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Abuse couple: Senator was at 1999 meeting

FORMER Health Minister Stuart Syvret was present at a 1999 meeting when abuse allegations against a couple who ran a States children’s home and who are now the subject of a police investigation were discussed, committee minutes have revealed.

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Call for ministers to go

THE States were in disarray this morning after a dramatic 24 hours in the Esplanade development fiasco. Senator Jim Perchard resigned from the Waterfront Enterprise Board after learning that WEB chairman Gerald Voisin is also on a subsidiary board of AIB, the bank behind developers Harcourt. Today, Senator Stuart Syvret said that he would be […]

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A Chief Minister who didn’t top the poll

From David Eves. THREE years ago, at a time when a Chief Minister was about to be appointed for the first time, Senator Stuart Syvret topped the Islandwide poll by a distance, a result which he achieved for the second successive time. In a normal democratic society, which Jersey claims to be but fails miserably […]

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Double win for Walker

CHIEF Minister Frank Walker emerged politically unscathed yesterday after fighting off two separate attacks in the States. Deputy Geoff Southern was left humiliated after his vote of censure against Senator Walker received the support of just one fellow member of the Jersey Democratic Alliance. And Senator Stuart Syvret was defeated by almost as decisive a […]

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50 hopefuls for Deputy

AT least 50 candidates are expected to declare at nomination meetings around the Island tomorrow for the 29 seats in the States reserved for parish Deputies. The elections for Deputies are on 26 November and the successful candidates will be elected for a three-year term of office For the second time in as many months, […]

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