Barbadian senator makes rubbish claim

An independent senator in Barbados has cited Bermuda as an example in her bid for future recycling plants in that country.

According to Sen. Frances Chandler, ?householders in Bermuda who do not separate their garbage, run the risk of being exposed on television, where photographs of the house and garbage are publicised?.

But a spokeswoman from the Ministry of Works and Engineering confirmed yesterday, ?there is no such official policy in Bermuda.?

And an amused Jim McKee from Bermuda Broadcasting Company said ZBM/ZFB had never done anything of the kind.

His sentiments were echoed by Bryan Darby of VSB.

Mr. Darby said, however, that a few years ago they did do a story on VSB on waste management workers who threatened not to collect garbage from households, especially in Warwick, because animals faeces had been put in the rubbish.

The Barbadian senator made her claims on Friday while speaking on a resolution to approve the borrowing of half a million dollars from First Caribbean International Bank to purchase vehicles and equipment for the Sanitation Services Authority (SSA).

She was quoted on the Nation News website.

Sen. Chandler argued that instead of spending money to bury waste in Barbados, it could be spent to assist entrepreneurs in setting up recycling businesses.

Police attacked with bottles in Middle Town

Rioters hurled bottles at Police vehicles attending a disturbance in Middle Town late last Wednesday night.

Police found 50 people milling about when they arrived on the scene. As they drove through, bottles rained down causing damage to one of the Police vehicles. A Policewoman suffered minor cuts during the incident when the windscreen of one of the vehicles was smashed.

Man beaten and robbed outside DubCity

A 52-year-old Pembroke man was beaten and robbed by a group of men in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The man was treated at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for facial cuts, swollen eyes and a swollen back due to the incident.

A group of men approached the man outside of Dub City Variety in Hamilton Parish where he was sitting on his motorcycle around 12.30 a.m. The victim knew two of the men, according to the Police report.

One of the men punched the man in his head before taking $32 in cash from him. The men also took the victim?s motorcycle before leaving the scene.

Police are encouraging witnesses or anyone who has any information on this incident to contact the St. George?s Criminal Investigations Unit on 297-1122.

Thefts and break-ins

Several items of jewellery and $350 in cash were stolen from a Sandys home last Monday, Police said.

Police said an unknown culprit broke into the home at Loyalty Drive sometime between 4 and 6 p.m.

In a separate incident, Police said sometime between 11 p.m. on July 31 and and 5.30 a.m. on August 1, $400 in cash was stolen from a Vale Close, Pembroke, residence.

And thieves swiped a Sony camcorder, silver Nikon digital camera and cash from a car parked on Park Road, Pembroke overnight last Thursday.

Inquiries into these incidents are underway, Police said.

American teen fined $1,300 for drug offences

A 16-year-old American pleaded guilty in Magistrates? Court last Thursday to importing 1.45 grams of cannabis.

Hans Jordan Strong from Healdsburg, California, also pleaded guilty to importing equipment for misuse of this controlled drug.

Crown counsel Shakira Dill told the court that Strong arrived at Bermuda International Airport on August 1 with his parents.

She said a drug-sniffing dog drew Police attention to Strong, who was asked if he had any drugs in his possession.

Ms Dill said Strong told Police he did not, but was led to a secondary search area where he pulled a wooden box from the front of his pants.

The box was found to contain 1.45 grams of cannabis as well as a clear blue pipe, which Strong admitted to using to smoke his ?weed?.

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo fined the youth $1,000, or 100 days default for importing cannabis and $300, or 30 days default for the equipment.