Local News

A number of persons from the public and private sectors in Anguilla met at Paradise Cove on Monday, April 3, in a national consultation on the revised St. George’s Declaration (SGD) of Principles for Environmental Sustainability in the OECS.

The Anguilla Electricity Company (ANGLEC) is substantially upgrading its power plant with the addition of two massive state-of-the-art generators to meet the growing needs of the island.

The Caribbean Commercial Bank has donate EC$5000 to assist the All Ah Wee Young Theatre players to travel to and perform in New York. The cheque was presented to Miguel Franklin, one of the performers, on Tuesday, March 28, by Talitha Webster, Treasurer of CCB’s Trendsetters Social Club and Debit Card Officer.

The 2005/06 board members elected to serve the ‘Kids for the Future’ and ‘Best End’ Junior Optimist Clubs were recently officially installed in their various offices by Optimist Avon Carty, Lieutenant Governor of Zone 13 of the Caribbean District of Optimist International.

Mr. Rhon Connor, an Anguillian student currently enrolled in the University of Exeter in Cornwall England has returned to the island to conduct a study on the Giant African Snails.

Twenty-eight new members were added to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Anguilla when they underwent a public baptism at the Forest Bay on Saturday, March 25.

The Anguilla Tennis Academy has launched a Founding Members Club for a limited number of individuals and villa rented properties. Such members will be provided with a wide range of usage benefits and will be part of the initial sponsorship group to establish the Academy.

The two athletes and four cyclists who represented Anguilla at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, returned home this week having been exposed to much competition and gained a tremendous amount of experience.

Family and friends in Anguilla received the sad news of the passing of Michael Hughes, in Toronto, Canada, on Sunday, March 26.

The Attorney General, the Honourable Ronald Scipio, will be attending the 15th United Kingdom Overseas Territories Attorneys General Conference in Bermuda from 4th to 6th April 2006. The Conference is hosted annually in alphabetical order by the UK Caribbean Overseas Territories under the Chairmanship of the Attorney General of England and Wales, The Right Honourable Lord Goldsmith Q.C. The 2005 Conference was hosted by Anguilla.

The Honourable Kenneth Harrigan, Minister of Infrastructure, and a delegation attended the Formal Presentation of Catergory One Status to the OECS by the United States Federal Avation Authority (USFAA).

On Friday, March 24, Patrick Webster of Island Harbour took five visitors on a half day charter that included the men of the Suter (Mitch, Andy and Mike) and Kritter (Tim and Charlie) families of Madison, Wisconsin. When a giant Wahoo hit the tow bait the fishing reel screamed zing-zing-zing-zing-zing and startled everyone.

The Constitutional and Electoral Reform Commission in Anguilla, has tasked itself with completing the initial draft of its recommendations by April 4, beginning village consultative meetings on April 8 and submitting its final report to Executive Council by June 2.

A group of prison inmates in Anguilla posed with delight for a press photograph this week as they prepared for a Small Business Basic Skills workshop being delivered under the auspices of the Anguilla Development Board (ADB).

Digicel has become the new platinum sponsor of the Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant, which has been established by a group of organisers in Anguilla who formerly produced the Miss Leeward Islands Talented Teen Pageant.

The late Shane Fraites (22) of Old Ta, whose body was found at the foot of a cliff at a beach area in West End on March 6, was laid to rest at Sandy Ground Cemetery on Monday, March 20.

The recent stabbing death of Kwahmi Brooks of The Valley, a young man who regularly walked the streets and affected by certain challenges, has been highlighted as one of the violent crimes plaguing the Anguillian society.

Four persons travelling in two vehicles have escaped serious hurt in a collision on the Blowing Point Road.

Some young men from Island Harbour are continuing to find much pleasure in competitive fishing in the deep waters of Anguilla. So far, charter boat captain and ace fisherman, Patrick Webster, is maintaining the lead he set last week.

A new Attorney General is to be recruited in Anguilla to replace the current holder of the post, Mr Ronald Scipio. A release from the Governor’s Office said Mr Scipio gave notice to the Government on March 16 that he would not be renewing his contract for another two years when it expired on March 31, 2006.