides by Dujon, Prince Charles noted, have helped position St Lucia as a vital member of the Commonwealth. His Royal Highness Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales on the 17th of March 2019, made an official visit to St Lucia. The Prince was welcomed to the south of the island with a special welcome ceremony, schools rally and reception in his honour. The royal visit coincided with the island's 40th Independence Anniversary celebrations. The Prince during his address highlighted St Lucia as a vital member of the Commonwealth family, a family that binds together 2.4 billion people across 53 countries on six continents. He noted St Lucia's accomplishments. The people of St Lucia have so much of which they can be proud. Today, the name of this land, the only country in the world to bear the name of a woman, is known the world over. 1.2 million international visitors flock to these shores each year. Your sportsmen and women and your musicians are making a name for themselves internationally. As our young entrepreneurs, such as Johannan Dujon, whom I met recently in London and whose company, making organic fertilizer from toxic sargassum seaweed, the Caribbean's first indigenous agriculture biotech company is just one example of St Lucia's abundant talents and creativity. His Royal Highness Prince Charles Arden, that tackling the threat of climate change and finding ways of mitigating the risk it presents, is and must continue to be a top priority for the Commonwealth. Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Chastney, congratulated founder of Algas Organics, Johannan Dujon, on winning the Commonwealth Youth Award 2019 in London. He also explained the country's continued battle with climate change. The challenges that we face are many, crime, unemployment, and the need for improved social services. Among the greatest challenges that we face is the issue of climate change, and we're not in this alone. Climate change does not discriminate whether you are big or small, rich or poor. It affects us all. As a small island developing state, we're often paralyzed because when it comes to building resilience, we're not in control of our own destiny. We're constrained by global bureaucracies. This was most glaring with the rampage of the hurricanes brought to our region just two years ago. I personally want to thank His Royal Highness for taking the time to visit many of those islands after the hurricane. Despite this, we continue to approach the task with determination, but for us to be successful, we do require intervention. The Prince is set to visit other Caribbean territories including Barbados, St. Kitts and Neves, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. During the 11-day tour, the Prince will spend a day in each country meeting local politicians and partaking in cultural and environmental events. Saving Lives is the key focus of an island-wide roads safety assessment project currently underway here. The IRAP as it is called adopts an evidence-based approach to prevent unnecessary road deaths and related suffering here in St. Gluxia. More in this report from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ports, Energy and Labor. The Department of Infrastructure has formally launched an island-wide road safety assessment project to determine what interventions are necessary to develop safer roads for all road users across St. Gluxia. This project is an intervention of the International Road Assessment Program, IRAP, and aims primarily to save lives. Over the coming weeks, experts will utilize a specially equipped vehicle as part of a robust evidence-based approach to prevent unnecessary deaths and related suffering here in St. Gluxia. In addressing the gathering at the launch, Infrastructure Minister the Honourable Stephen King expressed great concern over the rate of road fatalities and carnage along the nation's roadway. According to the Minister, one night for last by vehicular collision or accident is one too many. The Infrastructure Minister says government is prepared to go beyond the rhetoric and make the investments necessary to ensure the commute of our roads is a lot safer for both motorists and pedestrians. Safer roads are not just a social justice issue. They also make sound business sense too. Dollar for dollar, they provide one of the highest possible public investment returns any country can make. I therefore today say that St. Gluxia is proud to welcome this investment and to thank all of those who are involved in the initiative and those who will engage in the application of the programme. The Road Safety Assessment Project is being financed by the Government of the United Kingdom through its Department for International Development, DFID. Resident British High Commissioner, Mr Stephen McCready says Britain will remain supportive of St. Gluxia's development and is pleased to have offered the financial support to safeguard the lives of citizens