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Anguilla United Front Manifesto 1 Anguilla United Front Manifesto CONTENTS AUF MANIFESTO SECTION 1: 2010 – 2015 AND BEYOND VISION, MISSION, VALUES, STRATEGIC FOCUS, TEAM 1 - 4 AUF VISION 2020 ANGUILLA IN THE YEAR 2020 WILL BE A SECTION 2: HARMONIOUS AND EMPOWERED SOCIETY, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, WITH 5 - 16 CONSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY, ENJOYING A HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING AND SUSTAINED SECTION 3: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FISCAL AND DEMOCRATICALLY ACHIEVED, A FULL ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, MEMBER OF THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT – PART 1 COMPETING SUCCESSFULLY IN THE GLOBAL 17 - 27 COMMUNITY. SECTION 4: SUSTAINABLE FISCAL AND AUF MISSION 2010 AND BEYOND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT – PART 2 TO PROMOTE AND BUILD A MORE CARING, 28 - 32 PEACEFUL, AND HARMONIOUS SOCIETY, WITH JUSTICE AND EQUITY FOR ALL. SECTION 5: FURTHER IMPROVEMENT AND TO PROVIDE UNIVERSAL AND EQUITABLE EXPANSION OF ANGUILLA’S ACCESS TO A BASIC PACKAGE OF QUALITY PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. 34 - 40 SECTION 6: TO MANAGE THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATION BUILDING, GOVERNANCE, ACHIEVE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY, FOR LAW AND ORDER THE BENEFIT OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. 41 - 44 SECTION 7: TO STIMULATE AND FACILITATE THE NATURAL RESOURCE ACHIEVEMENT OF ROBUST AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY AND FOR THE PHYSICAL PLANNING BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF ANGUILLA, AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE SOCIAL 45 - 46 DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. 1 Anguilla United Front Manifesto CORE GUIDING VALUES » RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS » TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE, OPEN GOVERNMENT » PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL SELF DETERMINATION » THE RULE OF LAW » PATRIOTISM AND NATIONAL UNITY » REGIONAL COOPERATION » RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT » ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF ANGUILLA » ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE » SOCIAL HARMONY AND PEACE » EXCELLENCE » SELF RELIANCE STRATEGIC FOCUS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF SOLID ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT. 2 2010 - 2015 and Beyond ANGUILLA UNITED FRONT TEAM Mr. Othlyn Vanterpool was born in Anguilla and raised in the industrious village of Welches. He has lengthy public service experience in Youth Development, Social Work, and Fisheries and Marine Resources Management. Over the years, he received tertiary education and training in these subjects in Guyana, Jamaica and Canada. He is a longstanding leader and mentor to Anguilla’s youth. Mr. Vanterpool is a first time candidate for the AUF chosen to replace the retiring Hon. Kenneth Harrigan in District #1. Mr. Othlyn Vanterpool District #1 Mrs. Cora Richardson-Hodge was born in St. Thomas USVI. She is an attorney at law and the principal of C.R. Hodge and Associates of the Valley, Anguilla. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science from the Florida Institute of Technology, a Juris Doctor in Law from Stetson University College of Law and Eugene Dupuch Law School and a Legal Education Certificate from the University of the West Indies Law School. She is a first time candidate succeeding the retiring Hon. Osborne Fleming as the AUF candidate for District #2. District #2 Mrs. Cora Richardson - Hodge Hon. Evans McNeil Rogers is Anguilla born and was raised in scenic Shoal Bay. He has been Anguilla’s Minister of Social Development since 2005, when he succeeded the Hon. Eric Reid as the elected AUF representative for District # 3. He is a Medical Technologist, trained in Jamaica at the College of Arts, Science and Technology/University of Technology. He furthered his studies in the USA and worked there for some time, gaining valuable professional and managerial experience. He is Deputy Political Leader of the AUF. Hon. Evans McNiel Rogers District #3 Hon. Victor F. Banks was born in Anguilla and raised in the Valley. He is a veteran politician of 28 years, 27 as an elected representative, eighteen as a Minister. Since 1994 he has been Minister of Finance, except for several months in 1999 and since 2000 also Minister for Economic Development, Investment and Commerce, to which Tourism was added in 2005. He has represented District #4 continuously since 1985. Hon. Victor Banks holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Political Science and Economics. He is the Political Leader of the AUF in the 2010 General Elections, succeeding the Hon. Osborne Fleming, who is retiring. District #4 Hon. Victor F. Banks 3 Anguilla United Front Manifesto Mr. Delsic Rey born in Anguilla calls North Hill home. He is a first time candidate carrying the AUF beacon in District #5. He studied at the