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THE latest manpower figures have just been published by the States Statistics Unit, and they paint a picture of reasonable stability in the Island’s pattern of employment.

MINISTERS are going to have to fight to protect Islanders’ jobs as the financial crisis continues, Chief Minister Frank Walker has warned.

WHILE the Ford Motor Company has spent much of 2008 celebrating the centenary of its founder’s automotive inventiveness, the onslaught of high oil prices and economic downturn has seen a slump in output for all the main players.

FOUNDATIONS set up in Jersey will be able to merge with other legal structures in other jurisdictions, if an amendment is approved by the States.

From Sam Mezec (17). WITH regards to the article in Wednesday’s JEP titled ‘Are they bothered?’ as a Hautlieu student, I was very disappointed at this portrayal of voter apathy among teenagers.

JERSEY cricket coach Peter Kirsten says he wants to continue  with the Island side despite another defeat in Division IV of the World Cricket League.

THE Chief Minister released more details this morning about how Islanders’ savings are to be protected.

From Ed Le Quesne. I DON’T accept Senator Le Sueur’s statement that it is immoral to change the tax arrangements for wealthy residents.

FIREFIGHTERS used specialist lifting gear to free a teenager who was pinned under a car yesterday following a head-on collision in Trinity.

From Elise Heynes. HAVING lived in Route de Trodez in St Ouen for nearly 30 years, I was delighted to read of Constable Ken Vibert’s plea to the States to buy the Plémont Holiday Village site.