Item number SCP-381 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-381 is to be kept in a 23 by 31 centimeter document envelope in storage unit 5. Further containment procedure is not necessary under non-testing conditions. Non-Roman Catholic Christian, i.e., any Protestant denomination, research staff are not permitted to perform tests on SCP-381 due to risk of combustion. Other Abrahamic or non-religious personnel are not at risk. Description SCP-381 comprises seven unbound pages of yellowing paper sheet music. Chemical analysis has confirmed that the ink on the paper is made of a mix of a solution of tannic acids with ferrous sulfate and gum, consistent with a recipe for ink contemporary with the paper's estimated year of production, 1500 CE. Each page contains eight bars of a contrapuntal polyphonic Baroque choral composition with overlapping harmonies written for bass, baritone, tenor, and soprano or castrotti vocal parts. None of the script is legible, with the exception of the rubricated capitals interspersed throughout the piece. Anyone who touches SCP-381 abruptly begins to sing from the beginning of the composition in a range suited to their age and gender, but with professional level competence. By measure, other voices will have joined. Such voices emerge from the air around the SCP and sound like a choir singing lyrics in Latin that translate to data expunged. When the singers reach measure, all non-Roman Catholic Christians in the area, including the singer if applicable, will spontaneously burst into flame that extinguishes only upon cessation of life function and cannot be extinguished by any available means. The flame is otherwise normal, emitting heat and light as would be expected. SCP-381 was recovered by a Foundation agent in Spain on it was found in an unopened envelope, sealed with the arms of Philip II of Spain, along with the preserved skeleton of a messenger. Further examination of the skeleton revealed probable cause of death as data expunged. Along with SCP-381, the envelope contained a written note to her royal majesty Elizabeth I on the event of her coronation, expressing Philip's congratulations and wishes for a prosperous rule, and the contents of the envelope are noted as a composition to rival the beauty of even your majesty. The missive is dated 28th of December, 1558. Addendum 3811 Research in the Vatican archives by Dr. W. W. with the help of Cardinal W. W. has revealed a work commissioned by Pope Paul IV matching the description of SCP-381, though no mention is made of any unusual combustive properties. The piece was commissioned from Italian composer W. W. who notably vanished after he data expunged. Although this information is largely irrelevant to the status of the SCP today, it is of great historical interest when framed in the politics of the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. General Bowie is obviously not the first to try to weaponize SCPs. Dr. W. Item Number SCP-373 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures SCP-373 is to be kept in a containment locker at Site 38. Research into SCP-373 and SCP-373A iterations is to be carried out by authorized personnel. Grounds for immediate revocations of testing privileges include, but are not limited to, recent loss of loved ones, testing privileges suspended for five years, any history of abuse or inability to follow orders as per containment procedures for other SCPs, testing privileges revoked permanently, any past association with paranormal research or investigative groups, testing privileges revoked until approval given by Site Director, or any unusual or persistent interest or obsession with SCP-373, testing privileges revoked permanently. Note from head researcher, the potential implications of this device for both SCP-373A entities and their former loved ones require a certain degree of composure with regard to its use. Quite frankly, we may be creating these beings rather than channeling them. Personnel unable to react responsibly with that degree of power are not to be allowed access. Note from head researcher, testing with D-Class personnel to be carried out as per Addendum 3734. For maximum efficiency in gathering intelligence regarding SCP-373A entities, all records used with SCP-373 should be 33.5 RPM vinyl albums, with lyric-heavy songs or spoken word tracks, audiobooks, comedy albums, and other principally speech-based records are encouraged. Principally instrumental or orchestral music is forbidden. Description. SCP-373 is an antique disc phonograph player. Markings on the machine indicate it was built in 19- an additional label indicates that the device was modified in late 1940 at a facility called Laboratories, Inc. The device is composed of a crank-operated turntable embedded in a wooden case, a tonearm with an aluminum stylus, and a slightly tarnished silver horn. SCP-373 appears to have the ability to modify the audio of any record player on it according to particular patterns. Specifically, research has demonstrated that approximately every fourth word or phrase will be altered from the originally recorded song or monologue. These new words can be organized sequentially to reveal what appear to be messages or statements from a series of unknown entities. These entities have been named SCP-373AX, with X to be replaced with a numerical identification as entities are discovered. The entity is able to communicate for the duration of each instance of the playing of the record. Upon the next playing of the same record, the same entity will be speaking, but will claim not to recall the previous conversation. Due to the stilted nature of the communication, it is rare for the entities to communicate any significant amount of information to Foundation researchers before the end of the record. However, research has demonstrated that two-way communication is possible by lifting the needle from the record while it spins and speaking into the horn. Any attempt at useful communication requires both parties speak while the record spins at the speed at which optimal playback was intended. All SCP-373A entities report that speaking into the horn with the record slowed or stopped results in a high-pitched squeal for the entity and vice versa. Testing with anomalies such as SCP-043 and SCP-1668 did not initially produce data. However, analysis of audio taken during testing has shown the presence of at least two distinct breathing patterns being broadcast from SCP-373. Further scheduled testing is currently under consideration. Addendum 3731, a bridged log of SCP-373A entities. Entity, SCP-373A3. Run through number 1. Record, Pain Killer by Judas Priest. Notes. An early attempt at scientific analysis of the phenomenon, both the choice of music and questions were largely arbitrary. Two-way communication not yet understood. Full lyrical output is included below to demonstrate effect. All future entries will include only relevant utterances. Results. Playing of track 1, Pain Killer, resulted in the following lyrical output. Faster than a hello, terrifying scream.  Who's half-man and there, machine? Rides the metal, can. Breathing smoke and anybody. Closing in with here, soaring high. He is me, Pain Killer. This is is, Pain Killer. Planets devastated. Mankind's this. It's knees. A savior what? From out the skies. Hell, answer to their is. Through boiling clouds, I thunder. Blasting bolts don't steal. Evil's going under no wheels. He is what, Pain Killer? This is I've, Pain Killer. Faster than a done bullet. Louder than a please bomb. Chromium plated its metal. Brighter than a so, suns. Flying high on dark. Stronger free and end. Nevermore and captured, cold. Been brought back here, the grave. Entity, SCP-373-A3. Run through, 8. Record, Pain Killer by Judas Priest. Notes. First consistent and notable demonstration of two-way communicative potential. Communication redacted to relevant utterances for convenience. Result. The following interview was carried out by researcher Kim with entity SCP-373-A3. Kim. Speaking as record begins. Needle up. Hello. Please try to stay calm. You've had an accident and we are working to save you. Can you tell us your name? SCP-373-A3. Hello. Oh, thank goodness. I thought I had died. Kim, could you please tell us your name? SCP-373-A3. My name is Mary Turner. I had a dream. I thought they hanged. Kim, you're okay, Mary. Can you tell me what you see? SCP-373-A3. All dark. No light. Just your voice. Please help. Kim, we're very close to getting you out. Just hold on tight. Can you tell me where you live and what day it is? SCP-373-A3. Valdosta in Folsom County is my baby. Okay. Kim, it's fine, ma'am. Can you tell me what year it is? SCP-373-A3. What do you mean? It's 1918. The record ends. Flipping the record results in the conversation beginning again, as in all other tests. Entity number SCP-373-A24. Run through. Two. Record. Item Pi 2. Notes. Item Pi 2 is a vinyl record pressed by Site-38 for testing purposes, consisting of a rapid, though clearly audible, reading of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. The speed at which the book is read allows for approximately 720 words per minute, increasing the potential conversational ability of the ensuing SCP-373-A entity. Result. The following is the interview between researcher Kim and SCP-373-A24. Kim. Hello. There's been an accident. We're trying to get you out, but we need you to remain calm. Can you tell us what the last thing is that you remember? SCP-373-A24. Harry. Is that you? Kim. I'm sorry. I can't understand you. What is the last thing you were doing? SCP-373-A24. Harry. It's me. It's Susan. The car. Skidded on the ice. Where are you? Kim. Appearing distressed. Wait. Susan. Susan? Oh my God. Susan. Are you in here? Assistant researcher Lucas. Harry. We can't tell them. Kim. That's her, Joey. That's my wife in there. To SCP-373. Sweetie. It's me. Oh God. You've been gone for almost a year, but you're back now. Lucas. Security. We need security in here. He's losing it. Attempts to restrain researcher Kim. Kim. Knocking down Lucas. Grabbing SCP-373's horn. Shaking. I'm going to get you out of