of $50 to $2,500 is set to be repealed after running into heavy opposition.

---- Page 2 NO-GO ZONES TO BE SET UP DGS No-go zones to be set up A new law to throw drug dealing no-go zones around schools, sports clubs, youth centres and other places where youngsters gather will be introduced in the next session of Parliament. ---- Page 3 SANDY'S GROUP TO DISCUSS BASE MIL Sandys group to discuss base An action group will meet to work out ways to save a former base for the community after news that no-one had bid successfully to develop Daniel's Head. ---- Page 6 THRONE SPEECH ON THE WEB HOA Throne Speech on the web The Royal Gazette will carry the full text of the Throne Speech on its Internet service today. The Speech, which will be available after the Speech is delivered this morning, can be reached on the GazetteNet address, which is http://www.accessbda.bm/gazette.htm Full coverage of the Speech, Government's blueprint for the legislative year, will be available in tomorrow's newspaper and on the Internet. For those without access to the Internet, the full text of the Speech will also be available in tomorrow's newspaper.

ACE, PARTNERRE REPORT PROFITS BUC ACE, PartnerRe report profits ACE Ltd. yesterday declared a $289.7-million net profit for the year to September 30, after adding fourth quarter net income of $86.9 million. Also, PartnerRe's net income for its first nine months rose 18 percent to $182.7 million. ---- Business, Page 13 FAIRPORT CONVENTION RETURN TOD Fairport Convention return Britain's Fairport Convention -- unplugged long before MTV made an industry out of it -- return to Bermuda next week to play at the Old Colony Club. ---- Today, Page 25 DRUGS RECORD COSTS GIBBONS CRI Drugs record costs Gibbons Treadwell Gibbons' criminal record may well cost him a place in next year's ICC tournament. Cricket chief Ed Bailey made the point as he explained why the stylish opening batsman might be excluded from Bermuda's national cricket squad. ---- Sport, Page 41