has failed to clear the first hurdle. ---- Page 2 UBP BOSS GOES ON THE ATTACK CON UBP boss goes on the attack UBP chairman Gary Pitman yesterday tore into new PLP Leader Jennifer Smith, accusing her of a "tax and spend philosophy''. He said the Progressive Labour Party would have a hard time successfully wooing the business community. ---- Page 3 KUDOS FLY FOR RETIRING OFFICER AWD Kudos fly for retiring officer A model probation officer ... a devoted and dedicated civil servant ... a man whose wisdom Bermuda will sorely miss ...

Lawyers yesterday paid tribute to Vincent Ratteray, Bermuda's longest-serving probation officer who retired on Thursday. ---- Page 3 BEAUTY CONTEST COMES BACK CPN Beauty contest comes back After a three-year absence Bermuda's women will get the chance to vie for the title of Miss Bermuda next spring. Organisers from the Miss Bermuda Pageant and the Miss Teen Bermuda Pageant have joined forces to host a new contest.

---- Page 5 CEO: ISLAND HAS GOT IT RIGHT CON CEO: Island has got it right Asset protection legislation is in a much more acceptable form in Bermuda than in other offshore jurisdictions, the president of the Bermuda Association of Licensed Trustees has said. ---- Business, Page 11