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Governor Alistair Harrison, who has responsibility for the Police, and Chief Minister, Hubert Hughes, delivered radio broadcasts as part of the current week of activities marking the 40th Anniversary of the Royal Anguilla Police Force.

Former West Indies test cricketer, Omari Banks, who brought much pride to Anguilla and the rest of the region when he was selected to play with the team on the international scene, has left the sport to begin a career in music.

Pastor Cecil Richardson, of the Central Baptist Church at Rey Hill, told Police Officers in Anguilla on the 40th Anniversary of the Force that the public appreciated the tremendous job they were doing in policing the island and maintaining law, order and security.

Arrangements are being made for a team of consultants to hold a workshop in Sandy Ground, one of the areas in Anguilla prune to disaster. The participants are expected to be residents of the village, builders, contractors and building inspectors.

On Tuesday 24th January 2012, the inmates and staff of Her Majesty’s Prison received a special treat when they were visited by international reggae artist Gramps Morgan as well as our local music stars Bankie Banx and Omari Banks, all of whom gave a short performance for the inmates.

Media representatives in Anguilla joined their counterparts, in the 8-member island grouping of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), in attending an Economic Workshop for Media Practitioners on Tuesday this week.

Anguilla, BWI; January 23, 2012 – Condé Nast Johansens, the international luxury travel guides from the most trusted name in travel publishing, Condé Nast Publications Ltd., recently announced the winners of the 2012 Awards for Excellence. Cap Juluca was named “The Most Romantic Hideaway”.

Cap Juluca marked its 24th anniversary last week, by celebrating the Resort’s latest accolade and paying special tribute to 82 of its longest-serving employees, who are members of the Juluca Jubilee Club.

Jonathon Hopkins, Senior Markets Reporter with Reuters News in London, may not have been visiting Anguilla this week had it not been for his father, Dennis Hopkins.

Owner of CuisinArt Golf Resort and Spa, Leandro Rizzuto, declared that Monday, January 16, was “a very special day for CuisinArt and also for Anguilla inasmuch as we worked out terms and conditions for the development of the 275 acres formerly the Temenos Property.”

It is anticipatedthat the Vehicle and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2012 will provide additional revenue to the Government of Anguilla in excess of $600,000 this year and over $680,000 in 2013.

Past President of the Rotary Club of Anguilla, and former Deputy Principal of the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School, Anne Edwards, is now a Paul Harris Fellow.

The Life Impact Centre, one of the growing Churches in Anguilla, held what was described as “a Government Day Service” on Sunday, January 15.

After having been in a state of external disrepair for a number of years, though it continued to function, the Edison Hughes Complex is being given a welcome facelift. The building, just across from the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School, in The Valley, houses the Public Library on the first floor and offices for the Education Department and the Teachers’ Resource Centre on the top floor.

The amendment to the Road Traffic Amendment Bill, 2011 was discussed at a public consultation at the Rodney MacArthur Rey Auditorium on Thursday, January 12.

LIME Anguilla announced, on Wednesday, the telecommunications company’s grand prize winner of its Christmas promotions called “Enriching Customers’ Lives” by giving them “a gift of a lifetime.”

Sixty five delegates of the Anguilla United Front (AUF) met on Saturday, January 14, 2012 to examine the performance of the Anguilla United Movement (AUM) Government of the Hon. Hubert Hughes, Chief Minister, after 23 months in office. The all day event, comprising Day One of the Party Convention, was held in the conference room of the Soroptimists’ Centre, The Valley, adjacent to the Edison L. Hughes Public Library and Teachers Resource Centre.

The donation of five defibrillators from the West Parry Sound Health Centre, located in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, is now complete. Rotarian Karen Cox, from Parry Sound, arrived on the island in early January for her first visit to Anguilla, and she brought with her the fifth defibrillator. Four other units arrived on the island in November last fall.

Anguilla’s Tourism Development Areas (TDA) as outlined in the recently-completed Tourism Master-plan.
A banner, featuring the map of Anguilla, divided into West End, Central and East End TDAs, has been erected on the main road opposite LIME. Three other banners, which will highlight each TDA in more detail, will be placed strategically around the island in due course.

The newest member of the Rotary Club of Anguilla was warmly welcomed into the Family of Rotary recently at a regular Thursday evening meeting of the club.