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"WE BELIEVE IN NEW LEADERSHIP," BANKS Says Calls For Decent Campaingning
Published: 26.06.2009 11:17

Hon. Victor Banks
With all other political parties and candidates having virtually declared themselves for the upcoming general election, the governing United Front Party (UFP) is gearing up for the first of two conventions at the end of July. It will be at that first event that the party, to be officially led by the Hon. Victor Banks, in place of Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming, who is retiring, will formally select and announce its candidates for the seven electoral districts.

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The Young Man And The Sea
Published: 26.06.2009 11:13
Prized 840-Lb Marlin caught in Anguillian waters
Ernest Hemingway’s novella, The Old Man and the Sea, immediately came to mind upon hearing that young Patrick Webster, Island Harbour fisherman, had a Blue Marlin rope-lashed to the side of his twenty-seven-foot, open fishing boat named Opportunity, struggling slowly from the far north, back to Anguilla. After considerable time and effort, the mobile phone signal range allowed only a garbled call to be placed to his two brothers, Tim and Vernon.
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Fifty Attend Induction Training
Published: 26.06.2009 11:09
Half of the number of inducted Public servant
Fifty new and continuing officers in the Anguilla Public Service benefited from a two-day induction training session aimed at equipping them with the relevant knowledge about the functions and operations of the service.

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WILD CHEERS, DANCING AS ANGUILLA'S CHEFS SCORE BIG
Published: 19.06.2009 11:32
Wallblake Airport was a scene of much jubilation on Tuesday this week when the top award-winning Anguillian chefs, in the Taste of the Caribbean Culinary Competition held in Puerto Rico last weekend, returned home to a resounding welcome. Wild cheers and dancing greeted them as they disembarked from the American Eagle aircraft, compared only to when the judges of the competition announced that they had won a Team Gold Medal and would go through the finals.

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In Americas and Caribbean: Anguilla Biggest Award Winner
Published: 19.06.2009 11:31
Anguilla has been showcased as the biggest award winner in the Americas and the Caribbean, winning almost concurrently, awards in Puerto Rico and New York.

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UFP Breaks Silence
Published: 12.06.2009 11:36
Hon. Victor Banks and CM Osbourne Fleming on Anguilla Day
Over the past several weeks, a number of political parties and candidates have come forward, declaring their interest in contesting the general election constitutional due by March next year.
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Forms To Declare Imported Goods Coming June 15
Published: 12.06.2009 11:34
Comptroller of customs, Kenrick Richardson
Anguilla is coming of age with other countries having now its own prescribed Customs Declaration Forms to be filled in and submitted by all persons arriving at the island’s ports of entry with or without imported goods.

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"Citrus" Group Making Inroads In Community
Published: 12.06.2009 11:30
Members of the "Citrus" Group (with children) after clean-up campaign
An active community group at East End, called “CITRUS”, is making inroads in community life and social development there. Though not a political grouping, as its leadership and members emphasise, it nevertheless has a function which may help in the choice of candidates in the upcoming elections in Districts 1 and 2 (Island Harbour and Sandy Hill).

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ANGUILLIANS CELEBRATE 42ND ANGUILLA DAY Governor: "It Is RIght To Reflect...On Revolution" Outgoing
Published: 05.06.2009 12:32
The Royal Anguilla Police Force in salute
Anguillians turned out in large numbers at the James Ronald Webster Park on Tuesday, June 2nd, to celebrate the 42nd Anniversary of the Anguilla Revolution and Anguilla Day with an Official Parade and the honouring of a number of nationals and others for their outstanding contribution to the island.

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AG's Conference: BARONESS STRESSES UK'S STAND ON TERRITORIES
Published: 29.05.2009 12:29
Baroness Patricia Scotland addressing delegates
The United Kingdom’s Attorney General, the Rt. Hon. Baroness Patricia Scotland, has made it clear to Anguilla and the other Overseas Territories that matters of good governance, public accountability and law and order are being followed closely in London. She was at the time addressing the opening session of the 18th Annual Conference of Attorneys General hosted this week by Anguilla at the Malliouhana Hotel & Spa Conference Centre at Meads Bay.

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LARGE TURN OUT AT ANGUILLA DAY SERVICE Call For Greater Faith To Face Future
Published: 29.05.2009 12:02
Anguilla Government Officials, Clergy and other guests outside the St. Mary's Anglican Church
The stage has been set for the celebration of Anguilla Day on Tuesday, June 2, under the theme: Anguilla at 42: Moving On, We Celebrate With You. The staging event was a Thanksgiving Ecumenical Service at St. Mary’s Anglican Church on Sunday, May 24, attended by a capacity congregation, the largest seen there in recent years.

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ANGUILLA'S DEPUTY GOVERNOR WARNS AGAINST FRAUD IN PUBLIC SERVICE
Published: 26.05.2009 15:05
Mr. Reid addressing Public Servants. Others are Mr. Andrew Gumbs, Tameika Fleming, Carolyn Richardson and Mr. Andrew Arsenault
Anguilla’s Deputy Governor, the Honourable Stanley Reid, stressed that fraud impacts institutions at the personal and organisational level and the Anguilla Public Service was no exception.
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Police Officer Dies In Road Accident
Published: 26.05.2009 15:00
The Late Officer's car
Tragedy struck Anguilla early on Wednesday morning this week when a member of the Royal Anguilla Police Force, a national of Dominica, was killed in an accident on the Shoal Bay to Island Harbour road.

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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANT FUNDS NOW US$1M Ready To Make First Grant From Endowment
Published: 26.05.2009 14:57
Board Of Directors Of The Anguilla Community Foundation
The Anguilla Community Foundation, which has made substantial grants from its Cares Campaign over the years, is preparing to make its first grant from its General Endowment Fund shortly to non-government organisations and other groups serving the island’s youth.
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Cancer And Kidney Disease: HOWARD UNIVERSITY TO ASSIST ANGUILLA
Published: 18.05.2009 12:20
Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming
There is a strong possibility that cancer and kidney patients in Anguilla can get a whole lot of help under an arrangement being looked into, at the initiative of Dr. Roy Schneider, a noted physician and former Governor of the US Virgin Islands.

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