guilty of unlawfully causing the death of his 56-year-old uncle. Chief Justice Austin Ward -- describing the death as a "most unfortunate occurrence'' -- said Walker had already spent long enough in custody. ---- Page 2 NLP: HELP LONG-TERM RESIDENTS IMM PTL NLP: Help long-term residents Bermuda's third political party has come out in favour of Government's bid to ease the plight of long-term residents -- and asked for Bermuda status for all of them. National Liberal Party spokesman Graeme Outerbridge also urged the ruling UBP to make special arrangements for divided families, allowing them all full Bermuda status. ---- Page 3 GOVT. REACTS TO HOTEL CLOSURE GVT TOU FIR Govt. reacts to hotel closure A fire at a local hotel could severely damage the Island's tourism industry, a Government Minister said yesterday. Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Quinton Edness spoke to The Royal Gazette after news broke that Palm Reef Hotel would be temporarily closing its doors. ---- Page 5 TRIBUTES POUR IN FOR HOTELIER OBT Tributes pour in for hotelier A business giant with a voracious appetite for literature and a keen interest in golf, bridge, sailing and travel died early on Tuesday morning after a long battle with cancer. Thaddeus Dudley Perient Trott was 75. He is survived by his wife Roberta and four children. ---- Page 6 SHOCK OVER MCDONALD'S RULING EAT Shock over McDonald's ruling The reversal of a ban on McDonald's by a Supreme Court judge yesterday sent shock waves through Hamilton's restaurant business. And several restaurateurs facing competition from a Big Mac attack on their profits said the House of Assembly's ruling against fast food franchises with a foreign flavour should never have been overturned by the Supreme Court. ---- Page 6 TOP FIRMS JOIN EXCHANGE BUC STK Top firms join exchange The Bermuda Commodities Exchange (BCOE) has attracted 20 prominent insurance, reinsurance and financial services companies -- many of them Bermuda-based -- to its membership. ---- Business, Page 9