But spokesman Charmaine Burgess said the intermittent fault was not affecting customers.

She said: "It's an internal problem and technicians are working on it. It means some of our employees can be contacted and some can't.'' SALTUS `OLD BOY' SET TO RETURN ED Saltus `old boy' set to return Saltus Grammar School's former deputy principal Francis L. Stephenson will be the guest of honour at the school's year-end festivities next month.

Mr. Stephenson will travel from England to visit Saltus old boys and participate in the fifth annual charity golf tournament which bears his name.

Saltus' end of year activities will include honorary programmes for Mr.

Stephenson who was last on the Island for the celebratory events in 1996.

Mr. Stephenson was a dedicated Saltus administrator for 37 years.

A scholarship fund was formed in his honour to aid financially needy senior one students and all the proceeds from this year's festivities, which will commence on June 21, will go to the fund.

Included among this year's events will be the fifth annual Francis L.

Stephenson Golf Tournament featuring 24 mixed teams of students, alumni, parents and faculty.

Riddell's Bay Golf Club will be the venue for this year's tournament, which will start at 8.00 a.m. on June 24.

A luncheon and awards presentation is set to follow the tournament, the fees for which have been underwritten by former Saltus student Michael Freisenbruch so all proceeds can go to the scholarship fund.

ARTISTS RUB SHOULDERS WITH PREMIER ART Artists rub shoulders with Premier Members of the arts and business communities had the chance to mix and mingle at a reception for the arts hosted by Premier Jennifer Smith at Camden.

The evening was attended by artists of all mediums -- such as writer Rawle Frederick and visual artist Bruce Stewart.

Painter and sculptor Manuel Palacio arrived following the opening of Tamell Simons' photography exhibit at the Masterworks Gallery and said he was pleased to see such a good showing.

"There's a beautiful mix of people and I'm glad the Premier puts this together every year -- but they also need to update the mailing list,'' he said.

"The arts are growing by leaps and bounds, and the cultural affairs community needs to keep in contact with more of the new artists coming along -- for instance, avant garde people like Andre Simons who is the most talented artist on the Island,'' he added.

INTERNATIONAL NURSES MEET CON HTH GVT International nurses meet The Bermuda Government is hosting the 27th Annual Meeting of the Regional Nursing Body this week at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel.

The organisation has established regional examinations for Nurse Registration, standards of community and hospital nursing for its members and offers human resource development.

Members and observers attending the meeting will include Anguilla, Barbados, Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, The American Nurses Association, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago.

One of the topics to be discussed is the implications of the transfer of Schools of Nursing from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Education.

Nurses in Bermuda may attend the sessions as observers. The conference began on Sunday and ends tomorrow.

CONTINENTAL NAMES NEW REGIONAL DIRECTOR APP FLY Continental names new regional director Continental Airlines have announced the appointment of a new regional director of sales for the Caribbean and Bermuda.

Frank Galan will replace Alex Santana who left the company earlier this month.

"Frank was handpicked for this job because of his leadership skills and strong emphasis on customer service,'' said staff vice-president of Latin America sales and marketing Pete Garcia.

"As Continental continues to expand in the Caribbean, we need a veteran who is very familiar with the Latin market to lead this effort.'' Mr. Galan has held the post of country director for Guatemala and another post in Nicaragua for Continental. The management change becomes effective June 1, 2000.

WORK TO BEGIN ON RAILWAY TRAIL GVT Work to begin on Railway Trail Work to repair a collapsing rock face, which forced a section of the Southampton Railway Trail to be closed 18 months ago, will begin next week.

The Works and Engineering Ministry last week invited tender bids to build a tunnel on the section of trail opposite Five Star Island.

In October, 1998, temporary barricades were erected on the short stretch of the trail because the cliff face was collapsing and Government promised to fix the problem.

The repair work was delayed until this year's budget.

Because the cliff face was found to be severely eroded, workers will not be able to reface as they did a cliff face on Palmetto Road.

Instead, the area will be excavated and a foundation will be built by Works and Engineering personnel, with work beginning June 6, in preparation for the building of the tunnel.

An invitation to tender was advertised this week for contractors to bid for the project to build concrete block walls and reinforced concrete suspended slabs.

The 60-foot-tunnel's roof will be filled in. The entire project is expected to take at least two months.