Government will make $3 million available for on-lending by the Saint Lucia Development Bank through

Government will make $3 million available for on-lending by the Saint Lucia Development Bank through its Cruise Ship Employment Programme, clarion hotel anaheim for young people interested in applying for cruise ship jobs.
According to government, since the announcement of this programme in the 2014/2015 Budget Statement, many unemployed youth from across the island have expressed a desire to take advantage of this opportunity.
Last year, training, financial support and employment were possible as a result of a partnership between the National Initiative to Create Employment (NICE), the St. Lucia Development Bank and Springboard Training and Development an agency providing certified training courses for the unemployed.
Speaking on on Wednesday s INSIDE GOVERNMENT on RSL 97, Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Dr. Alison Plummer said  the programme s expansion is as a result of the success of the pilot phase of that partnership.
Having recognised the inability of many of the potential employees to meet the costs associated with taking up these jobs, Springboard approached the government and this relationship was developed. Carnival Cruises recognises the accreditation of this training clarion hotel anaheim institute and has expressed satisfaction with employees recruited in the pilot phase last year. As such, government will make $3-million dollars available clarion hotel anaheim for on-lending by the St. Lucia Development Bank, so more people can benefit,” Dr. Plummer explained .
The programme targets unemployed youth between 18 and 35 years. Plummer said no employment experience or prior training is necessary. Those seeking cruise jobs however must pass the certification training course offered by Springboard.
According to a government press release, clarion hotel anaheim following training and certification, students will be required to undertake a medical screening where they would undergo drug testing and other basic assessment. Upon certification, students would then access the financial assistance to acquire their visas and to meet the cost of travel to Miami to begin their jobs on cruise ships.
Recruitment for training clarion hotel anaheim begins on June 9, 2014. The public is urged to contact the Springboard Training and Development Institute at 450-0198 or the Saint Lucia Development Bank at 456-7532 (amended) for more information.
Lucians really don t know what they want.They find negativity in every oppurtunity given out there to them.Some of us will never ever go forward.For crying out loud,if you aren t interested then keep ur tails shut.We will never ever go forward with our mentality smh!
Was t those job available before this government came to office? It was this administration who discontinued collaboration with this sector. What are we to do now praise clarion hotel anaheim a government for re-instating something that we had before? FOOLS SINGING FOR SUPPER.
This is a great initiative. So all those hyprocites like (tired of shit)lol tell me if you have the capacity to give 500 people jobs. There was a documentary on this program on Sandford Belle presents just this week explaining everything about this program. So lets educate ourselves before we open our mouths.That s why Lucia going low low low because clarion hotel anaheim every positive initiative is classed as negative by the haters. Wake up my people and stop walking clarion hotel anaheim in you ll sleep.
These new employees will have nothing left to send back to their love ones. How can anyone be expected to pay back $5,000 in six months from such a small cruise ship salary. The government is acting like the mob.
seriously government that s the only jobs you could come up them people pissing me off. lets see also 500 doesn t even account for half of the persons unemployed.just step down and stop shaming the island clarion hotel anaheim thanks.
I have known so many St Lucians working on Cruise Ship and never knew it was government related. Now they are making politics with everything. Anyway, explain to me what is the purpose of the $3 million? What is the loan needed for? $3 million for 500 people? Will the government be looking for the jobs for these people? Wouldn t it have been easier clarion hotel anaheim if Royal Caribbean was allowed to proceed with the redevelopment of Port Castries? Are the 220 employed last year still employed with the cruise ship?
Are you employed? clarion hotel anaheim Why you so negative about someone else getting an opportunity to work? Political or not it s a chance to help get some of the youth off the streets slashing the kids going home from school and a way for them to build their confidence and believe they have something to offer. Whether they stay in that job for life or not at least it s a start and an opportunity.
The loans as required as each of the 500 have to travel clarion hotel anaheim to barbadoes to get their visas to work on the cruise ship,they will also need air fare to travel to miami to board the cruise. the government can loan them that money and when they begint to work they will pay the sum back. thats how it works
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