father, has claimed that she did what was best for the child. ---- Page 2 TEEN TELLS OF ALLEGED RAPE CTS Teen tells of alleged rape A teenaged girl who had gone for a drive with a girlfriend and a 21-year-old acquaintence was forced to have sexual intercourse and ended up with pubic lice and depression, a Supreme Court jury heard. ---- Page 3 THIEVES TARGET BUSINESSES CRM Thieves target businesses A courier company and hair salon both fell prey to thieves yesterday. And the robberies took place within a half an hour and a couple of miles of each other. ---- Page 6 MINISTERS UNVEIL PROGRAMME GVT Ministers unveil programme Two Government Ministers have revealed a new apprenticeship programme from the Department of Labour and Training. ---- Page 7 INSURANCE REGULATIONS CRITICISED BUC Insurance regulations criticised A non-profit Massachusetts corporation has claimed that insurance regulation in Bermuda is not subject to the same stringent controls and safeguards which are imposed in states of the US accredited by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The Center for Insurance Research (CIR) believes the state's commissioner of insurance exceeded her authority in allowing Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Co. (EMLICO) to move to Bermuda. ---- Business, Page 34 STAPLES HIT BY DROP IN PROFITS BUC Staples hit by drop in profits Publicly-traded Staples Holding Ltd. has suffered a decline in profits of about 40 percent for the year ended March 31, 1997. The decline was linked to reorganisation costs and increased expenses.

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