there. Just wait. Several agents enter the room and drag researcher Kim out by force. Knocking SCP-373 to the ground in the process. Experiment ends. Damage to SCP-373 repaired. Researcher Lucas's injuries were treated. Researcher Kim's attack against foundation agents attempting to restrain him led to his termination. Addendum 373-2. SCP-373 entities have been showing a greater tendency to present themselves as relatives or close friends of foundation personnel in the last two months. This has begun to take place in spite of deliberate efforts to choose records at random. Statistical probability suggests it to be highly unlikely that we have been selecting these particular individuals without some influence on the part of SCP-373. Requesting a halt to testing until a pattern can be discerned. Researcher Lucas. Addendum 373-3. Request approved. Head researcher- Addendum 3734. Four different researchers have been caught over the last three weeks attempting to access SCP-373 for personal purposes. In one instance, a researcher successfully began to use a record already believed to contain one SCP-373-A entity. At which point, he was able to communicate with his deceased daughter. Present opinion among Site 38 Command is that SCP-373 is deliberately manipulating its users into emotional distress. Additionally, given the disregard for security protocols being shown now by experienced Foundation researchers, in the face of SCP-373 we are forced to conclude that the object becomes increasingly determined to force individuals to use it as time passes between usage, much in the way predators become increasingly desperate as time passes after feeding. Suggesting that D-Class personnel be allowed to use SCP-373 twice weekly in order to prevent further deterioration of conditions here. Researcher Lucas. Addendum 3735. Request approved. Head researcher- Item number SCP-333. Object Class. Euclid. Special Containment Procedures. SCP-333-A 1-1618 are to be stored in a standard secure containment locker with insight accessible only by personnel possessing level 3 clearance or greater with authorization of at least two clearance level 4 personnel. As testing with SCP-333-B and SCP-333-C has concluded, any performance of SCP-333-A is strictly prohibited. Description. SCP-333-A are 1,618 identical copies of a musical score of unknown title and origin. When the score denoted by SCP-333-A is performed by an orchestra of sufficient size, SCP-333-B manifests. The chamber SCP-333-A is performed in may be entered normally. However, roughly three minutes into a performance, anything leaving the chamber arrives in SCP-333-B. Reentry of the performance hall from SCP-333-B is possible, given it is temporarily integrated into SCP-333-B. SCP-333-B appears to be a metropolitan area, devoid of any signs of habitation, past or present. Due to its nature, it is unknown when SCP-333-B was constructed, using what materials, by whom, or even if it was constructed in the conventional sense at all. For as long as performance of SCP-333-A continues, SCP-333-B may be traversed. Following cessation of a performance, SCP-333-B dematerializes, along with anything within at the time. Instrumentation left within suggests that unless a performance of SCP-333-A is occurring, SCP-333-B experiences no passage of time, and may not exist at all. SCP-333-C is a highly aggressive entity, a variable appearance in composition, residing within SCP-333-B. All manifestations of SCP-333-C have proven much more durable than its composition would suggest, requiring considerable firepower to terminate outside of SCP-333-B, and possessing apparent invincibility while within. Should SCP-333-C manage to escape SCP-333-B, it will remain until the next time SCP-333-B manifests unless terminated. Following termination, SCP-333-C will dematerialize as well. Addendum 333-1 SCP-333-B will not fully manifest unless SCP-333-A is performed by a minimum of 49 musicians within a single concert hall. Larger numbers of musicians appear to correlate to a larger and more complex metropolitan area. Additionally, simultaneous performances in differing locales result in integration of all concert halls within which SCP-333-A is being performed. SCP-333-B could hypothetically serve as a means of rapid transit between Foundation facilities. Addendum 333-2 The content of all 1618 original instances of SCP-333-A have been observed to change following each performance. All remain identical to each other. Copies of SCP-333-A do not display this polymorphic nature. Addendum 333-3 Changes undergone by SCP-333-A appear to constitute the inclusion of motifs, representing any foreign materials left behind by exploration teams. Given that copies of original SCP-333-A do not update to reflect material within SCP-333-B, it may be possible to selectively manifest materials and possibly even personnel within SCP-333-B. A more in-depth cost-benefit analysis will follow. Addendum 333-4 Visual, chemical, and mass spectrometric examination of structures within SCP-333-B indicates their composition is directly dependent upon the composition of instrumentation utilized for the corresponding performance of SCP-333-A. Additionally, it appears that the better a particular instrument is played, the less its composition is reflected within SCP-333-B. Given that structures within SCP-333-B are always of similar composition to the instruments utilized, it has been suggested that these structures may not have a finite composition. However, considering errors cause the composition of a particular instrument to feature more prominently, it is also possible that corruption of SCP-333-B is unavoidable, due to general inability to perform SCP-333-A precisely enough. Experiment logs SCP-333-A-B 1-9 are pending declassification. Addendum 333-5 Cost-benefit analysis regarding SCP-333 as a foundation asset Rapid long-distance transit If used for transit between facilities, SCP-333-B could allow for rapid dissemination of SCP objects in the event of a containment breach. This risk should not be taken lightly. Cloning of personnel, items, SCP objects, etc. effectively granting the foundation access to infinite resources. A contingency plan in case of… or class events. Personnel critical to the operation of the foundation, a cache of useful SCP objects, and a store of various provisions and resources could be left within SCP-333-B. This would ensure their survival, provided performance of a suitable copy of SCP-333-A may take place. A garrison and armory The song itself could be utilized as several different foundation facilities simultaneously. Particularly dangerous Euclid and Keter objects could each be deposited in their own instance of SCP-333-B. If SCP-333-A is performed as it was prior to an SCP object being deposited, SCP-333-B will manifest without the SCP. If SCP-333-A is performed as it is following an SCP object being deposited, SCP-333-B will manifest with the SCP present. Performances of identical copies of SCP-333-A could take place in several locations, allowing access to the prospective facility from several places. A kill switch to sever SCP-333-B from any adjoining facilities is strongly advised. The risk of accidental discovery of the SCP-333-A should be carefully considered, before any utilization of the SCP-333-B for these purposes takes place. Note, the contents of Addendum 335 have been struck through. Consult Addendum 333-9. Addendum 333-6 SCP-333-C is capable of leaving SCP-333-B. Any sighting of SCP-333-C within SCP-333-B is grounds for immediate evacuation and cessation of SCP-333-A performance. Addendum 333-7. Composition of SCP-333-C appears linked to musical instruments, utilized in similar fashion to 333-B. Closer scrutiny of footage recorded during experiments SCP-333-A-B-1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 has found SCP-333-C present, appearing to be of similar composition to each corresponding instance of SCP-333-B, making it difficult to distinguish from its surroundings. This likely explains why its presence initially went unnoticed. Addendum 333-8. Operation was unsuccessful. Operation losses exceeded 90%. A 5-megaton tactical nuclear device was detonated within SCP-333-B in a last-ditch attempt to prevent SCP-333-C escaping. SCP-333-C was undeterred. Addendum 333-9. Corruption of materials left within 333-B has been noted. This corruption generally takes the form of minuscule changes in chemical composition of objects left within. Though in extreme cases physical deformation has been observed. Notable examples include malfunction of ROV-13-B, due to critical circuitry being displaced by and the discovery of D17711's skeletal system being composed of 0.1% brass by weight. I hereby rescind my prior recommendations for utilization of SCP-333. Dr. N. Addendum 333-10. Computer aided analysis of SCP-333-A in all copies thereof, considered alongside the events of experiment SCP-333-A-B 1-9, and operation indicates beyond a shadow of a doubt that SCP-333-A dictates any and all occurrences within SCP-333-B, including activity of Foundation personnel and SCP-333-C. All further testing of SCP-333 is hereby suspended indefinitely. Item Number SCP-332 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures Observation Station 55-B has been constructed to monitor and study SCP-332. Fences designed to contain SCP-332's stationary effect have been demolished and replaced by a research station dedicated to observing SCP-332 in its dormant state. When SCP-332 enters its active state, all site personnel are to monitor the length and intensity of the sound produced by SCP-332 from soundproofed observation areas until the active state ceases. Any affected civilians are to be detained indefinitely under the cover of an infectious disease outbreak. SCP-1833 has been placed under constant observation, in case of any alterations. Description SCP-332 is the class of 1976 Kirk Lawnwood High School marching band, located in the town of the band is composed of 30 humanoids, known as SCP-332-1-30. All 30 instances of SCP-332 wear 1976 band uniforms and play instruments manufactured before 1976. The words, Syncope