and visitors alike. The Caribbean is and will remain an important region for the UK and this project is a tangible demonstration of the UK's commitment to St. Gluxia, an important bilateral and Commonwealth partner and has come to experience over the last two years a very close friend as well. For the last decade St. Gluxia has lost 169 citizens to fatal crashes, an average of approximately 20 road deaths every year. In addition to losing so many productive citizens, this situation also places a burden on the health care sector. In 2016 St. Gluxia signed on to the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs to reduce the number of road fatalities and injuries by half come 2020. Chief Engineer in the Department of Infrastructure, Mr Albert Javati says the time is opportune for St. Gluxia to intensify momentum to reduce road fatalities in line with the SDGs. Road safety is a collective responsibility. It's not just the responsibility of the Ministry of Infrastructure. It's a responsibility of all. It's a responsibility of parents. It is a responsibility of the teachers and the responsibility of the various drivers associations, the driving schools. It's everyone's responsibility and until we get to that point where we recognize the fact that talk don't save lives, that is action that save lives will not see any improvement. So my appeal to us all is to work together, use that data which is going to come out of that exercise and put it to good use. So I hope that over the next five years or so we will see that data being put to use and we'll see a reduction in the number of fatalities and in the number of crashes on our roads. St. Lucia's Island-Wide Road Safety Assessment Project, IRAP, was formally launched on Thursday, March 14. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ports, Energy and Labor, this is Shalyn Mabon. Prime Minister the Honourable Island Shasne says the OECS as a region is growing in a manner that truly symbolizes inclusion of all. The comment comes following the accession of Guadeloupe to the organization of the eastern Caribbean state. Honourable Shasne has revealed that talk have opened with French St. Martin for a similar move. We have full-fledged members who benefit from the Monetary Council and also the Economic Union. We have associate members, some of them are participating in our currency like Anguilla, but the BVI doesn't, they have their own currency. Some of them are part of our Economic Union and others are not. And so therefore we're showing the flexibility of a proper functional corporation entity being able to move forward. The Prime Minister says with 1st Martinique and now Guadeloupe in the OECS fold, numerous advantages can be had for all parties. An immediate benefit the Prime Minister says is a more willing air from Europe, particularly France. In fact the OECS's direct French connection is being used to discuss EU concerns over the tax regimes of OECS state. We've made special request of both the President of Martinique as well as the President of Guadeloupe to facilitate a meeting with President Macron. France has been a lead on this harmful taxation regime and we think it's critical at this time that as leaders of this region that we do have a one-on-one meeting with President Macron to discuss this. Prime Minister the Honourable Alan Chastney. This is NTN Nightly coming up the latest happenings in youth and sport with Ryan O'Brien. All the artificial flavoring, sweeteners and colors too. We consume and we don't spare a thought for the damage that they'll do. Think about the children. How will we save them? Chemicals and GMOs are not the solution. Use organic and join. Excessive agrochemical use, additives and genetically modified foods are harmful to health and the environment. Join the Good Food Revolution. Grow, buy and consume organic. A message from Rye St. Lucia and the Ministry of Sustainable Development with funding from the GEF Small Grants Program, UNDP. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sport. Welcome once again to your update from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports on the NTN Nightly News. I'm Ryan O'Brien. The 2019 Mass United Insurance 50 Overs Under-19 Schools Cricket Tournament continued on Friday, March 15th with quarter-final action. Advancing into the tournament, semi-finals were current secondary, St. Mary's College, Sir Arthur Lewis Community College and Meku Secondary. At the Ballata Plainfield, current secondary completed a very comfortable 8-week victory over 2018 Mass United Insurance Joint Winner, Antipo-Secondary. Antipo-Secondary after being inserted by current secondary bore a lot for just 47 and 16.2 overs with Roy Spau making 22 and Efren Charles 11. Simbola McKeil Nelson was current secondary's best bowler with figures of 4 for 18. Good support came from Kendrick James with 2 for 11, chasing 48 for victory and a berth into the semi-finals of the tournament. Current