 Coming to you from our GIS studios I am Anicia Antoine and this is your midday news brief. The Cultural Development Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries staged the Goodwill Ambassador Investiture Ceremony at the Government House. The ceremony detailed the official presentation and awarding of the St. Lucia Medal of Merit Gold to the Goodwill Ambassador appointees and featured performances by the Royal St Lucia Police Band. The objective of this Goodwill Ambassador's programme is to serve as a catalyst for socio-economic transformation in all sectors related to the creative arts and the industries that they support. The Goodwill Ambassadors will serve for a period of three years in the first instance and will also be issued a diplomatic passport and a decorated red laser process signed by the Governor-General. Their appointed ambassadors are His Excellency Ronald Bo Hinkson, His Excellency Gordon Commissioner Williams, His Excellency Taj Weeks, His Excellency Jemaine Dufour, His Excellency Darren Sammi, His Excellency Sir Leslie Ferdinand, His Excellency Jalem Yurovik, His Excellency Joseph Marcel, His Excellency Dr David Williams, His Excellency Ken Shittoli and her Excellency Lavonne Spencer. The Goodwill Ambassador's Investiture Ceremony took place on Thursday, February 27th, 2020. St Lucia has been chosen as one of the countries to pilot an education programme which seeks to narrow the digital education divide within the region. The programme was launched in St Lucia on Monday, February 24th. The Profuturo Education programme seeks to narrow the education gap across the globe by providing quality digital education for children in vulnerable environments in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. The programme aspires to become a world reference for transformation and innovation in education, improving the education of millions of children through technology. For the Education Minister Honourable Dr Gail Rigabet, the new programme is essential as she believes that to equip citizens with the artefacts of technology, there's little to enhance their digital competency or bridge the digital divide. The programme is being rolled out in the region with the help of the Organization of American States. The regional security system, RSS Headquarters, through the 10th European Development Fund, has procured much-needed crime scene investigations equipment for member territories of their organisation, including the significant amount of products for law enforcement in St Lucia. RSS officials say it is expected that the equipment will help improve the operational capacity of the various member states. The area of equipment includes protective gear such as CSI overalls, gloves, face masks, boots, glasses and evidence bags to name a few of the articles procured. The presentation ceremony will take place at the Sanders Regency Letok Golf Resort and Spa on 4 March 2020. This has been your media news brief. Thank you for watching.