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A number of young upcoming footballers from the Primary Schools, as well as various members of Kicks United Football Club, were recipients of awards presented to them by Kicks United at a ceremony at the Teachers’ Resource Centre on Saturday evening, September 26.

U nderneath the calm or blistering sea
You find a part of life, forgotten and unsold
What hidden gems lie peacefully?
A graveyard and a treasure trove, the history lies untold
So powerful the drive, for generations grabbed
Treasures taken, traded, sold
History salvaged and passed out

Opposition Member, the Hon Hubert Hughes, said that despite the tight employment situation in Anguilla, there was still a level of construction work going on in the western end of the island. He charged, however, that there were Indians working in jobs which Anguillians had done in various islands over the past forty or fifty years.

The Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Bank met in its 6th special meeting at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Headquarters in St Kitts and Nevis on September 18, under the chairmanship of the Honourable Roosevelt Skerritt, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Dominica.

September was Literacy Month in Anguilla and a number of schools celebrated the time with activities centred on reading, writing and language skills.

The Adrian T. Hazel Primary School in South Hill was one such institution where the end of the month in particular saw a variety of competitions and other activities throughout the various class levels. Activities ran from Monday September 21 to Wednesday September 30.

On Saturday September 26 the Anguilla Soroptimist Club held a Health Fair that included many health professionals who gave advice on healthy living and offered free tests. Doctors, nurses and several associations were present at the Health Fair, held on the grounds of the Ruthwill Auditorium.

After some concerns expressed particularly by the Elected Member for Road North, the Hon. Edison Baird, in connection with the parent Proceeds of Crime Bill, recently passed in the Anguilla House of Assembly, an amending measure, which has come closely on its heels, was passed on Tuesday, September 22.

It has come to light from a report received this week that Non-Self-Governing Territories like Anguilla may be in a position to get assistance from United Nations bodies in the area of economic and social development. With this available information, it may be worth the while for the Anguilla Government to make some inquiries and appeals at the UN in these difficult times.

Crime in Anguilla took a further relieving nosedive as it went from 21 reports last week to 11 for the period September 16 to 23.

Topping the criminal activity list was theft with five reports coming from South Hill, Roaches Hill, Island Harbour and George Hill. Items stolen were a cell phone, a lady’s blouse, gasoline, auto parts and a goat.

Anguilla’s Chief Minister, the Hon. Osbourne Fleming, told reporters on Wednesday this week that the Government was relieved that it was in a position to pay the salaries of civil servants and other public sector workers this month, September. “Going forward, we cannot say what will happen. However, I believe this will be an ease to a lot of our people to note that there will be no problem in accessing their salaries for the month of September,” he stated.

The Anguilla House of Assembly has strongly condemned a burglary attack at the residence of Second Nominated Member in the Anguilla House of Assembly during which she sustained injuries to an arm.

The President of the Anguilla Police and Prison Cricket Team, Peterson Boland and other executives are grateful to the main office of NAGICO on the island for a much-needed donation of US$1,000.

His Excellency Governor Alistair Harrison concluded his familiarisation tour of District 3 (the Valley North Constituency) with a visit to the office of The Anguillian Newspaper on Friday, September 18. He was accompanied by the Elected Representative, the Hon. Evans McNiel Rogers, Minister of Social Development.

Anguillian and Indian Muslims held a big fete at their Mosque just off the Jeremiah Highway on Sunday, September 20, in celebration of the Festival of Breaking Fast or Eid ul-Fitr, following the end of Ramadan.

At the Alwyn Allison Primary School in West End on September 3rd, nearly 40 4th, 5th, and 6th graders learned about Anguilla’s shipwrecks and maritime heritage. As a marine archaeologist, I was invited to the school and share information about the latest shipwreck discoveries off Anguilla. It was a fantastic learning experience for everyone.

Senior Opposition Member in the Anguilla House of Assembly, the Hon. Hubert Hughes, spent most of the time of his press conference on Wednesday on the Cap Juluca MOA, a matter of continuing political debate on the island.

During the early rainy morning of Saturday 19 September, more than 30 members representing Anguilla’s Junior Optimist Octagon International (JOOI) Clubs and their advisors met at Road Salt Pond to participate in a pond restoration project co-organised by the Anguilla National Trust and the JOOI Club.

A draft Bill to create an Air and Sea Ports Authority in Anguilla was given its first reading in the island’s House of Assembly on Tuesday this week.

The St. Kitts-Nevis Association on Anguilla has collaborated with the Department of Social Development to make five food baskets available to needy persons here. The young organisation made the presentations to representatives of five persons (who were identified by the Department as deserving of the contribution) on Friday September 18.

Disaster Risk Reduction Consultant for the British Red Cross, Teresa Hanley, was in Anguilla as a guest of the Anguilla Red Cross. Her visit marks the first phase of a Risk Reduction initiative that is expected to contribute to a decrease in the vulnerability of persons in high-risk situations.