BIU JUST BREAKING EVEN UNS BIU just breaking even The Bermuda Industrial Union spent about $3,000 dollars less than it earned over the last financial year, its most recently audited financial report shows. ---- Page 2 CUSTOMS NABBIN PASSENGERS CUS Customs nabbing passengers A top ranked Customs officer has dismissed public perception that the Police are behind the number of cruise ship passengers appearing in the Island's courts. Collector of Customs Gerry Ardis -- who is set to retire soon -- told The Royal Gazette that it was Customs who were responsible for stopping drugs at the Island's ports of entry. ---- Page 2 SKINKS ARE FOCUS OF STUDY ENV Skinks are focus of study A University of London professor is visiting the Island to help conduct a study on the status of Bermuda's own endemic, terrestrial reptile, the skink. ---- Page 6 SOMERSET PLAY IT SAFE CRI Somerset play it safe Fearing too much interference would hinder a winning team, champions Somerset made no more than the necessary three changes when they picked their final Cup Match eleven on Saturday night. ---- Sport, Page 21 ST. GEORGE'S MAKE FIVE CHANGES CRI St.George's make five changes After a meeting that lasted almost four hours, St.George's Cup Match selectors emerged at 1.00 a.m. yesterday with a team containing five changes from last year's beaten eleven. -- Sport, Page 21 EXCHANGE SET TO START TRADING STK Exchange set to start trading After three years in the making The Bermuda Commodities Exchange (BCOE) will begin trading in about two months, creating an electronic marketplace and a new set of options contracts. ---- Business, Page 33