Business

Digicel generously donated paint and supplies for the beautification of the Albena Lake Comprehensive High School’s exterior wall.

A number of public and private sector officials in finance and banking, as well as media representatives in Anguilla, joined their counterparts in the other member territories of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank on January 12, for a live video presentation by Governor Sir K. Dwight Venner.

In Anguilla, ten persons have won EC$500.00 each in the Christmas Sweepstakes held by Western Union in celebration of its 10th Anniversary.

Digicel in Anguilla is supporting the local section of the Praiseville Gospel Tour 2006, a regional tour featuring local and international gospel artistes. On Friday January 13 Digicel presented a cheque for US$5000.00 to Prince (Mervyn Hanley), the organizer of the local segment of the show that is being held at the Landsome Bowl on February 25.

From this week, the Caribbean Commercial Bank began a campaign in which members of the public are being invited to take advantage of the benefits of its E-Access Internet Banking Service.

Kingston, Jamaica January 9, 2005, - Digicel Group, the fastest growing mobile telecommunications operator in the Caribbean, announced today its intention to aggressively grow and expand in 2006 to broaden its Pan-Caribbean wireless network into new regions and services.

Anguillian Attorney-at-Law, Alex Richardson, has moved to new offices located on the top floor of the Babrow Building in The Valley (above Digicel). His law practice, Alex Richardson & Associates, was previously located in the NBA Corporate Building.

With the start of the New Year, Cable and Wireless in Anguilla has introduced a further reduction in mobile phone rates and for international direct dialed calls on its pre and postpaid services.

Digicel’s Country Manager in Anguilla, Vanessa Slowey, has described the telecommunications company as “the monopoly-breaker in the region,” having entered the Caribbean four years ago and launched its service in Jamaica where, in one year, it broke records.

Executive Director of the Anguilla Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Calvin Bartlett, is pleased with the way the Chamber’s shopping fair turned out and the interest displayed by the business community.

The children of the late John Wallace Proctor opened a massively-expanded supermarket on Tuesday, December 13, which not only carries on the proud legacy of their father, but has introduced a top-of-the-line shopping facility in Anguilla, now the talk of everybody on the island. It is a big stride into the 21st century of business.

Caribbean Cable Communications (CCN) in Anguilla is now providing a long distance telephone service to the people of the island, thus roundly complementing its recent internet service and its long-established cable television service.

Chief Executive of Cable and Wireless, Sutcliffe Hodge, told a press briefing on Wednesday, December 7, that one of the matters he was pleased about over the past week was the degree of loyalty the company was receiving from its customers in the face of competition from other telecommunications providers.

Comp. Nation Anguilla Office Products, a joint-ownership business with partners in Anguilla and the United States, held a grand opening ceremony at its new building on the Farrington main road on Tuesday, November 22.

An Anguillian business establishment is expanding its services to meet the growing needs of the island.

The National Bank of Anguilla is to host the Second Biennial National Development Conference as part of its ongoing 20th Anniversary celebrations.

First Caribbean Bank announced on Wednesday October 12 that this year’s Unsung Hero in Anguilla is teacher Colin Johnson. In making the announcement Country Manager of the Bank, Anthony Browne congratulated Johnson and wished him luck in the regional competition.

The two second place winners in the competition held last year by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank as part of activities for Financial Literacy Month 2004, have been presented with their cash prizes of two hundred EC dollars each.

Anguilla Properties Sotheby’s International Realty is pleased to announce to its clients and the local marketplace that the firm’s property listings will soon be part of the new sothebysrealty.com, a collection of fine homes, estates and properties from throughout the world.

OECS Market
Activity in the Regional Government Securities Market will pick up pace over the weeks ahead as the Government of St Vincent auctions a 90 day T-Bill and the Government of St Lucia comes to the market for EC$100 Million in a series of bonds issues.