Port Royal principal named

Holly Richardson is now the principal of Port Royal Primary School.

Mrs. Richardson qualified as a teacher in 1995 upon completion of a Master of Education degree. Her experience as a teacher started at Paget Primary School in that year, where she taught P6 students and also held the posts of school librarian and math coordinator.

In 2000, she moved to Port Royal as deputy principal and taught P6 and P3 students for two years.

Whale songs lecture

Whale songs will be explained by expert Flip Nicklin at City Hall on Friday evening.

Mr. Nicklin has travelled the world on assignment for National Geographic and recent winters have been spent working with researchers Dr. Jim Darling and Meagan Jones in the waters off Maui in Hawaii.

Mr. Nicklin said: "Whales are most intriguing and have their own special songs which they use to communicate with each other. We can learn a lot from listening and studying these magical creatures."

Bermuda Zoological Society Treasurer Bill Scott said: "It is particularly appropriate that a video on whale songs be shown in Bermuda.This is where it all started. The first ever recordings of humpbacks were made in Bermuda by Frank Watlington."

Tickets are available at the front desk of the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo or from the City Hall box office all this week from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Man fined for cocaine

A man who tried to hide cocaine in his mouth and then fought with Police as they tried to arrest him was fined $1,250 on Monday.

Police in a patrol car spotted Ronald Wilson on Court Street on May 5 as he took an object from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

When the officers tried to search him, Wilson, 29, struggled violently and then spat out a twist and a rock of cocaine, said Crown counsel Koshea Scott.

Wilson, of Cook's Hill, Sandys, who has previous convictions for possession of cannabis and heroin, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and obstructing Police officers at Magistrates' Court on Monday.

He told the court: "I'm sorry. I've been in a drug programme since then and been clean for the last four or five months and I've passed all the urine tests. It's not going to happen again."

Mr. Greaves replied: "Yeah, rain isn't going to fall again."

Tools stolen from site

Tools worth more than $4,000 were taken from a construction site near Cloverdale Road, Devonshire. They had been locked at the site on Saturday morning but were missing when the owner returned to work on Monday. All the missing items were Makita brand tools.

Thieves steal from van

Thieves took two digital video discs, 13 compact discs and cheques worth $600 from a van in the City Hall parking lot on Monday night.

And a thief stole a VCR from the children's ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on Monday evening.