Local News

Members of the three Seventh-day Adventist congregations in Anguilla made their presence felt when they marched through the Upper Valley on Saturday evening, April 14, accompanied by the Ambassadors’ Pathfinders Drum Band.

Officers of the Royal Anguilla Police Force, Criminal Investigation Department, are conducting inquiries into a series of burglaries which occurred in The Quarter and Cauls Bottom villages during the past days.

In preparation for the Caribbean Telecommunications Conference which is currently taking place in Anguilla this week, a number of Government officers serving as Liaison Officers to the regional Ministers of Government participating in the Conference attended a Workshop on Friday, 13 April 2007 at the Chief Minister’s Office.

The Anguilla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACOCI) is proud to announce that on Friday 20th April 2007 it is to host a Networking Meeting on the subject of ‘Electricity-Water-Waste and Commercial Real-estate & Housing Development at the CuisinArt Resort and Spa. There will be presentations by world leading engineers and designers, specializing in new technologies in the fields of electrical power, desalinization facilities, building technique waste to energy and other environmentally friendly energy production methods. The featured guest speakers are Grayson M. Evans and Randy Boyce both engineers at CENTURYMARC and specialists in engineering and construction on a global basis. Participants and invited guests will have the opportunity to interact with the panelists concerning these topics in relationship to the fast expanding construction and other developments in Anguilla.

As one of the official sponsors of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Cable & Wireless took the opportunity to invite several members of the local media, sports officials in the Ministry of Social Development and loyal customers who are avid cricket fans to the Super 8 matches recently held in Antigua.

In last week’s edition of The Anguillian, a mistake was made with the name under the picture of the New Head Pro of the Anguilla Tennis Academy.

There were a number of red and white wine dinners with matching menus at various properties in Anguilla, but CuisinArt Resort & Spa is guardedly claiming to be the first to showcase a champagne dinner with some of the best paired and tasty menus.

On Wednesday 4th April 2007 the staff of the Health Promotion Unit of the Health Authority of Anguilla celebrated World Health Day under the theme “Invest in Health: build a safer future” with a Health Fair at Welches Polyclinic from 8:00 am – 12:00 pm. Literature was displayed in various stalls and presentations were done by staff from the Dental Unit, Physiotherapy Unit, Mental Health Unit, Nutrition and Health Promotion Dept. of the Health Authority of Anguilla, Environmental Health Unit and National AIDS Programme from the Government of Anguilla. Pap Smear, Blood Sugar and Blood Pressure screening were also done FREE by staff of the Health Authority of Anguilla.

Twelve persons from the Disaster Management Committee and Government personnel who may serve in the National Emergency Operations Centre, last week attended a three day training course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It was held at the University of the West Indies School of Continuing Studies and conducted by Miguel Garriga, President of the GIS Consulting and Training for the Enterprise, based in Florida. The course is sponsored by the Department for International Development in London with the software and manuals being supplied by Environmental Systems Research International.

Elsia Sasso, aged 48, of Rey Hill, was convicted in the Magistrate’s Court for the possession of 3.81 kilos of compressed bush cannabis with intent to supply.

Construction workers at the Flag/Temenos/St. Regis project in Anguilla, of various nationalities and many members of the Anguillian public, rubbed shoulder to shoulder last weekend in a show of comraderie and mutual friendship that brought much enjoyment to all in attendance.

The Anguillian records with much regret the passing of Joseph Maxwell Webster, 76, a much-respected and beloved native son.

The royal Anguilla Police Force issued a press release on Tuesday, April 10, following an outcry on the island about repeated acts of violent robbery.

Mimi Gratton, a well-known hospitality figure in Anguilla, broke down and wept as she related an ordeal she experienced over the weekend when an armed intruder attacked her and her six-year-old daughter.

Opposition Member in the Anguilla House Assembly, Hubert Hughes, visited the offices of The Anguillian Newspaper on Tuesday, April 10, and gave an interview on the crime situation now facing the island.

Three-old Nekia Hodge, whom doctors thought would have died probably before or after her first birthday, lives on and has recently been found to be functioning well in some vital areas despite her life-threatening Edward Syndrome.

Anguilla’s Culinary team, last week, received US$20,000.00 from the Anguilla Tourist Board and a further US$4000.00 from the Department of Youth and Culture. The Culinary Competition is scheduled for June in Miami and members of the team have now been chosen.

With the departure of Marvin Hazell last summer, the ATA was in need of a head pro. Marvin left for England to go to university and is doing well although he misses home and the children he taught in the after school programme for a year. Yet, the ATA has a new face. Rodney Ross hails from the beautiful twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and has being coaching for the past ten years. As one of the top coaches in Trinidad and Tobago he has had the opportunity to work with a great deal of elite players. He is currently working with the Anguilla Tennis Academy and CuisinArt Resort and Spa where he holds the title of head coach. Since his arrival in Anguilla, he has done a fantastic job with the after school programme at the Ronald Webster Park with the children of Anguilla. He is very happy with the support he is getting from the ATA Board of Directors and Mr. Jason Allen, Director of the ATA.

The Easter Monday holiday was a grand and delightful occasion for hundreds of people in Anguilla. They converged on Meads Bay, where the first boat race of the season made its way to Sandy Hill and back, and on the grounds of the Scouts and Guides Ruthwill Auditorium where the Anglican Church held its annual fair.

Well known furniture maker and villa operator, Authur Richardson, a product of the traditional Anguillian family values and love, demonstrated these fine qualities when he observed his 70th birthday on Sunday, April 8.