A Government General Election candidate and ex-Regiment officer who was given a suspended prison sentence in 1990 for theft said yesterday that he had paid "a big penalty'' for his crime and the matter should now be put to rest. ---- Page 2 TOURISM TO MARKET CONFERENCE CON TOU Tourism to market conference The World Conference of Mayors will now definitely be going ahead -- after the Department of Tourism was appointed as promoters for the controversial event.

---- Page 3 PLP SILENT ON TAX THREATS TAX PLP silent on tax threats Opposition leaders yesterday threw a wall of silence around their views on a crackdown on so-called tax havens. ---- Page 5 WEST END BIDS TO ADD CLASS ED West End bids to add class Government must determine whether it has the human and financial resources to add another first-year class at West End Primary -- as requested by parents.

---- Page 7 REUTERS COMPANY USES BSX STK Reuters company uses BSX In a major coup for the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX), the brokerage arm of Reuters Group Plc., the world's largest financial information service, has started using the Island for executing billions of dollars of cross trades.

---- Business, Page 15 GLOBAL CROSSING PLANS CENTRE BUC Global Crossing plans centre International telecommunications company Global Crossing plans to install a multi-million dollar network monitoring operation at the ex-Baselands in St.

David's. From its centre it will monitor traffic over its worldwide network.

---- Business, Page 13 MARSHALL TO LEAD BERMUDA CRI Marshall to lead Bermuda Just two weeks after writing a letter of apology for his past behaviour to the Bermuda Cricket Board of Control, Charlie Marshall has been handed the captaincy of Bermuda's Red Stripe team. ---- Sport, Page 39