Symphony, have been engraved into each instrument. Individuals within SCP-332 do not display normal human behavior and will stand at attention in the center of the former Kirk Lawnwood High School football field. Occasionally, individual instances of SCP-332 have been known to suddenly begin struggling with an unseen force before returning to their normal stance. The reason for this behavior is unknown. No instance of SCP-332 has ever attempted to communicate with Foundation personnel. Instances of SCP-332 do not appear to feel hunger, pain, or suffer from exposure to the elements and were observed to stand in the same location for over 30 years. Once every 48 hours, SCP-332 will enter an active state. While active, SCP-332 will perform a marching routine. Music played by SCP-332 varies, but it primarily consists of marching arrangements popular between 1967 and 1976. Sounds produced by SCP-332 have a consistent volume throughout the active zone, with the sound fading abruptly outside of that zone. If a subject is able to hear the music played by SCP-332, they will attempt to obtain any instrument near them and join SCP-332 in playing. Subjects affected in this manner, hereafter known as SCP-332-B, will report high amounts of anxiety if unable to obtain a musical instrument within 10 minutes of coming under SCP-332's effect. If they are unable to join SCP-332 within 10 minutes, they will walk with the band and begin miming an instrument as they march with the band, and will attempt to replicate the sound being produced by SCP-332 with their voice. Instances of SCP-332-B who join with SCP-332 will march and play until they pass out from exhaustion or hunger, at which point, they will be trampled by other instances of SCP-332-B and SCP-332. For every 10 SCP-332-B instances who join SCP-332, the area of effect will increase by 300 meters. This radius of effect will expand until all instances of SCP-332-B are terminated or incapacitated, at which point, SCP-332's active state will immediately cease. SCP-332 was contained following Incident-332-A, the incident during which SCP-332 was initially activated. Between the point from when it activated to being disabled by Foundation agents, Incident-332-A resulted in the deaths of 40% of Kirk Lawnwood High School's staff and students. The school was closed down under the pretense of fire damage, with students, locals, and survivors being issued Class-B amnesics. Successful containment for SCP-332 was achieved on 7-19-1976, with a classification of Euclid. Addendum-332-B, transcript of Incident-332-A. During initial cleanup operations following SCP-332's containment, a 16mm camera was discovered outside what would have been the first story window of Kirk Lawnwood High School. The transcript of this video, although highly corrupted, is the only record of Incident-332-A. Begin log. 0-10 seconds. The camera is pointed out a large window, believed to be in the school's front office. Several members of SCP-332 can be seen preparing their instruments on the field. There is no sound. 10 seconds to a minute-34. The camera swings towards unidentified woman number one. It is believed that the cameraman is speaking to her, although no sound can be heard. One of SCP-332's clarinet players can be seen walking by in the background. Minute-34 to 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Section of the tape is damaged. No identifiable content present. 4 minutes, 55 seconds to 5 minutes. Picture and sound briefly become clear, and a voice believed to belong to unidentified woman number one remarks about one band member's outfit, having an unusual attribute, although what was unusual about it is not heard. 5 minutes to 6 minutes and 2 seconds. Static. 6 minutes and 2 seconds to 8 minutes and 4 seconds. Sound and picture return with greatly improved quality, with the cameraman chatting with unidentified woman number one. Unidentified woman number two is heard off-screen at 7 minutes and 9 seconds, referencing a band equipment supplier known as Syncope Symphony, and remarking that she was unable to find it with the information that was provided to her. Unidentified man number one, also in the background, claims that he will investigate it at a later date. 8 minutes and 4 seconds to 16 minutes and 22 seconds. Sound cuts out again. Camera is pointed out to the field as SCP-332 begins to perform. At the 11 minute mark, several persons in the audience begin to exhibit signs of distress. At the 11-30 minute mark, the camera is violently jerked away from the floor and dropped. Several persons, including the cameraman and unidentified woman number two, are seen to move around the office in a state of distress. At the 11-45 mark, SCP-332 enters an active state. Unidentified woman number one is seen to exit the office to go outside at the 16-minute mark. 16 minutes 22 seconds to 18 minutes and 45 seconds. Static. 18-45 to 19 minutes. The camera is picked up and pans around the room. Several seemingly deceased persons are visible in frame, including the original cameraman. The camera is briefly pointed out the window where SCP-332 can be seen playing. The tape ends at the 19-minute mark. End log. Item number SCP-398 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-398 is contained behind a reverse airlock style containment chamber locking mechanism consisting of at least three steel doors and an atmospheric reduction system. A minimum of two guards must be stationed at the doors, remaining at a 50-meter distance from the entrance to the SCP. Description SCP-398 appears to all subjects as a hallway of some description. However, details differ between accounts. It is first seen as a hallway with white walls, plain wooden doors 20 meters apart and approximately 2 meters high, and brass handles, with no special attributes visible. This detail is consistent across all accounts. It was found on location that data expunged, and upon investigation, a dimensional containment site was set up around it. The remainder of the original building surrounding it is unremarkable and has been demolished as such. Addendum 398A. Agent sent to research subject, equipped with a handheld video camera with transmission feed. Said agent travels down the hall. Agent. The hall. It's changed. Transmission shows no change in the hall's appearance. Control. Changed. How so? Agent. It's different from when I walked in. Dark wood-paneled walls. Red carpet. And Monet paintings. I like it. Control. Continue, Agent. Go in further. Agent. Roger, sir. Continuing. Agent continues until the appearance of several doors. The door is similar in design to others in the location. Control. Agent. Open the one on the immediate right. Agent. Yes, sir. Agent opens the door to reveal an unpainted and unfurnished room. Agent. It seems to be a cafeteria. Control. A cafeteria? Is there anyone in it? Agent. You can't see it? There's no one in here. Just tables, chairs, and a buffet-style layout. Smells real good, and I haven't had lunch yet. Control. Noted. Open the door opposite this room. Agent opens the door. It is identical to the first room in appearance. Agent. This one. It's a bedroom. Control. A bedroom. Agent. Yes. A child's room. The one I wanted from a catalog when I was a kid because it had Spider-Man sheets. We couldn't afford it. Control. Noted. Continue. Open one more, and return, Agent. Agent exits the room and opens the one next to it. Again, it is identical to the first two. Agent. She can't be here. Control. What, Agent? What's through this door? Agent. My old girlfriend. But she's married now, expecting a kid. The person in the room can't be her. Control. Noted. Return, Agent. Agent lowers the camera, and only the floor can be seen. Agent. I want to make it right, baby. It's okay. Don't cry. It was all my fault. Footsteps are heard, and then a soft, incomprehensible crooning from Agent. Control. Agent. Did you hear me? Agent. I'm so sorry I let you go. Don't you worry. It won't happen again. Control. Agent. You will turn around, close the door, and return to the outside. That is in order. Agent. With all due respect, sir. No. I can make it work this time. At this point, the camera is lifted, and then the feed is abruptly ended. Addendum 398B. After loss of Agent- Class D personnel are to be sent into SCP-398. Personnel D193 and D216 are sent equipped with handheld video cameras to explore further. Transcription of audio follows. Begin log. Skip to zero hours, 12 minutes, 41 seconds. Control. Right. You too. Continue onward. D193. Understood. Transmission shows the same hall seen in Addendum 398A. D193 appears to be in front of D216. D216's feed shows D193 walking ahead of him. D193. There are doors. Shall I open one? Control. No. Continue onwards. The Class D personnel continues. After a few meters, D216 gasps. Control. D216. What's wrong? No answer is heard. D193. He seems to be unconscious, sir. Control. His vitals have dropped out. He's dead. Leave him and continue, D193. D193. Roger, sir. Several seconds pass. D193. The hall's changing, sir. The feed shows no change. Control. Describe. D193. It's starting to look like the corridor outside of my old cell. I never wanted to see this again. But it looks like it gets better just up ahead. Control. Noted. Open the door to your left, D193. D193 opens the door. It is identical to the room seen in Addendum 398A. A burst of breath is heard from D193. His heart rate rises. Control. What is it, D193? D193. It's the basement we had in a house I lived in as a child. I always hated it. I never went in. D193's voice is shaky. D193. Oh god. Can you hear that? There are voices. Something's down there. Nothing can be heard except D193's breathing. Control. What are they saying, D193? D193. I don't know. But I'm getting out of here. It will get better further on. It has to. D193 starts to run on down the hall. Control. Negative D193. Return at once. D193. I can't, sir. It's terrible back there. It will be better further on. Much better.  End log. Lesson complete. To continue with your orientation training, subscribe to SCP Orientation right now and make sure you don't miss any of our upcoming videos.


