EUROPE could force Jersey to introduce a capital gains tax, one of the UK’s foremost critics of tax avoidance has warned.
Stand up to violence and earn our respect
From Paul de Gruchy. LAST week my six year old daughter returned from school with a letter telling parents that one of the form teachers for her year would be absent for some time.
In today’s cut-throat world of competition, collaboration can indeed seem heretical
Two ants, freshly marooned in a puddle rapidly filling with rain-water will cooperate to manoeuvre a leaf or twig to effect an escape – though the first out never glances back.
Economy shrank by 5% in 2010
JERSEY’S economy shrank by five per cent last year and was worth less than at any point since records began 13 years ago.
Price is right for top England netball honour
ST Saviour netball coach and former Jersey Netball Association president Sheila Price has been honoured with an England Netball Long Service Award.
A different kind of democracy
AS the Senatorial hustings roadshow approaches the halfway point, it is possible to detect some main themes emerging and to anticipate that, while revolution is clearly not on the cards this time round, a significant phase in the evolution of Jersey politics is nevertheless well under way.
Jersey still the world’s top offshore finance centre
JERSEY is now ranked in the top ten worldwide locations for providing wealth management and private banking services.
…but at least the sun’s out
JERSEY was set to be hotter than Hawaii today, with temperatures expected to hit a sizzling 28°C.
Flock of birds could have cut Island’s power
A FLOCK of birds flying into overhead power cables in France could have caused Monday night’s Islandwide power cut, the JEC said today.
Former Muratti striker fined for racial abuse and assault
A FORMER Murratti striker who shouted racial abuse at a bouncer before assaulting a police officer at the weekend was fined £1,250 by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
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