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Prime Minister Gaston Browne says that well over $100 million has been spent, to date, by National Housing.

This sum is only an estimate, Browne admits, since he did not have the precise figures on hand when questioned by Barbuda MP Trevor Walker in Parliament, on Monday, October 24.

However, on average, Browne says, about $15 million is spent yearly on the government’s housing project.

According to the Prime Minister, National Housing, which began operating in 2015, has net assets totaling over $105 million.He adds that any accumulated assets held by the company are not in the hundreds of millions of dollars, as is being claimed. Rather, he says, they are just shy of EC $10 million.

Consequently, Browne promises to file the agency’s current accounts – if not the audited statements, then the draft accounts, as presented by the auditors – with the Parliament.

The call for National Housing’s statements to be laid before the House has been made for years. Hence, MP Walker says he hopes the Prime Minister will keep his promise, noting that he would, indeed, love to see and examine the audited statements.

In the meantime, complaints about the quality of National Housing’s workmanship continue to be circulated, with home-owners alleging that corners were cut in the construction of their houses.

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Interventions initiated in 2018 to breathe life into Saint Lucia’s sea moss industry have resulted in increased exports and major economic benefits for all involved in sea moss production.

Export Saint Lucia, the national trade export promotion agency of the Government of Saint Lucia continues to work assiduously with actors in the sea moss value chain, including farmers and manufacturers, to expand Saint Lucian Sea Moss’s reach all over the world.

This work included assistance with entry requirements for major markets like the USA and creating opportunities to export sea moss to other destinations.

Noting the successes, and potential of the sea moss industry, the Government of Saint Lucia allocated five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to Export Saint Lucia for the continued development of the sector.

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 “We know that our producers require a little assistance in going along the value-added chain. Therefore, part of the $500,000 will be used to help producers move up the ladder. Export Saint Lucia will also work towards making various components of the industry as sustainable and world class as possible. This involves conducting an audit of sea moss facilities to provide relevant training and certification where necessary” notes Export Saint Lucia’s Chief Executive Officer, Sunita Daniel.

Export Saint Lucia intends to assist in the development of value-added sea moss products including gels, powders, and drinks.

The Agency will also ensure that manufacturers of value-added products meet all relevant standards for the entry of their products into international markets.

Additionally, plans are underway to employ the services of a food technologist to consult and advise on natural and organic preservatives to extend the shelf-life of value-added products.

Saint Lucia Sea Moss is highly regarded the world over. One success of the recently staged Expo 2020 Dubai is the shipment of sun-dried sea moss to distributors in Dubai. Export Saint Lucia

reports that future shipments are being planned. The Agency also reports that discussions are underway with five (5) distributors in Dubai who wish to stock Saint Lucian products, including condiments, on shelves in the Middle Eastern country.

Brand Saint Lucia notes this as one of the many achievements of Expo 2020 Dubai. Saint Lucian Sun Dried Sea Moss was one of several products that completely sold out within Saint Lucia’s pavilion.

Since then, all producers have received cheque payments from Export Saint Lucia for the items sold at the Expo. All unsold products are enroute to Saint Lucia and will be returned to their owners for sale locally, and in export markets.

Creatives too, including dancers, singers, and musicians have been paid for their services at performances in Dubai. Following the completion of Expo 2020 Dubai, many of these creatives have been booked for performances in external markets.

Invest Saint Lucia and the Citizenship by Investment Programme have reported ongoing discussions with luxury real estate firms, while the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority records increased interest in Saint Lucia from non-traditional countries. The Government of Saint Lucia has pledged support to ensure each promising lead is delivered.

The Agency is pleased with the prospects for stakeholders in both the sea moss industry and those exposed to new markets and consumers during Expo 2020 Dubai.

 SOURCE: Export Saint Lucia

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ORANJESTAD (AAN): Despues di scucha varios keho di pueblo tocante di e aumento di prijs di alimento, Parlamentario Marco Berlis di MEP

a formula e preguntanan di pueblo pa asina Minister Geoffrey Wever, Minister di Economia, Comunicacion y Desaroyo Sostenibel.

