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Young people, including students, from throughout the island, have heard a call from Professor Delroy Louden, of the Anguilla Community College, for the integration of entrepreneurship education into the schools’ curriculum at all levels from kindergarten to tertiary.

Radio Anguilla’s Information Officer, Felicia Hennis, has struck a mark of excellence not only as a noted and interactive participant in a recent journalism course, but by being the proud winner of a feature article and the prizes it offered.

Health care providers at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and Health Centres met at the Soroptimist Club’s Conference Room this week for a two-day workshop which dealt with sexually-transmitted diseases, as a separate concern from HIV/AIDS.

The electricity cost to operate the Princess Alexandra Hospital, which exceeds one million East Caribbean dollars a year, is expected to show an appreciable measure of reduction with the installation of a pilot solar energy system.

ANGLEC’s General Manager, Thomas Hodge, says the cost of electricity can be burdensome for many customers who are in fact complaining about the high rates.
He made the statement on Monday this week, while handing over a solar panel system to the Health Authority to reduce the cost of electricity at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. It is a pilot project which, in time, can lead to consumers in Anguilla taking advantage of opportunities to use renewable energy (both from the sun and wind) to reduce their electricity bills.

Issue 1:

The following are recommendations presented to the Anguilla Government at the House of Assembly on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, following the National Youth Conference:

RFA WAVE RULER is scheduled to make a Regional Engagement Visit to Anguilla, from the 18th to 20th October 2011. This will be the fourth time the ship has visited the Island, and the second this year having previously visited in July.

Children from a number of primary schools in Anguilla turned up at the Teachers’ Resource Centre on Tuesday this week for a series of fun day activities as part of the observance of Statistics Week.

The electricity supply in the Stoney Ground area was briefly interrupted on Tuesday as a result of one of the high tension utility poles catching fire.

Everyone, especially those who have responsibility for children, needs to be aware of child abuse, the types of child abuse, the possible signs of child abuse and child abuse reporting guidelines.

Prominent Island Harbour resident, Thomas Benjamin Smith (Ben Ben), celebrated his 80th birthday with a special service at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church on Monday, October 10.

“Progress is more about direction than it is about making things happen in little time.” (Author unknown.)
A little over six years ago, I began my journey into the sport of bodybuilding knowing that it would be the hardest thing I would ever attempt to do. Yet all the enthusiasm, pep talks and knowledge could not prepare me for the challenges to come. Over the years I have learned to be disciplined and mentally focused in achieving my goals. Sometimes you have to want it more than the other guy so you have to ask yourself constantly: “Am I doing my best?”

Six students of the University of the West Indies Open Campus Anguilla will be travelling to Antigua this week in order to attend the annual Graduation Exercise to be held at the SJPC, House of Restoration Ministries, in St. John’s, Antigua, on Saturday, October 15th, 2011.

The Sustainable Tourism Masterplan was approved by the Executive Council at the conclusion of a two day EXCO retreat on September 30 and October 1st 2011.
During the retreat, the team of Consultants, officers at the Ministry of FEDICT and members of EXCO deliberated on the recommendations of the plan.

The Anguilla Fire and Rescue Service is celebrating Fire Prevention Week for the third consecutive year and so far it has been a major success, Fire Prevention Coordinator, Duson Dupigny, reported.

The consultants from Halcrow/CHL, of the United Kingdom, engaged by the Anguilla Government to undertake a Sustainable Tourism Master Plan for the island, with financing from the Caribbean Development Bank, have formally presented their recommendations.

Following the presentation of the recommendations contained in the Sustainable Tourism Master Plan, representatives of a number of funding agencies met in Anguilla to hear how they may be able to assist in providing needed finance for the further development of the industry.

Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hubert Hughes, told reporters on Wednesday that the letter from Minister for the Overseas Territories, Henry Bellingham, telling the Anguilla Government how to use the stamp duty money from the sale of the Viceroy note, came too late. He said his Government had already appropriated the money as it saw fit.

Over 130 corporate, government, academic, and other leaders met in the House of Lords September 29th for an annual Flexeye working session focusing on “Risk and Audit Working Together”. These are critical global concerns for society. Justin Anderson, CEO, Flexeye Technology Ltd. says, “Risk is both a peril and an opportunity but both dimensions must be examined and monitored to avoid the former and to achieve the latter result.”

October 1st, 2011 marked 15 years since local television and production entity Kreative Communications Network (KCN) has been in operations here in Anguilla.