Voter registration
persons must sign up -- or lose their right to vote in any upcoming general election or by-election.
Parliamentary registration forms will be delivered to all households in the Island this week, and it is the responsibility of heads of households to complete the forms according to the instructions provided.
Households which fail to receive a form through the mail by the end of January may collect one from any post office or the Parliamentary Registrar's office in the Government Administration Building on Parliament Street. Please call 292-3936 or 297-7738 if assistance is required to obtain or complete the form.
Persons eligible to register must be 18 years or older before June 15, 1993, and be Bermudian by birth, have Bermudian Status, or be a Commonwealth citizen resident and registered as an elector on May 1, 1976.
POLICE TRAINEES TAKE TO THE ROAD POL Police trainees take to the road Motorists will find themselves caught in the fast lane this month.
They have been warned to expect Police motorcyclists and car drivers to leave them in their wake.
But the speed merchants won't be breaking the law.
They will be taking part in Police Driving School courses throughout the month.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Andrea Browne said the trainee motorcycle patrolmen will be wearing green fluorescent vests.
YOUTHFUL ROAD RUNNER ATTACKED CRM Youthful road runner attacked A 12-year-old schoolboy was attacked on a Monday morning cross-country run along North Shore.
Police reported that a youth riding pillion on a motorcycle punched the boy in the stomach and threatened him.
Police are investigating, and anyone who knows anything about or who witnessed the incident should call 295-0011 or 911.
In a separate incident yesterday, a Devonshire man was arrested in connection with the robbery of a Hamilton nightclub on Monday morning in which a man brandishing a knife stole $400.
FAILED JOB HUNTER TURNS TO BURGLARY CTS Failed job hunter turns to burglary Police caught a homeless man red-handed when they responded to a silent burglar alarm at a Hamilton office on New Year's Eve night.
Officers found James Hill, 37, sitting at Dr. Niall Aitken's desk searching through his drawers, Magistrates' Court heard yesterday.
Prosecutor Sgt. Peter Giles said Hill had broken into the King Street office by smashing a window.
Hill admitted nine other similar offences, all occurring in late December, including breaking into houses in Pembroke, the Bermuda Times offices on Burnaby Hill and the Green Lantern restaurant. He netted more than $350 plus cartons of cigarettes.
Sgt. Giles said Hill had numerous past convictions for breaking and entering and stealing. He also had an alcohol problem and had been arrested for alcohol related offences.
Hill said he committed the offences because he was frustrated at not being able to find a job.
But Senior Magistrate the Wor. Will Francis said alcohol was probably the root of his crimes and suggested he get help. He sentenced him to nine months prison on each count, but ordered the terms to run concurrently.
NAME THAT PARK! GVT Name that park! Names are being sought for Bermuda's latest park and nature reserve in Hamilton Parish.
The Government is creating the new park on recently-acquired land at the Blue Hole Hill (Dismont) and T.H.H. Outerbridge properties.
Members of the public are invited to think up names before 5 p.m. on Friday, February 5.
The Blue Hole Hill property, next to the Causeway, consists of 2.85 acres and will be turned into a park.
The T.H.H. Outerbridge Trust property covers 11.5 acres, and adjoins the other property, and will be turned into a nature reserve.
Entrants can submit names to The Parks Commission, c/o The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Parks, PO Box HM 834, Hamilton HMCX.
