prompted one grocery to extend its hours during the rest of the week.

The Co-Op Supermarket -- which is affiliated with the Bermuda Industrial Union which opposes Sunday opening -- will now be open until 10 p.m on weekdays and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

General manager Harrison Isaac said the Co-Op's new hours -- which include opening at 7.30 a.m. -- will start today.

He said he hoped the move would help the store compete in the arena created by stores opening on Sundays.

Mr. Isaac said Sunday was a day of rest meant to be shared by the whole family and the Co-Op would not encroach on that.

POLICE HUNT FOR ROBBERS CRM Police hunt for robbers Police were last night still hunting for the two men who robbed the Hitching Post on Friday night.

The incident occurred at around 8.40 p.m. when two masked men entered the store carrying a machete and threatened the female cashier who was also apparently punched.

The Royal Gazette understands that the robbers removed close to $2,000 from the till before fleeing on a Yamaha DT motorcycle.

There were a number of people in the store at the time and Police would like to speak to them. They are asked to contact Somerset CID at 234-1010.

VAN DRIVER STILL CRITICAL CRM Van driver still critical A 53-year-old Sandys man was seriously hurt in a single vehicle accident on Friday night.

And last night he was in critical but stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

Police spokesman Gary Venning said the man received chest injuries when the light Suzuki van he was driving failed to negotiate the south roundabout on Trimingham Hill in Paget at around 11 p.m.

The van went over the roundabout, mounted a kerb and collided with a tree.

Witnesses to the accident are asked to contact P.c. Jerome Astwood at Hamilton Police Station.

YOUNG MEN HONOURED AWD Young men honoured The National Association for Reconciliation (NAR) will honour the young black male at its fourth annual banquet.

The NAR's Eva Hodgson said the banquet would say to the community that young black men with exemplary behaviour and character should be honoured.

"There are so many negative things in the Press about young black men,'' she said. "We need to highlight those who are positive. There is value in young black men.'' Dr. Hodgson said clubs, business organisations and church groups were encouraging their members to attend the October 26 banquet at the Belmont Hotel.

The $50 tickets can be obtained by calling 293-2423.

TEACHERS BACK IN CLASS ED Teachers back in class Primary school teachers will receive lessons in peer mediation before classes resume this week.

The training will be the last step in the Coalition for the Protection of Children's effort to secure the peer mediation programme in every Government primary school -- making Bermuda the only country to have the scheme in all primary schools.

Peer mediation -- which allows students to air their grievances in the presence of student and teacher mediators -- is in use in six primary schools and three secondary schools on the Island.

Training for some 300 teachers will be held today at the Southampton Princess and Sonesta Beach Hotel.

Coalition head Sheelagh Cooper said the nine schools currently using the programme have seen "a marked decrease in violence and an overall improvement in the school climate''.

WOMAN INJURED AC Woman injured A 39-year-old visitor struck a South Shore wall on Friday after the cycle she was riding was overtaken by a motorcycle travelling at high speed.

The woman was frightened by the cycle passing her closely and wobbled on her livery cycle before striking the wall near Tee Street in Devonshire.

She suffered lacerations to her arm during the 11 a.m. accident.