Police are appealing for information about a missing 15-year-old boy. Curtis Hill was last seen on Thursday at 10.55 a.m.

He is five feet, five inches, medium build with short hair. Anyone with any information should call the Juvenile and Domestic Crime Unit on 299-4518.

A 26-year old St. George's man in Plea Court yesterday pleaded innocent to the sexual assault of an American visitor.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with impersonating a Police officer, sexual assault, and unlawfully depriving his victim of her personal liberty, all on June 11 of last year.

He pleaded not guilty to all three and elected a Magistrates' Court trial. In custody on another matter, he was remanded again until his trial on the anniversary of his alleged offence, June 11, 2003.

A security breach which compromised millions of credit card accounts should have no adverse effect on credit card holders.

A computer hacker gained access to 5.6 million Visa and MasterCard account numbers, the Associated Press said yesterday.

A Visa USA spokesperson confirmed that the company has a zero liability policy for fraud and that there had been no fraudulent activity.

“We are aware of the situation and none of our accounts have been affected to date. In any case we would like to assure our customers that they are not liable for any charges incurred as a result of fraud,” a Bank of Butterfield spokeman said yesterday.

The account numbers were compromised when a hacker managed to breach the security of a company which processes credit card transactions.

About 3.4 million Visa accounts and 2.2 million MasterCard accounts were affected, according to the AP report.

The Home Affairs Ministry is holding lunchtime sessions on Immigration issues next week.

Members of the public interested in attending must register by the end of business today by calling the department at 295-5151 extension 1379.

The sessions will be held at the Chamber of Commerce boardroom from 12 noon until 2 p.m. on Monday, Thursday and Friday next week.

Topics to be discussed include citizenship and travel, work permits and investigations and compliance issues.

Senators meet today for the first time after the break for the Christmas holidays, but just for formality's sake.

On the agenda is a motion on the Auditor General's report on the Berkeley construction project but that is likely to be carried over as it has not yet been debated in the House of Assembly.