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From Tiphanie Mence. ISN’T it about time that the States did more for local families seeking rented accommodation?

TREASURY Minister Philip Ozouf, who delivered a speech yesterday to leading businessmen in Mumbai, says that he is impressed by the way in which India has weathered the global economic crisis.

From Mark Forskitt. ON page 24 of your edition of 17 November there is an article titled: ‘Are we ready for the food crunch?’

HUNDREDS of Island schoolchildren and athletes are taking part in an historic event today and tomorrow, leading up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

From Terry Connor. IT has been quite some time now that I have been listening for a positive and progressive statement from the States Chamber, but at last the recent British-Irish Council has generated a new sense of commitment.

HONOURS finished even in the boys’ hockey inter-insulars at the weekend with Jersey under-17s winning in Guernsey while the Sarnians under-16s triumphed at Les Quennevais.

SOLDIERS in Afghanistan will soon learn that the people of Jersey are thinking of them in the run-up to Christmas.

ISLAND fishermen are facing a crisis as the Italian authorities continue to ban imports of Jersey brown crab into their country, says the president of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association.