daily lives. The call came during a ceremony to mark tomorrow's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. ---- Page 2 BPSA, C&W HOLD TALKS UNS BUC BPSA, C&W hold talks Local telecommunications staff were left in doubt over their future employment status following meetings between management and union officials yesterday afternoon. Bermuda Public Service Association General Secretary Edward Ball said the meeting with Cable & Wireless management was cordial and constructive but there were a number of issues the company still had to look at. ---- Page 3 COURT REELS IN HEFTY FINE CTS Court reels in hefty fine A defence lawyer earned his pay yesterday when he pointed out that his client had not re-offended on two counts before the courts, saving the man $8,000.

Kenneth Earl Minks, 58, of Fort Lane, St. George's, pleaded guilty to using fixed fishing gear without a licence, unlawfully taking lobsters without a licence, unlawfully possessing lobsters onshore and possessing undersized lobsters. ---- Page 3 BERMUDA GETS $1M BOOST SOC Bermuda gets $1m boost Bermuda football has been given a massive financial boost by the world governing body, FIFA. The one million dollar award, believed to be the biggest ever grant to an individual sport on the Island, will be spread over four years, starting in 1999. ---- Sport, Page 15 MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OLY More opportunities for women The way Anita Defrantz sees it, women's rights or gender equality are terms that don't exist. "I prefer to call it opportunity,'' the IOC vice president said during a stop in Bermuda this week. ---- Sport, Page 15