 Welcome to the NTA Nightly. I'm Nisha Chance. This edition stops stories. Central government operations result in improved fiscal outcomes in 2018. Male students at the Grand Revere secondary school to receive the Big Brother influence. Crew of celebrity silhouettes show care for local beaches. All that, plus the latest in youth development, sports, and the NTA Nouvelle encueil. Policies implemented by the government of St. Lucia are having a positive impact on the economy. In fact, the Caribbean Development Bank in its country economic review 2018 for St. Lucia reported that central government operations resulted in improved fiscal outcomes in 2018. Preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Finance indicate that the overall balance switched to a surplus position of 0.3% of the gross domestic product, the GDP, as at September 2018 from a deficit of 0.8% as at the same period in 2017. While the primary surplus improved to 3.5% of GDP from 2.4% over the comparable period, among the factors contributing to this improved fiscal balance is the citizenship by investment program, the CIP. The CDB noted that collections from the CIP were particularly strong. September 2018 figures indicate a more than 7-fold rise to $60.2 million US dollars from $7 million US dollars for the same period a year earlier. Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, the Hon. Alan Chastney says legislation will soon be introduced to govern the economic fund. The Souffre Regional Development Foundation, the SRDF, has announced the opening of the long-anticipated Souffre Beach Park. The project was conceptualized 10 years ago when the Souffre Regional Development Foundation, together with the hotel sector, recognized the need for recreational attractions within the area. With assistance from the Taiwanese government, development plans were drawn up. The facility will employ one administrator, two janitors, seven wardens, including one beach ranger, two lifeguards, two hostesses and one maintenance person. In addition, 11 local entrepreneurs are conducting business within the park. The official opening ceremony for the park has been scheduled to take place on 5 April 2019. Male students at the Grand Revere Secondary School have been tapped for guidance and motivation with the creation of a big brother program. After being invited as one of the guest speakers at this year's celebration of Nobel Laureate Week, Project's coordinator of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, Wendell George, was moved by the feedback received from the Grand Revere Secondary School and was inspired to build a new relationship with the school. The big brother program will engage 20 boys and will focus on areas such as building confidence, conflict resolution, teamwork, emotional intelligence, public speaking training and internships. For Mr. George, it's an opportunity to help young men build their capacity to make meaningful contributions in society. Where do young men go when they're feeling depressed? Where do young men go to help develop themselves, to develop their soft skills? Where can a young boy go if he has issues that he doesn't want to speak to anyone about? How can he really get to use some of those energies that he has for the right reasons? And I really felt that there was necessary to develop that program for our young men in St. Lucia. Studies have shown that involvement of a father or a positive male role model can have profound effects on children. Father-child interaction promotes a child's physical well-being, perceptual ability and competency for relating with others. These children also demonstrate greater ability to take initiative and exhibit self-control. While George believes that women are doing a phenomenal job at raising children, the role of a positive role model is still important. They may be bright students, they may be law-abiding citizens of St. Lucia, but something is always missing if you do not have a male figure in that child's life. I mean, kudos to the women who are doing a good job right now, but it's always wise to have a male figure in that child's life. The young men are excited to be part of the program. This program could benefit me in helping me speak properly, as well as I have to participate in the Calypso competition in the next two months. This can help me with my confidence in speaking better in front of a large crowd. I am joining this program to take advantage of certain things that have been given to me, opportunities from the Big Brother program, and I am trying to be a better individual, a better citizen of our country, St. Lucia. The boys will also be participating in different community-based initiatives as the program develops. St. George is urging men in society to get involved in the program and to develop similar programs in other communities across the island. First National Bank delivered a much welcomed parting gift to the National Under-16 Network Team, which is representing St. Lucia at the 19th edition of the Jean-Pierre Caribbean Youth Network Tournament in Antigua. Bank officials visited the team during the final days of practice at the Vigil Sports Complex to hand over a check and offer some words of encouragement, more from Anice Antoine. Twelve under-16 St. Lucia girls from around the island have travelled to Antigua to represent St. Lucia at the 19th edition of the Jean-Pierre Caribbean Youth Network Tournament. According to the team manager, Sanya Antoine, the training for the event began last year and the girls are excited and ready to give it their all for the championship title this year. We're very confident in our young ladies, especially the ones that are returning because we know they have the experience and they can only lead the new ones that we have right now. So we're very excited. The girls as well, they're very excited. The ones that were there last year, they're looking forward to this year and those that are there, they're looking forward to the new experience. While the spot of netball may not be making headlines on St. Lucia airwaves, a few organisations were able to identify the passion and talent that drives the St. Lucia national netball team and