Local News

The amendment to the Road Traffic Amendment Bill, 2011 was discussed at a public consultation at the Rodney MacArthur Rey Auditorium on Thursday, January 12.

LIME Anguilla announced, on Wednesday, the telecommunications company’s grand prize winner of its Christmas promotions called “Enriching Customers’ Lives” by giving them “a gift of a lifetime.”

Sixty five delegates of the Anguilla United Front (AUF) met on Saturday, January 14, 2012 to examine the performance of the Anguilla United Movement (AUM) Government of the Hon. Hubert Hughes, Chief Minister, after 23 months in office. The all day event, comprising Day One of the Party Convention, was held in the conference room of the Soroptimists’ Centre, The Valley, adjacent to the Edison L. Hughes Public Library and Teachers Resource Centre.

The donation of five defibrillators from the West Parry Sound Health Centre, located in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, is now complete. Rotarian Karen Cox, from Parry Sound, arrived on the island in early January for her first visit to Anguilla, and she brought with her the fifth defibrillator. Four other units arrived on the island in November last fall.

Anguilla’s Tourism Development Areas (TDA) as outlined in the recently-completed Tourism Master-plan.
A banner, featuring the map of Anguilla, divided into West End, Central and East End TDAs, has been erected on the main road opposite LIME. Three other banners, which will highlight each TDA in more detail, will be placed strategically around the island in due course.

The newest member of the Rotary Club of Anguilla was warmly welcomed into the Family of Rotary recently at a regular Thursday evening meeting of the club.

The local Artist “Roxxy” who represents the islands of Anguilla, St.Martin, St.Maarten was featured on Caribbean Entertainment news Tempo on Sunday January 15th 2012. The feature aired 7 times on Sunday and will have a fallow up part 2 interview next week Sunday.

Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hubert Hughes, told reporters on Tuesday, this week, that he had signed the provisional warrant, thus enabling a number of Government workers to receive their weekly wages. He had delayed signing the warrant for one week, saying his action was “to bring pressure on the British Government” for not giving timely approval of the 2012 budget.

Anguilla’s Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Hubert Hughes, is to receive EC$40, 000 for telephone calls he made while serving in that position twelve years ago.

Rising criminal activity and youth-on- youth violence in Anguilla question the effectiveness and relevance of the church in influencing the moral direction of its community.

Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hubert Hughes, has told civil servants that the reason for his delay in signing the provisional warrant was to bring pressure on the British Government. He was at the time addressing the Anguilla public servants at a meeting at the Rodney MacArthur Rey Auditorium on Thursday, January 5.

During this week there was a major community effort to clean the Island Harbour pond fill of much overgrowth as well as sludge caused by the recent heavy rain and flooding.

After two successful performances in Anguilla, the St. Augustine’s Chorale, under the directorship of Lennox Vanterpool, travelled to St. Maarten on Sunday, January 8, to perform at St. Simon and St. Jude Anglican Church on Back Street, Philipsburg.

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) programme, an initiative of the Royal Anguilla Police Force, now in its fifth year, began its 2012 training sessions this week following the reopening of schools.

Chairman of the Anguilla Security Board, Thomas Astaphan, announced three donations on Tuesday this week, as part of a number of commemorative activities during the course of the year, to mark its 30th Anniversary.

Anguilla’s Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hubert Hughes, told reporters on Tuesday that he would delay signing a Provisional Budget for a week. He claimed that this would jeopardise the Government’s chances of receiving budgetary support from the European Development Fund.

The Anguilla airspace was not only filled with increased passenger traffic due to the busy Christmas holiday period, but also by a number of the incoming flights, particularly by WINAIR, for refueling.

Beyond the conventional
Over the Festive season, Viceroy Anguilla laid on a seemingly endless array of activities for guests to experience and treats for them to enjoy - taking the resort ‘beyond the conventional hotel’ as Viceroy guests were paying up to $15,000 per night.

The Executive Council has authorised the Attorney General’s Chambers to seek legal advice from Anthony Astaphan, a Dominica-based Lawyer, on behalf on behalf of the Anguilla Government, with regard to theimplications of discontinuing the deferred payments to public servants and other Government officials.

Police in Anguilla are in touch with their counterparts in Dutch St. Maarten in connection with the arrests there of a number of residents of Anguilla on New Year’s Day.