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Government is looking at plans to build a new recycling plant to replace the existing site at Devon Springs. The announcement was made following a walk-out by all 12 workers at the plant yesterday morning over complaints about working conditions. ---- Page 2 GOVT. RAPPED OVER MINISTRY GVT HTH Govt. rapped over Ministry Government's failure to appoint a new Health and Social Services Minister came under fire. The Ministry, the biggest in Government with an annual budget of more than $103 million, has been without a full-time Minister for nearly a month. ---- Page 2 BURGESS' DEATH AN `ACCIDENT' INQ Burgess' death an `accident' Michael Eugene Burgess' death was an accident, a Coroner's jury ruled yesterday. And the six-man, two-woman jury recommended that Police and all medical personnel familiarise themselves with a condition called cocaine-induced psychosis in a bid to avoid another tragedy. ---- Page 5 LOCAL FIRM ROLLS OUT TRADECARD BUC Local firm rolls out TradeCard TradeCard, an electronic method of international trade finance developed by Bermuda-based Full Service Trade System, is available in 29 countries. ---- Business, Page 10 INSURERS LAG BEHIND MARKET BUC Insurers lag behind market Investors in most Bermuda-based insurers markets saw their shares appreciate impressively in 1997 -- but the sector as a whole lagged behind the broader financial services market. ---- Business, Page 10 TEN-YEAR BAN FOR ATTACKER SOC Ten-year ban for attacker A Wolves fan who assaulted two match officials at Wellington Oval on Sunday has been slapped with a ten-year ban by the St. George's Cricket Club. And yesterday club president Mansfield Smith called on other affiliates to impose an island-wide ban on Troy Thomas. ---- Sport, Page 19