Business

The National Bank of Anguilla Ltd is the 2006 recipient of Good Corporate Citizen Awards in Sports Development, Financial Literacy and Awareness and Preservation of the Environment.

This week, Cable and Wireless in Anguilla observed its 35th Anniversary with a series of activities.

Sunday 29 October 2006 will mark 35 years since Cable & Wireless began providing telecommunications service to the people of Anguilla. It is also the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Regional Contact Centre.

National Bank of Anguilla Ltd. is proud to introduce its newest Savings Product – The NBA Education Savings Account. At NBA we recognize that having a good education is essential in today’s society, but how do you afford it? We can help you do this with an Education Savings Account. This account is designed to help parents, grandparents, relatives and friends save for a loved one’s tertiary education and it is never too early to start.

Cap Juluca is gearing up for the 2006-2007 tourism season and putting the finishes touches on a US$2.5 million facelift in time for the resort’s grand reopening on October 28th.

Mr Carl Irish, Resident Manager & Chief Service Officer of Altamer Resort, just returned from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Irish studied and completed a one month certification in Hospitality Management. This course of study was a well rounded program consisting of Financial Management, Human Resources, Strategic Marketing, Managerial Behavior and Team Effectiveness, Revenue Management and Operations Decision Making.

Meet Anderson Cumberbatch the new Corporate Sales Manager for Digicel Anguilla. From the island of Barbados, Anderson was previously employed by Microsoft MSN (Barbados) as retention supervisor before being employed by Digicel.

As part of its customer appreciation service, Fair Play Food Center announced its monthly draw and lucky winner on Wednesday this week.

West Indies, 3 May, 2006 -- Today Cable & Wireless announced a new roaming proposition that makes roaming simpler and easy to use for all bmobile customers. With the new rates, mobile customers can call home from the most popular travel destinations for as little as 25 cents US a minute, and the longer they talk, the cheaper it gets.

Sunday, 02, April 2006, St. John’s, Antigua: A spectacular ceremony of the Re-hanging of the Shingle, blessing and dedication of The Practice of Messrs. Lake & Kentish was attended by numerous Anguillian and Antiguan friends and family, regional dignitaries and Eastern Caribbean Bar members.

Caribbean Commercial Bank (CCB) has launched its latest product, the “CCB Computer Loan” offer with which customers can receive—with no annual fee charge, the bank’s Internet Banking Service for the rest of 2006.

Digicel generously donated paint and supplies for the beautification of the Albena Lake Comprehensive High School’s exterior wall.

A number of public and private sector officials in finance and banking, as well as media representatives in Anguilla, joined their counterparts in the other member territories of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank on January 12, for a live video presentation by Governor Sir K. Dwight Venner.

In Anguilla, ten persons have won EC$500.00 each in the Christmas Sweepstakes held by Western Union in celebration of its 10th Anniversary.

Digicel in Anguilla is supporting the local section of the Praiseville Gospel Tour 2006, a regional tour featuring local and international gospel artistes. On Friday January 13 Digicel presented a cheque for US$5000.00 to Prince (Mervyn Hanley), the organizer of the local segment of the show that is being held at the Landsome Bowl on February 25.

From this week, the Caribbean Commercial Bank began a campaign in which members of the public are being invited to take advantage of the benefits of its E-Access Internet Banking Service.

Kingston, Jamaica January 9, 2005, - Digicel Group, the fastest growing mobile telecommunications operator in the Caribbean, announced today its intention to aggressively grow and expand in 2006 to broaden its Pan-Caribbean wireless network into new regions and services.

Anguillian Attorney-at-Law, Alex Richardson, has moved to new offices located on the top floor of the Babrow Building in The Valley (above Digicel). His law practice, Alex Richardson & Associates, was previously located in the NBA Corporate Building.

With the start of the New Year, Cable and Wireless in Anguilla has introduced a further reduction in mobile phone rates and for international direct dialed calls on its pre and postpaid services.

Digicel’s Country Manager in Anguilla, Vanessa Slowey, has described the telecommunications company as “the monopoly-breaker in the region,” having entered the Caribbean four years ago and launched its service in Jamaica where, in one year, it broke records.