provide them with the necessary support. First National Bank has been assisting the national netball team for many years. We see this tournament sometimes as a life-changing experience. For a lot of them, they're very young, they're very impressionable. Some of them have never left St. Lucia so it's an opportunity for them to go out of St. Lucia and see the similarities that exist between the islands because the differences as well experience not just the game but the culture and the people as well, the cuisine. So there are many facets to yes, the game is on, but we want them to enjoy the game, we want them to do their best. St. Lucia hosted the Japier Caribbean Youth Netball Tournament last year and the national team came in second place behind Jamaica. President of the National Netball Association says she's optimistic that St. Lucia can win the title if they stay focused. In fact, St. Lucia defeated Antigua 43-8 in their first match. The coach has been here Maxwell and assisted by Vaughan Alexander and so they've done a very good job so far. So we're hoping that the girls take it from there, it's all up to them. They're the ones in the court who have to make it happen. And having said that, we hope that when they get to Antigua, the best is given and St. Lucia benefits for them. Seven teams are vying for the championship in this year's Japier Caribbean Youth Netball Tournament. They include Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, St. Lucia, the Commonwealth of Dominica and the host Antigua and Barbuda. From the Government Information Service, I am Anicia Antoine reporting. Ten terminals will be installed on the following streets. Short-term paid parking will run from 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Monday to Saturday. To find out more, log on to the Casteries constituency council's Facebook page. $3 an hour can save you $500 in parking tickets. Short-term paid parking coming soon. Welcome back. We join Ryan O'Brien for the latest happenings in youth development and sports. Hello once again. Ryan O'Brien, if you're update on happenings in youth development and sports. Official point standings after last week's in the secondary schools track and field meet Confirms St. Mary's College as boys jumps and St. Joseph's Convent emerging as girls jumps. In the boys division St. Mary's amassed 215 points to 145 of the nearest rivals fear for comprehensive secondary school. In third was Meku Secondary with 132 points. Casteries Comprehensive were fourth on 107 points. And Leon has rounded up the top five boys with 105 points. The other five schools in the top 10 were Shwazel 98s, Ira Simmons in 90, Antipo 74, Fidbutai 65, and Beanfield 63 points. St. Joseph's Convent maintained their dominance in the girls' champs, beating of fear for comprehensive 235 points to 175. Meku Secondary held their spot with 141 points, Beanfield fourth with 104, and Corinth fifth with 78 points. The next five placings went to Leon has 69, Babono 66, Casteries Comprehensive 62, Fidbutai 59, and Shwazel 56 points. Meanwhile, the ministry of youth development and sports will put on the inter-district primary schools track and field championships. Wednesday, April 3rd, at the Darren-Sami Cricket Ground. The opening ceremony will commence if a parade and march pass at 9.45 a.m. The countdown continues to the final of the Mass United Insurance Schools Cricket Tournament between St. Mary's College and Meku Secondary on Friday at the Grosselay Plain Field. The ministry of youth development and sports in collaboration with the sponsors held a news briefing on Monday to introduce the teams to the public. Keon Gaston is the captain of the Meku Secondary Cricket Team. It has been a great experience, although Meku Secondary performed to the best of their ability, but we still reach the finals by God's grace. Aki Mogiis is the captain of the St. Mary's College team. Unfortunately, he will be unavailable for the grand final, as he will be off on St. Lucian National Team duties for the upcoming Senior Winner Islands Cricket Tournament. He also spoke about the team's aspirations for the final. Well, so far the tournament has been going very well for us. We've won all our games. We've had consistent performances throughout. Our bowlers have done their job for us, and our batsmen have stood up, got some runs. But going into the finals, we'll be looking to win it, get our championship, because we've only won from one in my first year, and we'll be looking to get another one under the belt. Parliamentary representative for Babuno, the Honourable Ezekiel Joseph, has outlined some of the incentives to be granted to champion female high jumper Laverne Spencer in recognition of her 20 years of outstanding representation in the sport of track and field. The parliamentary representative made the disclosure at a gala dinner held in honour of Spencer last Friday. Mr Joseph was also acting Prime Minister during the ceremony. The government of St. Lucia under the leadership of the Minister for Youth Development and Sports has agreed to recognize Laverne Spencer officially. And you heard a while ago, it was mentioned that in 2007 she was identified as a Roving Ambassador. I want to say today that we have officially agreed to recognize Laverne Spencer as the Youth and Sports Ambassador to St. Lucia. Can you give her a round of applause please? In addition to this, we have agreed as a government to produce a posters stamp in honour of Laverne Spencer and also to donate to Laverne Spencer a motor vehicle. Before we leave you, Youth Month is very much underway, starting with the speech festival now on at the Financial Centre. And as we broaden on the concepts of various activities scheduled for the month, our focus today is on the Wainui Memorial Lecture. In partnership with the Wainui Memorial Foundation, this lecture commemorates the death of Wainui who died on April 14, 1997, which is also Youth Service Day locally. The Wainui Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Dr Winston Folgens on April 13, starting at 6pm. And that's your update from Youth and Sports Today. I'm Ryan O'Brien. Thanks Ryan. The nexus between tourism, the environment and community came into sharp focus on March 29, 2019, when the crew of a major cruise line teamed up with local tourism interests for a clean-up exercise. Celebrity Silhouette called into podcastries on Friday, March 29. Approximately 20 crew members conducted a clean-up exercise at VG Beach. Members of the St. Lucia Tourism Authority, the Ministry of Tourism, the St. Lucia Air & Seaports Authority, St. Lucia Hotel & Tourism Association, St. Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority, the National Conservation Authority and Cox & Company Limited, who are actively driving a collaborative, anti-litter operation for a cleaner and healthier St. Lucia, or part of the initiative. And stay with the NTN Nightly up next, Primus Hutchinson is here with the NTN Nouvelle Enquayo. I'm innovative. Sure. I'm competitive. I am productive. I am creative. I constantly improve what I do and how I do it. I am output oriented. I never stop learning. I give off my best, always. The National Competitiveness & Productivity Council embracing excellence. Welcome back. We join Primus Hutchinson for the NTN Nouvelle Enquayo. Thank you very much. I'm Mr. Mdm. DuBatt McKinney with the West Coast Ability for information on Government Settlesies, that's GIS, that's the National Television, the NTN, that's I'm Nouvelle Acuéol, that's I'm Primus Hutchinson. The version that Government Settlesies has implemented is the very old version of the economic Settlesies. If we don't get out of the bank for the development of Karebla for the year 2018, as well as the operation of the Government Resilient of Augmentation which approved the financial situation in the country, as well as the financial ministry, as well as the money in charge of 0.3% of the investment worth the money that came out of the country even. Since September 2018, we have reduced the amount by 0.8% during the year 2017. During the previous year, we have increased the amount by 3.5% and increased the amount by 7% by 2.4% compared to the previous year. Among the reasons for the increase that contributed to the increase in the amount of investment that came out of the Karebla Bank, we have increased the amount by 7% by 7.2 million dollars which is 7 million dollars for the same amount of money. In the previous year, the Minister of Finance, Alain Chassnédiki, was able to implement the legislation immediately to govern the economy in the direction of the government. This year, I have found a council to increase the level of sustainability to make it easier for the country to come to the table in a competition way, as well as the services that the country has to take. The National Council is here to help the country to improve its ability to produce and compete. I have started work to develop national competitions which have been established mainly to improve the ability of the country to make the contributions that are necessary in the direction of the salary. In addition to the work that has been done in the business, I have also participated in consultations and the authorities to form the salary consultations. Mr. Gwekla, Mr. Wipenoyou, it was Mrs. Paula Coulton and Mrs. Coulton to help improve their ability to produce more, so that the work can be done in a way that can be done so that it can be produced more on a daily basis. Coulton explained that the work can be done more so that it can be done more often and that it can be done more easily. Mr. Gwekla said that he was satisfied and that it can be done. Mr. Gwekla said that he will develop a way to address climate change so that we can solve the problems that the country has to face. In the education, we have Dr. Gail Regabot to declare with him that the salary initiative is to provide a way to address climate change, but also to support people at the same level. We have Regabot at the side that he has talked about the quality of the actions that the farmers have to deal with. It is not an agricultural responsibility, but it is a responsibility to the farmers themselves. To do that, Consent for the country to take care of the whole sector to help the economy to be established in the first place in the business sector. Government is here to continue to keep a diverse way to increase and improve our country. According to the government, this is a very important program for the country. Prime Minister Alain Chastney, Minister of Sustainability, I would like to thank you for your energy. I would like to thank Stevenson King for helping England and Switzerland to continue their discussions. I would also like to thank the Greek Ministry of Tourism for helping the economy to increase the number of passengers. I would also like to thank the Terminal for helping the economy to increase the number of passengers. Prime Minister, Minister of Operations for the country to help the economy to increase the number of passengers. I would also like to thank the Ministry of Tourism for helping the economy to increase the number of passengers. Government is here to help the economy to improve its own economy. I would like to thank the government for helping the economy to increase the number of passengers. I would like to thank the Minister of Agriculture, Fishermen, I would like to thank the Minister of Agriculture, Fishermen, I would like to thank the Minister of Agriculture, Fishermen, I would like to thank you for your invitation. I would like to thank you for your invitation. Thank you, Pail Primus. And here's a look at what's happening to us, otherwise. Skies are fair, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few widely scattered showers. The Atlantic high pressure system will generate a moderate to brisk easterly wind flow and above normal seas around the eastern Caribbean region over the next few days. Low level clouds drifting along the wind flow will bring some scattered showers over the islands during the forecast period. The tide for Cassarys Harbour was high at 2.21pm and will be low again at 8.30pm. The tide for V4 Bay was high at 3.28pm and will be low again at 9.57pm. The seas moderate to locally rough with waves 5-7 feet or 1.5-2.1 meters. Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas. The sun will rise Wednesday at 5.58am.