From theCUBE Studios in Palo Alto in Boston, connecting with thought leaders all around the world, this is a CUBE conversation. Hi, but this is Dave Vellante. And back in 2013, when it was becoming pretty obvious that the cloud was going to have a major impact on our industry, the IT industry, I wrote at the time that the way incumbents were going to have to compete was to really go into vertical markets and build ecosystems for their own clouds. And that's exactly what IBM did late last year when it announced the major partnership with Bank of America and the Financial Services Cloud. And guess what? Hillary Hunter is back in the house. She's the vice president and CTO of the IBM cloud and an IBM fellow. Hillary, great to see you again. Thanks for coming back on. Thanks so much for having me again. Always a pleasure to be here. So we had an awesome conversation at Think. We got into the FS cloud a little bit.  What, what, why does the industry need a financial services cloud? Yeah, you know, it's key that we ground ourselves in that question of why a financial services cloud. And I think it really goes back to the sensitivity of the workloads and the data that that industry stewards. The financial services industry stewards the data of millions and millions of customers. And they are heavily regulated because of that. And they handle very high value transactions. And being able to take that context and translate that into what does it mean to do high value transactions, sensitive data, consumer data computing. Also, with all those benefits of elasticity and the value proposition of different deployment locations is really what financial cloud is about.  The regulations are higher, the bar on data protection is higher. And the need to interlock across workload characteristics and the cloud deployment is a bit different. And so we are bringing what we know about that industry to bear in the context also of cloud computing. Okay, so you're making some new announcement, there's some hard news here. But I want to know what's, if you're an executive or a business leader in the financial services industry, what's in it for me in these announcements? Yeah, what's in it for you is that we are moving into the next phase of financial services cloud in making the policy framework that has been developed through an enormous amount of work available to additional industry participants. And we're also moving into a phase of global expansion. And so being able to take this value proposition of an end-to-end considered secure and combined environment for financial services out to more players in the industry, out to additional geographies and deployment locations is an exciting moment because everyone's really not looking just for a cloud but they're looking for a choice of deployment locations. They're looking to move more workload to the cloud. And this is really about providing a cloud solution that more workload can move to, not just the first couple of phases of analytics and things like that, but also moving into more transformation of the core of banking and the core of banking business. So it is about getting more workload to the cloud, getting that done faster and getting it done at a net improved security and compliance posture. Got it. So I want to ask you about some learnings. Now you're the double whammy of learnings here. When you announced the collaboration with B of A obviously one of the top banks in the world, you've obviously made some progress since then, but the other part of that whammy was COVID. So what did you learn from the collaboration with B of A and have you guys sort of, how have you expanded your thinking BC from before COVID versus AC after COVID? Yeah, you know, the initial motivation for this program was about having trust and transparency in public cloud and having a public cloud suited also to sensitive and even core banking workloads. And we have seen this conversation and the need for it and the urgency for it only pick up since COVID. You know, a lot of things in the world kind of took a pause, but cloud computing really accelerated. We're seeing that, you know, businesses need to digitally transform their banking. So core banking transformation is a very hot topic. They need to deal with elasticity. We worked with banks during COVID that were having to suddenly stand up, you know, their national equivalent of the hero protection program, banks that had to suddenly have three times the elasticity because all of a sudden consumers were interacting with them purely digitally and cloud can enable all of those kinds of things. And so COVID has really accelerated the motivation toward banking in the cloud and also toward core banking transformation, which is at the heart of setting a very high security bar in public cloud, you know, to be able to also enable those kind of workloads. Yeah, so many changes as a result of COVID.  A lot of, I know a lot of older people that always still like to go into the bank. They'd like to see people and they knew people and people knew them. Well, they had no choice but to go digital. So that's huge. If you didn't have a digital solution and cloud is a fundamental in that equation, but let's get into it a little bit more. And we talked a little about this at IBM Think. But what are the key attributes that make the IBM Financial Services Cloud suitable for financial services? Is it the certifications? I wonder if you could add some color there. Yeah, so the key elements of the Financial Services Cloud program are number one, a policy framework, which is a set of controls that are customized to the financial services industry. So this isn't about some existing standard. This is a customization of controls and security for the financial services industry. And that's the major element of what we're announcing right now. In addition to the policy framework is also the way that the different elements of the industry and of regulatory expertise are coming together. So this cloud and these public cloud offerings were co-developed and co-designed with IBM Promontory, with IBM Security Services that work with banks, with our anchor partner. And moving forward will be advised by an advisory council of CISOs who have that day-to-day experience with security and with regulations. And so that is also a very unique context for not this being just a point in time with a policy framework, but being an ongoing initiative that will stay up to date as security concerns and as regulatory concerns change. And the third aspect is a really unique set of technologies that make all that possible. So you have to define how the cloud is going to be secure and then you have to actually do it. And the unique capabilities that we have in IBM Public Cloud that have enabled this program include a number of things, but amongst them, the industry's highest standard for data protection with our FIPS 140-2 level four based key protect service. It includes capabilities that will be releasing through our acquisition of Spanugo around cloud security and compliance posture management mapped back to that context of financial services. And so it's really three things. It's a policy framework custom and optimized for the financial services industry, the forward evolution of that through industry expertise and participation of multi-parties in that. And then core technologies that enable folks to accomplish that security posture through data protection, through cloud security posture management, et cetera. I forgot about the promontory. You guys made that acquisition several years ago. That's a nice little feature of the FS cloud. But I want to ask you, how hard is it to get these certifications?  A lot of work, a lot of time. My reason for my question is this a moat for you as you guys start to scale? How difficult is it? Yeah, so we have been putting in the time and effort. And so that's why this is an exciting moment for us with the initial work product of this effort. And so our intention really is not for that to be a moat but for us having traversed the moat to now have a bridge there and through the methodology that we built through the control framework that we've built for others to now get across that mode. And so this is really about taking what is an extensive amount of work and an extensive amount of expertise. IBM promontory you just mentioned, but they monitor over 70 regulatory obligations in over 20 jurisdictions globally, right?  And so having crossed the moat and having built the bridge across it, this is where we can then help others to save time in this process of adopting public cloud for further workloads. You've mentioned workloads, you talked about core financial workloads, but maybe give us a little insight on what type of workloads are the most suitable for the financial services cloud because let's face it, most of the hardcore mission critical workloads haven't moved. Actually, probably none of them have moved to the cloud. You can reference that before. Ginny Rometti talks about that all the time. But what are the right workload strategic fits for your cloud? Yeah, you mentioned Ginny Rometti. So I'll take a quick note there from some of the language that you'll hear her use. She talks about, there was chapter one of the cloud journey and stuff that was on less sensitive data, analytics, some things on public information were certainly done also in finance and also in regulated industries in the cloud. And she talks about chapter two, being mission critical workloads. And this program really is the definition of chapter two for the financial services industry. It is the enabling expertise, the enabling control set, the enabling security technologies, the enabling cloud services for that chapter two for that next layer of adoption of things that had been kept behind the firewall had been kept in a private cloud context can now be considered also for public cloud. And so easing that adoption, streamlining that process, et cetera is really what we're looking to accomplish. I mean, obviously IBM huge presence in the banking community. Is this really for just big banks? What about the ecosystem? What do you got in there for ISVs and SaaS providers? Yeah, you talked to the, you asked me a question at the beginning here about COVID and what's happened. And I think the transformation of ISV providers to become SaaS providers, the expansion of their capabilities being needed in payments and digital client experiences and such also for regionals and second and third tier banking institutions and such is as much of what is happening right now as anything else amongst the first years because there is just as much pressure for transformation and