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THE injection of £500,000 of public money into an advertising campaign to help boost the fortunes of the Island’s tourist industry is, without doubt, to be welcomed.

EVERY now and then a phrase comes back to haunt you, which could be argued in the case of Jersey RFC’s head coach, Ben Harvey who, before the Island team lost 13-21 to Barnes talked the day before about luck.

From Geoff Cook, chief executive, Jersey Finance. THERE has been much coverage of the recent signing of the Tax Information Exchange agreement with the United Kingdom, and what this means for the Island, including dire predictions of business loss and the impression left that this move is not supported by all sectors of the finance [...]

GOOD grief, is it nearly Easter already? Doesn’t seem like five minutes since we Dinan Mastermen were pulling into our driveway after the nine-hour haul up from the frozen, blizzard-lashed Alps to find the garden ablaze with daffs dancing brightly in the warm afternoon sunshine.

PROTESTERS campaigning to have tax havens closed down targeted banks in St Helier this morning.

THE global economy is going through a ‘balance sheet recession’ — and it could take a long time to recover, a visiting economist said this week.

JERSEY’S under-15 schoolboys will bid to extend their unbeaten run to five matches in the Star Trophy away to Guernsey tomorrow lunchtime.

THE first flight in Jersey took place on 26 August 1912, in the course of a sea-plane race between St Malo and Jersey. Hundreds of people turned out to view this extraordinary aeronautical machine.

A REVOLUTIONARY anti-cancer drug that has been given to girls aged 12 and 13 in Jersey is safe, a senior Island Health official said following reports in the UK of serious side-effects.

From Deputy Sean Power. THIS project by the Oyster Box, a part of Jersey Potteries, to acquire the shelter in St Brelade’s Bay, has caused some concern to parishioners in St Brelade and indeed to people from other parishes who visit the bay. Your article on 10 March quotes Robert Jones as saying that I [...]