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The Miriam Gumbs Senior Citizens’ Home was the scene of much jubilation on April 19 as over 150 persons from throughout the island joined inmate Rose Kamelia Hughes, formerly of West End, in celebrating her 100th birthday.

A roundabout, bedecked with flowering plants and a fountain spray in the middle, is one of the latest contributions to community life by the National Bank of Anguilla Ltd. The James Ronald Park Roundabout, as it is called, is a beautiful spot in the Valley providing safe motoring in all four directions.

Anguilla’s Minister of Social Development, Eric Reid, has urged Administrative Professionals on the island to pay attention to the home front as they work towards networking with the rest of the Caribbean region.

The Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) will be holding its Seventh Annual Public-Private Sector Society Policy Forum in Anguilla on Monday and Tuesday April 28 and 29 at Cocoloba Beach Resort.

This Friday, April 25, Jamida Webster would have been celebrating her 16th birthday with her family and friends at Island Harbour, the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School, where she was a student, and elsewhere across Anguilla.

In its continued commitment to offer superior banking service to its customers, National Bank of Anguilla Ltd. Has announced in a press release that plans to convert its core processing system to the Real-Time Integrated Banking System (RIBS) on May 1st, 2003 are progressing as anticipated.

The Valley - April 22, 2003 –

DirecTV has selected Caribbean Star Network of Anguilla as the region’s exclusive provider of direct-to-home satellite service. Caribbean Star Network will launch its service in May 2003.

As work continues on the design drawings for the expansion of Wallblake Airport, an environmental report on the impact of the project during the construction and operational phases is expected to be submitted shortly.

The Labour Laws in Anguilla are coming under public scrutiny at a series of island-wide town meetings which commenced at the Island Habour Primary School on Tuesday evening, April 8.

General Manager of Cable & Wireless in Anguilla, Sutcliffe Hodge, says that the newly-introduced per second billing for the use of mobile phones, is a result of the company listening to its customers. According to him, customers have been asking among other things why they should pay by the minute while they only stay on the phone for a few seconds.

Police in Anguilla have not been able to identify the killer(s) of school girl Jamida Webster of Island Harbour from forensic examination of various items sent to Jamaica.

On Monday April 7, Scotiabank (Anguilla ) Ltd. presented stamp albums to nine students who were winners of the first five Stamp Quizzes organised by the bank and the island’s General Post Office. The quizzes were published in The Anguillian under the arrangement.

Seven little girls representing the electoral constituencies of Anguilla will be vying for the Miss Tiny Tot Pageant Title at Landsome Bowl Cultural Centre on April 20. Main organiser of the event, Patra Brodie, said the idea was to show that the contestants, aged 6-10, years had talents to showcase like older young people.

A study by a team from Halcrow Group Limited says that on the positive side the overall incidence of poverty in Anguilla is low. It goes further by saying that the incidence of severe poverty is very low.

A laptop computer, sponsored by Delta Petroleum (Anguilla) Limited at Corito, is the grand prize won by Ursula Sweeney of Seafeathers who participated in the Christmas Bingo held on December 21, 2002 by the West End School Development Committee. The event was part of a series of activities to raise funds for the community portion of work to be undertaken at the West End Primary School Project.

Cable & Wireless is now installing master jacks on the premises of customers and allowing them to get other private persons to do the internal wiring and placement of extension lines. This is along the same lines of service being provided by the Anguilla Electricity Company which makes the connection to a customer’s meter box without further work.

The Government-owned broadcasting station, Radio Anguilla, observed its 34th anniversary this week with a church service at Ebenezer Methodist Chapel in The Valley; a special period of broadcasting featuring former broadcasters and an open day and treat for visitors.

A trough travelling through the area visited Anguilla over the weekend with heavy rain, sheet lightning, thunder and gusty winds.

The Anguilla Tourist Board is well on its way in establishing links with Monaco, a tiny Mediterranean resort island, which has similar interest as an up-market destination. Anguilla’s Minister of Finance Victor Banks and Chairman of the Tourist Board John Benjamin, who have recently been visiting there, told the local media that their trip was a successful one.

A plaque has been put up at the Soroptimist Day Care Centre to mark the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Last year the Soroptimists planted a tree to commemorate the Jubilee and then developed and planted a garden.