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The Anguilla Tourist Board and LIME Anguilla joined, during the last week of 2011, in donating gifts to many children from various parts of the island as part of their annual Christmas-giving Extravaganza.
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The attractive courtyard at Government House was the scene of a display of boats and equipment on Monday, December 26, where the Anguilla Youth Sailing Club held its annual fund-raising event, hosted by Governor and Mrs. Alistair Harrison.
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Four Anguillian cricketers have been included in the Leeward Islands squad of fourteen which will play in the Caribbean 20-20 Tournament, commencing in Antigua on Monday, January 9, and continuing later in Barbados.
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The Caribbean Commercial Bank, which has adopted the Miriam Gumbs Senior Citizens’ Home, celebrated the Christmas season with the residents there with an afternoon of entertainment and food.
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The Governor’s Office in Anguilla has distributed a quantity of Christmas gifts to church representatives for children in their congregations.
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Unlike at least three other occasions within some 18 months, during the current tenure of the AUM Government, when three budgets were not approved, the 2012 budget has won the approval of the British Government.
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After operating for some time, H.O.P.E. Centre Ltd, at Nauson House, in the Sandy Hill/East End area, was officially opened on Monday afternoon, December 19. Its aim, as the founder, Mrs. Cora Richardson-Hodge, said, is: to Helping Our People Excel (HOPE).
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Anguillian Methodist Minister, the Rev. Dr. H. Clifton Niles, is quoted as having declared in one of his stirring sermons: “Don’t let anybody tell you ‘Happy Holidays’. It is Christmas for us.”
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Five persons were arrested and charged under the Firearms Act and appeared in the Magistrate’s Court:
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“O HUSH THE NOISE, YE MEN OF STRIFE”
HE The Governor reflects in his Christmas message on his favourite carol.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Another year has passed, and another Christmas is upon us. 2011 hasn’t been an easy year in Anguilla, or in most of the world. 2012 promises to be (we hope) better for Anguilla; and (we fear) worse for at least some parts of the world.
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Commissioner of the Royal Anguilla Police Force, Rudolph Proctor, has cautioned members of the public to be on guard against any increase in robberies or thefts now that the Christmas season is here.
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Anguilla, St. Martin/St. Maarten, St. Barths, St. Eustatius and Saba are working together, as an inter-regional group,to pool their resources to ensure the successful joint-marketing of their diverse tourism product. The aim is to promote travel within the five territories as well as to attract visitors from Latin America and other markets.
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Tis the season of parties and lots of eating. It is a time of great temptations to overeat -- and the evidence suggests most of us give in. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the average person in the United States of America puts on a pound during the holidays and never loses it, and it appears that it might be more for individuals living in Anguilla. This adds up to serious weight gain over the years.
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Festival De Noel, usually held on the grounds of the old East End School, was displaced this year and had to be scaled down due to the recent rainstorm which caused large-scale flooding in the area. Nevertheless, the three events at two other locations, went well, according to Jerome Roberts, speaking on behalf his Committee members.
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• Many Customers win free landline, mobile or internet service for forty years
Many LIME customers have been receiving the gift of a lifetime this holiday as the telecoms company gives away landline, mobile and internet services for forty years! Ten (10) of the twenty eight (28) lucky customers have been presented with their gifts over the past two weeks as LIME General Manager Mark Romney and members of his sales team visited the elated individuals at their home or workplace to deliver the breathtaking news.
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Island Harbour Bay was the scene of much colour and activity as a large number of children performed and received Christmas gifts arranged by the Community Care Centre there, one of a number of such village establishments in Anguilla.
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One of Anguilla’s youngest religious leaders, Pastor Lucien McDonna, was the recipient of much recognition and tribute for his outstanding ministerial leadership and community involvement on the island.
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This week the East End Community opened its long awaited HOPE Centre on Separation Day, December 19, 2011. It is the time when we celebrate the official culmination of the primary goal of the Anguilla Revolution, that is, secession from the unitary state of St. Kitts-Nevis and Anguilla. The date is also symbolic of Anguillians struggling together to achieve a better life for our people and the strong determination and unwavering resolve that saw that struggle through.
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“Gorgeous Scilly Cay is simply the best,” is the catch marketing slogan coined by its operators, Eudoxie Wallace, his wife, Sandra, and their sons, Alexander and Brandon.
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Sitting majestically like a palace on the rock-bound coastline at Brimigen, Anguilla, Villa Kishti overlooks the vast ocean. It boasts an architecture that is almost unmatchable on the island, but one of its greatest features is that it was built by Anguillians under the renownedleadership of Audley Carty.
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