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Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has indicated that he does not intend to outlive his usefulness and become a burden to his ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP), his Castries East Constituency, or the country.

He was addressing his constituency group’s 34th annual general meeting on Saturday.

Pierre urged his audience to keep their eyes on the prize.

“Once you keep your eyes on the prize, whether I am here or not, you are going to be victorious,” the Castries East MP asserted.

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Declaring that politics is a “very strange thing,” Pierre explained that everyone has a life span.

“And I do not intend to outlive my usefulness. I do not intend to become a burden to the party or a burden to the constituency, or a burden to the people of Saint Lucia. I know when my expiry time will come,” he stated.

“It must come. It has to come. But when it comes, it will come with grace. When it comes, it will come with dignity. Because I am sure that there are men and women in Castries East who can represent Castries East in a very proficient way and there are men and women in the labour party who can lead the labour party when the time comes,” Pierre said to applause.

In this regard, he declared that because of the confidence in those men and women and the young people of Saint Lucia, he could say that the SLP has a promising future.

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*e meta ta pa Hooiberg bira un atraccion colorido pa local y turistanan

ORANJESTAD (AAN) – Dialuna mainta, Minister Dangui Oduber, titular di Salud y Turismo a hiba palabra den e conferencia di prensa di gobierno.

E rueda di prensa aki a tuma lugar riba e trapinan di Hooiberg, pa anuncia e fase 2 cu gobierno ta bay cuminza cu su ehecucion. Fase 1 a cuminza durante e Gabinete Wever-Croes 1 y a wordo financia door di e fondonan di TPEF (Tourism Product Enhancement Fund).

Den e fase dos aki gobierno lo percura pa drecha e trapinan for di comienzo te e top. E dignatario a subraya cu intencion tabata pa cuminza mesora cu e fase 2 y e mandatario a expresa cu e ta contento di ta para riba e trapinan di Hooiberg pa anuncia e continuidad di e proyecto.

E mandatario a bisa cu ta bon conoci cu e pandemia a pone cu tabata tin un recess den e ehecucion di tur e proyectonan di mehoracion di e producto Aruba cu tabata den planificacion, y un di nan cu tabata cla e ora ey pa cuminza ta e fase 2 di e embeyecimento di Hooiberg.

E dignatario a subraya cu Hooiberg ta un atraccion cu ta wordo hopi uza pa local y turistanan. Minister Oduber a agrega cu Aruba Tourism Authority, generalmente ta haci surveys riba e “guest satisfaction” di e turistanan cu ta bin Aruba, y nos Isla ta score hopi halto den esaki. Mas ainda, e ta score di mas halto cu henter e Caribe, pa loke ta satisfaccion di turista. Pero algo cu ta bin regularmente dilanti, ta cu e turistanan ta haya cu Aruba tin falta di atraccionnan. Aruba tin un bunita lama, bunita beachnan y bon clima. Nos hendenan ta hopi amable y cordial, pero toch ta bin dilanti e turistanan ta sinti falta di atraccionnan y pesey e Gabinete y Prome Minister mes cu ta encarga cu e proyecto di “amenities” ta purba na crea mas atraccion pa e turistanan.

E dignatario a subraya cu Hooiberg ta un bunita lugar pa haci di dje un atraccion mas y mas ta wordo bishita pa e turistanan. Pesey, Gabinete Wever-Croes a opta pa planea e proyecto aki den diferente fase.

El a reitera cu fase 1 a wordo financia pa TPEF, y awo fase 2 ta bira e drechamento y mehoracion di e trapi for di ora bo cuminza subi e cero te riba e top.

E mandatario a duna di conoce cu lo bay crea un mirador cu e bishitantenan por cana rond riba e top di e cero unda ta bay tin henter un bunita bista riba e bunita naturaleza y paisahe cu Aruba ta ofrece.

Tambe lo bay percura pa pone mosaic cu artistanan local y internacional pa asina crea un atraccion completo.

Minister di Turismo a sigui splica cu pa loke ta fase 2 y fase 3 cu ya caba ta den discusion, y pensa kico mas lo por crea pa asina por acomoda e bishitantenan tanto local como turista, e intencion ta pa pone espacio pa toilet, pa asina nan por haci uso di dje. Tambe tin intencion di pone un F&B chikito, pa e bishitantenan refresca. E proyecto aki ta wordo financia parcialmente door di Aruba Tourism Authority y tambe door di TPEF. Y, conhuntamente, lo percura pa ehecuta e di dos fase. Pa e fase tres ora ta cla cu fase 2 tin cu wak kico ta e presupuesto cu tin disponible, pa asina por sigui cu e ehecucion di fase 3.

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Premio otorga pa prome biaha den historia

ORANJESTA (AAN): Aruba Tourism Authority (A.T.A.) a ricibi e ‘Destination Resilience Award’ for di Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), pa e trabaonan desplega durante e pandemia. Esaki ta prome biaha cu e premio aki ta wordo otorga. E premio a wordo entrega durante un ceremonia di entrega di premio na San Juan, Puerto Rico como parti di e di 40 aniversario di CHTA su Caribbean Travel Marketplace. Jamaica, Antigua, Bahamas y St. Lucia tawata e otro islanan cu a competi den e mesun categoria cu Aruba.

   A reconoce Aruba pa e maneho di e destino y e programanan di recuperacion cu a wordo implementa pa por a ricibi bishitantenan bek despues di ciere di frontera.

