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From Alan Anderson. I AM concerned at the manner in which health insurance is being handled for UK visitors to Jersey.

HEALTH Minister Jim Perchard has no doubt been engaged in some very serious thinking about his position since he admitted lying in the States, directing abusive language at a fellow States Member and telling that same Member to ‘slit his wrists’.

IN 2001 the world was shocked by Goldman Sachs’s prediction that China would become the world’s number one economy in 2040. Eight years on, the only thing shocking about that prediction is that China is set to fulfil it 20 years early.

AT least £3m of public money has been lost over the failure to fix exchange rates on Jersey’s biggest-ever capital project.

TWO Jersey trust businesses have announced their merger.

AT SUNSET tonight Bahá’ís in Jersey will join others around the world in ending their annual 19-day fast and celebrating their version of new year.

VICTORIA College under-16 rugby team retained the Lord Jersey Schools Cup by beating De La Salle 20-14 yesterday.

HOPES that Carole Allen and Gaynor Thomas might become the first players from Jersey to win the British Isles women’s indoor pairs title were dashed in Belfast yesterday, when they lost, 21-8, to Cumbria’s mother-and-daughter duo Cindy and Karen Edmondson.

NO action will be taken against the Health Minister for swearing at another States Member and telling him to kill himself, according to the Chief Minister.

From Phil Perchard. I WOULD like to comment briefly on the section of the Strategic Plan green paper published on 3 March by the Council of Ministers which deals with net inward migration proposals (ie population growth).