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An armed robbery at Elato Bar in the Valley, just west of the People’s Market, is being investigated by the police.

This year the Annual Utilities Drill, an exercise by the National Disaster Management Committee, took a different focus on Wednesday, July 18.

The Government of Anguilla has extended the moratorium on the issuing of Alien Land Holding Licences for another two months as from June 29th.

As part of the activities, the nine contestants took part in an intense five-day public speaking workshop, which was hosted by Mr. Keith Stone Greaves. Mr. Greaves, journalist and broadcaster from the island of Montserrat, spent almost 20 years with the AM broadcast giant RADIO ANTILLES and later moved to the BBC in London. He served as Producer of Caribbean News and other programmes as well as the BBC correspondent from Montserrat for many years. Mr. Greaves also served as a BBC Caribbean trainer for journalists in the OECS. He worked for PJD1 FM radio station on St. Maarten and Radio Montserrat, as Trainer, and acting News Editor respectively. He is currently employed by the Government of Anguilla as a Broadcast Media Consultant at Radio Anguilla.

Rain may have led to the postponement of the Tiny Tots parade on Sunday but it certainly did not deter the follow through on the Digicel Rising Star auditions held at the Resource Center over the weekend.

The Caribbean Commercial Bank (CCB), held the last three of a year-long series of activities on Saturday and Sunday, July 14 and 15, bringing down the curtains on the celebrations marking its 30th Anniversary.

Asthrom (Anguilla) Ltd.), the Israeli construction company building the Temenos/St. Regis Hotel and Residences in Anguilla, is sponsoring one of the troupes which will be depicting various aspects of the island’s traditional life as part of the upcoming Summer Festivities.

At the entrance to the Post Office, a ceremony was held on Wednesday, July18 to honour six revolutionary leaders who were vital to the success of Anguilla’s separation from the tyranny of Colonel Bradshaw. The ceremony was attended by the Hon. Mr. Victor Banks, Hon. Mr. Evans Rogers, Hon. Mr. Alberto Hughes, members of the media, organizers, and family members of the six posthumous honourees. An opening prayer and speech was offered by Mr. John Harrigan. A poem titled The Revolution written by Patricia Adams was recited by Sherri-Ann Roberts which was given with much emotional feeling and was well read. Mr. Harrigan, during his speech highlighted many aspects of the revolution but one of the most outstanding was that it was by the medium of the stamp that Anguilla declared its independence forty years ago. He went on to explain that stamps travel all around the world and can be one of the best representations of a nation’s history.

For the third consecutive year, the Anguilla Tennis Academy’s After School Programme has graduated more than 60 children. On Friday, July 6, over 100 children and their parents gathered at the Teachers’ Resource Centre Auditorium for an awards ceremony and informal dinner. Presentations were made by the ATA’s Executive Director Mr. Jason Allen, visiting coach from England Mr. Will Edmonds, Head Pro of the ATA Mr. Rodney Ross, and the Founder and President of the ATA Mr. Mitchell Lake. During the ceremony, summaries of this year’s events were given, certificates handed out to all who participated, trophies presented to the winners and finalists of the year end tournament and special awards were distributed as well.

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Anguilla’s Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming, says the 20 percent pay increase which he announced last week for civil servants, non-established workers and pensioners is a result of a booming economy and a good public sector financial position.

The CCB Talented Teen contestants took part in a Career Development and Business Etiquette Session on July 10th 2007 at the Bank’s premises as part of their scheduled educational activities.

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The Caribbean Commercial Bank has donated EC$16,200 to the Anguilla Boat Racing Committee for sponsorship of the August Wednesday Boat Race. The winning team will be presented the CCB Gold Cup.

A batch of Cub-Scouts who travelled to Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday this week, were the recipients of knapsacks from FirstCaribbean International Bank and caps from the Anguilla Electricity Company on Monday, July 9.

The second Youth Summit held in Anguilla recently was described as a success with a large number of students from the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School in attendance.

Camp Be Aware, an environmental club, the brainchild of Teacher Art Egel, opened on Monday, July 9, with a large number of children in attendance.

During the ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of Altamer Resort, the developers, Rebecca and Michael Eggleton, presented a cheque for US$605,000 to Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming, for use in the Government’s social development programme.

Officials at the highest level of Government as well as Police, Customs, Immigration and Disaster Preparedness personnel from Anguilla, French and Dutch St. Marten/St. Maarten, met in a tripartite meeting on Wednesday July 11.

Enveloped in the mystery of ‘Asian Nights’, the island’s fashion genius, Charla Connor, wooed an overly expectant crowd left swooning from last year’s ‘Another Dash of Panache’. Light drizzle threatened to damper the evening’s events but the weather only affected a prompt start as everything else ran smoothly.