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MORE than 150 Islanders packed into St Brelade’s Parish Hall last night to voice arguments for and against controversial plans to open a refuge for men in St Aubin.

PARISH and States officials are standing by their decision to place a zebra crossing right at the end of a busy town road.

JERSEY is still waiting for a response from the EU over the Council of Ministers’ decision to keep the ‘zero-ten’ system of corporate tax.

By my reckoning this year was going to be the year that we started to see the benefits of closer inter-island co-operation. However, although it’s still only February, at this rate we’ll be lucky if we end the year still talking to Guernsey.

THE decision to scrap ‘deemed distribution’ to maintain the Island’s zero and ten per cent company tax rates has been welcomed by the finance industry.

MAGISTRATE-designate Ian Christmas is due to appear in the Royal Court tomorrow to be charged over a three-year criminal investigation focusing on US property investments.

THE public could decide two winners at this year’s Jersey Sports Council awards as part of a huge makeover to the annual ceremony.

From Christopher Journeaux, head of marketing and sales JERSEY DAIRY wishes to correct the inaccuracies in the letter from Hedi Green (JEP, 15 February) in which she contended that cow’s milk was not good for children’s health and should be removed from their diets.

THERE is likely to be widespread agreement that Jersey’s health service is in need of changes that will enable it to cope with the challenges imposed by obsolete buildings, costly modern therapies, staff recruitment and retention and the pressure of an ageing population.

A LAST-ditch attempt is being been made to save the four Senators’ seats that States Members have voted to axe over the next two elections.