digital consumer experience and other things like that. Also in the regionals and second and third tiers. So part of our announcement is around the ecosystem of partners that we have now for the financial services cloud program. And that includes ISVs and SaaS providers that are servicing many different types of needs of institutions, large and small, right? So we're seeing, those that are servicing core banking and payments those that are servicing analytics use cases for this industry and even HR function just because of that concern about, stewarding data well for these industries and those first tier banks. And so that transition to digital that drive to infuse AI capabilities the need to transform core banking is something that's very much also happening within the ISV and SaaS providers. And we're thrilled with the wide variety of partner base that we're seeing develop there within our ecosystem for this program. I was talking to a CIO friend of mine several years ago and he said to me, you know, this idea of lifting and shifting is fine. You get little cost savings maybe but unless you change your operating model and you drive an innovation agenda you really aren't going to get the type of telephone number returns from cloud that you would want or expect. So my question is around innovation and we've said many times in the cube that the new innovation cocktail it's not Moore's law anymore. It's the combination of data applying machine intelligence and then the cloud. And the reason why the cloud is important is scale. Okay, there's a little maybe a little bit of cost as well but it's also innovation. It's the ability to attract people into an ecosystem and that resonates with line of business. If your cloud is just about, you know making IT, IT's life better. Well, that's nice. But what's in this announcement and in this initiative for the line of business? Yeah, you know, it is all about the workloads, right? I always say that to me, the cloud journey is about, you know number one your platform, right? Which is the thing onto what you modernize, right? It is, what are you going to get out of moving to containers? What are you going to get out of, you know moving to microservices? How does that help all of those cloud metrics that you mentioned? But number two, it's about the workload, right? Which workloads are we talking about? How will they deliver? How will those workloads be able to because of cloud deliver not just TCO but improvement in customer experience? How will those workloads be able to meet elasticity, resiliency, cybersecurity concerns, changes in the way the workforce is working these days, et cetera? And from the line of business perspective, you know there is a tremendous need to consume for example, fintech based innovation. You know, but a lot of folks have struggled to move past POCs because, you know of concerns about security and compliance for those, you know, deployment scenarios. And so being able to bring the ISPs and SaaS providers and then also fintechs into an ecosystem with a prescriptive and proactive security and compliance context is really what we're all about here. And that will enable a flourishing of adoption of innovation. You know, I always love to talk about, you know the competition on these episodes. But I want to ask like differentiation, how different is this? Can I just go to any cloud supplier and get this? Will I eventually be able to? What's IBM's differentiation Hilary? Yeah, so you want to think of it that, you know, in financial services you are concerned and you have to be concerned about everything. You have to be concerned about things into the details of the cloud itself.  Financial services cloud really has to be an end to end soup to not conversation. And so this is a program of our public cloud where end to end we can stand behind and provide trust and resiliency and this policy framework end to end within an environment that can be trusted for mission critical workload. And so when we look at differentiation, you know, our investments are in bringing together IBM's expertise all the way going back to, you know, regulations and security consulting that we've been doing for decades in this industry applying that to that cloud context, taking capabilities that are developed all the way down into the transistors, investors that investments we've made even into the silicon around how cryptography is done, bringing that into the cloud context. And so having brought those things together into our, you know, public cloud context, that's how we're able to solution this, you know, in a different way because it really is end to end about the expertise, you know, from all of that regulatory advising that security context all the way down into the silicon and the transistors. And I think that's a very unique value proposition as a cloud provider. It's a, you know, tremendous opportunity for us to bring together those pieces and to continue to be a trusted partner to these companies that we have long been a trusted partner of. Now, of course, you guys have a relationship with VMware. You were the first actually to announce a VMware cloud relationship. And so let's say, okay, I got some VMware workloads. I move them into your FS cloud. You know, make sure that I've got the security and compliance checked six months down the road. So I've done that sort of first step. What's next for me? Is that the end or are there other things on my journey? Yeah, so absolutely.  And so, you know, kind of to your point of what's next we're seeing a continual conversation of, you know, balancing lift and shift and modernization across, you know, workloads. And there are different reasons at different points in time for people to consider that. I think the key is that they trust where they are taking that data. And, you know, whatever the form is that the workload goes it needs to be in the context of that trust around the data and security context. And so we're absolutely seeing, you know, everything honestly from financial services institutions looking to engage with us also in our new research innovation lab where we're engaging directly with financial services clients that are trying to work through this, you know, differentiation, right? Is it virtualization? Is it containerization? Is it even serverless? What is the right and most effective, you know, balance of how workloads are programmed and run for the next generation of banking? You know, Hilary, I've been doing a lot of interviews in the last decade. And it's been interesting to see the ascendancy of cloud, of course, but also the sort of the change in perception particularly in financial services in the early days of cloud, folks of them, cloud was an evil word, you know, the sea that should not be named. And so I want to understand if I'm, and of course COVID has also changed the perception, right? Because if you weren't digital and you didn't have cloud you couldn't really transact businesses as well and you didn't have that business resiliency. So what if I'm a financial services person now? Okay, through the knot hole, I want to get started. Where do I start? Yeah, you know, we'll call us first, but you know, past that, I think that, you know, the conversations, the first conversations that we're having with our clients are number one, do you have an architecture, right? So is cloud not just a place, like I like to say, but is cloud a plan? Is there an architectural plan to enable you to have consistency, for example, in your developer experience between your private cloud environment and your public cloud environment? Is architecturally are there those foundational choices around, you know, common services about being able to deploy capabilities in one location and, you know, develop them in another, et cetera. All those value propositions of, you know, what we have been creating around open shift and cloud packs and our public cloud and consistency across different environments and such. I think that's the first thing to start with, is architecting a cloud, not accidental usage of multiple environments, but architecting use of multiple environments. And then I think the second conversation is to make a security compliance plan that is going to be robust enough to withstand even the intense scrutiny of a regulated industry CCO and risk team. And so that's the other, you know, kind of foundational conversation that we're having with our clients and helping them with, right? So, you know, we can provide, you know, services and reference architectures and all that other kind of thing to enable them to stabilize, you know, planning on both fronts, see both architecturally for what cloud means in its entirety, not just a cloud, but in its entirety, all clouds, multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, et cetera. And then secondly, then, you know, a comprehensive security plan for that public cloud choice. And that's what we're, you know, really locking down with this policy framework is to enable standardization on that for public cloud. Well, you know, a lot of innovation for the financial services community, which is again your wheelhouse. I wrote a piece right around, think that IBM's, you know, future rests on its innovation agenda. And I'm glad you brought up the notion of private, public, and they're the whole hybrid thing because I see OpenShift as a key and Red Hat as a key enabler of that across whether it's cloud on-prem, edge across multiple clouds. That's an ambitious agenda, you know, as somebody who's responsible for cloud. You know, that is something that is real innovation and really differentiable, I think, in the marketplace and probably pretty expensive to build out across all those different platforms. Yeah, you know, it is, but I think on the word innovation, my mind, you know, as an IBMer goes to the IBM Research Division, right, thousands of researchers globally they've very much been a part of this journey with us, right? The journey with us on containerization, the journey on workload modernization from monoliths to microservices, the journey of our public cloud and now also very much a part of our work in financial services. So our research division is this incredible gift and asset that we have that is working with us also on our, you know, cloud security and compliance posture management that security and compliance control center that we're talking about in this announcement, et cetera. And so, you know, them being a part of this innovation stream for us is a really exciting part again of bringing together all these different pieces that IBM has to offer in this space to make it all stack up to be a cloud for financial services. I