Chamber studying sales tax
finished before next month's Budget. The Chamber has formed a committee to study Customs duty and the pros and cons of replacing it with a sales tax.
---- Page 3 BURCHALL: `NO HARD FEELINGS' UNS Burchall: `No hard feelings' A writer for the Bermuda Industrial Union's newspaper says he has no hard feelings over a front-page article criticising one of his columns. ---- Page 5 HOTEL LAUNCHES RECRUITING DRIVE TOU Hotel launches recruiting drive Sonesta Beach staff are heaping scorn on a management recruitment drive, labelling it a "joke''. Employees have been offered $100 by management for recommending anyone who completes a probationary period. ---- Page 6 TOURISM SOLUTION NEEDED: BANK BUC Tourism solution needed: bank Bermuda risks higher unemployment if its fails to come to grips with tourism's "shrinking value'' Bank of Bermuda president and CEO Charles Vaughan-Johnson and chairman Eldon Trimingham said in the bank's latest shareholders letter.
---- Business, Page 9 CRIKETERS PLAY WARING GAME CRI Cricketers play waiting game The Bermuda Cricket Board of Control has delayed naming the squad for the ICC Trophy in Malaysia until the end of this month. The BCBC says it will wait until the team is submitted to organisers before making it public. ---- Sport, Page 19 GOATER FACES TOUGH DECISION SOC Goater faces tough decision Shawn Goater is concerned that representing his country next month in Jamaica could jeopardise the excellent progress he has made with Bristol City. ---- Sport, Page 19