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At the end of the Cable and Wireless-sponsored 17th Annual Primary School Spelling B Competition on Tuesday night, May 17, Stoney Ground School emerged with an almost perfect record winning 39 out of a total of 40 points. The school, which came second last year, thus won the championship trophy held by Valley Primary and was awarded the first prize of US$1,000.

Anguilla is to benefit from the posting of Mr Roger Bellers, Disaster Management Adviser for the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, to Anguilla for one year. He is the adviser for all the Overseas Territories and has visited many of them. He was recently in the Turks and Caicos Islands for more than two years and prior to that in the British Virgin Islands.

An oral health survey conducted in Anguilla shows that there is a need to strengthen the island’s dental services by implementing a stronger prevention programme particularly for children.

As the need for better qualified persons in the public and private sectors of Anguilla increases, a considerable amount of interest has been shown in new opportunities for higher education being introduced on the island.

With the fast pace of development on the island and the increasing need for a dedicated and satisfied workforce, the Anguilla Government is making an aggressive effort to ensure that the working environment between employers and employees is a smooth and cooperative experience.

As Anguilla continues to measure up to the challenges of globalisation, another step has been taken to underscore its commitment to good business practices and development. This time it has done so through a one-day seminar and discussion forum on Corporate Governance held at Paradise Cove on Tuesday, April 26.

Anguilla is to follow a developing pattern in a new approach by the criminal justice system to deal with persons coming into conflict with the law and to find an alternative for them rather than prison.

The Anguilla Government is to appoint an independent consultant to undertake research and to recommend a National Minimum Wage for workers in Anguilla. This was announced by Chief Minister and Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Osbourne Fleming.

Some 300 athletes and game officials will be participating in the Leeward Islands Youth Track & Field Championships to be held at the James Ronald Webster Park in Anguilla during the period April 30 – May 1.

The Inauguration of the Ninth House of Assembly in Anguilla began with a stormy session on Tuesday, April 12, in the presence of one of the largest audiences seen there in recent times. The situation arose following the nomination of David Carty as Speaker by Chief Minister and Leader of Government Business, Osbourne Fleming.

The following is a press release issued on Tuesday April 5 by the Attorney General’s Chambers stating that the Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the Government in the Airport Case.

Catholics and many other persons in Anguilla have joined milling throngs around the world in following the events surrounding the death of Pope John Paul II, plans for his funeral on Friday (April 8) and arrangements for his succession in due course.

A large number of Anguillian students from the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School turned up for a week-long Caribbean Healthy Lifestyles Workshop this week.

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman: Hurricane watchers in the Caribbean are expressing serious concern over what many consider a “ gloomy and worrying” forecast which has been presented by noted climatologist William Gray, for the 2005 hurricane season.

The target date for the opening of the18-hole Greg Norman Championship Golf Course in the Rendezvous area of Anguilla, is November 21. That’s just about at the start of the 2005/2006 tourism season.

The three-man Public Service Integrity Board is now set to investigate conflicts of interest among the 700-strong government employees. In addition to being armed with the legislation that created it, and led to its appointment by the Governor in October last year, the Board is now circulating an awareness leaflet outlining its functions. The publication, which also sets out guidelines for the civil service, will be sent to each employee and will be available to members of the public as well.

Anguillians and nationals of other British Overseas Territories have the opportunity to live and work in Britain and other European States, two of the facilities being the European Passport and British citizenship.

If all goes as planned by the Government, there will be two women in the Anguilla Houe of Assembly which is scheduled to meet in a general inaugural session on April 11 or 12. This is according to Chief Minister, Osboune Fleming.

Young people in Anguilla who have been clamouring for a car racing track are now having their dreams fulfilled. The Executive Council has given its approval to the idea and is to make available an area of land west of the Corito landfill site for this purpose.

A strong call has been made for women on the island to be appointed to all three posts of Speaker, First and Second Nominated Members in the Anguilla House of Assembly. The demand was made at the opening ceremony of a workshop held at the Tourist Board’s conference room on Tuesday, March 8, in observance of International Women’s Day.