week in the wake of security concerns. ---- Page 2 AUDITOR PROPOSES `QUANGO' GVT Auditor proposes `quango' The official auditor of Government finances yesterday called for his independence to be guaranteed. ---- Page 3 MONIZ WANTS DEBATE DELAYED HOA Moniz wants debate delayed A row over Bermuda's sunken treasures deepened last night as UBP MP Trevor Moniz called on Government to delay debating new legislation on shipwrecks.

The Historic Wreck Act was tabled in the House of Assembly last Friday and is due to be debated by MPs tomorrow. ---- Page 4 MERGER COULD HELP BERMUDA BUC Merger could help Bermuda The purchase by Marsh & McLennan Cos. (M&M) of rival Johnson & Higgins (J&H) for $1.8 billion, may have a positive effect on the Bermuda insurance industry, a leading local insurer says. ---- Business, Page 9 CANN RULED OUT OF ICC SQUAD CRI Cann ruled out of ICC squad Three days before the national squad's scheduled departure for Malaysia, Lionel Cann has been dropped from the ICC Trophy World Cup qualifying tournament. And opening batsman Dexter Smith has been selected to replace him.

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