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A week had not lapsed since I wrote my last article, Ships At Sea, before sad news struck our community about the fate of three ambitious, sea-fearing men presumed lost to the boundless ocean. By all accounts, they had gone fishing in the area of Prickly Pear last Saturday when a sudden high swell swamped their boat, causing it to capsize.
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I ended my last article, “I am Chief Minister, if you don’t like it get out’a here” by quoting the chorus of the Mighty Sparrow’s classic calypso “Get to Hell Outa Here”. The Mighty Sparrow did a masterful job of capturing the tendency for Dr. Eric Williams to perform as the “strong man” in the national politics of Trinidad and Tobago, and as the head of its Government, towering over everyone else.
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The 5th Annual Dinghy Regatta attracted young sailors from St Maarten, Nevis and Puerto Rico who competed against sailors from Anguilla. It was organised by the Anguilla Sailing Association at Sandy Ground on Saturday January 28. The races included two classes for the Optimist boats - silver and gold, as well as the Laser Radial Class and the 420 class.
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On Sunday 29th January over 80 participants took to the street to usher in the 2012 Anguilla Amatuer Athletics federation Athletic Season with The fifth annual One mile Classic . The event took place at 3.00pm and the route was twice around the agricultural block . Athletes competed in several age catergories and these were the results.
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Savannah Gallery
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Savannah Gallery is located in historic lower Valley on the road to Crocus Bay.
Tel: 264 497-2263
Monday - Saturday 10 - 2 or by appointment
www.savannahgallery.com
Visit the gallery website and blog for updates about Anguilla.
email:
savannah@anguillanet.com
Representing: Jesse Blanchard, Maria Henle, Michele Lavalette, Iris Lewis, Paul Elliott Thuleau, Jo-Anne Mason and many other renowned Caribbean artists.
Featuring signed metal sculptures from Haiti.
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The Perfect Shell, Jo-Anne Mason's latest story about the Caribbean.
A hermit crab in search of a new shell travels around the island of Sint Maarten and St. Martin.
This book will soon be available on Amazon.com
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We have some great daytrips to Anguilla and Prickly Pear.
Anguilla schedule:
Lambada Sail Cat 63’
Capacity 65 pax
Tuesdays and Thursdays Prickly Pear Daysail with lunch at Allans
Wednesday and Friday Snorkel at Prickly and then into Sandy Ground for lunch at Roy’s Bayside Grill.
$85pp plus $12 port fee includes open bar, bbq lunch and snorkel gear
Passports required
Check in at Simpson Bay Resort (formerly Pelican Resort) at Simpson Bay, St Maarten
Note: None of these trips are recommended for cruise ship passengers.
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It was confirmed by the Governor’s Office on Tuesday, January 24, that the legal opinion of Mr. Anthony Astaphan, S.C. of Dominica,on reductions from the salaries of public servants, had been received by the Anguilla Government.
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Anguilla’s first professional cricketer in England and Australia, Cardigan Connor, has entered the island’s political arena as the Opposition Anguilla United Front’s candidate for District 7 (West End) in the next general election.
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The docking facility to be built at the Simpson Bay Lagoon in Philipsburg, St. Maarten, by the Anguilla Government, with the cooperation of the Dutch Government there, has generated much discussion in Anguilla among operators of regular ferries to Marigot, St. Martin, charter boats and special shuttles to Philipsburg.
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Speaking on the first day of the 10th OCT EU Forum held in Brussels on the 24th January, the Chief Minister of Anguilla, Hon. Hubert Hughes, opened an afternoon of interventions by leaders of the Overseas Countries and Territories from around the world, saying:
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Anguilla’s Governor, His Excellency Alistair Harrison, has formally announced that Her Majesty the Queen had requested their Royal Highnesses Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, to visit Anguilla as part of a visit to the Caribbean.
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Dear Sir,
A breath of fresh air
Do I correctly perceive a seemingly small thaw in the Chief Minister's and Governor's relationship, almost like a breath of fresh air on the island? I had speculated in an earlier letter about their reasons for the increasing disagreements and lack of trust in each other, but that may be a fading based on what I read in The Anguillian.
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The Anguilla Constitutional and Electoral Reform Committee is in the process of working towards the preparation of a report on its work, andon submitting a draft of the new constitution.
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Lillian ‘Lilli’ Azevedo, Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholar and archaeologist, has been living on Anguilla since 2009. Her PhD thesis on heritage and heritage management in Anguilla at the University of Southampton will be submitted in May 2012 and her current headquarters are at the Anguilla Heritage Trail Headquarters at Historic Wallblake House in The Valley. During her time on Anguilla, she has led an underwater archaeological survey to identify historic shipwrecks (2009) and spearheaded the Anguilla Heritage Trail (2010).
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Many women in Anguilla are affected by uterine fibroids. While some might not be aware of their disorder and might not have any symptoms, many others have severe symptoms that severely affect the quality of their lives. The emotional effects of fibroids can be enormous as well.
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Many Anguillians at home and abroad are becoming more and more frustrated, disgusted and divided over what appears to be a never-ending duel between the Chief Minister and the Governor of Anguilla. Hardly a week passes when there is not some apparent conflict, war of words, subtle charge and counter charge, denial, and the like. For some, the situation is confusing, for some it is divisive, for some it is foolish and embarrassing, and for some it is seen as an opportunity to play party politics and score political points.
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There was standing room only at the crowded Bethel Methodist Church at South Hill on Sunday, January 22, where the Fortieth Anniversary Service of the Royal Anguilla Police Force was held.
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Governor Alistair Harrison, who has responsibility for the Police, and Chief Minister, Hubert Hughes, delivered radio broadcasts as part of the current week of activities marking the 40th Anniversary of the Royal Anguilla Police Force.
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I cannot believe it. Impossible! What? The Executive Council of the Government of Anguilla, my Anguilla, approved the payment of $40,000 to the Hon. Hubert Hughes, Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, for telephone calls made from his home phone, some twelve to fifteen years ago? My Chief Minister, our Chief Minister, heading our Anguilla Government has been awarded $40,000 for telephone calls that were made a long time ago. And did you say he had previously made the claim, the same or a similar claim, on the Anguilla Government during the tenure of the Hon. Osbourne Fleming as Chief Minister, and was turned down?
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