racial advancement will visit Bermuda this week. Nettie Washington Douglass -- who is descended from abolitionist Frederick Douglass and civil rights leader and theorist Booker T. Washington will speak on Friday. ---- Page 2 RAINFALL CAUSED ROAD CRACKS GVT Rainfall caused road cracks Cracks in a recently rebuilt road were caused by a build-up of water after torrential rain swept across Bermuda, a Minister said yesterday. ---- Page 3 CAPTIVES CONFERENCE OPENS CON Captives conference opens Bermuda will extend its competitive edge as a captive insurance market by vigorously pursuing new types of business from emerging markets in the Far East and South America, Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Quinton Edness said in opening the Captives Conference. ---- Business, Page 11 SIX TO APPEAR BEFORE BCBC CRI Six to appear before BCBC Bermuda Cricket Board of Control have begun disciplinary hearings against as many as six members of the recent Bermuda ICC team that travelled to Malaysia.

The conduct of the players came into question during the tournament and some of the players have already appeared before a BCBC disciplinary committee.

---- Sport, Page 27 LEWIN TAKES UP DINGHY RACING SLG Lewin takes up dinghy racing After taking on some of the best sailors in the world last week, Paula Lewin turns her attention to something uniquely Bermudian this week. Lewin is one of four new skippers in the six boat fleet, which starts racinf on Saturday. ---- Sport, Page 27