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The National Bank of Anguilla Limited has entered into a partnership with the Anguilla Tourist Board as the Official Bank of the Tranquillity Jazz Festival over a three-year period and has made an initial donation of US$50,000.

Wednesday, October 13, was graduation day for 117 Fifth Form students at the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School in Anguilla. The theme of the graduation ceremony was Flying Higher, Reaching Further.

Some dates have been changed, like the time when Dash-8 aircraft should resume operations at Wallblake Airport in Anguilla (from October 16 to November 1), but December 17 is still the target date for the completion of the runway. “There are some challenges ahead, but we can get pass them,” Kenn Banks, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications, Utilities and Housing, told a press briefing on Tuesday, October 5.

Teachers in Anguilla were told at the beginning of a week of activities that their task was a heavy burden, but they should not give up.

Police in Anguilla announced on Tuesday, October 5, that a man was charged in connection with the murder of Jamida Webster of Island Harbour on or about March 13, 2003.

McGill University trained Anguillian Physician, Dr. Clyde Laurian Bryan, is now serving the people of the island at his Alantic Star Center of Medical Excellence at South Hill. The Internist opened his private practice on October 1, after completing a one-year contract with the Health Authority of Anguilla.

The Health Authority of Anguilla sees the Welches Polyclinic as a showpiece of its efforts to provide a reliable system of non-emergency health care services to patients at the district level and outside the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Mr. Peter Kennett, the British-born detective leading the investigations into three murders and one disappearance in Anguilla, has assured the people of the island that he will do his very best to resolve the tragic cases.

A new political party has been announced to contest the general elections in Anguilla constitutionally due next year.

Caribbean Juris Chambers, one of the leading law firms in Anguilla, celebrated its 21st Anniversary on Friday September 24, with a lavish party for staff, friends, colleaques and members of the general public.

The people of Anguilla and other islands served by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court are to see a re-structuring of the Magistrates’ Courts, according to Acting Chief Justice, Adrian Saunders.

Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming and Minister of Finance Victor Banks attended the Sixth Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) held in London on September 21 and 22. The meeting was hosted by Bill Rammel the Overseas Territories Minister and attended by Chief Ministers and senior politicians from the British Overseas Territories, including the Premier of Bermuda and Councillors from St Helena and the Falkland Islands. The only territory not represented was the Cayman Islands, due to the recent hurricane disaster.

Shanghai, China – The Anguilla financial services industry was in the spotlight at the Asia Offshore 2004 Conference held September 14 - 17 in Shanghai and hosted by the Asia Pacific Offshore Institute (APOI). The theme for this year’s conference was “A Brave New World – Investing Into and Keeping Abreast with the Offshore Financial World”.

Psoriasis (pronounced sore-i-ah-sis) is a common and chronic condition that affects millions of people worldwide. This disorder can cause severe emotion and physical impact on individuals with it. Although there is no cure, many of the symptoms can be controlled with treatment.

Cable & Wireless’ Business Unit in Anguilla has donated EC$5,000 and 500 exercise books to the Education Department for the schools on the island. The donation was made as part of the company’s philanthropic objectives under its new Foundation recently announced in St. Lucia.

In a historic signing ceremony at the Ministry of Infrastructure Communications and Public Utilities, the Public Utilities Commissiontoday issued Weblinks Limited the first telecommunications license inAnguilla’s recently liberalized telecommunications market. Weblinks, alocally owned telecommunications company since 1999, won the competitive bid for the license in December 2003, beating out DigiCel. A second license was won by Wireless Ventures (Anguilla) Ltd. in April 2004.

The Anguilla Government and the private sector have joined the rest of the region in contributing to the relief and recovery efforts being made to assist the people of Grenada following the devastation by Hurricane Ivan. The Spice Island took a severe pounding from the hurricane which left a trail of destruction and death in its wake.

The recently-implemented security system at Blowing Point Port, where hundreds of people pass through daily between Anguilla and St. Martin, is going relatively smoothly with the cooperation of all persons. The only exception is that some times a shortage of staff has made it difficult to man all the areas of work.

Cap Juluca Hotel in Anguilla has won the special destination wedding competition hosted by NBC, one of America’s leading television networks. The local resort emerged winner after one week of voting, via the internet, for four finalists selected from among some 100 competing properties in the United States and Canada. The three other finalists were Le Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City, Canada; Lake Placid in New York State and Biltmore Estate in Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina.

Members of the flight crew and local staff of the American Eagle stood outside the last of the ATR-42 aircraft to fly into Wallblake Airport in Anguilla on Tuesday, September 7, in a gesture of farewell, as tourists and other passengers boarded the plane for San Juan, Puerto Rico. While it taxied down the shoulder of the runway for take-off two fire trucks, positioned on either side, showered an arc of water overhead in salute to the airline for its service to Anguilla which began in November 1986.