was thrown out of the Court of Appeal yesterday after allegedly trying to pass "a substance'' to his mother. Kirk Roberts passed a hanky to his mother Barbara, 60, after she began sobbing during the appeal against her and her husband's 12-year jail sentence. ---- Page 2 MP HITS OUT AT ILO SNUB CLAIM CON MP hits out at ILO snub claim A Government Minister yesterday dismissed claims he put "politics before people'' by deciding not to go to an international labour conference in Switzerland. Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Maxwell Burgess hit back after it was claimed he snubbed this month's annual International Labour Organisation meeting in Geneva. ---- Page 2 CAUSEWAY TARMAC BEING RELAID GVT TRA Causeway tarmac being relaid Parts of the temporary causeway at Somerset Bridge are being replaced after the surface "bubbled up''. Workmen have been re-laying tarmac on the road which bypasses Somerset Bridge during its renovation. ---- Page 2 PLAN FOR CHILD ABUSE REGISTER HOA Plan for child abuse register Parliamentarians will soon consider legislation requiring mandatory disclosure of child abuse. And the new bill contains arrangements for the creation of a child abuse register. The provisions are contained in The Children Act 1998 tabled yesterday in the House of Assembly. ---- Page 4 WEST IS BEST -- SCHOOL DEBATE YO West is best -- school debate The western half of Bermuda has the best hotels and entertainment attractions for tourists. That is the result of the Spice Valley Middle School's M2 annual debate competition. ---- Young Observer, Page 7 MULDERIG FACING START INQUIRY SLG Mulderig facing start inquiry Just as one storm hit Newport yesterday, another one was brewing miles into the Atlantic Ocean. Shortly after the Newport-Bermuda Race got underway came rumblings of a starting line infraction by probably the best known of the Bermuda boats, Robert Mulderig's Starr Trail . ---- Sport, Page 15