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The Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association and CuisinArt Resort and Spa hosted a thank you party on July 21 in celebration of the success of the National Culinary Team at the recently-held Taste of the Caribbean Competition in Miami. The team achieved overall silver medals and very high individual scores.

The Anguilla Chamber of Commerce and Industry celebrated its overwhelming success at the World Chambers of Commerce Competition held in Turkey earlier this month. The celebration took place at Zurra, the upscale restaurant at the Golf Clubhouse on Tuesday evening this week.

The National Bank of Anguilla has achieved its objective of having various lovers of sport come together from all the villages of the island in one place at Road Bay to participate in a friendly competition.

Over the years, the CCB Talented Teen Committee has prided itself on its commitment to developing future leaders among the community’s youths. We have always attested to the fact that the activities which precede the show, instill qualities and traits within the contestants that will be beneficial for a lifetime. Many of the previous contestants stand as confirmation to this claim. A reflection on our past winners indicates that many of the individuals have gone on to achieve greater successes.

Last week, many children performed a musical concert at Campus B with the help of some talented instructors from the USA. The West Group arrived in Anguilla in Mid July and stayed for two weeks with the goal of sharing music with the children. During the two weeks children learned about the fundamentals of music and many instruments such as the piano, saxophone, bass, string instruments, percussion and voice. For the grand finale, the students performed many songs such as Mary Had a Little Lamb, Take the A Train and Blue Bossa to name a few. Many parents, supporters, teachers, and members of government were on hand to enjoy and witness the talented young Anguillians.

Mr. Michel Faligant has been appointed as the new Honorary French Consul of Anguilla.

“The one thing we learned from our Worldwide Calling plan is that the public has a tremendous desire for low cost overseas and domestic calling. Unfortunately, the number of minutes consumed and the costs of termination payments to other telephone companies didn’t mesh” said Lee Bertman, President of Caribbean Cable. The Company is introducing a new plan on August 1, 2007 designed to meet customer needs for economical calling.

A three week pottery workshop is currently underway and has been coordinated by the National Council of Women and the Craft Shop. On Tuesday, July 24, The Anguillian made a visit to see the progress of the artists and was quite impressed.

A corn snake, well known in the United States has turned up in Anguilla.

The CCB Talented Teen contestants participated in a Diet and Exercise Session. The session was hosted by Ms. Marissa Rey, who holds a career diploma in Fitness and Nutrition. It was held primarily to educate the contestants on the best nutritional practices and to stress the importance of a healthy diet and exercise.

The Kor Group, based in Los Angeles, California, has been involved in the development of the Viceroy Resort and Residences in Anguilla for more than three years. Kor was initially attracted to the island because of its unrivaled beaches, gourmet cuisine, and some of the warmest and friendliest people one could ever hope to meet. Furthermore, Anguilla’s low-volume, high-value tourism model fit well with Kor’s Viceroy brand. Since Kor purchased the shuttered Cocoloba Resort in 2004, it has strived towards being an exemplary partner in the further development of Anguilla as a luxury resort destination. Unlike many developers, Kor’s involvement in a project does not end with the development of the project because the company also operates the hotels it develops. Therefore, Kor’s business model is to make significant long-term investments and become good corporate citizens in the select communities in which it does business.

Week three in bmobile HOT Summer Festival Promotion has two lucky ladies winning! This time Ms Julianna Abbott of Blowing Point and Ms Kymara Ritchie of North Valley are feeling the bmobile buzz!

There is to be an investigation into allegations regarding the manner in which the police dealt with Dwayne Duncan, an Anguillian young man, whom witnesses claimed was beaten and otherwise manhandled during the recent protest march by the Indian workers.

An armed robbery at Elato Bar in the Valley, just west of the People’s Market, is being investigated by the police.

This year the Annual Utilities Drill, an exercise by the National Disaster Management Committee, took a different focus on Wednesday, July 18.

The Government of Anguilla has extended the moratorium on the issuing of Alien Land Holding Licences for another two months as from June 29th.

As part of the activities, the nine contestants took part in an intense five-day public speaking workshop, which was hosted by Mr. Keith Stone Greaves. Mr. Greaves, journalist and broadcaster from the island of Montserrat, spent almost 20 years with the AM broadcast giant RADIO ANTILLES and later moved to the BBC in London. He served as Producer of Caribbean News and other programmes as well as the BBC correspondent from Montserrat for many years. Mr. Greaves also served as a BBC Caribbean trainer for journalists in the OECS. He worked for PJD1 FM radio station on St. Maarten and Radio Montserrat, as Trainer, and acting News Editor respectively. He is currently employed by the Government of Anguilla as a Broadcast Media Consultant at Radio Anguilla.

Rain may have led to the postponement of the Tiny Tots parade on Sunday but it certainly did not deter the follow through on the Digicel Rising Star auditions held at the Resource Center over the weekend.

The Caribbean Commercial Bank (CCB), held the last three of a year-long series of activities on Saturday and Sunday, July 14 and 15, bringing down the curtains on the celebrations marking its 30th Anniversary.

Asthrom (Anguilla) Ltd.), the Israeli construction company building the Temenos/St. Regis Hotel and Residences in Anguilla, is sponsoring one of the troupes which will be depicting various aspects of the island’s traditional life as part of the upcoming Summer Festivities.