of the year for the Marriott hotel chain. ---- Page 2 AIRPORT SYSTEM GETS UPGRADE FLY Airport system gets upgrade Planes heading for Bermuda are to be steered onto a new landing path so the airport's navigation system can be given a $2 million upgrade. Technical experts from aviation giants Raytheon are already on the Island to upgrade a hi-tech radio transmitter for the first time in 20 years. ---- Page 3 LACK OF NOTICE STIRS ANGER SEN Lack of notice stirs anger Eleventh hour notice on topics for debate in the Upper House was last night slammed by top Opposition Senator Milton Scott. The Opposition Leader in the Senate hit out after being told only yesterday afternoon that today's new session will kick off with a debate on women's rights. ---- Page 3 KEEP DRAWBRIDGE SHUT, PAIR SAY TRA Keep drawbridge shut, pair say The world's smallest drawbridge should never again be opened for boats, according to two would-be Government MPs. ---- Page 5 SINGLETON STILL ON CLOUD NINE OLY LUG Singleton still on cloud nine It was 1.00 a.m. in Japan and Patrick Singleton was neither asleep nor out celebrating his first appearance in the Olympic Games. Almost two days after representing Bermuda in the luge, he was still up, in the Olympic Village, watching videotapes of one of his memorable slides down the Spiral ice track in Nagano. ---- Sport, Page 13 FULHAM FAIL IN BID SOC Fulham fail in bid Second Division Fulham have been unsuccessful in their bid to get Bermudian Kyle Lightbourne's loan period extended for another month. ---- Sport, Page 13 PARTNERRE'S NET INCOME RISES BUC PartnerRe's net income rises Reinsurer PartnerRe Ltd. had net income of $271.1 million for the financial year ended December 31, an increase of about nine percent over 1996.

----Business, Page 29 BANK CONSIDERS MOVING DEPT.

BUC Bank considers moving dept.

The Bank of Bermuda Ltd. is considering relocating part of its computer department overseas. If the decision is made, the move would create a third location from which the bank's information technology staff could service worldwide operations. The bank has information technology staff in Hong Kong as well as Bermuda. ---- Business, Page 29