secondary led by Captain Lee Solomon with 34 not out, easily got to their target, finishing on 49 for 2 in 4 and a half overs. The ticket taker for Antipo-Secondary was Roy Spau with 2 for 16. At the Gosele Plainfield, St. Mary's College led by a fine all-round performance by Weston Lee's under-15 player and team captain Akim Ogis registered an 84-run victory over Leone's Comprehensive Secondary. St. Mary's College batting first in a game reduced to 43 overs aside, dismissed for 201 and 34.4 overs with Ogis top scoring with a well-composed knockup 87, which included 12-4s and 1-6. Other valuable scores came from Destiny-Gate-Harrie with 22, Shaquane Prudent 14 and Zidane Arthur 11. Bowling for Leone's Comprehensive Secondary, Jadon Elibov picked up 4 for 58, Keegan Arnold 2 for 38, Udell Preveal 2 for 39, chasing a victory target of 202. Leone's Comprehensive bowled out for 117 in 30.4 overs with Keegan Arnold top scoring at 48. Denzel Albert 15, Udell Preveal 12 and Jadon Elibov's 10. The chief destroyer with the ball for St. Mary's College was Akim Ogis, standard figure of 5 because for 8 runs with his leg spin, a Mardi Vena back 3 for 34. At the Mindo-Philippe Park 2018 Joint Champion, S. Louis Community College earned themselves a comfortable 117-run victory over Beanfield Comprehensive. S. Louis Community College batting first in a 42-overs side game made 2-20 4 for 8 in the allotted overs with Rashad Gaston making 43, Terrell Chico 42, Chad Cipal 30 and Kyle Adonis 25. Bowling for Beanfield Comprehensive Secondary, Cards Roberts picked up 4 for 38, Chad Marcial 2 for 45. In response, Beanfield Comprehensive Secondary, dismissed for 107 in 31.1 overs with Jermaine Duggera making 15, Tyrone Theodore 13 and Cards Roberts 11. The main wicket takers for S. Arthur Louis Community College were Simeon Gerson 3 for 20, Greg Elyseer 3 for 23 and Terrell Chico 2 for 14. At the PI playing field, Mico Secondary got a bit of Sufret Comprehensive winning by 8 wickets. Sufret Comprehensive Secondary batting first, dismissed for 99 in 16.2 overs with Ajay Edward contributing 24 not out and Nick Jabati 17. The pick of the bowlers for Mico Secondary, Desherge Henry before standing figures of 7 wickets for 21 runs. Marklin Estefan learned good support with 2 for 24. Set a victory target of 100, Mico Secondary led by Jelan Justin with 17 finished on 101 for 8 in 28.2 overs. The main wicket takers for Sufret Comprehensive Secondary were Stefan Tiofan with 2 for 19 and Nick Jabati's 2 for 25. Following last weekend's completion of the quarter-finals of the competition, the Ministry of Development and Sports shared the semifinals for Wednesday, March 20, 2019. The matchup and venue sees St. Mary's College taking on defending champions S. Arthur Louis Community College at a grossly playing field and Gordon Secondary plays Mico Secondary at a wind-plane field, Monipo. Both matches set to ball off at 9.30 a.m. Pole Vault Clinic No. 2 for the year will be held on Tuesday, April 2. This clinic will be held at the Jump Center at Fitbutai Secondary School. Of course, it will be departing from Sufret at 11.30 in the morning and will serve students and teachers from the schools in Sufret, Chousel, P.I., Bienfield, V.F. Comprehensive, Mico, Ajay, Clinton Mason, Granivier. After the clinic finishes, the course will then return students back to their pick-up locations. Northern schools will be expected to make their own way to the Jump Center. Participating schools are expected to come with at least one female, one male, and one accompanying teacher. And schools are reminded that after a short break from competition, schools' volleyball action will be back on court at the VT Monipopa Sports Complex on Wednesday. In the last one of the matches played Thursday last week, female encounter, St. Joseph's Convent won over Sufret Comprehensive two games to love, 25-19, 25-17. And in a male encounter, Leon has Comprehensive beat Mico Secondary also by a two-love margin, 28-26, 25-22. That's our update today from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks, Ryan. Plans announced by Invest St. Lucia ISL to develop a number of residential areas, including approximately 11 acres of land in Bosia of Likoo, and approximately 5 acres in Boazoli, Denri are taking shape. According to Chief Executive Officer Roderick Carey, the Bosia and Boazoli Development are part of an overall development plan being conceptualized for lands vested in ISL. 59 lots in Bosia and at least 25 lots in Boazoli will be developed. Lots have been designated mixed use, which is a combination of residential and commercial. The lots range from 4,000 square feet to as large as 12,000 square feet and will be made available to residents of the respective communities at reasonable rate. According to David Daisy, Lands Administrative Manager at ISL, the proposal has been submitted to the Development Control Authority, D.C.A. for approval. Stay with NTN Nightly