ELECTRICITY and fuel bills must be exempt from sales tax according to Health Minister Stuart Syvret, whose attempt to exempt food, medicine and books from the three per cent charge goes to the States next month.
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First patients ready to leave Overdale
THE first long-term care patients to be transferred from Overdale Hospital to private sector accommodation will move next week.
Foul smells ‘making people nauseous’
THE green waste composting operation at La Collette is causing a nuisance over three parishes, according to St Saviour Deputy Kevin Lewis.
Health Minister backs mobile phone mast freeze
HEALTH Minister Stuart Syvret has supported the call for a six-month freeze on planning applications for mobile phone masts while further research is carried out into possible health risks.
Gun licence Constable called on to own up
A CALL has been made for the parish Constable who granted a convicted criminal and drug dealer a gun licence to ‘own up’ and resign.
Doctors’ out-of-hours system ‘working well’
THE new GP out-of-hours system is better, cheaper and more efficient, Health Minister Stuart Syvret told a scrutiny panel yesterday.
Minister hits out at Blair and Bush
HEALTH Minister Stuart Syvret has described UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in an e-mail to all States Members as ‘a silly, dishonest, inadequate little man’ who has taken the country into ‘a savage, unwinnable, murderous and illegal war’.
Condom machines for school toilets?
CONDOM machines could be installed in States secondary school toilets to help combat the growing problem of sexually transmitted infections among teenagers.
More smoking bans approved
JERSEY has taken another step towards the smoking ban that could be in place by the end of the year.
Keep GST simple, say businesses
THE Island’s main business lobby group has rejected the idea of exempting goods from the goods and services tax.

