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There has been little or no delay to commence paying Anguillian suppliers of goods and services to the former owner of the Flag/Temenos golf course project. The payments are being made by Mr. Leandro Rizzuto of CuisinArt Golf Resort and Spa, who now owns that property.

The Anguilla Government is pursuing an undertaking it gave to revisit the island’s cruise policy and a number of other policies associated with tourism.

Eight “serious crimes” were reported by Police in Anguilla during the period January 25 to February 1. Among them were four burglaries at Island Harbour, The Valley, South Hill andCannifist. The stolen items included a BlackBerry cellular phone; five-gallon buckets of paint, kitchen cabinets, a passport and jewelry.

Over 270 students from the Adrian T. Hazell Primary School, and its Kindergarten Section, were presented with awards on Tuesday evening, January 31, for outstanding performance in classroom work. The occasion, at Bethel Methodist Church, was the First Annual Dorothy Hughes Academic Award Ceremony.

The newly-appointed Registrar at the Anguilla Circuit of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Ms. Vernette S. Richardson, has assumed her new duties after serving as Crown Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers.

Anguilla’s Director of Environment, Karim V. D. Hodge, is the 24th recipient of the 2011 Euan P. McFarlane Award for Outstanding Environmental Leadership in the insular Caribbean. His selection was announced in a press release by Vice President of Island Resources Foundation, Judith Ann Towle, who is also chairperson of the McFarlane Award Committee.

Deion Richardson, an Anguillian cyclist, who was seriously injured in a shooting incident, returned home on Tuesday afternoon from Florida where he had been receiving treatment at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

A fishing trip, some six miles in the area of Prickly Pear, one of Anguilla’s offshore cays, has left two Anguillian families relieved, but a third family bearing the brunt of the loss of one of its members.

Among the events which kept Road Bay busy during Sunday, January 29, was the arrival of a French cruise ship, Club Med 2. On board were 308 passengers, many of whom came ashore and were taken on tours to several parts of Anguilla.

A quantity of marijuana, cocaine and crack cocaine, confiscated by the Police and submitted as evidence against a number of offenders, has been destroyed by the Magistrate’s Court in Anguilla.

CuisinArt Golf Resort and Spa has donated US$2,500 to the Princess Alexandra Hospital towards the purchase of a Blood Gas Analyser. The equipment will allow health personnel to quickly analyse a patient’s condition rather than losing time by having to wait for results from doctors in St. Martin.

The Anguilla Chamber of Commerce and Industry has contributed US$3,000 towards a scholarship fund set up by the Anguilla Community College for a deserving student to pursue an Associates Degree in Business Administration there.

One of Anguilla’s most senior and experienced Barristers, Mr. John Benjamin, has been appointed Acting High Court Judge and assigned to the Nevis Circuit of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

One of the highlights of Police Week 2012 was the Senior Citizens’ Lunch, which considered the largest of all lunches held over the years. It was held in the basement area of Police Headquarters on Friday, January 27.

The Italia, the new up-market restaurant at the 5-star CuisinArt Golf Resort, was the venue for the formal Dinner, Ball and Award Ceremony which climaxed Police Week and the observance of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Royal Anguilla Police Force on Saturday, January 28.

Two of the three winners of the raffles held by the Royal Anguilla Police Force, as part of its 40th Anniversary, turned up for their prizes outside Police Headquarters on Wednesday.

After her legal education in the United States and the United Kingdom, Anguillian Kristy A. Richardson, of West End, was admitted to the Anguilla Bar as a Barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Anguilla Circuit) on Thursday, January 26.

Social Security in Anguilla is in the process of celebrating its 30th Anniversary with a programme of activities. The observance began with a religious service at the World Harvest Assembly at Little Harbour on Sunday, January 29.

Five young and capable Anguillian chefs arrived at Veya Restaurant on Sunday January 29th at four pm, dressed in Chef whites and ready to stake their claim to a spot on the Culinary Team. When the dust settled and the judges presented their first and second place winners, it was Justin Hughes and Jordel Gumbs, with Claudio Gumbs, Leonardo Vanterpool, and Matima taking the last three spots.

It was confirmed by the Governor’s Office on Tuesday, January 24, that the legal opinion of Mr. Anthony Astaphan, S.C. of Dominica,on reductions from the salaries of public servants, had been received by the Anguilla Government.