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Anguilla Access dot com understands the importance of “giving back to the community in which we live” and will begin March 5, 2011, and every Saturday thereafter, by giving back to the Blowing Point, South Hill and North Hill communities in the form of complimentary transportation to seniors and others in need of transportation to do their grocery shopping.

His Excellency, Governor Alistair Harrison, has done what every Anguillian and visitor ought to do when researching the rich and colourful history of Anguilla: take a peek at the much-acclaimedHeritage Collection Museum at East End.

The Anguillian debaters and supporters returned home on Monday from the Tortola where the team competed in the Leeward Islands Debating Competition.

The annual Flower and Garden Show, organized by the Anguilla Beautification Club (ABC), was a very successful one with a large number of entries and lots of visitors enjoying the exhibits and displays. The Opening Ceremony was held on Saturday morning and the ribbon to open the Show was cut by Una Gumbs, daughter of Lydia Gumbs, a founding member of the ABC who initiated the Show twelve years ago.

“Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the sheep to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain . . . ” (Exodus 3:1). It was while he was in the bush tending his sheep that God called on him to take his people out of Egypt.

Anguilla’s Revolutionary Leader, James Ronald Webster, has called on the island’s young people to prepare themselves for leadership. He was at the time delivering an address on the national holiday on Wednesday, this week, to mark his 85th birthday.

The island of Anguilla captured the attention of thousands of consumers and members of the travel trade during the seventh annual Luxury Travel Show hosted by the New York Times at the Jacob Javitz Center in New York City on February 25-27, 2011.

Ronald Webster, the Father of our Nation, is undoubtedly the greatest of Anguilla’s revolutionary leaders.
I will briefly examine five characteristics of Mr. Webster which enabled him to achieve such a feat. I will then look at how young people (that is me and you, this present and future generation) can emulate and utilize these characteristics to better our lives, the lives of others and contribute to Anguilla’s development.

A packed progamme of songs by school children, and addresses by education officials, marked the commencement of Early Childhood Month in Anguilla on Tuesday, March 1.

The Anguilla Community Foundation (ACF) recently benefitted from a Strategic Planning Retreat. The retreat was held at the Anguilla Community College from February 25-27, 2011 and was facilitated by Dr. Jackie Copeland-Carson, the Founding President and Managing Partner of Copeland Carson Associates.

The Food Hygiene Regulation under the Public Health Act states that “no person shall engage in the handling of food unless he is possession of a certificate of health”. These certificates of health or food handler’s permit are issued by the Environmental Health Unit of the Department of Health Protection.

The two independent financial experts, John Wiggins and Ved Gandhi, recruited by the British Government to review Anguilla’s 2011 budget with local technocrats, have completed their work on a positive note. They reported to the Government and people of the island at the Rodney McArthur Rey Auditorium on Monday evening, February 21.

Six cases of criminal activities were recorded by the Police in Anguilla during the period February 16-23.

Now that the experts have completed their work in assisting with Anguilla’s 2011 budget, Governor Alistair Harrison said the next step was a discussion in the Executive Council on Thursday this week on the way forward.

The Anguillian women’s organisation, Sisters 4 Sisters, and the island’s resort, Paradise Cove, have decided to join the metro-Atlanta-based organisation, The Unity Rally LLC.

The second Country Poverty Assessment carried out in Anguilla in 2008/2009, by a team from Kairi Consultants Limited of Trinidad, has found that there was an overall poverty rate of 5.8 percent during that period.

The Water Corporation in Anguilla is expanding its services with the forthcoming commissioning of a number of wells in The Valley. The aim is to supplement the insufficient supply from the reverse osmosis system at Crocus Bay.

With only a few reality shows reaching brand status, ABC Television’s The Bachelor remains the only reality brand that offers a backdrop for filming as well as a unique opportunity to showcase Anguilla and raise the profile of the island -- and The Bachelor delivered for the destination in spades!

A Literacy Promotion Campaign has been formerly launched in Anguilla. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Chanelle Petty-Barrett, explained to public and private sector officials, parents and children what the undertaking is all about.

Anguillian students, friends and other members of the public, joined the family and associates of the late Thomas (Tom) L. Wright in celebrating his life at a memorial service at the Bethel Methodist Church, on Friday. February 18.