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Public borrowing has been and will continue to be a common practice and ordinary function of any government.

Public borrowing must be guided by a thorough process of evidenced based policy planning and transparent stakeholder consultation to minimize wastage and ensure the relevant intervention programmes and projects meet its objectives.

Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre employs prudent fiscal management practices in addition to multi-stakeholder consultations to ensure the ordinary Saint Lucian remains the primary beneficiary of any public borrowing during his tenure as Head of the Government of Saint Lucia.

In the 16 months since the Pierre Administration assumed Office, the Legislative arm of the government has sought the permission of the Lower House of Parliament to authorize public borrowing on three separate occasions.

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It is important to note that in the first two instances, the Lower House met to repurpose and reactivate some of the funding negotiated by the previous Administration, to instead, support social safety net and other socio-economic development programmes.

The Prime Minister has been made aware of a gravely erroneous rumour that infers his Administration borrowed in XCD 277.1 million in October of 2022.

There are absolutely no records from the Parliament office including the Hansard from any Lower House debate in the last 16 months, nor are there any records in the offices of the Ministry of Finance or the Office of the Prime Minister that can remotely substantiate or legitimize this irresponsible fabrication.

To support part of his 2022/23 Budget, Prime Minister Pierre, for the first time on November 22, 2022 sought the permission of the Lower House of Parliament to borrow approximately XCD 14.06 million from the Caribbean Development Bank’s Special Funds Resources to finance social safety nets for vulnerable households affected by COVID-19 and XCD 9.99 million from the Bank’s Special Development Fund 10th Cycle Loan Facility to invest in the island’s MSME sector.

The approximate total of all public borrowing between July 26, 2021 and November 22, 2022 does not amount to XCD 505 million. The Prime Minister encourages the general public to seek out information on government affairs from official government publications and from trusted media sources.

SOURCE: Office of the Prime Minister

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The Sustainable Grenadines Incorporated (SUSGREN) said it is continuing its conservation efforts with a major project in collaboration with the Union Island Secondary School.

SUSGREN’s Technical Officer, Audwin Andrews said they have established a Backyard Farming project with the students at the Union Island Secondary School and thus far it has been progressing very well.

Rawdica Stephen has more with today’s Special Report.

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The National Insurance Services NIS was established to provide social protection to the citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

That is according to Chief Risk Officer at the NIS Valina Browne Henry while providing an overview of the company at a media consultation hosted by the NIS yesterday.

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Mrs. Browne Henry also spoke of the company’s income and expenditure within the context of sustainability.

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PRemier vol commercial de Vega-C ce jeudi soir
• CENTRE SPATIAL GUYANAIS

Le lanceur européen Vega-C effectuera son premier vol commercial, ce soir à 22h47, depuis le Centre spatial guyanais, à Kourou.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 23, 2022 (SKNIS):

The cooking contest was organized by the St. Kitts Department of Youth Empowerment as part of the month-long celebration of Youth held every November. Participating teams also came from the Cayon High School, Charles E. Mills Secondary School, Basseterre High School, Washington Archibald High School and Saddlers Secondary School.

The runners-up in the competition were Shannyah Thomas and Aisha Jalim of the Saddlers Secondary School, while Danniqua Huggins and Somalia Dublin of the Washington Archibald High School placed third.

Junior Minister of Youth Empowerment, the Honourable Isalean Phillip congratulated the Chefs from the six (6) participating schools.

“I just want to make sure that I said my congratulations to all the participants, especially the winners. You all did a good job. I am really proud to see the product that was produced and the meals on the plates,” said Minister Phillip. “I know some of you weren’t super pleased with how your item turned out but you all still did a really good job.”

Minister Phillip also used the occasion to congratulate judges Barry Cranston, Claire Rawson and Max Brisbane for their valuable contribution.

“I also want to thank our judges. I heard some of the comments and I think that they were very valuable to the students and the teachers. Thank you very much for the seriousness that you brought and the professionalism that you would have brought to the competition because we are training the next generation of culinary chefs and artists because that is part of the tourism product in terms of when people travel to St. Kitts and Nevis, they also come for food,” said the Honourable Isalean Phillip.

The Youth Empowerment Minister said that the aim is to “continue to encourage food and nutrition.” She especially thanked the Saddlers Secondary Chefs for incorporating a nutrition aspect in their meals by eliminating the use of salt and sugar.

Gratitude was also extended to the Ministry of Tourism, the sponsors of the High School Chef Competition. The sponsorship from the Ministry of Tourism is in partnership with St. Kitts and Nevis Restaurant Week initiative and it is done to support the junior chefs so that they can have an opportunity to participate in future Restaurant Week events.

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