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LIME’s scorching hot Summer Promotion tagged ‘U R it’, continues to produce numerous instant and weekly winners as the word of the fantastic prize list continues to spread. The prize line-up appeals to every LIME customer and includes cash, BlackBerry Devices, digital cameras and vouchers for spa treatment at Cuisinart’s world famous Venus Spa.

Concern spread across Anguilla on Tuesday morning this week as fireman fought to put out a fire on the roof of the Segregation Unit of HM Prison, which housed ten prisoners at the time. The matter is being investigated with the suspicion being that the fire was deliberately caused.

A Thanksgiving Service for the life of Shaune Vorne Mussington, who died on J’ouvert Morning on August Monday, during the Summer Festival, will be held at the Christian Fellowship Church at Blowing Point on Saturday, August 15, commencing at 3..00 p.m.

As stated elsewhere in The Anguillian, the August week boat races in Anguilla attracted large crowds at the various sites and were a most popular component of the 2009 Summer Festival.

Five members of the Mutual Evaluation Mission from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) have completed a two week evaluation of Anguilla’s financial services risk management structure and capacity and compliance. Head of the Mission and team leader, Dawne Spicer from Trinidad & Tobago, spoke to members of the press about the visit.

The recently concluded Leeward Islands Calypso competition received a boost from NAGICO in the form of a donation which went towards honouring King Ellie Matt, one of the Leeward Island’s calypso pioneers.

The Anguilla Amateur Netball Association’s (AANA) Under 13 Netball team has benefitted from a donation from NAGICO Insurances. The funds for the team’s uniforms for the upcoming Under 13 Regional Netball Tournament were handed over recently and the team is set to leave on August 15th for the competition in Dominica.

Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming, and Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Victor Banks, told reporters on Monday that the agreement which the Anguilla delegation signed in London last week with the Chinese Business Network (CBN) was for tourism promotion only. They gave the hasty explanation at the Chief Minister’s press conference in response to opposition charges and public fears that under the agreement local businesses would be at risk and eventually the island “would be swamped” by competing Chinese business investments.

Anguilla’s Minister of Finance, Victor Banks, speaking on behalf of Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming, said that the island, like other OECS member territories, had concerns with ways and means of dealing with issues regarding the movement of persons throughout the sub-region.

Anguilla’s Parliamentarian, the Hon. Edison Baird, is back home recuperating well from injuries he sustained in a vehicular accident in the Water Swamp area on June 4. Since then he had been receiving treatment in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
The Road North Elected Representative was met at Wallblake Airport on his arrival on Sunday, July 26, by a large number of persons from his constituency and from among the general public.

Criminal activities for the period July 21 to 28 totaled seven with theft heading the list. There were four cases of theft with the thieves focusing on North Side, South Hill, South Valley and Blowing Point. They made off with a bicycle, a compressor, a television, a generator and cash.

As many will remember, the Anguilla Social Security Board completed an important measurement phase of its strategic plan in the last several months. With the gracious participation of individual contributors/beneficiaries, employers, institutional stakeholders, and the input of the Social Security staff in a combination of Balanced Scorecard surveys – they were poised for customer-driven changes throughout the organization.

However much and desirable the diversification of Anguilla's economy may be, the tourist industry, now accounting for some two-thirds of the GDP, will be the mainstay of the island’s economic development for the foreseeable future.

"ALLOW US TO BORROW, OR WE WILL DI TI OURSELVES," ANGUILLA DELEGATION TELLS BRITISH OFFICIALS

At the end of the discussions in London which involved the Anguilla delegation and the British Government, the cordial relationship remained intact, but there was obviously a considerable amount of frank and strong talk between both sides at the table.

A number of inter-government agencies in Anguilla participated in a “table top” and mock exercise in the event of a disaster, such as fire, involving the island’s ferryboats travelling between Blowing Point and the St. Martin/St. Maarten.

Volume one of Little Ole Anguilla, a collection of plays and skits by Colonel Harrigan, an Anguillian playwright and dramatist of the late 1970s, is now available at the purchase price of US$10.00.

The Police Marine Unit, Fire Service and the Department of Disaster Management, in Anguilla, have all benefitted from training in the latest techniques and support provided during this week’s visit by RFA Fort George, a Royal Fleet Navy Auxiliary Ship, on a service tour to the Caribbean Overseas Territories. The ship arrived in Anguilla on Sunday, July 26, for a four-day visit.

The meeting started at 7:45 pm at the Slough Methodist Church Hall on Ledgers Road. The Honourable Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming opened the meeting in prayer after the chairman Mr. Claude Brooks gave the welcome. The hall was filled to capacity with over sixty persons present.

The Valley Anguilla: July 27, 2009 LIME’s scorching hot Summer Promotion tagged ‘U R it’, has become an instant hit and customers are thrilled to be winning from the exciting list of weekly prizes. The prize line-up will appeal to every LIME customer and includes cash, BlackBerry Devices, digital cameras and vouchers for spa services, groceries, petrol and school supplies which will be available just in time for the new school year. Five (of six) week one and two winners were presented with their prizes at Telecoms House in The Valley on Monday July 27 2009.

At the end of July 2009, Lloyd’s Bed & Breakfast marks the 50th year anniversary since opening in July 1959. This small quaint inn, which is one of the 17 Charming Escapes Collection properties, offers visitors accommodations with traditional Anguillian home hospitality and exceptional guest services.