Tourism plans to seek more flights to the Island from more gateway cities.

---- Page 2 STAFF SHORTAGES CAUSED SICK-OUT Staff shortages caused sick-out Fourteen Airport-based Customs workers called in sick on the same day because they were angry about staff shortages. ---- Page 3 PEACE EXPERT TO GIVE SPEECH CON Peace expert to give speech An international peace expert who helped form the basis for Lebanon's peace agreement in the 1980s, has turned his attention to Bermuda for a special lecture on how to stop violent conflicts. ---- Page 6 BANK SUFFERS RATINGS CUT BUC Bank suffers ratings cut The Bank of Butterfield -- which last week said it was taking a $30 million charge against earnings -- has had its bank rating downgraded. ---- Business, Page 13 JEWELLERY CHIEF INLEGAL FIGHT BUC Jewellery chief in legal fight Stephen Crane, a major beneficial shareholder in Bermuda jewellery retailer, Astwood-Dickinson Co., is being sued by one of the largest jewellery distributors in the Caribbean. ---- Business, Page 13 SIMS STUNS GOLF'S VETERANS GLF Sims stuns golf's veterans For all the lessons he's learned while playing golf abroad, Michael Sims was able to teach a far larger one of his own during the Bermuda Amateur Strokeplay Championships on the weekend. ---- Sport, Page 27 BEILEY CHONCHES COMET RCE SLG Bailey clinches Comet race Rudy Bailey in Temptation clinched his sixth West End Sailboat Club long distance comet race yesterday. But second-placed Stevie Dickinson immediately lodged a protest after a tacking incident. ---- Sport, Page 27