interested in the ancient game of chess. A total of 36 youngsters are attending a Chess Camp, being held at the Bermuda College. ---- Page 2 PARADES TO FEATURE LOCALS MAJ Parades to feature locals Dozens of local youngsters are heading to Atlanta today to help Americans celebrate the Fourth of July. The 38 majorettes and 12 drummers of the Warwick United Majorettes will perform in the Main Street US Parade in Georgia Stone Mountain Park. ---- Page 3 UK MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY CTS UK man pleads not guilty A UK man denied stealing almost half a million dollars from a local bank.

Chukwudi Onwusah, 33, of Hendon, England, entered the not guilty plea during the monthly Supreme Court arraignment session. ---- Page 3 SHARE BLAME, MOTHERS TOLD SEN Share blame, mothers told Mollycoddling of young men by their mothers has contributed to the increase in stalking, it has been claimed. Sen. Larry Scott said the lovesick infatuation of Bermudian men towards women has been partly caused by mothers who treat their sons as babies throughout their early adult life. ---- Page 6 PARTNERRE PLANNING TO EXPAND BUC PartnerRe planning to expand Bermuda-based reinsurance group, PartnerRe Ltd., will expand its US reinsurance operations and pump $100 million into its US subsidiary, which is to be now called PartnerRe US. The company said yesterday that the initiatives to expand the subsidiary signified the importance of the US reinsurance market to PartnerRe's long term strategic goals. ---- Business, Page 9 SOCCER PLAYER WON'T BUDGE SOC Soccer player won't budge Rohaan Simons has turned down an invitation to discuss plans about joining the Under-23 national squad. The message that the top goal scorer the past season gave to Bermuda's Technical Director Clyde Best was blunt: "I have decided that I am not going to be playing soccer any more.'' ---- Sport, Page 21