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CHANGES have been made to GST rules to encourage more super yachts to berth in the Island.

HAVING written last week about Jersey Telecoms sending 80 of their staff down the road – with impeccable timing, just before Christmas – I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read that Jersey Post intended to enter the mobile phone market.

What a desperate week for weather. If you have ventured forth, well done!

TWO second half goals proved enough to send Investec Jersey sailing into the fourth round of the National Men’s Hockey Trophy yesterday.

A CYCLIST raising money for Jersey Hospice Care died yesterday after suffering multiple injuries in a road accident in Ecuador.

THESE are, to say the least, difficult and awkward times for the Jersey fishing fleet.

From Tim Langlois. CHARLES Webb, from the JCRA, claims 100 jobs have been created by other telecommunications companies setting up in the Island. However, how many staff were brought in from the UK and other destinations?

JOB losses have led to a demand in safety training as Islanders seek to gain extra qualifications to become more employable.

A WOMAN and her family are raising funds to enable a group of children in Kenya who are orphaned or from poor families to receive a regular education.

THE number of swine-flu cases continued to rise last week as more and more schools were struck by the mass outbreak.