Police chased and arrested a driver who crashed after failing to stop at a roadblock on Kindley Field Road yesterday.

An officer was nearly hit and had to jump out of the way after the white Subaru sped on. Police gave chase along the Causeway to North Shore Road by the Aquarium and on to Middle Road where the driver crashed the vehicle on the Middle Road and Clarendon Road junction.

The driver was arrested, while the passenger ran off but was eventually caught and arrested. No one was hurt in the incident.

Another workman in hospital after fall

A man who landed on his head after falling 15 feet from a ladder was treated for concussion and a broken wrist yesterday afternoon.

The 20-year-old was working on a South Road house near Beach Cove in Tucker?s Town and was rushed to hospital.

And the 35-year-old man who plunged 20-feet from a BELCO bucket truck on Wednesday near St. Brendan?s hospital was still in a stable condition in intensive care last night.

The Chairman of Prison Fellowship Bermuda Jack Harris represented Bermuda at the International Congress of Prison Ministries during their annual North American Caucus for North America and Caribbean countries in Washington DC this week.

The Prison Fellowship Bermuda works with inmates and their families on a ?year round and weekly basis,? Mr. Harris said.

Mr. Harris said in his release that he will be presenting a ?Back to School? programme for the children of inmates ? at the Caucus.

?This was an idea originally designed and piloted in Bermuda,? he said.

Mr. Harris said in his release that at the Caucus, he presented a report on the numerous weekly activities carried out by the Prison Fellowship Bermuda in our various correctional institutions: Westgate remand, Westgate general population, Co-educational Facility and the Prison Farm.

He added that there was going to be a ?national prayer breakfast? in Bermuda next year. Eleven other countries will be represented at the Congress: Antigua, Bahamas, Barbuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands and the USA.

The Congress finished yesterday but had been ongoing since October 5. On behalf of the Prison Fellowship, Mr. Harris made known that they wished to ?publicly thank Zurich International? for assisting them with donated computers for prisoner?s use.

Prison Fellowship also extended thanks to Ram Re, JLT Risk, Pembroke Rotary and private citizens gave funds to provide school supplies for the children of inmates.

Discussions are ongoing between Labour Minister Randy Horton and Coco Reef owner John Jefferis regarding labour woes at the controversial South Shore hotel.

Coco Reef director Andrea Jennings told The Royal Gazette that Mr. Horton and Mr. Jefferis have met three times. She was unable to say when the talks are expected to end.

The Royal Gazette has attempted to contact Mr. Jefferis several times but has been unable to do so. Last week Mr. Horton called talks ?productive?, but declined to divulge exactly what complaints have been brought before him.

Staff and management have been clashing since Mr. Jefferis took over the lease for the hotel, formerly called the Stonington Beach Hotel, last year.

Discussions are ongoing between Labour Minister Randy Horton and Coco Reef owner John Jefferis regarding labour woes at the controversial South Shore hotel.

Coco Reef director Andrea Jennings told The Royal Gazette that Mr. Horton and Mr. Jefferis have met three times. She was unable to say when the talks are expected to end.

The Royal Gazette has attempted to contact Mr. Jefferis several times but has been unable to do so. Last week Mr. Horton called talks ?productive?, but declined to divulge exactly what complaints have been brought before him.

Staff and management have been clashing since Mr. Jefferis took over the lease for the hotel, formerly called the Stonington Beach Hotel, last year.

The Ministry of Education appears to want better communication with the media as it is considering hiring a communications officer.

Permanent Secretary Michelle Khaldun said yesterday that the Ministry is actively considering employing a communications officer.

However, procedures for formalising the position have not yet been completed, so it is not yet known when a person will be hired for the position, she said.

John Burchall of the Department Communications and Information will remain the public relations officer for the Ministry of Education and Dr. Judith Bartley will remain the internal contact person and acting policy analyst.

A Pembroke man denied a number of charges in Magistrates? Court on Tuesday related to hurling a straw dispenser at Ice Queen staff and threatening to rape a Police officer last October.

Kenneth Eugene Outerbridge, 33, faced six charges before Magistrate Edward King. The charges included destroying a straw dispenser worth more than $60, throwing the dispenser and other objects at Ice Queen staff, and using threatening and offensive words to several different Police officers on October 2 at the Ice Queen Restaurant in Paget.

Outerbridge?s trial will take place on November 17 at 10.30 a.m. in Magistrates? Court.

An American visitor who pleaded guilty to importation of cocaine said the experience made her realise she needed to make some life changes.

Jamay Kathryn Schultz, of New York City, arrived in Bermuda on October 3, the day before her 21st birthday. She was stopped by narcotics officers on her arrival at the Bermuda International Airport.

Officers searched her luggage and found a rolled-up US dollar bill and three empty Ziploc bags. Both the bill and the bags had a white powder residue on them which was later shown to be cocaine.

When asked if she was carrying controlled drugs, Schultz took a fourth Ziploc bag containing cocaine from her pocket and gave it to officers.

She said she had planned to use the dollar bill to smoke the 0.13 grams of cocaine, which she had purchased in New York for personal use. ?This really made me realise I need to make some life changes,? Schultz told Magistrate Edward King. ?Some people, I need to stop hanging around.?

When she said it was only the second or third time she had tried cocaine, Mr. King replied: ?That?s two times too much. Are you going to stop??

?Yes,? Schultz replied. Mr. King fined her $1,000 for the charge of importation and a further $500 for the charge of possession of the dollar bill intended for smoking drugs.

The maximum sentence in both cases is a fine of $10,000, five years imprisonment, or both.

Developers of Devon Springs Condominiums are requesting Planning permission to expand their development by an additional six dwelling units.

If granted permission the new units will bring the total number of condos on the site to ten. The condominium complex has also put in a Planning notice to build two new dwelling units on an agricultural lot near Devon Springs Road.

A private trust has requested Planning permission to build a 12-unit apartment complex in Warwick. Quarry Trust has filed the application to build the units at 79 Middle Road in Warwick.