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Fellow Anguillians, it is my duty as Supervisor of Elections to ensure that the elections on Monday 15th February are conducted orderly and fairly. It is my duty to ensure that voters and candidates are conversant with the electoral process and are aware of their rights and of their obligations. It is only through a knowledge of the process, and of those rights and obligations, that elections could proceed smoothly with minimum difficulties and disruptions.

The Sunshine Theatre Company reinstated its Annual Awards Banquet at the Anguilla Great House on February 6, after an absence of three years, because of commitments in the region and in Africa.

The ceremony was chaired by Joyce Kentish-Elan, a longstanding member of the Sunshine Theatre Committee. The first to be awarded was Leroy Richardson (Brother Lee), Senior Environmental Health Officer, musician, song writer, talk show host, cultural worker and Managing Director of Kool FM Radio.

As administrative agent on behalf of and at the direction of the lenders holding the first lien loan encumbering the Temenos project owned by Flag Luxury Properties (Anguilla) LLC, Credit Suisse has appointed a receiver with effect from 1st February 2010.

Robert Bradshaw was not the first leader of the workers’ struggle on St. Kitts-Nevis. Before Bradshaw there were working-class champions such as Frederick Solomon, Joseph Nathan, Thomas Manchester, Edgar Challenger, and Charles Halbert. These men had travelled beyond St. Kitts-Nevis and encountered consciousness raising experiences such as Garvey’s Back to Africa Movement, African Nationalism, labor unionism, and radical intellectualism. On their return to St. Kitts-Nevis with their new found education and new ways of seeing the world, it was these men who laid the foundation for radical social transformation in St. Kitts-Nevis.

The Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Associaon (AHTA) grasped the opportunity to thank longstanding and outgoing board member, Mr. Fred Thompson, for his valuable dedication to the board, at their recently held board meeting, he first for the year 2010.

On Saturday, February 6, the entire staff of the National Bank of Anguilla Ltd dedicated personal time to hear a presentation of their most recent survey results, followed by a workshop to review the reports in full detail.
Mr. E Valentine Banks, Chief Executive Officer of National Bank, remarked, “In these challenging times, we know much is expected of us. We would like to express our gratitude to every customer who took the time to take our recent survey and to have shared their candor.”

A new home offering caring services for the elderly has been officially opened in Anguillla, the third such facility on the island. It is Rose Woods Centre Ltd., located at White Ground, Sandy Hill.

The home, which is to become fully-operational by next month, had its ceremonial opening on Sunday, February 7. The ceremony was attended by a large number of invited guests including residents in the surrounding areas.

A series of search and rescue courses are now being held in Anguilla under the theme “so that others may live.” The training resulted from consultations between the Essential Services Sub-Committee of the National Disaster Management Committee and the Department of Disaster Management over the past year.

Dr. DL Murphey and four student doctors from newly established St. James School of Medicine in Anguilla have begun an intensive eight-week research project with the Anguilla World Cup Women’s football team coached by Teacher Collin. With the kind permission of Mr. Gerschard, Dr. Murphey and SJSM student doctors Bayaa, Drake, Milano and Khaimchayev began the Hamstring Stretch Protocol with the World Cup team on Thursday, Feb 4.

Oil paintings and water colours of talented French artist Antoine Chapon are currently being shown at the Devonish Gallery. The exhibition opened on Saturday February 6 with a large number of residents and tourists attracted to the event.

In addition to loving what he does as a Physician, Dr. Clyde Bryan, of Atlantic Star Group, at South Hill, is finding much pleasure growing pumpkins in his backyard – and big ones at that.

The Department of Environment commenced its implementation of the Biodiversity and Heritage Act (2009) with a focus on the Nomination Process for the Fountain Cavern to be inscribed on the United Nations’ World Heritage List of Historical Sites.

When children are sexually abused, there are multiple traumatic effects:
 fear,
 nightmares,
 depression and other mental health problems, such as phobias, anxiety and/or feelings of low-self esteem,
 sexually transmitted diseases including HIV,
 hostility and victimization;
 physical injuries and
 self destructive behaviours, including suicide.

A fifteen-year dream by an Anguillian national of a tourism project, called Etasian Resort, is now coming to fruition in Anguilla. The ground-breaking ceremony at the site, located on ten acres of land between the Anguilla Great House and CuisinArt Resort and Spa, was held on Tuesday this week, February 2.

Part of the success of the just-ended 38th Anniversary of the Royal Anguilla Police Force was that three members of the community were major winners of the raffles which were among the various Police Week activities.

The Department of Environment in Anguilla has set out to educate the public on the threat to the island’s landscapes and seascapes by a number of alien invasive species. The lunch time meetings have been appropriately dubbed “the Brown-Bag Lunch Presentations” taking about 20 minutes.

Police in Anguilla are investigating four cases of burglary which have added to a spate of similar crimes already being looked into.

It is with deep sorrow and regret that the sudden passing of a husband, father, brother, uncle, godfather and friend, Mr. David Leroy Bryan (also known as Feddie) of Stoney Ground, is announced. He died at the age of 44 years on Sunday 31st January 2010 at 12:15 am at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Anguilla.

The Deputy Governor’s Office is pleased to announce that in an effort to make the Official Gazette more accessible it is now being made available electronically. The Official Gazette is an official publication of the Government of Anguilla and its contents include Government, Statutory, Liquidation and other notices. Bills and Acts also regularly form part of the Official Gazette.

At 75, Mabel Gumbs, of The Quarter, Anguilla, is one of the oldest nationals continuing a tradition of food culture and arts and crafts which is being handed down, to some extent, to the younger generation and is often celebrated. Her dedicated work has not gone unrecognised, as she has bene the recipient of a number of awards. The latest honour bestowed on her was initiated by the Anguilla Creative Arts Association (ANCAA), of which she has been a longstanding member, in collaboration with the Department of Youth and Culture.