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The cannons from a known archaeological site (a shipwreck) in White House Bay, St. Kitts, have been stolen. The site, recorded in 2003 by the Anglo-Danish Maritime Archaeology Team (ADMAT), was initially discovered with 13 cannons. The vessel, a British troopship sunk during the Battle for Frigate Bay in 1782, was uncovered during a hurricane in the 1990s.

As the spate of burglaries and robberies continue in Anguilla, another renowned business establishment has fallen victim.

Situated on the private enclave of Maundays Bay Beach, Cap Juluca has undergone the first phase of its $80 million enhancement program and has recently been recognized in the 2009 Travel + Leisure “World's Best Awards” as No. 1 in Anguilla and in the top 10 among the “Top 25 Resorts in the Caribbean, Bermuda, and the Bahamas” category.

The week of activities marking the Anguilla Development Board's 30th Anniversary culminated on Saturday afternoon in a family Fun Day in a most picturesque and relaxed setting at the Airport lawn. Surrounded by tents and bouncing castles on the perimeter there were numerous activities for children and adults within the demarcated activity zone.

The children of the Stoney Ground, Caul's Bottom and The Quarter area were treated to a day of fun and friendly sporting competition on Saturday August 22nd 2009. Sunset Homes, a Property Development firm in Anguilla, sponsored its seventh annual event of this kind on its office grounds located in Stoney Ground. Races for each age category included sack races, lime and spoon race, flat races, relays, tug-of-war and more.

The Church of God of Holiness Annual Vacation Bible School reached a climax on Saturday August 22 with a ‘March for Jesus’ from the Gazebo on the grounds of the Scouts and Guides Headquarters to the Church on the Princess Alexandra Road.

Two giants in their respective fields of business National Bank of Anguilla Ltd (NBA) and Lime have teamed up to further ease top up services to their customers.

HIV/AIDS Specialist in the International Labour Organization (ILO) Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean in Trinidad, Madhuri Supersad, was on Anguilla during the past week conducting a workshop on Formulating and Implementing an HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy.

One of Anguilla’s leading banking institutions, the Caribbean Commercial Bank (CCB) has contributed heavily to the Environmental Health Unit’s Vector Awareness Programme which is now in its tenth year. On Wednesday August 26, CCB handed over a check for EC$29,000 to the Programme during a ceremony held at the local bank.

The American Government recently officially pardoned a Foot Soldier of the Famed American Civil Rights Movement who is now living in Anguilla. The pardon was for activities in which she participated in 1963 when she was only 18 years old.

The Anguilla Development Board is this week celebrating thirty years of operation during which period it has demonstrated itself to be a vehicle and financier of national growth and prosperity.
According to a Radio Anguilla broadcast by Minister of Finance, Victor Banks, since the inception of the statutory institution it has financed approximately 2,400 projects in excess of EC$141 million. The projects included fishing, agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, housing and student loans.

The Anguilla Government has signed up its permanent establishment of some nine hundred civil servants and their immediate families into an air ambulance evacuation plan, an initial step in the provision of an eventual island-wide service for the population.

Crime in Anguilla has risen to an alarming 21 incidents for the week, up from 13 last week. The main crime for the period August 12 to 19 was theft with a total of six.
The thefts occurred at George Hill, The Valley, Blowing Point, Rey Hill, The Farrington, and Deep Waters. Items stolen were two pallets of blocks, one bicycle, one goat, one 2000-gallon water tank, one laptop computer, one Olympus camera, one Blackberry phone and US$5970.

A just-published report on Wallblake Airport in Anguilla, by the UK-based regulators of the Aviation Security Services for the Overseas Territories, has disrupted the flying into the island of such private jets as the Gulf 4s, 5s, 6s and Global Express. As a result one of these jets, bringing a client to Anguilla, has had to land at Juliana Airport in St. Maarten and the client continued his journey here by a shuttle service provided either by air or sea.

In addition to matters regarding Wallblake Airport and jet aircraft flying to Anguilla, as well as the air ambulance and health insurance services for civil servants and other persons, the Chief Minister’s Press Conference on Tuesday, dealt with a number of other matters as indicated above.

Head of the Drugs and Firearms Unit in the Royal Anguilla Police Force, Inspector Paul Sinclair, has spoken out sternly against assaults on Police Officers. This followed an incident where Armand Hennis attacked a Police Constable during the Summer Festival.

Anguilla has joined insurance regulators in the OECS in intervening in British American Insurance Company (BAICO) in an effort to safeguard the interest of policyholders and investors.

Anguilla was recently represented at two regional fisheries forums in St. Lucia. The first event was a two-day Caribbean workshop on international fisheries management hosted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO); where participants were exposed to the Canadian approach to fisheries management. Canada has a long history of fishing and fisheries management and its system is recognised as one of if not, the best in the world. Goals of the workshop included:

The Valley Community Troupe, which showcased its high level of cultural performance as “The Kings and Queens of Cultivation,” during the Parade of Troupes for the Summer Festival, is grateful for being adjudged first place winner.

Manager of the Anguilla Development (ADB), Althea Hodge, has given a comprehensive overview of the functioning of the organisation over the past thirty years. The overview (published elsewhere in The Anguillian), was delivered at a press conference on Tuesday this week.