got a couple of little housekeeping items before we close here. This is announced for the US first, right? What about other regions? Is that, first of all, is that correct? And what about other regions? That's correct. And we are also announcing additional participation of global banking partners as well in this announcement. And so this is also again, our initial public statement of our expansion past the US. Last question. So just give us a glimpse of the future. Where do you want to be in a few years thinking about, let's say three years down the road, what's that outcome look like? Yeah, you know, I think that three years from now, you know, we would love to see, you know, that people are able to make a decision, you know, going back to your question about the line of business owners, right? Make a decision about what they're trying to accomplish with a workload and not be held back by security and compliance concerns in terms of putting that workload where it needs to be, where it will be most efficient and where it can be embraced by a set of cloud capabilities that enable it to move in a competitive pace forward, right? Infusing AI into everything that is done, you know, leveraging the latest in technologies and, you know, serverless computing and all these other kinds of things that can facilitate a line of business delivering more value. So that cloud really, you know, continues, but also realizes its promises in that chapter two version of the story, also for regulated industries and also for their mission critical workloads. Well, Hillary, good luck with this. I mean, congratulations on the progress that you've made really since you guys announced this late last year and really excited to see this start to take off. And you're a great guest. I love having you on. Thank you so much. Thanks so much for having me. Pleasure talking to you as always. All right, cheers. And thank you everybody for watching. This is Dave Vellante for theCUBE and we'll see you next time.


Thank you Mr. Speaker, thank you colleagues and let me say that I'm extremely happy to stand in this chamber this morning and to make my contribution to brief of course on the estimates of expenditure and revenue but of course I think it would be remiss of me Mr. Speaker if I did not take some time to attend just two important matters firstly Mr. Speaker I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family of Rufus Kodra who passed away a few weeks and was funeral was on Monday he was a celebrated gentleman who served this country for many years as an educator I had a distinct pleasure to visit Mr. Kodra a few months ago where he shared with me his thoughts on many developmental subjects I was also happy and can report how passionately and probably his book of his children and I'm not surprised of the achievement on how well did two are serving in Central Asian people in the education sector as well Mr. Speaker allow me to express gratitude to the many persons who reach out to me and my family during my recent ailment from the minute I felt the discomfort on that faithful Sunday up to now so many persons have prayed for me and continue to pray for me as much as I would like to single out everyone I fear I may unintentionally leave out name or two so just please permit me to thank a few groups of individuals and if in case I left out anyone I do apologize firstly I would like to thank Dr. Daniel and the staff the people at the Tapio Hospital for the effective care my prime minister cabinet colleagues members and staff of the parliament members of the Senbusha Labor Party members of the opposition the many members of the castries office constituency the staff of the Ministry of Equity and its supporting agencies my family my in-laws friends well-wishers and supporters for all the length and breadth of Senbusha and in the diaspora the medical team in Laminate Hospital in Martinique and Professor Dabo I also like to thank the special lady of Miss Allison Joseph our council general in Martinique for support and in a special way whereas I've spoken to my family I would like to single out my sister and her husband in Martinique my cousins and all my friends who reside in Martinique for coming by and supporting in a special way the Petitons SDA church my mother's home church in Martinique as well as some of the churches in Martinique who came by provide support and pray with me the therefore SDA church and all of the churches in castries southeast in particular pray with me and made representation one way or the other Mr. Speaker on assuming responsibility as minister I did not hesitate but to convene meeting with the Christian Council and all of the established religions on this island and I'm happy to report that all of the leaders of these various organizations our faith based organizations reached out and said and gave me the praise and the provided support I wish to thank them my dear wife Marcy and my loving daughters for the unwavering love and support you know I cannot words are not sufficient to speak to the support that I got from them and finally to God the giver of life all praises belong to him and I want to assure the people of castry southeast that I will continue to serve them with what is left of my heart for as long as God determines I will serve the people of castry southeast sometimes mr. Speaker just to reflect and just before the occurrence of what transpired on that Sunday I recall speaking to my wife and I said to her that if I am terminally ill while I am serving this in this parliament it will not be a secret and I do not want it to be anything that is of fear I told I would face the people and tell them exactly what is going on and if the doctor give me days I told her I will communicate to the constituent into solutions on a whole how much time I'm given the end of life is not to be happy nor to achieve pleasure as Martin Luther say but is to do God's will come with me and for this mr. Speaker I thank you for indulging me on the motion before this house mr. Speaker I wish to join this parliament and to register my support for the estimates of revenue and expenditure in the sum of one billion eight hundred and fifty six million seven hundred and nine thousand seven hundred seven hundred and nineteen thousand mr. Speaker I am particularly pleased with the increased I noted in for the ministry of equity social justice and empowerment and I wish to highlight that overall for the period 2020 to 2023 we receive 61 million in the estimates five five hundred and 13,000 dollars this year in the budget presented for 2023 2024 there's an increase to 76 million five hundred and three thousand nine hundred dollars the areas that I need to that is of importance to me and that requires focus as one area and I will speak in details when it gets to the policy debate is a graduation and an allocation for graduation for persons on public assistance mr. Speaker this is very important for the government and for the people of send motion for taxpayers it's important to note mr. Speaker that while we have allocated annually we continue to allocate 20 million dollars to support people on public assistance we do have on a waiting list 1500 persons that was a as of last year but it's not worrying for me but it's important to note that this num this number has increased to 2300 persons on a waiting list the allocation for graduation for graduation or to allow persons to exit public assistance for training for investment would assist significantly in allowing persons who need to be on public assistance get on while we continue to move persons who are able to do otherwise so I support the amount given and it's a new it's new there's not been done in the past and I'm happy that this prime minister is thinking of our vulnerable population by making this allocation the second area of support under the Ministry of Equity though it was a small amount it is for persons with disability I listen to my colleague member who spoke about farmers persons with disability trying to enter the agricultural business but importantly mr. Speaker we have not provided thorough analysis of disability or persons living with disability on this island and I believe that this financial year we will embark to do a thorough study to provide support to the organization with or to work with them so that we can have a database and understand disability in this in the money which it needs to be understood I am extremely happy that this year while I was on the hospital bed in Magnick I noticed that we received a container of wheelchairs from our Taiwanese and I was extremely blessed and I celebrated this a container of wheelchairs is also while while returning here on Sunday a friend a friend provided me with two motorized wheelchair which will be delivered I take them to St. Lucian will be delivered to the Donata school because there are some children there are some children who cannot be in the regular wheelchairs I wasn't working I wasn't working I wasn't working yeah but I'm happy that they would be receiving this two important wheelchairs and of course I was able to risk get some medication which I will hand over to the Minister of Health to provide some support to the senior people of disability again gifts so I welcome gifts that helps to augment the resources that we are receiving in the budget so that we could impact our vulnerable population another area that receives support and I was extremely happy in this estimate is the establishment of a juvenile center mr. Speaker you would have everybody is aware of what is happening at the Boy Street and Center and for the government for the Prime Minister to have allocated resources so that we could commence the designing so that by next year we could realize the implementation of a juvenile detention center for caring and protection of our young people I think is timely and I welcome this tremendously another area of investment that was not supported before community development receiving three quarters of a three quarters of a million dollars for after school program that has not happened in the past it was not funded and I'm happy in the context of what we are faced with that our Prime Minister can find resources so that we can now come back on having after school program in our various communities so that our children are engaged mr. Speaker the estimate reflects a philosophy of our Prime Minister who understands that we are not there to just to respond to crime and violence or to consider that communities are important only when things bad happen but the Prime Minister understand that when our communities are peaceful we need to go in cultivate and courage and consolidate the