months, Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox told MPs on Friday.

---- Page 2 FULL AHEAD FOR FAST FERRIES TRA Full ahead for fast ferries The drive to revolutionise the transport system is to slip into top gear with a rapid overhaul of the ferries. ---- Page 3 TOURISM LAUNCHES UK DRIVE TOU Tourism launches UK drive LONDON -- The third year of a focused effort to boost tourism arrivals from the Island's most successful market in recent years kicks off today. ---- Page 5 SMITH STANDS BY POSITION DIS Smith stands by position New Human Rights Commission chairman the Rev. Goodwin Smith has refused to back down from his participation in an anti-homosexual protest. ---- Page 6 Editorial: Page 4 RETAILERS REPORT STABLE YEAR BUC Retailers report stable year Last year was generally stable for sales in Bermuda's troubled retail sector, according to business operators. ---- Page 13 ANTIDOTE TO VALENTINE'S BUC Antidote to Valentine's For all those bitter, angry folks who have turned from lovebirds into vultures, the J.B. Productions play "Marriage is Murder'' was a perfect antidote to the sicky-sweetness of Valentine's weekend. ---- Lifestyle, Page 18 TOWN TOPPLE CUP HOLDERS SOC Town topple cup holders Holders Vasco were knocked out of the FA Cup by First Division title rivals Dandy Town in a 3-1 quarter-final thriller which could have gone either way.

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