got what he deserved, a Minister said yesterday. Acting Housing Minister Quinton Edness also said there were no plans afoot to loosen rent controls.

---- Page 2 OFFICER ON `WRONG COURSE' CTS Officer on `wrong course' Former Assistant Police Commissioner Wayne Perinchief should be seeking redress in the civil court for losing his job, Solicitor General Barrie Meade told the Supreme Court yesterday. Seeking to have the decision that made him redundant quashed by the courts was the wrong approach. ---- Page 3 PASSENGERS GET THE BENDS FLY Passengers get the bends Two sick passengers caused a flight en route to Amsterdam to be diverted to the Island on Thursday night. The Martinair Flight from Jamaica landed in Bermuda after two men were stricken with decompression sickness (DCS), more commonly known as the bends. ---- Page 3 YOUNG PERSON HAS BIG PLANS YO Young person has big plans Krystal Smith hopes to bring some new ideas to decorating in Bermuda. "I think the decorative business in Bermuda needs some new exciting ideas,'' said the 18-year-old student. ---- Young Observer, Page 8 TRIATHLONS SWITCH COURSE TRI Triathlons switch course A bumper crop of competitors is expected for this year's Bank of Bermuda Triathlons, with organisers yesterday unveiling an exciting package, containing several new features. The most striking change is the moving of events from St. David's to the more appealing central area of the City of Hamilton, recently the scene of the ITU World Cup Bermuda Triathlon. ---- Sport, Page 13 CHURCHES JOIN HANDS IN FAREWELL CHU Churches join hands in farewell The official funeral for the late L. Frederick Wade brought together a wide spectrum of Bermuda's political, social and religious communities. ---- Religion, Page 17