good things in our community that we do not allow it to become places first with crime and these is so there is investment made in the estimates under the Ministry of Equity I think is very profound it's deep it's timely and will only make contribute significantly to the well-being of all vulnerable population mr. Speaker let me briefly speak of the castry surface constituency and how the estimates will impact them mr. Speaker I'm of the opinion that any constituency can best be served if they are organized and this applies even more in a large or large constituencies the absence of functioning development committees and on selfish community leaders is necessary for effective representation in a people focus development mr. Speaker it happened that I was given oversight of the Ministry of Community Development and of course mr. Speaker I recognize that volunteerism is not as popular as it used to be before this makes community development work difficult and it makes management of a constituency even more difficult I am not and I've said it before I'm not there to compete with those who have served before me but to try to make a contribution to the development of the people that I represent and this means to some extent the completion of projects that are in the best interest of the people this is the context of how we this budget reserve the constituency one must understand what is the situation of castry surface currently I need to report mr. Speaker that following the works of the former MP there are in number of incomplete infrastructural projects in castry service in fact I ask whether it's a blessing or a curse but in the last year of elections road work started in Mark Capitol Hill you had lower belly forest yes and the fee and a lot of those projects were left unfinished and by nature's created a demand to have them completed while there are other needs that needs to be addressed and it is difficult the odd say HR HR DC I'm happy that it is completed now the back so HR DC is still ongoing under the DVRP project and of course you would still have a situation of viewing a series of containers on the banks of the river in Bexar which I have difficulty in completing or doing anything about it I'm hoping that we could find some way to resolve that problem of what the intention of all those containers meant previously additionally I need to inform the minister of housing that the proud project which started previously have left some areas in Bexar in complete some people unhappy some of the designs and it is what it was this was not under the auspices of the of the current minister responsible for proud but he inherited it design and work one going and mr. Speaker if you were to visit some parts of Bexar the incomplete nature of the proud interventions it is really sad what people are enjoying and of course it would make you feel unhappy what we've done mr. Speaker we have established and we have re-energized development committees in Tirochet, Wavin Pwasolabi, Bexar Bele Kulisa, Kulitown and the studies is ahead and efforts have been made to continue in this vein with the assistance from the social transformation officer and part of the development the community development unit of the ministry of equity we have established young leaders clubs in the constituency and of course I'm happy that the allocation on the community development which will be used for re-energizing and getting the after-school program can see these communities active and get our young people participating in developing themselves mr. Speaker the support from the constituency development program provided tremendous support understanding the importance of the future of our people and the contribution to a more equitable society we decided to invest in the development of our children for the engagement of a retired musician and this is going on well and we will continue with the CDP in ensuring that our children at preschools in castry's office are exposed to music at a very early age and this is this is deliberate this is purposeful and of course as I said this I am aware that the dr. Josima Henry foundation musical foundation in therefore is doing extremely well and we have developed quite a bit a few string musicians who are now performing and are making the family members making the churches proud as they continue to serve and develop this case all of these musical talent in the castry's office is being nurtured and I know I know that when as jazz is being funded that the minister responsible for the creative industry will see the need to host jazz in castry's office not to import musicians but to demonstrate the talent that we have in castry's office and we will not call it snow we have enough rivers we have enough rivers we have enough rivers we have enough rivers another area that we will continue to support under the constituency development program is the transportation of our people and of course through the benevolence of the embassy of the Republic of China Taiwan of course we know we have a 40 seater poster thank to the minister of local government for for handing over the kids to me but mr. speaker mr. speaker this poster whereas we smile has provided a service for the people of castry's office in a way that is unprecedented mr. speaker the driver of this bus happily accepted the job and happy that he asked for it but since he has taken that role to be the bus driver I do not think that he has had one day out of work because this bus is on working for the community taking the children across the constituency on every day of the week including Saturday and Sunday without a rootburn and it's the idea recognizing transportation is a public good and I I challenge I challenge other parliamentarians especially constipation constituencies like Schroeser and the other larger constituencies where you need to move your people around where children need to attend to activities within the constituency you know the that coaster has made the people happy they using it it is not color coded it is not in red it will never be an SLP coaster it is castry's surface coaster on the local government and I am really happy that this decision was taken and the transportation services will continue mr. speaker castry's office being the second largest constituency there's a demand for employment and a lot of our people are unemployed while we were able to provide employment for some of our people immediately after elections they are employed through the whole program they are employed on providing support at some statutory organizations some of fun work elsewhere as the economy start to pick up in the tourism I have registered based on my own count that we in castry's office have been able to see critical close to more than 70 persons finding employment after elections but the demands and the needs for employment of our people is significant and that is why I am happy that provision made on the CSME the program on the Ministry of Commerce where small business the idea of having persons to be entrepreneurs young people the youth economy that being finance is significant but of course the strategy to access and to ensure that certain persons you know have access and benefit from these initiatives needs to be it's need to be very strategic and that is why in discussion with the Minister for Commerce I am not just asking for persons from castry's office to go to the Department of Commerce or go to the youth economy but I'm using part of my constituency development program to invest in somebody who has the ability to train those persons beyond what the Ministry of Commerce is doing into small business developing the business plan and have a relationship with the Ministry that it they can receive approval of the business plan in a very critical way and that we do not put them through a bureaucratic process that they give up in actually accessing these things because when you have bureaucracy in place our people are hustlers they need to make some money for the day to care for the kids it's difficult for them to go and sit on a line waiting and therefore the idea of getting them or creating this change we fail because of the bureaucracy and the fact that our people need to continue to provide it for themselves so I have decided to use some of the resources on the CDP and to work with the Ministry of Commerce so that our people the names that I have those persons I see with that are serious about business I can actually provide them with that kind of psychosocial support hold their hands and anchor them and do like the former Minister do hunk of them into the business Minister Frederick did showed me how to do at sometime ensure that they stay and perform and they access the services that is needed Mr. Speaker an area of support that I'm happy that's funded and I know the Minister of Housing is that of housing of course we provided some housing support to our people and I am pleased that we did some housing assistance but of course castry surface if there's you could never have enough to serve castry surface and therefore I'm looking for more resources I'm looking for more support I am happy however on the DSSDF very soon the Minister for the Minister for for infrastructure minister through the the Department of Cronland's the Minister of Local Government will join to have a small ceremony for the opening of a duplex in castry surface because of course it provides a different arrangement with the church a third party Cronland's ensuring that somebody who is disabled will now find a place to rest their head and the church will be maintaining and managing this facility until the person passes on where somebody else will come on board I find this is novel it is a very low-cost intervention and I cannot wait for this ceremony to celebrate this and of course that we could replicate it elsewhere frauds and Lucia once we have a viable third party who is willing to partner with the government and Cronland's and in that case it is the same day Adventist Church who would be participating and of course there would be a formal signing of documents so that we register this in Cronland's to understand that it is the properties developed for the church but it is the government or Cron property and it is intended to be used for persons who would qualify as persons deserving of this so I am looking forward to more of this happening in next year's in this year's budget as it relates to infrastructure Mr. Speaker road safety we are waiting for the sidewalks in Bexor we are waiting for the speed bumps in Odessa, Bexor and in Tuapito we've had the side visits we need we cannot allow for another accident in Bexor again and then respond we must