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The newly-appointed Attorney General in Anguilla, James Wood, 45, told reporters he was extremely pleased and honoured to have been selected for the post which takes effect on July 11. He was speaking to reporters on Friday, June 3, shortly after Governor Alistair Harrison announced his appointment at a press conference.

Police in Anguilla said on Wednesday this week, June 7, that up to that date they had no leads with respect to an incident involving a shooter or shooters. The person or persons discharged a firearm during the launching ceremony of the 2011 carnival activities on the Valley Street opposite English Rose Restaurant on Friday, June 3.

The All Hazards Risk Reduction and Safety Fair 2011, held on May 27, on the Agricultural Department’s grounds, came four days before the official start of the hurricane season on June 1. It demonstrated that Anguilla was experiencing increased awareness of the risks associated with other hazards, according to Deputy Governor, Stanley Reid, whose responsibilities include disaster preparedness.

APANY awards the Diaspora Award to ATB's Director of North America, Mrs. Marie Walker, for her outstanding and dedicated service rendered to the Anguilla Tourist Board,

There is a new attractive addition to the Sandy Ground Cemetery and many people have been admiring the Memorial Wall that has been built in the north east corner of the Cemetery. It has been described as a living sculpture with a most beautiful organic form.

One of the domestic areas covered by the recent Risk Reduction and Safety Fair, held in Anguilla for the third year, was cooking gas used predominantly throughout the island. Adults and children, who visited the SOL gas stall, were surprised to learn that the fuel supply provided in a cylinder, or ‘gas tank’, was in fact in liquid form.

Anguilla is moving ahead with the introduction of Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ) at Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School. The Ministry of Social Development – Education began the process when it signed anAgreement with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in September 2010.

The Wellness Centre - Dominion Faith Centre, June 5th, 2011 - The Wellness Centre in The Farrington has graduated its first cohort of para-counsellors.

Schools in Anguilla, at the request of the School Health Office, led their children in performing various exercises in celebration of Caribbean Nutrition Day. The event was celebrated on Wednesday, June 1, under the theme Healthy Eating and Active Living – Do A Variety of Physical Activities Today and Everyday.

Anguillian young woman, Melissa Meade, is the newly-appointed Director of Disaster Management in Anguilla. She assumed her appointment on May 2, in succession to Elizabeth Klute whose five-year contract to head and develop the Department has expired.

Former Director of Disaster Management in Anguilla, for the past five years, Elizabeth Klute, said her tenure of office was a wonderful experience. “It is always exciting to come in and develop a new programme and department and help spread the expertise of emergency management,” she told The Anguillian. “I love Anguilla and for me, to have become a part of the community, it was an honour to serve the people of Anguilla.”

Anguilla recorded the passing of its eldest citizen on the island on May 23 and her interment at Sandy Hill Cemetery on June 5, 2011, following the celebration of her life and thanksgiving service at the Mount Fortune Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Anguillians turned out in large numbers at the Ronald Webster Park on Anguilla Day, Monday, May 30, 2011, in celebration of their 1967 Revolution in which they wrested control of their island’s affairs from the Central Government of the late Premier Robert Bradshaw.

At the weekly police briefing on Wednesday this week, reporters were told that Detective Police Officer, Vanroy Herbert, and J.W. of Rey Hill, were rushed to the Princess Alexandra Hospital on Monday night, May 30, for treatment after a stabbing incident.

Governor Alistair Harrison announced on May 31 that he had granted a respite to three prisoners to help relieve the overcrowding at Her Majesty’s Prison.

Chief Minister, Colleagues and Friends, I would like to observe the protocol already established.

Fellow Anguillians,

We are assembled on these grounds yet another time to celebrate our island home and the men and women who have contributed to its development in all its aspects. These celebrations mark the 44th Anniversary of the Anguilla Revolution --- a “punctuation mark” in the history of our country’s journey to where we are today. I use the term “punctuation mark” because Anguilla’s history did not begin or end with the Revolution --- but it is certainly better because of it. The Revolution was undoubtedly our finest hour.

Your Excellency Governor Alistair Harrison and Mrs Harrison, Father of the Nation, Mr James Ronald Webster and Mrs Webster, Dignitaries, Fellow Anguillians, Friends, and visitors to our island --- GREETINGS on this Anguilla Day

St. Augustine’s Anglican Church, at East End, was the venue for a Thanksgiving Service in observance of the 44th Anniversary of the Anguilla Revolution on Sunday, May 29, 2011.

Anguilla marked the 44th Anniversary of its 1967Revolutionin which it broke away from St. Kitts-Nevis, with Choir Fest 2011,on Thursday, May 26, at a crowded St. Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church.