Commissioner Harold Moniz -- will not take a gruelling career assessment and development programme designed to give senior cops a crack at the two top jobs. But only three out of the eligible 30-plus officers between Inspector and Assistant Commissioner ranks will not take part in the scheme. ---- Page 3 BUTLER MOVES TO BOOST LITERACY ED Butler moves to boost literacy Northlands Primary principal Dale Butler has called for a commission to be set up to address the Island's literacy problems. While news that some 50 percent of CedarBridge Academy students were functioning below the required level came as no surprise to him, Mr. Butler said the problem had been "swept under the carpet for too long''. ---- Page 6 DEROZA LAWYER LODGES APPEAL COA DeRoza lawyer lodges appeal The lawyer acting for condemned child killer Damon DeRoza has lodged an appeal against his client's Supreme Court conviction. The news means that a decision on whether DeRoza will hang or not will be delayed until after the appeal is heard -- at the next sitting of the Court of Appeal in March. ---- Page 6 `GENEROUS' BERMUDIANS PRAISED CLB CHU `Generous' Bermudians praised Community groups and organisations throughout the Island are elated with the generosity demonstrated by the public this Christmas. Supervisor of Family Services Glenda Edwards said the department had received an abundance of toys, and food and clothes vouchers. ---- Page 7