University of the Virgin Islands and Middlesex County College, New Jersey, USA, earning a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. He has worked in the financial services industry in the USA, most recently as a Senior Conciliator with APM Financial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has returned home to contest the General Elections because of an abiding passion to serve his country and countrymen. Mr. Delsic Rey District #5 Mr. Curtis Richardson is Anguillian by birth and grew up in Anguilla’s gateway, Blowing Point. For the past five years, Mr. Richardson has been a Special Assistant in Public Relations in the Chief Minister’s Office. He is a graduate of the University of the Virgin Islands with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. He taught Mathematics at the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School before contesting the 2005 General Elections in District #6 on another ticket. He is now the AUF standard bearer in District #6 in the 2010 General Elections. District #6 Mr. Curtis Richardson Mr. Kenswick Richardson was born in Anguilla and raised in West End, Anguilla’s Tourist Belt. He has been a Special Assistant in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications, Utilities, Housing, Agriculture and Fisheries since 2000. This has prepared him well to represent the people of District #7 in the House of Assembly. Mr. Richardson is a graduate of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic, Barbados, in plumbing. With the retirement of the Hon. Albert Hughes, he was chosen as the AUF candidate for District #7 in the General Elections. Mr. Kenswick Richardson District #7 Passing the Baton: Retiring Members Hon. Osbourne Fleming Hon. Kenneth Harrigan Hon. Albert Hughes 4 2010 - 2015 and Beyond SECTION 2 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Long term vision: Anguilla will be a harmonious community and an empowered people, achieving and experiencing ongoing improvements in the quality of life and sustained social and cultural development DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEALTH CARE AND WELLNESS SECTOR Vision 2015: The population of Anguilla will be enjoying improved health and wellbeing as a result of improved access to quality, affordable, efficient, effective and technologically up to date services from an expanded, responsive and competitive health and wellness sector. The quality and standards of health and wellness enjoyed by the population of Anguilla are critical indicators of the living standards of the Anguillian community. The Anguilla United Front has been the leader in the reform and development of the public health care system and in making sure that ever increasing numbers of our people have access to improved health care and wellness services regardless of income levels and economic difficulties. It has created the environment in which the private sector health care and wellness industry has been expanding and thriving. Anguilla is still to achieve universal access to quality health care and wellness services. This will be a critical goal of the United Front Government in 2010 – 2015. PRINCIPAL STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS DEVELOPMENT 1. Implementation and achievement of an affordable, sustainable, universal and collective health and wellness financing mechanism for Anguilla. 5 Anguilla United Front Manifesto 2. Achievement of universal access to quality » Establishment of a national health insurance primary and secondary health care services and system providing a universal package of health care access to limited and specific tertiary health care and wellness services for the population of Anguilla services on Anguilla and access to tertiary health care as a whole to be financed from the National Health services overseas, that are not available on Anguilla. Fund. 3. Promotion and facilitation of Anguillian » Review of the structure and functioning of investment in and ownership of health care and the Ministry of Health, plan and implement a project wellness firms and joint ventures of Anguillian to strengthen and further develop its organizational entrepreneurs with external investors in the health structure and operating procedures, and improve its care and wellness industry to create a robust and operational performance. competitive industry in Anguilla. » Commissioning of a comprehensive review 4. Increased investment in the improvement and and evaluation of the organization and management expansion of the technical, scientific, professional of the Health Authority of Anguilla (HAA) since and managerial capacity and human capital of its creation, preparation and implementation of a Anguillians in the health care and wellness sector. strategic plan to: 5. Organizational strengthening, further i) Develop an affordable, diverse development and broadening of the structure and and sustainable financing strategy functioning of the Ministry of Health and of the and system for the HAA to Health Authority of Anguilla. improve its financial performance and achieve long term financial
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