complaint against him, prompting him to leave his post at the Bank of Bermuda.

---- Page 2 WITNESSES DENY `COLLABORATIONG MIL CTS Witnesses deny `collaborating' Two key defence witnesses denied collaborating to "get their stories straight'' in the Flanagan's manslaughter trial yesterday. Restaurant manager David Cromwell and bouncer Steven DeSilva denied colluding with defendant Kevin Pollock, accused of pushing a customer down the stairs. ---- Page 2 LABOUR SEMINAR KICKS OFF CON UNS Labour seminar kicks off The National Tripartite Labour Seminar began yesterday despite industrial disruptions in two of the Island's small hotels.

A strong showing of representatives from all sides, Government, the unions and the employers, turned out for the first day of the two-day event at the Bermuda College. ---- Page 6 RIDERS TO FLY THE FLAG LS HAN Riders to fly the flag Three physically challenged equestrians will represent the Island in the upcoming Riding for the Disabled World Championships in Denmark. ---- Lifestyle, Page 13 ROCHUS UPSETS FORMER WINNER TEN Rochus upsets former winner Christophe Rochus pulled off the biggest shock of the Bermuda Open so far by ousting 1997 winner Johan Van Herck yesterday. Rochus, whose world ranking is nearly 100 places below Van Herck, blasted away his fellow Belgian's unbeaten record in Bermuda to set up a quarter-final clash with fourth seed Guillermo Canas. ---- Sport, Page 25 NEW APPROACH NEEDED AT RIMS CON BUC New approach needed at RIMS While Bermuda has done a good job of marketing itself at one of the largest annual gatherings of insurance industry clients, the effort needs to be refreshed a bit according to at least one participant here at the Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) conference. ---- Business, Page 31