   Ronella Croes, CEO di A.T.A. a indica cu: “Nos ta sumamente honra cu Aruba por a wordo reconoci y ricibi e premio aki. Aruba a duna di su banda, tur cu ta labora den turismo y otro sectornan, socionan den sector publico y priva, nos gobernantenan, y e ekipo di Crisis pa menciona algun partido.  A logra habri frontera bek di un forma sigur y a sa di navega den diferente tipo di protocol y regulacion. E premio aki ta prueba di e aliansanan aki como tambe di e trabao duro di nos comunidad pa por sigura un recuperacion fuerte y sostenibel pa nos isla”.

Mirando hecho cu e premio ta origina for di e sector di biahe y turismo, algun aspecto di A.T.A. a resalta, entre otro Aruba a wordo reconoci cu e premio aki pa e esfuersonan pa crea un ‘hub’ cu tur informacion relata na COVID-19 riba rednan social, website como tambe ‘eCRM’. Den e ‘hub’ aki A.T.A. a implementa campañanan di comunicacion incluyendo “Happiness will Prevail” y “Open for Happiness” unda a comunica debidamente encuanto e fasenan di clausura y reapertura mientras cu a crea un mensahe di speransa cu consumidornan y a duna nan un bon bini cu brasa habri na momento cu tabata posibel y sigur pa haci esaki. 

   E documentacion compila a mas cu claro ilustra hopi otro logro entre otro digitalisacion di e plataforma di imigracion, introduccion di e Aruba Visitors Insurance. Un trabou duro y exitoso di parti di Aruba, cual A.T.A. tin e honor di por a acepta. Esaki ta un merito pa ambos sector publico y sector priva cu ta traha di cerca pa cu bienestar di nos turismo, incluyendo e ekipo completo di A.T.A. cu ta inclui e ekipo local y internacional como tambe agencianan clave cu ta labora pa Aruba, Ministerio di Turismo y Salubridad, AHATA, AAA, ATSA y hopi mas cu a hunga nan papel den e recuperacion. 

   Desde e reapertura Aruba a experencia un recuperacion exitoso. Entre april y augustus 2022 yegada di bishitantenan a surpasa e cantidad di bishitante pa luna cu a ricibi na 2019, algo cu ta duna siguransa cu lo tin un recuperacion di 100% di bishitante global pa fin di e aña aki. Pa 2023 ta proyecta un recuperacion di 105% compara cu 2019.

   Durante di e reconocementonan di CHTA, Bucuti and Tara Beach Resort a gana tambe Best Practices Sales and Marketing, pa e trabaonan cu nan a ehecuta.

   Sin e esfuerso di un y tur e premio di ‘Destination Resilience Award’ no por tawata posibel. Masha danki na cada un cu a y ta forma parti di Aruba su recuperacion! E premio aki ta un otro paso den mustra un Aruba resiliente y un Aruba cu a move cu curashi y determinacion durante di e pandemia historico cu a azota mundo completo.

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With the successful second staging of the IGT Coding and Robotics Rock! Camp for its After School Advantage (ASA) beneficiaries, Brendan Hames, Regional Director IGT– Caribbean, noted that more students have expressed a desire to be a part of the next training. IGT aims to meet these additional requests as best as possible, in continuing the programme which caters exclusively to students within IGT ASA Centres across the Caribbean – many of whom are either in state care (children’s home or place of safety) or are otherwise disadvantaged youth.

“The response to our introductory Level 1 training in 2021 was overwhelmingly positive,” Hames stated. “With the addition of the more advanced Level 2 component and focus on regional sustainability, there was an even greater demand for enrolment from our ASA student groups across the region.”

Over 60 youth from IGT ASA Centres in Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Jamaica; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Maarten; and Trinidad and Tobago participated in this year’s camp. Antigua and Barbuda were new to the list of participating islands for this year’s staging of the camp. The Mona GeoInformatics Institute (MGI) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus who designed the course and delivered the training, received curriculum development guidance from Nalini Ramsawak-Jodha, Education Specialist and Lecturer from the School of Education at the UWI, St. Augustine Campus. The camp culminated in late August with more than 30 students completing introductory level training and over 30 additional students receiving intermediate training at Level 2 for the first time.

Pleased Participants

Participants have indicated that this year’s camp taught them useful skills and broadened their horizons in terms of future career options. In the post-camp evaluations, students identified a wide range of future endeavours that the experience had ignited in them, everything from e-commerce stores to gaming and game design to cybersecurity (“ethical hacking”).

“Overall, it was a pleasant experience,” stated Joshua Langford, a Level Two participant from the IGT ASA Centre at Island Academy.  “For our final project, we worked on a picture slider of our country which gave use a lot of basic experience in coding that we can use in the future to improve our regions technologically.”

The participating supervisors affirmed the high level of engagement among the students and had high praise for the MGI instructor team as well as Education Specialist, Nalini Ramsawak-Jodha.

MGI’s Acting Executive Director Dr. Ava Maxam said the Institute was gratified at the continuing success of the programme and was eager to renew the partnership with IGT to serve more youth across the region.

“The value of this initiative cannot be overstated,” said Dr. Maxam. “We look forward to an even better offering as the programme grows and as we offer our youth a vital pathway to fulfilling their potential through information technology (IT).”

The programme’s curriculum advisor, Ramsawak-Jodha said it was inspirational to know that the students had gleaned as much as they had from the sessions. “We are proud to be associated with this experience, and we commend IGT for deepening its commitment to ensuring young people receive this critical and early exposure to IT.”

As Caribbean territories continue to strive to secure relevance and sustainability in this data-driven age, IGT has been graciously aiding the cause for the technological empowerment of the region’s youth. This has been witnessed through the company’s provision of fully equipped IGT ASA Centres for students in underserved communities since 2011. The company has also funded numerous IT training opportunities for young people, the most recent being the IGT Coding and Robotics Rock! Camp which has left anticipation on a high for the 2023 hosting.

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