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On Saturday morning, July 31st, approximately 2:00 am Singing Niqua was once again crowned the 2010 Junior Calypso Monarch with a total of 269 points. First Runner up with 250 points was the Mighty Viglef singing “De Bigger Picture” and Second Runners up with 242 points the Mighty Jam Out “How would History Judge You?”
The other Junior Calypsonians were Singing Annie, Mighty Pantha, Mr. Danger and Singing Destiny.

The Special Meeting of Shareholders of Anglec requisitioned by the Government of Anguilla and the Anguilla Social Security Board, and held on July 30, resulted in the defeat of two resolutions by the Government and the Social Security Board. The first resolution sought to remove eight of the nine sitting Anglec Directors, and the second to replace them with ten individuals handpicked by the Government and the Social Security Board.

The filling of two top positions in the Royal Anguilla Police was announced on Wednesday, August 11, by Commissioner Rudolph Proctor.

The Champion of Champions boat race, held on Sunday, August 8, at Sandy Ground, and won by De Tree, the Blowing Point community boat, brought down the curtain on the Anguilla Summer Festival.

“Last week the property was up for sale and this week it has been sold,” Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, the Hon. Haydn Hughes, told reporters at the Chief Minister’s press conference on Tuesday this week.

Despite the financial and economic challenges facing the island, thousands of Anguillians and visitors will rub shoulder to shoulder in gay abandonment during the one-week Summer Festival activities, commencing this Friday, July 30.

There were thirteen crimes reported, by the Royal Anguilla Police Force, for the period July 21st to 28th. Among them were two burglaries in Blowing Point and South Hill. The only item stolen was a handbag with contents and cash.
Eleven thefts were reported in West End, Long Ground, Island Harbour, South Hill, Campus B, Rey Hill, East End, North Side, Blowing Point and the Valley.

Governor Alistair Harrison held his regular monthly press conference on Tuesday this week. With him was the Acting Deputy Governor, Bonnie Richardson-Lake, who was given that appointment by him for the first time, in the absence on leave of the substantive holder of the post, Stanley Reid.

LIME, which, under its former name, Cable and Wireless, has had a long association with Anguilla, and is continuing its service with its new trade designation, has contributed to two environment projects on the island.

"Earlier this week, in connnection with my operational responsibility for the Prison, Superintendent Conrad Gumbs reported to me that one prisoner, Abraham Harrigan, had suffered a serious deterioration in his health. His medical needs, the strain on the prison staff of coping with them, and the implications for the good order of the prison, led the Superintendent to recommend that I should take action to remove Mr Harrigan from the prison.

As the sole Caribbean destination represented, Anguillian Chef of the year, Glendon Carty of Ripples and Cap Juluca and Chef Dale Carty of Tastys wowed over 600 foodies and honoree Martha Stewart with their delectable Conch Ceviche with Japanese Seaweed and velvety Island Pumpkin Soup. The event featured a sumptuous tasting party with flowing Champagnes, the wines of Wölffer Estate and culinary offerings from a select group of more than 30 fine chefs.

Some 70 young men and young women crowded the Dungeon Gym and Fitness Centre at Lower South Hill, on Tuesday evening, to hear how they could pay more attention to nutrition, an important component of exercise and bodybuilding.

For the 16th consecutive year the Soroptimist Club has held a Reading Programme geared towards students leaving primary school to attend the Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School Campus B. The programme assists with reading and comprehension skills and involves individual work that is fun and interesting. Twenty two children completed the two and a half week course this year.

Four students from the Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School: Javiette and Shanoi Richardson, Jason Ruan and Jackie Harrigan accompanied by Mr. Karl Woodley, ATB member and Hospitality Teacher at the Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School, to the 14th Annual National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers (NABHOOD) Summit at the Doral Golf Course Hotel in Miami, Florida, from July 21st to 24th.

Calypso is a style of music that developed in the West Indies, the islands of the Caribbean. It began in Trinidad and spreaded throughout the islands eventually influencing many other popular styles of music in the U.S. and around the world.

It is disheartening that even during my absence from Anguilla, over the past week, persons still saw it fit to involve me in a number of conspiracies not the least among which was the sabotage of the Clayton Lloyd International Airport fire tender. By the way, I stand in full support of the renaming of the airport including the designation “international airport” because that is what it is --- an international airport --- it receives international flights.

Methodists in Anguilla were urged to avoid complacency and to seek a new vision. The admonition came from Supernumerary Minister, the Rev. Joseph Lloyd. He was at the time delivering the sermon at a Service of Thanksgiving in observance of the Re-dedication of Ebenezer Chapel in The Valley, occasioned by its 180th Anniversary, on Sunday evening, July 25. That was the day and month when the original church building was commissioned in 1830.

At first hearing about this three-member musical band, with guitars and drum set, one may have thought that it was a wholly Anguillian group. The band performs ever so often at hotels, restaurants, the Tranquility Jazz Festival, the Summer Festival and other entertainment functions. Some may have assumed that the group, growing in popularity, was Anguillian because of its name in relation to the island’s British Overseas Territory status and the fact that the band operates here.

Proud of their record as past students and their stations in life, due largely in part to their secondary education, the Graduation Class of 1990 of the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School, celebrated their 20th Anniversary over the weekend.

The second School Attendance Fun Fair was held at Adrian T. Hazell Primary School on Thursday July 15th 2010. In attendance were students from the public primary schools across the island. These students qualified for the Fair by achieving 90-100 percent school attendance for at least two terms in the 2009 to 2010 School Year.