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As the burglaries and robberies continue across Anguilla, Inspector Paul Sinclair has issued a number of useful tips which, if followed, may help persons to avoid becoming victims of the criminal activity.

Arrangements are being finalised to observe the 37th Anniversary of the Royal Anguilla Police Force with a week of activities spanning Sunday January 25 to Saturday the 31st. The theme is “Combining Efforts To Combat Crime For 2009.”

One of the shameful and destructive acts by a number of persons is illegal sand-mining at Windward Point and Savannah Bay at the eastern end of Anguilla.

The Anguilla Progressive Party (APP), comprising a number of upcoming political aspirants, who contested the last General Election in Anguilla without winning any of the seats, is back again on the scene as another election looms ahead in 2010.

“Obama says that everybody must make a sacrifice and if we have to make sacrifices, we will survive,” Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming stated as he addressed reporters during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. “If the Ministers of Government and the Civil Servants have to take a cut in their salaries, it will be fine. We must be prepared for that and I am prepared for it because I believe that we have to weather the storm.”

A week-long Annual District Convention of the Church of God of Prophecy commenced at West End, Anguilla, on Sunday, January 18, under the theme “Winning The World Through Right Relationships.”

Acting Archbishop of the Anglican Province of the West Indies, the Rt. Reverend Errol Brooks, is to attend two top level meetings between late this month and the first week of February in his new capacity.

On Wednesday January 21, the students of the Morris Vanterpool Primary School were presented with a much needed laptop and projector, by the children of the late Ms. Doreen Duncan of East End in honour of her memory.

Black History Month is fast approaching, and at a time when black history is being made “Black Voices,” a play written by Felix Fleming, is very appropriate. The play is an account of slavery experiences as told by people who were young slaves at the time.

The Anguilla Beautification Club (ABC) is announcing its Best Garden Competition which is part of this year’s Flower and Garden Show. Nominations for the Competition are being invited and judging will begin the week of February 9. The Competition is meant for home gardeners and not gardens managed by professionals.

There has never been so big a crowd at the launching of any book, magazine or other literary work in Anguilla like that of Bless Our Forebears, the new book written by Anguillian Historian and Curator of Heritage Collection Museum, Mr. Colville Petty, OBE.

Some 100 people from across Anguilla filled the Teachers’ Resource Centre on Monday evening, January 12, by attending a public consultation on the 2008 revised draft Labour & Immigration Policy which is to be introduced later, following a number of important amendments.

Easily, there could have been around 300 people from all walks of life, among them being a number of schoolchildren, who jammed the Teachers’ Resource Centre for the launching of the new book, Bless Our Forebears, by historian, author, and columnist, Colville L. Petty, OBE.

Two of the more daring crimes of burglary and robbery in Anguilla occurred on Sunday, January 11, according to the police in their weekly Wednesday press briefing.
One of the cases the lawmen are investigating is the breaking into a victim’s home at Old Ta by someone after 1.00 a.m. who stole a safe containing a large sum of money.

Anguillian leader, Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming, has undertaken to write to the British Government to appeal for assistance to help bail out the island out of its present economic and financial situation, as the impact of the global crisis closes in on Anguilla.

The Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association has published another in its series of official magazines: Absolutely Anguilla. Through a series of locally-written articles and info-commercials, it tells of the beauty, lifestyles and rich cultural heritage of the Anguillian people and speaks about the island as an up-market tourist destination with facilities and services par excellence.

In part two of our three part series I will focus on why it is important to have a budget? To do this, we must know what a budget is. A budget is a plan that shows the ins and outs of money or shows what you earn, what you spend and what you save. A budget helps you to accomplish the following:

The Departments of Immigration and Labour are once again operating out of the same building.

A large number of supporters and friends of Jason Allen and the Anguilla Tennis Academy attended a cocktail reception to say farewell to Jason who is leaving the island after four years. Allen has been the Director of the Anguilla Tennis Academy (ATA) and has been instrumental in organizing the new tennis facility and the programmes for the children. The event was held at the CuisinArt Resort & Spa and was chaired by the new Director of the ATA, Marvin Hazell.

After five years on the Bench as Resident High Court Judge in Anguilla, Justice Janice George-Creque, has left the island and has assumed the elevated position as an Appeal Court Judge based in St. Lucia.