PROJECT FASCINATES STUDENTS SCI Project fascinates students Local students were wowed with the exploits of marine biologists in Monterey, California, and the waters around Bermuda thanks to satellite and Internet link ups this week. ---- Page 2 TOADS, FROGS SUBJECT OF STUDY ALS Toads, frogs subject of study Analysis of the Island's soil and water has begun in an attempt to uncover what is causing the disappearance and deformities in Bermuda's toad and frog population. ---- Page 3 SENATORS PASS TRADE UNION ACT SEN Senators pass Trade Union Act Every worker in Bermuda is to have the right to join a trade union after new labour laws passed through the Senate yesterday.

The Trade Union Amendment Act was forced through the Upper House despite the objections from Opposition senators that middle managers were still not allowed to join unions. ---- Page 3 BEST SETS UP SOCCER SCHOOL SOC Best sets up soccer school Bermuda's top soccer clubs are being briefed about a programme which Bermuda Football Association Technical Director Clyde Best hopes will restructure the sport from top to bottom. Best is set to launch a School of Excellence which will involve a series of intensive training sessions at four separate venues featuring youngsters from the ages of six to 18. ---- Sport, Page 19 SPHERE DRAKE'S NEW ODYSSEY BUC Sphere Drake's new Odyssey Exit Sphere Drake. Enter Odyssey Re. The insurance and reinsurance operations at Hurst Holme on Trott Road, long known as Sphere Drake Underwriting Management (Bermuda) Ltd. officially began trading as Odyssey Re Bermuda. ---- Business, Page 23 FOUNDATION GETS $100,000 BUC AWD Foundation gets $100,000 Bermudians seeking an opportunity in insurance study received a boost from a $100,000 gift from a company that is not even domiciled here. ---- Business, Page 23