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Deion Richardson, an Anguillian cyclist, who was seriously injured in a shooting incident, returned home on Tuesday afternoon from Florida where he had been receiving treatment at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

A fishing trip, some six miles in the area of Prickly Pear, one of Anguilla’s offshore cays, has left two Anguillian families relieved, but a third family bearing the brunt of the loss of one of its members.

Among the events which kept Road Bay busy during Sunday, January 29, was the arrival of a French cruise ship, Club Med 2. On board were 308 passengers, many of whom came ashore and were taken on tours to several parts of Anguilla.

A quantity of marijuana, cocaine and crack cocaine, confiscated by the Police and submitted as evidence against a number of offenders, has been destroyed by the Magistrate’s Court in Anguilla.

CuisinArt Golf Resort and Spa has donated US$2,500 to the Princess Alexandra Hospital towards the purchase of a Blood Gas Analyser. The equipment will allow health personnel to quickly analyse a patient’s condition rather than losing time by having to wait for results from doctors in St. Martin.

The Anguilla Chamber of Commerce and Industry has contributed US$3,000 towards a scholarship fund set up by the Anguilla Community College for a deserving student to pursue an Associates Degree in Business Administration there.

One of Anguilla’s most senior and experienced Barristers, Mr. John Benjamin, has been appointed Acting High Court Judge and assigned to the Nevis Circuit of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

One of the highlights of Police Week 2012 was the Senior Citizens’ Lunch, which considered the largest of all lunches held over the years. It was held in the basement area of Police Headquarters on Friday, January 27.

The Italia, the new up-market restaurant at the 5-star CuisinArt Golf Resort, was the venue for the formal Dinner, Ball and Award Ceremony which climaxed Police Week and the observance of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Royal Anguilla Police Force on Saturday, January 28.

Two of the three winners of the raffles held by the Royal Anguilla Police Force, as part of its 40th Anniversary, turned up for their prizes outside Police Headquarters on Wednesday.

After her legal education in the United States and the United Kingdom, Anguillian Kristy A. Richardson, of West End, was admitted to the Anguilla Bar as a Barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Anguilla Circuit) on Thursday, January 26.

Social Security in Anguilla is in the process of celebrating its 30th Anniversary with a programme of activities. The observance began with a religious service at the World Harvest Assembly at Little Harbour on Sunday, January 29.

Five young and capable Anguillian chefs arrived at Veya Restaurant on Sunday January 29th at four pm, dressed in Chef whites and ready to stake their claim to a spot on the Culinary Team. When the dust settled and the judges presented their first and second place winners, it was Justin Hughes and Jordel Gumbs, with Claudio Gumbs, Leonardo Vanterpool, and Matima taking the last three spots.

It was confirmed by the Governor’s Office on Tuesday, January 24, that the legal opinion of Mr. Anthony Astaphan, S.C. of Dominica,on reductions from the salaries of public servants, had been received by the Anguilla Government.

Anguilla’s first professional cricketer in England and Australia, Cardigan Connor, has entered the island’s political arena as the Opposition Anguilla United Front’s candidate for District 7 (West End) in the next general election.

The docking facility to be built at the Simpson Bay Lagoon in Philipsburg, St. Maarten, by the Anguilla Government, with the cooperation of the Dutch Government there, has generated much discussion in Anguilla among operators of regular ferries to Marigot, St. Martin, charter boats and special shuttles to Philipsburg.

Speaking on the first day of the 10th OCT EU Forum held in Brussels on the 24th January, the Chief Minister of Anguilla, Hon. Hubert Hughes, opened an afternoon of interventions by leaders of the Overseas Countries and Territories from around the world, saying:

Anguilla’s Governor, His Excellency Alistair Harrison, has formally announced that Her Majesty the Queen had requested their Royal Highnesses Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, to visit Anguilla as part of a visit to the Caribbean.

The Anguilla Constitutional and Electoral Reform Committee is in the process of working towards the preparation of a report on its work, andon submitting a draft of the new constitution.

There was standing room only at the crowded Bethel Methodist Church at South Hill on Sunday, January 22, where the Fortieth Anniversary Service of the Royal Anguilla Police Force was held.