And initiatives are underway in an effort to improve the training, education and attitudes amongst Bermuda's tourism employees. ---- Page 2 KERMODE TO REPLACE ROWELL ED APP Kermode to replace Rowell Saltus Board of Trustees have appointed long-serving teacher and deputy headmaster Nigel Kermode as the new principal of the Grammar School. ---- Page 2 FESTIVAL NUMBERS KEEP GROWING THR Festival numbers keep growing Bermuda Festival's total revenue increased by 300 percent over the last two decades, chairman Peter Lloyd revealed. ---- Page 5 US-AFRICAN GROUP SALUTES SMITH AWD VIP US-African group salutes Smith Premier Jennifer Smith is to be honoured by a US-African organisation with a special lifetime achievement award. And the award could lead to trade and cultural spin-offs for Bermuda and its business people. ---- Page 5 RYAN SET TO RETURN MAR Ryan set to return Marathon Derby officials are ready to make an exception to the six month residency rule and allow a former champion to compete in the popular May 24 race. ---- Sport, Page 13 SHAREHOLDERS SUFFER $5M LOSS BUC Shareholders suffer $5m loss About 290 holders of preferred shares in Staples Holdings Ltd. have been told they will lose the $5 million they invested in the company in 1995. The shareholders range from people who invested $1,000 to those who put in $348,000. ---- Business, Page 19 THE IRON LADY OF THE PLP LS PTL The iron lady of the PLP She is the notoriously iron-willed lady who led the now-victorious Progressive Labour Party through some of its darkest hours and who has helped shape the Island's judicial system for 45 years. ---- Lifestyle, Page 25 GREEN ISLAND DETAINED SHI Green Island detained Green Island , which limped into Bermuda with a massive hole in its hull, has been detained until the hole and its badly corroded hull are repaired. ---- Shipping, Page 37