Samuel L. Jackson Celebrity Golf Classic will be held from June 3 to 7. ---- Page 2 RESIDENTS UPSET OVER SPEEDING POL Residents upset over speeding Police are using the freshly paved Frog Lane in Devonshire as a speedway, an area resident has claimed. ---- Page 2 JURY HEARS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CTS Jury hears of sexual assault A 49-year-old Pembroke man went to his ex-wife's home, asked her for a ride to his own home, and sexually assaulted her once he got her there, a Supreme Court jury was told yesterday. ---- Page 5 BUDGET SPEECH ON INTERNET NJ Budget speech on Internet The Royal Gazette will carry the full text of the Budget speech via the Internet today. It will be available following its delivery by Finance Minister Grant Gibbons in the House of Assembly at 10 a.m.

By keying in http://www.accessbda.bm/gazette.htm readers can have full access.

As in previous years, Deloitte & Touche will also have a Bermuda Budget Release on the Internet at noon. The address is www.deloite.bm PEARMAN BREAKS RECORD GLF Pearman breaks record Clamour is growing for Dwayne Pearman to take his talents abroad after the Ocean View pro broke an Island course record in tournament play this week.

Pearman's seven-under-par 63 in the first round of the 54-hole CB Open at Belmont beat the 64 held by the club's pro Cornell Bean. ---- Sport, Page 13 `GOOD ENOUGH' FOR WINDIES CRI `Good enough' for Windies The manager of Bermuda's Red Stripe Bowl cricket team in Jamaica last year honestly believes Athlete of the Year Clay Smith would not be out of place in the West Indies one-day team. Randy Horton made that bold statement yesterday after attending Monday night's Awards Ceremony at the Hamilton Princess where Smith became the first cricketer to win the award.q ---- Sport, Page 13 AWARDS CHOICE DEFENDED AWD GVT Awards choice defended The chairman of Bermuda's Annual Sports Awards selection committee yesterday shot down speculation that the snubbing of top sprinter Troy Douglas was politically motivated. "I can assure you there was no bias and nothing nefarious,'' Anthony Roberts said. ---- Sport, Page 13 OPL'S PROFIT IMPROVES BUC OPL's profit improves Bermuda-based reinsurer, Overseas Partners Ltd. enjoyed a year of successes to December 31, 1997 even though it lost millions in premium from a labour strike that hit its core customer. ---- Business, Page 32