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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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.
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Satisfactory end to saga of officialdom’s making
READING the account of that lot in the Big House deciding to lob fifty grand in the general direction of Terry McDonald to compensate – in part – for a saga that was much of officialdom’s making, the one thing which pleased me greatly was his statement at the end of the debate that it was time to put the matter to bed and he would not be progressing it any further.
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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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Bishop ‘may be trying to close a parish church’, meeting told
THE BISHOP of Winchester could be trying to increase his powers in Jersey in order to close a parish church, a meeting of Anglicans heard last night.
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Anglicans invited to meeting to discuss crisis in the diocese
ALL Anglicans in Jersey have been invited to a meeting next week to discuss a dispute that threatens the Island’s centuries-old link with the Diocese of Winchester.
