A LAST-ditch plea has been made to stop shops across the Island being allowed to open on Liberation Day this Saturday.
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Fishing: Scrap bag limit proposition, says Deputy
A CONTROVERSIAL proposed law to impose bag limits on leisure fishermen should be scrapped and replaced with a scheme to ban selling fish without a licence, says Deputy Andrew Green.
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Flagging tourism industry given a £500,000 boost
MORE than £500,000 of taxpayers’ money is to be injected into the struggling tourism industry to boost plummeting visitor numbers. The cash will fund a major advertising campaign to target recession-hit UK residents to persuade them to book their summer holiday here. The move was announced by Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean at a Jersey […]
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Welcome protection scheme
THE recent Foot report on the Crown Dependencies and Britain’s Offshore Territories cast Jersey in a very favourable light.
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Construction: Fears for 1,000 jobs
CONSTRUCTION industry chiefs were in emergency talks with the Economic Development Minister this morning amid fears that a thousand jobs could be lost by the summer if an effective rescue package is not rolled out soon. Senator Alan Maclean has called the meeting to try to ease widespread anxiety that businesses are facing very lean […]
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HD: The last straw
WHEN HD Ferries arrived on the Channel Islands scene, the alternative service they offered was hailed as a progressive move in the sphere of travel between Jersey and France.
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Policy on fields condemned
THE Chief Minister was roundly accused of hypocrisy for failing to protect green fields in Jersey’s rural parishes. Senator Frank Walker (pictured) may be departing his post in a few months but most of the 21 candidates aiming to fill his shoes spoke out against his recent speech when he had said that his ‘highest […]
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Promises of newly-elected Senators
IN the weeks leading up to the election, the 21 Senatorial candidates made all kinds of promises and commitments on all kinds of subjects. Now that the dust has settled, it’s only the promises of the six that got in that amount to very much. Some of the commitments were made during hustings meetings, some […]
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Home Affairs Minister: Ian Le Marquand
Former Magistrate Ian Le Marquand is the new Home Affairs Minister, having sucessfully fought off a challenge by Senator Stuart Syvret. He won the election in the States by 34 votes to 18. Senator Le Marquand topped the poll in the recent Senatorial election, at his first entry into politics. During the campaign, he made […]
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Election: Gloves are off as ministers come under fire
THE election gloves came off at the St Mary Senatorial hustings last night – and ministers took a beating. The three sitting Senators on the podium had an uncomfortable time as the audience of around 70 applauded attacks on the Council of Ministers. The 21 candidates continue on the hustings trail in Grouville tonight and […]
