TRA Drivers warned about weapons Taxi drivers must be careful not to overreact in light of recent robberies aimed at them.

Arming themselves with pipes could cause more problems than it is meant to solve and may lead to unsavoury circumstances.

Junior DeSilva said he did not think that taxi operators or the Government can do anything else to protect cabbies. ---- Page 2 THUMBS UP BY TRAVEL EXPERTS CON Thumbs up by travel experts More than 100 travel industry experts with the power to book two million bed nights a year have voted Bermuda a hit. ---- Page 2 CROWN CLAIMS IT WAS AMBUSED CTS Crown claims it was ambushed The Crown yesterday took it on the chin after being "ambushed'' on a technicality in the Supreme Court trial of a man accused of kidnapping and severely sexually assaulting his underage girlfriend. ---- Page 3 TODD `HANDLED' HOUSE BUY CTS Todd `handled' house buy A painter and carpenter yesterday told a court how he was approached by his boss to buy a house he was working on. And he said the purchase was handled by former Bank of Bermuda chief Arnold Todd -- charged in Supreme Court on 17 counts of theft, fraud and false accounting. ---- Page 5 BANK PREDICTS BRIGHT ECONOMY BUC Bank predicts bright economy The Bank of Bermuda said in its annual report that there are reasons to be "cautiously optimistic'' about the economic future for Bermuda. ---- Business, Page 9 TIGER MAY PLAY IN BERMUDA GLF Tiger may play in Bermuda Golf's hottest property, Tiger Woods, is being pursued by organisers of next month's Merrill Lynch Shoot-out to be played at Mid Ocean Club. ---- Sport, Page 17 .

SICKLE CELL EXPERTS TO VISIT COM HTH Sickle cell experts to visit More than 100 Bermudians are affected by sickle cell disease or the more serious sickle cell anaemia. This month, three experts from abroad will be on the Island to talk about the disease and the research which is being conducted on it. ---- Community, Page 21