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The Anguilla Tourist Board and LIME, which has replaced Cable and Wireless in Anguilla, have contributed US$33,600 and US$23,000 respectively towards the sponsorship of Moonsplash, the annual music festival put one each year on the island by Bankie Banx, and a cadre of visiting and local musicians and singers, at his Dune Preserve at Rendezvous Bay.

A few weeks ago, island guests from Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Ed and Tricia Ornes, along with their children and grandchildren, were exploring the rocky coast just east of Mimi Bay when Ed discerned an unbroken, stoppered bottle with what appeared to be a roll of paper inside. With much excitement, the family gathered to study this find and the wiser heads prevailed: they would wait until returning to their villa before opening the bottle.

It’s not an easy task to get the Class A Boats ready for a race and so at the Island Harbour pier, captains and crew members did their share in setting up the boats on Sunday March 1, for the 2nd Annual Jeff G. Webster Memorial Boat Race as fans and tourists looked on.

The Anguilla House of Assembly has given its approval to legislation formally establishing a National Community College for the island.

Outgoing Governor, His Excellency Andrew George, has showered a great deal of praise on Anguilla and its people saying his tour of service has been an enjoyable experience, that Anguillians are a tough and inventive people and that despite the difficult times the island’s economy will bounce back.
Governor George expressed those and other complimentary sentiments at a farewell reception, at Government House on Monday evening this week, attended by leading officials and other persons in the public and private sectors of the island.

The police report for the period February 18-25, showed that there were ten burglaries in Anguilla in the areas of Old Ta, East End, Island Harbour, South Hill, Deep Waters and North Side.

An amendment to the Social Security Ordinance was introduced in the Anguilla House of Assembly by Minister of Finance Victor Banks on Tuesday this week and was passed after a considerable amount of debate with various questions raised by Opposition Members Edison Baird and Hubert Hughes.

Anguilla’s Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming, says that his Government has been told that the Flag Project is being considered for transfer into new ownership but nothing has been confirmed.

He made the statement at his weekly press conference on Wednesday, February 25.

During the recent live telecast of religious singing by several church groups in Anguilla, beamed to church audiences at the Wescott Christian Centre in Los Angeles, California, one of the lead singers on the programme was Amelia Vanterpool-Kubisch.

Opposition Member, Edison Baird, has called for better x-ray services at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, he said that on Monday this week a young man injured in a road accident was taken to the hospital for treatment only to find that the x-ray machine was not functioning.

My theme for the past few weeks has been school-based interventions that work; what can be done now, for very little cost, to help students perform and behave better in school. I’ll continue on this topic this week.

THE VALLEY, ANGUILLA Wednesday 25, February, 2009: Digicel, The Bigger, Better Network has added a new twist to the word FREE as it launches FREE talk for five long days. Last week it launched the FREE SMS 5 day pass.

Members of the Anguillian community are joining the three congregations of the Seventh-day Church at a five-week Evangelistic Crusade on the island.

The Methodist Church in Anguilla joined with other circuits throughout the Caribbean and Americas to celebrate Men’s Lord’s Day on Sunday, February 22. On that day, laymen conducted the morning services in all the six congregations in Anguilla.

Friday, February 27, this year, is 42 years since the people of Anguilla rebelled against becoming part of the Associated State of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.

Abuse in dating relationships is common among teens. Teen dating abuse is like domestic violence in adults in that it also is a pattern of abusive behavior used to control another person. Teen dating abuse can include emotional or mental abuse, sexual abuse and physical abuse.

The youth of the Anguilla Junior Red Cross recently visited the Miriam Gumbs Senior Citizen Home on 21st February, 2000 located in Pope Hill, Anguilla.

All persons qualified to vote in Anguilla are being urged to take advantage of the newly-introduced system of continuous registration to have their names registered on the Voters’ Lists in the seven electoral districts on the island.
The advice has come from the Electoral Registration Officer, Pricilla Gumbs.

On Wednesday this week The Police Welfare Association made to two cash presentations to different sporting organizations in Anguilla.

Some 60 Grade One pupils and their teachers were hosted by Cap Juluca last week as part of their tourism awareness programme. The pupils and teachers led by Teacher Dorothy Hazel! toured the property and the various departments of the recently renovated five star resort.