the framework for the ruling United Bermuda Party's General Election campaign.

He hammered home the claim that the UBP is the only choice for education, beating crime and drug abuse and caring for families and the young of the Country. ---- Page 2 PLP CANDIDATES FOCUS ON YOUTH PTL PLP candidates focus on youth A PLP Government will "invest and reinvest'' in the Island's youth and will put the "Bermuda back into Bermuda tourism''. Hundreds turned out last night to hear several PLP candidates speak of the youth and the future of Bermuda at a rally at St. John's Field in Pembroke. ---- Page 3 DOUBTS RAISED OVER JURY SYSTEM PTL CRM Doubts raised over jury system Bermuda's jury system could be to blame for a decline in convictions -- especially in drugs cases, a former top cop said yesterday. Wayne Perinchief -- a former Assistant Police Commissioner turned Progressive Labour Party candidate -- said it was "quite possible'' that the jury system used in Supreme Court trials could be responsible. ---- Page 5 BEST BLASTS REF AFTER DEFEAT SOC Best blasts ref after defeat Poor officiating by the Guyanese referee robbed Bermuda's Under-21 soccer team of a place in the CAC Games in Venezuela next month, according to national coach Clyde Best. An angry Best yesterday returned from St. Kitts where the Under-21s suffered a 2-1 defeat by the host country in a qualifying game that they needed to win by a two-goal margin. ---- Sport, Page 21 CRIME ACT CHANGES MULLED BUC Crime Act changes mulled Bermuda is considering extending its Proceeds of Crime Act to include the laundering of funds obtained by tax evasion, a top financial official said.

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