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Glenn Smith carefully eased himself into a partial upright position to avoid pulling against his right leg affixed to his bed frame as he nursed a fractured hip at his Cauls Bottom residence and spoke about his plight.

The Health Authority of Anguilla and a team of professionals from Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown, New York, are elated over a partnership in which medical and nursing personnel on the island have undergone an excellent period of training in Laparoscopic Surgery. Further, they are pleased that between Monday and Wednesday, March 3-5, seven operations were performed on patients who were able to leave the Princess Alexandra Hospital within a short time of the specialised procedures.

The Task Force of the Royal Anguilla Police Service is engaged in a series of high visibility patrols throughout the island in relation to the various gangs, in an effort to prevent fighting among them.

“The people can only shout on the radio but when they should take a public stand, they chicken out,” said a disappointed Percy Thomas.

The National Bank of Anguilla received its first public commendation for having achieved one billion dollars in assets when members of the Board of Directors and Staff attended the divine service at Bethel Methodist Church on Sunday, March 2.

The media was invited to the Probation Department to hear about the new community outreach campaign and to witness the handing over of checks provided by local businesses to purchase lawnmowers on Monday March 3 at 9 am. Chief Probation Officer Mrs. Johnson-Carty explained that the programme is intended to provide more opportunities for those who have been remanded to community service by the court to complete their hours.

Two UK students are currently in Anguilla, for two months, conducting research that will form part of their PhD thesis.

There are many ant nest mounds everywhere across Anguilla. It is amazing how tiny creatures can amass so much soft soil, sometimes from extremely hard areas of earth, to protect their swarming colonies of workers, soldiers, queens and other castes.

“Some people boast that they have had nine boats. I have had one and this is the boat,” says Richard West of Charm III, a fifty feet long Alden Schooner, originally built in 1925 in Sweden. She is a graceful, beautiful and impressive old lady. Richard, and his wife Maryse, clearly love her dearly.

The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) in conjunction with Anguilla’s aviation regulator, Air Safety Support International (ASSI) held a two-day training course covering Air Accident Response at the Paradise Cove Resort on 28 and 29 February.

Members of the media were invited to HM Prison on Wednesday March 5 to view some of the art work made by 18 prisoners who participated in a ceramics and pottery class. Adam Azaire was the main teacher and the students benefited greatly from his expertise.

The Anguilla House of Assembly met on Tuesday, February 19, for one of its shortest and non-controversial meetings in recent times.

A consultative meeting was held at the Teachers’ Resource Centre on Tuesday, February 19, to discuss a Master Plan for a state-of-the-art Government Building to cutback on large sums of money over the years on the rented accommodation.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Illidge Richardson, and Sergeant Randolph Yearwood, appeared at Wednesday’s press briefing to report on various incidents against law and order which occurred in Anguilla during the period February 13-20.

After several days before the Anguilla High Court, sitting in its criminal jurisdiction, a case of murder ended on Monday afternoon, February 18, with Justice Janice George-Creque handing down a sentence of life-imprisonment for 18-year-old Delano Smith. He was found guilty by the Jury who presented their 8 to 1 verdict to the court.

Anguilla is well underway to handling the training needs of its own people and to give them a sense of pride and achievement while they remain on the island serving in various fields of employment. Their employers, who recognise the benefits of the training to their establishments are, like their workers, being commended for their active participation in the programmes by the Community College Development Unit which is hoping to add other courses to the available list.

At a press briefing at Telecoms House in The Valley on February 19 at 9:30 am, executives of Cable and Wireless Anguilla met with Principal of the Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School (Ingrid Lake0, Rollins Richardson of the Sports Directorate and members of the media.

John (Bob) Rogers is a well-respected Anguillian. He has made his mark on the development of Anguilla from the years preceding and during the 1967 Revolution and up to this present time.

Donna Rosell, owner and designer of Donna del Sol, comprising several luxury duty-free jewellery stores in the neighbouring French and Dutch islands and Southampton, has reported a successful trunk show at Malliouhana Hotel and Spa. She was present at the showcasing of her latest collection at the Resort’s up-market boutique on the evenings of February 17 and 18.

Art lovers in Anguilla, including residents and visitors, were treated this week (from Sunday to Wednesday), to an extraordinary exhibition by local craftswoman, Irenee Edwards of Sandy Ground. The exhibition was mounted at the wallblake House.