Local News

The announcement that the Anguilla Democratic Party (ADP) is reorganising itself under the principles of its constitution, with the aim of contesting the next general election on the island and bringing about change, has brought swift reaction from the Hon. Victor Banks, former Political Leader of that party.

Superintendent of Police, Rudolph Proctor, told the local media on Wednesday that there were nine reports of crime on the island.

Speaker of the Anguilla House of Assembly, the Hon. David Carty, has emphasised the importance of using available opportunities to debate various issues of interest and concern to the people of the island.

Charges that the Royal Anguilla Police Force shutdown the Moonsplash event on Saturday night, March 29, were denied by Commissioner Keithly Benjamin when he met with the local media on Wednesday this week.

The Spanish community in Anguilla, whose nationals are generally admired for their close congregation in the localities in which they reside, as well as their good behaviour on the island, took centre stage on the religious scene with a one-week crusade which ended on Saturday night, March 29.

tons of stones swept ashore at Crocus Bay by the high sea swells which preceded Festival Del Mar at Island Harbour Bay, are a Godsend to the island’s costly road development programme.

Well-known outspoken Anglican Archbishop of the West Indies, the Most Reverend Drexel Gomez, has warned Anguillians and their fellow citizens in the Caribbean against two challenging matters which they should fight against. One of them is the desire “to acquire and acquire” which he summed up as materialism. The other is homosexuality which has become a major disappointing and divisive issue in the Church.

Director of Sports, Alkins Rogers announced that the Sports Awards Ceremony for 2007 will take place on Saturday April 26 at Campus B Auditorium. It is an opportunity to recognize those who have raised the profile of sports in Anguilla and as such Rogers says he is pleased that the Awards ceremony will once again take place. He thanked Social Security for supporting the event again and donating US$2,000.00.

Personnel from the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources (DFMR) have recently completed a three day training exercise in the installation of Helix Mooring Anchors. The training was part of a larger project, ‘Enhancing Marine Protected Areas Management in Anguilla’, currently being administered by the Anguilla National Trust and funded by the British Government’s Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP).

Cheddie’s Sandblasting & Promotional Products (CSPP) hosted their annual customer appreciation cocktail on Wednesday 19th March, 2008. During this event, two awards was presented. Malliouhana-Anico Insurance (MAICO), represented by Ms. Monica Hodge, received a prestigious, grammy-type award as CSPP’s Customer of the Year 2007. The other award presented was to CSPP’s Employee of the Year, and this was awarded to Ms. Trinecia Greene.

Festival Del Mar, held at Island Harbour Bay on March 22 and 23, has been described as a success despite the odds which militated against it. One of the competing drawbacks, until he was rescued, was the disappearance at sea of village fisherman, Sam Webster, which had not only overshadowed the event, but threatened its cancellation.

Anguilla’s top Clergyman, the Rt. Rev. Errol Brooks, celebrated the Tenth Anniversary of his Consecration and Ordination as the Bishop of the Diocese of the North-Eastern Caribbean and Aruba with a Special Service at St. Mary’s Anglican Church on Wednesday evening, March 26.

Police in Anguilla told the local media on Wednesday this week, that there were a number of criminal incidents on the island during the period March 19-26.

The Traffic Department of the Royal Anguilla Police Force is investigating the circumstances of an accident which occurred in the Farrington area after 5.30 on Saturday morning, March 23.

There will be new faces in the political area in Anguilla for the island’s next General Election. This is according to a release from the Anguilla Democratic Party which was brought to The Anguillian on Wednesday this week by former Permanent Secretary in the Public Service, Julian Harrigan.

Moonsplash is in its 18th year of operation and this year will receive a face lift. The Anguillian had the opportunity to sit down with the iconic Bankie Banx this past Sunday, March 23 at the new and improved Dune Preserve to speak about the Reggae Festival.

The Easter Monday holiday passed quietly in Anguilla with a few social, cultural and sporting activities in various parts of the island.

People from across Anguilla joined in a big Thanksgiving Service on Thursday, March 20, for the safe return of Island Harbour fisherman Sam Webster, who was lost at sea the week before.

The entire northern coastline of Anguilla was pounded by 12 to 15 foot waves last week as a result of a passing storm north of the Lesser Antilles. The high waves associated with the storm resulted in the erosion of some beaches and the washing up of rocks and seaweed on others. On some beaches, such as Captain’s Bay and the Cove Bay, water surged 20 to 30 meters beyond the normal high water mark.

“What a Beautiful Night!” The Arijah Children’s Foundation launches its fundraising campaign with a Beautiful Party on Shoal Bay East…..