Douglas supports Ariel Sands
April 1, it will be marketed as `Ariel Sands: Michael Douglas' Exclusive Private Hideaway in Bermuda'. The Oscar-winning movie star has thrown his weight behind $5 million in improvement to the resort. ---- Page 2 AUDIT TO BE MADE PUBLIC ED Audit to be made public Bermuda's public school system is in better shape than most of those examined by a team of American education audtors -- but the education audit team will still be recommending some 15 changes to the system. And Education Minister Jerome Dill has promised the report will be made public. ---- Page 3 TAXI DRIVER FIGHTS OFF PASSENGER CRM Taxi driver fights off passenger Police are searching for a man who twice attacked a taxi driver before the cabbie managed to pull up outside a Police station and get help. ---- Page 5 TOURISM AXES ESPN RACE SHOW MAR TOU TV Tourism axes ESPN race show When the Department of Tourism pulled the plug on ESPN's coverage of this year's International Race Weekend, no-one, it appears, bothered to tell the company which has produced the event for the sports network for the past three years. ---- Sport, Page 9 KAVIN SMITH TAKES A BREAK MAR Kavin Smith takes a break Kavin Smith, who has reigned supreme at almost every road race distance since 1994, wants to "take a break'' and has not entered any events in the upcoming International Race Weekend. ---- Sport, Page 9 SCOTS AUTHOR SAVES HERITAGE LIV BKS Scots author saves heritage Wilma Paterson, currently on holiday in Bermuda, has just completed the mammoth task of collecting 100 of the best "Songs of Scotland'' for her recently published volume of that name. ---- Living, Page 21 BANK SUFFERS EARNING SETBACK BUC Bank suffers earnings setback The Bank of Butterfield's half year results will be disappointing, preliminary indications show. Chairman Sir David Gibbons has told shareholders that "measures are being taken to improve financial performance in the remainder of our financial year, which ends on June 30, 1997.'' ---- Business, Page 25