take steps to make this stretch of road coming from the bottom of the bad little it needs to become safer we have lost too many lives there and I'm asking the Ministry of Infrastructure to intervene we have a situation in Tuapito there are two churches and again vehicles going from Tuapito expect to pass there as if they were planes trying to take off the people living across living on the side of the road have asked for speed bumps to slow down traffic visitors been done by the Ministry of Infrastructure we are asking that this be considered in this year's budget as well as the pastor of the Pentecostal Church in Odessa he too have registered his concern for vehicles coming from Odessa onto the highway they have had some serious accidents vehicles do not slow down and sometimes children are coming from church we need to have traffic management signs there as well and I'm happy that the the member for me could spoke about the envelope that he that he has seen that the minutes the minutes the minister for infrastructure he has a special envelope and has spoken to what fraction of that envelope can lend support to me code in terms of roads live for you okay well he said it well he didn't he didn't see them yeah well I pray God that it multiplies because there are some in this again for me the road works in in Laquat to Odessa there was a sign on the the same month of election but of course there was no resources I would like to see this road since it was started by the previous MP I would like to see that it completed I think it's important that we complete projects that are started we need to finish it no no we need to we need to finish it I have no interest in discontinuing anything you know and my recent element tell me that you might as well finish it because you finish yourself so we need to finish the roads that are started there's a massive retaining wall I'm hoping that in Badni that that has collapsed and sex that situation is existing for some time it's really a nice all we need to finish it drainage we did some drainage in in the constituency but mr. speaker a draining castry surface all every dream seem to be a river or a vine and it's not like you could go into a small drain like a in a low-lying area it is massive the nature of the constituency and therefore I'm asking that on the well the disaster vulnerability reduction program I know it's coming to an end but of course we need to consider drainage as a serious on the ticket we need to scientifically look at how the amount of money is that we invest in the silting vis-à-vis what we can do in alleviating some of those problems so I would like to see the um well we embark on the West Coast road that we address the issue of this major culvert passing at the back of the full of the day care center in Kaldisa because it's very narrow and the water backs up into the community of Kaldisa and of course tying that flooding that takes place in the community with the poor sewage system and old sewage system that was given following maybe following emancipation when we started practicing subsistence farming in Kaldisa that sewage system still exists and whenever it rains our people in Kaldisa have to deal with flooding of sewage because the water backs up that cannot allow to exist in castry south-east the flooding in Bekso and Kaldisa of course is something that we we're dealing with for very long time but the idea of having a new bridge I think similar to what the Japanese did I think that is on the table we we need to consider the ferrins bridge and the Cronlands bridge at it as soon as possible because we know that we deal with the issue of of the infrastructure needs of the constituency the other area that I have I think the the prime minister has the prime minister has given me everything that I asked for he's given me everything that I've asked for the prime minister because the prime ministers the prime minister well the prime minister knows one thing in Christian values is better to give them to receive and I need to continue the prime minister to encourage him to continue given because it's the right thing to do but the issue of community centers for for for me so important and when I speak of community centers I'm not talking about HRDCs I personally believe that HRDCs are too lavish they too they too costly to maintain I need a place I need places in the constituency where people can just sit and have a meeting I do not like to sit in mark and have a meeting by a room shop for example or to congregate in a room shop or place where it's not conducive for a mother to come and sit with a child so I'm not asking for HRDCs I'm asking for basic halls centers where persons can have a conversation and there's a demand for it and one the one that was developed by Geese Industries and was handover by Geese Industries in Calisa we need to spend it hundred thousand dollars and retrofit it and give the people a proper place because that's where the after-school program is big is being held that's where they raise in funds for many years we've cleared the site in mark we need a small building that will not take 300 thousand dollars first of all meeting we need to do this and of course anywhere else they can wait down the road so yes community centers are important because community centers makes it possible to organize people engage people so that you could leave development that is people focus recreational facilities also are very important for castry service the minister of sports is not here but apart from the backs of playing field and a small growing belly the second largest constituency on the island has no other plane facilities think of it the second largest population of constituency there's only the backs of playing field and a belly ground and everywhere else forest here no that's saffa louis grounds well fence that's saffa louis that's not so there's only backs of playing field and when it floods backs of playing field is no longer available there's no other playing field abused under the CDP program to light up a small ground in Calisa a community ground where you have people playing sports and mr. speaker just imagine there's a small ground almost half the size of a court in bad and on afternoon you would find a hundred young men playing small bowls you know what they call side out and when it's humbling to see so many young men recreating on a small area like this a private owner called me from Senkwai and said hey I know what's happening on my land that's okay but there's no place for young people to recreate in castry service and it is one of the concerns that I have and it's a matter that I continue to lament assets for constituency where the population is what is needed and I think that needs to be given consideration so I'm expecting in this financial year that we could find a court for cool it down a multipurpose court because the children crossing that highway to go across into the member member for castry soft cut playing field the older ones can do it but it is dangerous to see children crossing that highway in rosa to go across to marigold to recreate there's no place in cool it down for recreation there's no place in bad there's none it in mark my producing cricketers there's none in for club there's none in kubaril there's none in Peru there are 41 communities in castry soft it's big so and belly is the only place you could find playgrounds it is large and it is not served properly so mr. Speaker this is the nature of life in castry soft is and that is why mr. Speaker I will always try my best to do what I can as it relates to livelihood I'm happy that the minister for tourism under the community tourism has now identified laugh what what he's I is not building a hotel but whatever that has been conceptualized I know we'll do well for the community of lack point terms of the improvement of what is happening on this at the junction there and of course it will improve livelihoods yes I want his land yes as it relates to other forms of livelihood mr. Speaker the national abattoir was destroyed or was abundant was abundant castry soft is probably have more butchers than you thought is that the case I do not know but there are many butchers in castry soft is mark in particular new if you travel through back so and the practice for for slaughter is not healthy and in 2023 I think is really back also we need to find place to ensure that these people do not only sell death the the the meets in the central market as to all the operate but we need to create market space for subsistence farming in castry soft is the only land I see available for a market in castry soft is which I hope to pursue is in castry soft when you have a lot of flooding taking place in castry soft is like some mighty countries do what you want conquer land elsewhere you know so I am not looking to go into Ukraine I'm not doing like mr. Putin but I'm going to see if I can get land in castry soft to assist people in castry soft is so any territorial dispute I think the member for castry soft must sit in the context of development land and what is happening in larger countries so so we need to negotiate that and I know the prime minister who gives me everything I ask will give me London castry soft you will give me London castry soft to be the market let me let me not take more time here but to to speak to the issue that mr. speaker the Ministry of Equity and the services that it has provided that it provides to people on the island castry soft is in a serious way as benefitted the burial support that this government has made available to Central Asians has reached support to many persons the medical support that persons receive I see every now and then someone from castry soft is benefit on behalf of the constituency of castry soft is I wish to express my thanks to the prime minister for this budget what he has done in the past and what he continues to do and of course I know that modern food vouchers modern the assessment or the need for a new juvenile and detention center for caring for young people what I see out of this budget is caring and not the occasional attitude towards giving something when there's a problem but in this budget streams a flow of care that is continuous that will outlive this any government that comes into power so the concern and for people in this budget like I said it's not occasional putting people first is not just a doctrine it is what we believe in what we have been doing what we continue to do and what we what our people will experience from henceforth as St. Lucia moved to become a better place for all its citizens thank you very much everyone


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