practices are adhered to in the workplace, requires additional staff to be taken on.

Executive Director of the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE), Sharol Simmons, noted that a new post of Education Officer has been authorised to assist with the added load. Currently Mrs. Simmons and her secretary are the only full-time employees of CURE. The eleven commissioners meet twice a month to develop goals, but Mrs. Simmons pointed out that she alone is left to do the work.

The new education officer will carry out educational projects and initiatives, provide advice and information to the public on improving race relations; conduct workshops and assist with monitoring businesses to ensure compliance with equal opporunity standards and practices.

The post carries a starting salary of between $56,000 and $61,000.

BELMONT GOLF CLUB GETS LICENCE LIQ Belmont Golf Club gets licence A struggling sports establishment was yesterday given a breath of new life after it was granted a liquor licence in Magistrates' Court.

The Belmont Golf Club, which lost a great deal of its business after the Belmont Hotel closed down last year, applied for the new licence when its previous one ran out last March. Upon seeing the application notices in the Bermuda Sun and The Royal Gazette , however, three neighbours filed protests, citing that, during previous years, they had been disturbed by noise from the establishment late at night.

Lawyers representing both parties, came to an agreement early on in the hearing though and the golf club was granted a Class B licence, meaning that alcohol could be sold and consumed on the premises but not after 10 p.m. and not on Sundays.

According to the Belmont Golf Club's lawyer, Juliana Jack, this last constraint was not popular with the proprietors, Barry DeCouto and Cornell Bean because it meant that Sunday golfers would not be able to enjoy a drink after their rounds.

"Unfortunately, this'll mean that the club will lose a lot of potential clients'' she said.

Ms Jack was otherwise happy at the outcome of the hearing, adding that the club, run by C.B. Golf Company Ltd., had been given a chance to really get back on its feet.

CO-ED PRISON INQUIRY UNDERWAY JAL Co-ed prison inquiry underway Prison Officers involved in allegations of rape at the Co-ed facility will know their fate within days. An internal hearing into an alleged incident when a 19- year-old female inmate claimed she was raped whilst in custody is currently being held.

The inquiry started on Tuesday but it is unlikely the result will be made public.

Commissioner of Prisons Ed Dyer confirmed that the hearing had started, but could not say how long it would last.

During the hearing, which is conducted in a similar manner to a court case, matters are presented by representatives of the officers and by a Prison Service officer.

An adjudicator, who is a senior officer, will hear the evidence and will then make a decision immediately following the conclusion of the hearing.

The outcome of the inquiry, which is internal and held behind closed doors, will not be made public.

The three officers were suspended from duty in March, following claims by a British inmate that she had been raped whilst intoxicated at the Ferry Reach facility.

A criminal investigation into the alleged incident was closed due to lack of evidence and the file was passed to the Commissioner of Prisons for review.

The inmate has since been transferred back to the UK to complete a six-year sentence for smuggling heroin into Bermuda.