Local News

The Health Authority of Anguilla has announced that the Anguilla Emergency Medical Service (AEMS) at the Princes Alexandra Hospital now has a trained and certified Paramedic in the person of Steve McDowall, Senior Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Residents in the western area of Blowing Point are still talking about the scare they had when a tornado ripped through the locality, with an explosive sound, and bounced in the open and bush areas some five times.

September is being observed as Family Month by the Seventh-day Adventist Church which has embarked on a series of activities for the occasion.

A prime activity was a Men’s Convention, held at the Campus B Auditorium of the ALHCSon Saturday, September 6, under the theme: Men are Blessed. The sessions dealt with Man and his spirituality, Man passing on values to this troubled world, Man and his relationship with his daughter and the Man as a leader not as a boss.

The following is an article from School Health Services.

School Health Services recognizes the seriousness of the growing pandemic of childhood obesity and the adverse impact this has on children’s health on into adulthood. In addition, the general trend toward unhealthy lifestyles is increasing at an alarming rate. Eating Healthy: Breakfast is a three part series emphasizing the importance of eating a healthy breakfast. Through this series of articles, School Health Services aims to reinforce healthy eating habits in children and adults alike.

Anguilla’s Particular and Peculiar Circumstances

Anguilla takes the view that the exercise of her right to the devolution of full internal self government must be viewed not only by reference to resolution 1541 (xv), but by reference to the relevant fundamental principles of the UN Charter and other international covenants and protocols.

Chief Minister, the Hon. Osbourne Fleming, says he is delighted over the Water Corporation which the Government is establishing following the recent passage of the enabling legislation by the Anguilla House of Assembly.

Anguilla’s Chief Minister, the Hon. Osbourne Fleming, says the Government has been informed by a representative of the Flag/Temenos project that the developers are actively engaged in discussions with financial institutions to access some two hundred million dollars which they estimate will complete the development.

A second Anguillian Forensic Scientist has been recruited to the Royal Anguilla Police Force, thus contributing to its development in crime detection and prosecution.

Anguilla has lost one of its most highly-regarded women in the 1967 Revolution whose passing was announced by Chief Minister, Hon. Osbourne Fleming, on Wednesday, September 10.

The Royal Anguilla Police Force reported at the weekly Wednesday press briefing that the period September 3-10 was a calmer week in Anguilla notwithstanding the various incidents which have now, unfortunately, become a regular pattern of behaviour on the island.

The Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School took a plausible decision when Monday this week, September 8, was set aside as Motivational Day for Third Form students under the theme I am a Promise. It is one of the largest forms at Campus A with the youngest students, fresh from Campus B, with special needs for settling in, getting off to a well-rounded start and building a foundation for higher learning and spiritual and social development.

The large auditorium at the Road Primary School was filled to capacity on Tuesday, September 9, where Government officials, teachers and students as well as residents in South Hill and Blowing Point, gathered for the Renaming Ceremony and Anniversary Celebrations of the learning institute. The person at the centre of the high profile event was former Headmaster, Adrian T. Hazell, whose name has now been given to the school in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of education in Anguilla. Smartly dressed and accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Hazell, and Colin, one of their three children, the well-respected erstwhile educator entered the auditorium to a rousing welcome and standing ovation from the mammoth crowd.

Anguilla’s Particular and Peculiar Circumstances

Anguilla takes the view that the exercise of her right to the devolution of full internal self government must be viewed not only by reference to resolution 1541 (xv), but by reference to the relevant fundamental principles of the UN Charter and other international covenants and protocols.

This is an age of self-determination, and in Anguilla’s case, that right is well supported both by the international conventions and protocols to which the British Government is a signatory, as well as in Anguilla’s own history and agreements with the British government, which are fairly well reflected in the statutory provisions which provide for her governance.

The House of Assembly has given its approval to the Water Corporation of Anguilla Bill 2008 which received the second and third reading on Tuesday this week. The legislation was introduced by Minister of Infrastructure, Kenneth Harrigan.

The Royal Anguilla Police Force has a new specialist in its ranks in the person of Detective Inspector Andrew (Andy) Arsemault. He arrived on the island on August 30 to take charge of the Financial Intelligence Unit.

The Fifth Annual Teachers’ Appreciation Ceremony 2008, an event by the Department of Education, was held at the Campus B Auditorium on August 29. Two of the distinctive features were a new group of Anguillians entering the teaching profession for the first time and among them an increased number of male teachers but still heavily outnumbered by their female counterparts.

In a flurry of excitement and appreciation at the No-Walls Church of Hope on the evening of Friday, August 29th, some 72 children, primarily students attending the Valley Primary School, were presented with a new supply of bags, books, and miscellaneous school supplies for the new school year.

I heard through the grapevine that the Anguilla Government was planning a salary increase for its workers, and I also learnt through the grapevine that it had difficulty in reaching a consensus in arriving at a percentage increase among the different grades.

In its fourteenth year of innovative educational excellence the Teacher Gloria Omololu Institute continues on its trail blazing path as a leader in education on Anguilla!

The National Bank of Anguilla Ltd today congratulates two of its employees Mrs. Elma Goodridge and Mrs. Marjorie Richardson who have successfully received their Diploma in Banking from the Graduate School of Banking (GSB) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Mrs. Goodridge and Mrs. Richardson began their studies at GSB in 2006, which consisted of classroom instruction at the Graduate School of Banking during two-week resident sessions for three consecutive summers, along with comprehensive home study and intersession projects between summer resident sessions.