up next, Primus Hutchinson is here with the NTN Nouvelle, a quay all. The main purpose is to make good health. It is absolutely necessary to wash your hands if you want to keep good health. Even if you do not wash your hands, it will make you feel better. Listen. Wash your hands often and clean them thoroughly after a condition that is 6 months 20,000. For example, after you have changed from your previous life to the type of people who are injured and sick, after you have taken care of the animals and after you have taken care of the animals. And if you do not take care of your life, wash your hands often and clean them thoroughly for 3 seconds. Wash your hands often and clean them thoroughly for 3 seconds. Wash your hands often We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle, a quay all. Mr. Otter Genel Mr. Madame, Department of University of Stability for Information and the government set the CIS as a GIS for the NTN television for the Nouvelle, a quay all, for Primus Hutchinson. Set the CIS, you will see your Bo-Kut-Chapo-Hodd-Quest-Charles and your Prime Minister Alan Shastney for the visitation for Philip Marcellan in Vieux-Fort-Dimarche-Passé. The question is to start the visitation for these countries like the Alatea countries which are related to economic values, peace and democracy with the budget of the law of the European Union and also of the UK to address the high-quality pay which is established in Vieux-Fort but it is not particularly considered to be a progress for the economic and academic which has told us that since the Nouvelle it is the highest cooperation of the Western Alatea and congratulations on the way the country can address climate change and to mention Gen Gasson who has made it so much a progress on the way to address the problem in the future. I have been working for two days to make Algass Organic accept us in English with these geniuses of the Commonwealth who can initiate to address the problem of climate change. With Charles, congratulations on the way the country can address the problem of climate change and to mention the Nouvelle and to mention the Basque which is the highest cooperation of the United Nations of the two countries and to mention the Sena and to mention the Nouvelle and to mention the Nouvelle A spectacular welcome to the West Coast and the most beautiful city in the world to finish this activity in Philip Mastry Grounds on Sunday This city costs about $1,600,000 to start a project of the city to sell a lot of land Minister of Agriculture Joseph Anoseki Governor of the Ministry I have found assistance by the Taiwan government to sell a lot of land to sell a lot of land According to Joseph we are planning a first phase project to cultivate a lot of land to make sure that the cultivators can do this we are planning a DOS Pimadu Chuapporm Mulan Zanana So that is our objective we are buying farm support land preparation T-imo technology we are also doing our work We also do our job for provision to have it under contract So, um, we started the budget from here. And, um... We had to identify the farmers. We went through, because we were putting new technology into it. Because, somewhere that we don't have to do anything with it, it's the hardest thing for farmers to do on their own. Or to apply. Right? We have new technology, we can help you to do the research. Let's talk about that. I don't want to say that the Minister of Agriculture has been working to remove the agricultural waste from Edmond and Ambaso in France. He will continue to do the research. Otherwise, I don't want to do the research because he can assist the cultivators and farmers in the different communities in France but I don't want to say that the power of the farmers has to be able to assist the cultivators. That's why I'm here. What I want to do is to help the farmers and help them to do the economic activities that are common in the country. Thank you very much Mr President. We have a lot of new things to talk about and I want to thank Mr Otun for his invitation to join me. If you don't mind there is more information in the Vela Aquila, because I don't know if you've ever seen it in the past. Merci appeal primers, heros a look at what's happening to us weather-wise. Weak unstable conditions will bring a few showery periods over the northern half of the region during the next 12 to 24 hours. The Atlantic high pressure system will generate moderate easterly winds and generally fair skies across the remainder of the Los Angeles during the forecast period. Tides for Castries Harbor high at 2.42 p.m., low at 8.51 p.m. Tides for Vieux-Four Bay high at 3.49 p.m., low at 10.18 p.m. The seas slide to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 meters. The sun will rise Wednesday at 6.08 a.m. That brings us to the end of the NTN Mindly. 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 St. Lucia Government Facebook page or YouTube channel. I am Genelle Norville.