once his contract runs out at the end of the month. Because Mr. Mottley has been summoned for a Call to the Bar, allowing him to practise in the Island's courts. ---- Page 2 BUSINESSMEN SLAM SCOTT BUC PTL Businessmen slam Scott Business chiefs slammed Shadow Home Affairs Alex Scott's claims that Government and Island business was "too close'' to organised crime. ---- Page 2 `DRUG MULE' SENTENCED CTS `Drug mule' sentenced A Warwick woman stopped at Bermuda Airport with nearly 200 grams of cannabis in her knapsack was yesterday sent to prison for 12 months. ---- Page 3 BIU HOPES TO SEE `INVESTMENT' BIU CON BIU hopes to see `investment' The Bermuda Industrial Union looks set to write off a $40,000 loan made to a discredited promoter who was hired to organise an international conference on the Island. ---- Page 3 MITCH ROARS PAST ISLAND HUR Mitch roars past Island The remnants of Tropical Storm Mitch passed by Bermuda yesterday, leaving electrical power outages and battering ships at sea in his wake. ---- Page 3 CYCLISTS MOURN SUDDEN DEATH OBT CYC Cyclists mourn sudden death The local sports community was shocked by the sudden death of top cyclist Sinclair Packwood. Packwood arrived at the hospital yesterday morning for tests and died just hours later. ---- Sports, Page 23 LEATNING IN CYBERSPACE YO Learning in cyberspace Bermudians can get a US high school equivalency diploma without leaving the Island. The Royal Gazette has learned that residents can sit the GED exam via a laptop computer. ---- Young Observer, Page 12