JERSEY will be removed from France’s ‘blacklist’ of unco-operative tax havens once outstanding requests for information have been satisfied, Jersey officials have announced.
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‘Defenders of Dean have run smear campaign against me’
AN AUTISTIC woman whose complaint of sexual abuse by a churchwarden led to head of the Anglican Church in Jersey being suspended for almost two months earlier this year has written an ‘open letter’ accusing the Dean’s supporters of waging a ‘smear campaign’ against her.
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Police armed response was ‘textbook’, benefits cuts defended, and call for fairer bus fares – States Question Time round-up
A ‘TEXTBOOK’ armed response where two innocent men were detained by police officers with guns and Tasers is being considered for use in training new recruits to the force.
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Bailhache: Report on Dean should be public
THE decision of the Bishop of Winchester not to release a report which exonerates the Dean of Jersey for ‘legal reasons’ has been described as ‘appalling’ by Senator Sir Philip Bailhache.
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New foreign ministry approved
JERSEY will have a minister responsible for representing the Island overseas after a proposition for an External Relations Minister was approved by the States.
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New foreign minister meets French over blacklist
JERSEY’S new External Relations Minister has met the French Ambassador to discuss the country’s blacklisting of the Island as an unco-operative tax haven
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How things have changed in the way we all mourn
NEXT month will mark the 49th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill. I thought about that last week as the world mourned former South African president Nelson Mandela – not in any comparative way, for such a thing would be odious, as most comparisons invariably are.
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Blacklisting: Urgent talks with France
MINISTERS will today have urgent talks with their counterparts in Paris to find out why Jersey has been placed on an official French blacklist of unco-operative tax havens.
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Politicians to head delegation to China
JERSEY’S Chief Minister will lead a delegation to China next week to promote the Island and raise awareness about the services it can offer.
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Time for diplomacy over tax
IT seems that irrespective of how many steps Jersey takes towards complete of tax transparency, some are determined to misconstrue our position and misrepresent our status.