   Tin preocupacion bao di pueblo, sinembargo nos sa cu inflacion halto a asota tur pais globalmente. Esaki sigur alimenta pa e guera entre Rusia y Ukraina, prijs di Petroleo halto, flete cu a subi drasticamente, scarcedad di producto y tambe un economia Arubano bao presion.

   Pa e motibonan aki mi a puntra Minister Wever e siguiente preguntanan:

  (1) Minister por duna Parlamento un rapport con frecuentemente e ekipo cu ta controla prijs di canasta basico ta sali controla? Adicionalmente, e rapport aki por contene e nomber di e negoshinan y e fechanan cu a controla esakinan?

  (2) Pa tur clarificacion, minister por manda mi un lista di e productonan exacto cu ta parti di e canasta basico actualmente?

  (3) Minister por duna mi un rapport di e infraccionan cu a worde cometi pa negoshinan, e fecha di esakinan, e nomber di negoshinan y cuanto infraccion tin pa luna y anualmente?

   (4) Tin algun indicacion cu gobierno lo bay of kier introduci mas producto den e canasta basico?

   (5) Minister por duna mas informacion di e app di Economische Zaken cual pueblo por usa pa por monitoria e prijsnan di productonan?

   (6) Como Minister di Economia, cual ta minister su opinion tocante aumento di minimum loon pa 1 januari 2023?

   (7) Minister ta kere cu un aumento di minimum loon lo haci un impacto positivo riba nos economia? Si e contesta ta no, por argumenta esaki, considerando cu 60% di nos poblacion ta cay bao di e bracket di entrada aki?

   Preguntanan di pueblo merece nan contesta y accion rapido.

   “Di e forma aki como representante di pueblo mi a cuminsa cana un caminda pa purba yuda bin cu ideanan pa ta parti di un posibel solucion pa pueblo den e temporada difícil aki. Ademas pueblo merece contesta riba nan pregunta y kehonan, y como su representante mi ta ocupa mi mes pa vocifera, cuestiona pero tambe aporta pa asina mi por ta un agente di solucion memey di un crisis economico global,” Berlis a bisa.

   E Parlamentario a indica cu un representante por haci mas cu djis su trabao, y esaki ta tuma curason. Ademas di su debernan e ta activo den pueblo pa por asisti unda cu e por. Pesey e simannan cu a pasa tambe el a elabora y sugeri pa subi salario mínimo. Su speranza ta keda cu lo considera pa por haci esaki ainda pa Januari 2023.

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Riba diamars a bisti na superheroe

ORANJESTAD (AAN): E siman aki nos ta observa e siman di cinta cora, ‘Red Ribbon Week 2022′, di Fundacion Anti Droga Aruba FADA. Ta un siman den cual FADA ta crea conscientisacion den comunidad pa nos hiba un bida liber di droga, atraves di stimula tur hende pa ‘Bisti na Locura’ durante henter e siman aki. Bureau di Minister Maduro di Finansa y Cultura tambe ta participa den e campaña nacional di conscientisacion aki y pesey riba diamars tur colega di bureau a bisti na superheroe.

            Forsa no ta bin di capacidad fisico, pero e ta bin di un boluntad indomabel. Hopi ta esnan cu ta lucha cu un adiccion, sea ta droga, alcohol of ambos. Ta pa e motibo aki, Minister Maduro ta haya importante pa crea conscientisacion, no solamente entre muchanan y hobennan, pero sigur tambe entre adultonan pa no uza droga y pa celebra un bida liber di e substancancianan aki.

            Minister Maduro y e staf di su bureau ta uni nan mes na e campaña di FADA pa conscientisa y encurasha Pueblo di Aruba pa bisa NO na droga.

            E mandatario ta gradici FADA pa nan esfuerso di tur dia y alabes ta felicita FADA cu e di 10 aniversario di e campaña pa bisa NO na droga.

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