Tourism, Heritage Month and a recent Auditor General?s report brought the Senate to a close until a fortnight.said Tourism was on the increase, with Coco Reef enjoying 100 percent occupancy recently.

In addition, Silk restaurant on Front Street was recently tipped by Conde Nast Traveller as one of the world?s best new restaurants, he said.

?We are moving not backwards but forwards,? Sen. Roban said.

Still on tourism, said the time allowed for visiting yachts to stay on the Island should be at least doubled from its current 21-day maximum.

?It would be a policy that would bode well,? Sen. Swan said. ?It would be good word of mouth public relations with more benefit than a glossy ad.?encouraged the public to take part in Heritage Month by attending the May 24 Bermuda Day parade, which already had 57 entrants.

Sen. Tyrrell said Government had contributed some $140,000 to assist with the needs of community groups for the parade.

Referring to recent Auditor General Larry Dennis? report, said ?anyone with an understanding of these things? would understand $800 million was not missing from the public purse.

?The Minister went out of her way to try to show that there were funds un-audited in part and this reminded me that misery loves company,? Sen. Richards said. ?They try to include the UBP in their own misery.

?The report of the Auditor General is much more important in the context of everything that has happened in the current administration,? he said. ?When you put the Report in perspective of the facts is why the report was so damaging to Government.?

Government said $270,000 of unpaid taxes had been collected by two ?Rottweiler lawyers? in the Attorney General?s chambers who encouraged employers who ?forgot? to pay Government to get refinancing from the bank.