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The Anguilla Government, benefiting from a great deal of financial and technical assistance, has launched an environmental management project which will have a positive impact on tourism development while safeguarding the island’s marine resources.

An Anguillian national has been ordained Bishop of the Diocese of the Virgin Islands. He is the Reverend Edward Ambrose Gumbs, who has been serving there for a number of years as a Priest of the Episcopal Church.

Two leading Anguillians have received high honours in the Birthday Awards of Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second.

Bracco Diagnostics Inc., a leading producer of advanced diagnostic imaging technologies and a member of the international health care organization, the Bracco Group, has selected Anguilla as the site of its Renaissance Rewards meeting honouring top sales performers from within the company.

Richardson’s Furniture Establishment at The Water Swamp, in Anguilla, is to be honoured in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 10. The honour, the International Star Award for Quality, will be presented in the Gold Category by the Business Initiative Directors, a group of prestigious professionals.

A two-day Occupational Health and Safety Workshop has emphasised a call for a system whereby workers who sustain injuries on the job can receive certain compensatory benefits.

The 5th Annual Walter G. Hodge Memorial Anguilla Day Lecture at the House of Chandeliers on June 6 was the subject of much interesting debate.

A large find of cannabis plants in various stages of growth in pots, in the Stoney Ground area, has added significantly to the haul at North Ridge (North Hill) and at Cul de Sac a few days earlier.

An American bride and groom who got married in New York on May 31 have enjoyed a one-week honeymoon in Anguilla which they said was beyond their imagination.

The Annual Synod of the Anglican Church in the Diocese of the North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba will be held in Montserrat from Sunday, June 12 to Friday June 17. The sessions will be chaired by the Rt. Reverend Errol Brooks in his capacity of Diocesan Bishop.

Dr. Oluwakemi Linda Banks, President of the Caribbean Conference of Churches, is in Panama chairing the regional organisation’s 7th General Assembly.

Some 217 years after his death, the rousing hymns of Charles Wesley, co-founder of Methodism, are still sung by many religious denominations throughout the world with the same fervor and message in which they were written.

The Anguilla Chamber of Commerce and Industry has scored a major success by placing fourth among 19 finalists in the World Chambers Congress Competition. There were 52 entries from around the world.

Members of the Board of Directors of the Health Authority of Anguilla held their First Annual Public Meeting for the year ending December 31, 2004 on Tuesday this week at the Scouts and Guides Ruthwill Auditorium.

The following is the text of an address delivered by the Director of Social Security in Anguilla, Mr. Timothy Hodge, at the House of Chandeliers on Tuesday, June 7. He was speaking during the opening ceremony of a two-day Occupational Health and Safety Workshop.

The following maps show the movements of a leatherback turtle in Anguilla recently. After nesting, this leatherback headed west from Captain’s Bay on the north east coast to Prickly Pear Cays and Dog Island.

Cable and Wireless Telecoms House Customer Service area is now sporting a new look in keeping with several new initiatives being launched by the company.

Acting Chief Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Victor Banks, told a large gathering that Government has to stagger the implementation of various projects or risk a massive importation of labour. He was at the time delivering an address at the Anguilla Day celebrations at the Ronald Webster Park on Monday, May 30.

The High Court began sitting in Anguilla on Thursday, June 2, in its criminal jurisdiction.

A new school building is being proposed for Island Harbour. This was one of the matters discussed there between a team of Government Ministers, other officials and teachers this week.