JERSEY Overseas Aid has appointed its deputy director, Ed Lewis, to the role of interim director following the death of Simon Boas. Mr Lewis, previously head of programme, has more than 15 years’ experience in the development sector and has worked for organisations including the United Nations and European Commission. Much of his early career […]
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Liberation Day becomes the Island’s official national day
LIBERATION Day has been designated Jersey’s official national day by a vote in the States Assembly. And politicians also decided yesterday to adopt Beautiful Jersey as the Island’s official anthem. The move to formalise the status of 9 May as Jersey’s version of Bastille Day in France or Independence Day in the United States came […]
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Deadline close to sign up to join overseas aid project next year
ISLANDERS have until 19 October to sign up to become a Jersey Overseas Aid volunteer – and potentially be part of a team travelling to Nepal, Zambia or Malawi next year. Recently, the Island’s official, publicly funded aid and development agency launched its 2026 Volunteer Programme. Next year, JOA is organising three projects with […]
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Consultation on extending the Freedom of Information Law
A PUBLIC consultation on extending the Freedom of Information Law to cover arm’s-length organisations is due to take place later this year – despite an 11-year-old States decision to do so remaining in force. Assistant Chief Minister Deputy Malcolm Ferey said that work is being carried out to produce an interim report by mid-September, which […]
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‘We are developing proposals to extend the FoI law to ALOs’
“PHASED” proposals to extend the Island’s Freedom of Information legislation to arm’s-length organisations are being developed, the Chief Minister has said following repeated calls by the JEP to enact a decade-old States decision. Deputy Lyndon Farnham told politicians this week that, while the extension was “yet to be decided”, it was “a work in progress”. […]
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Minister calls on States to make 9 May the Island’s national day
LIBERATION Day will officially become Jersey’s “national day”, if politicians back a minister’s proposal. Already widely regarded as the “unofficial” national day of the Island, 9 May marks the day that Jersey was liberated from occupation by German forces during the Second World War. The day is already a public holiday, with annual activities and […]
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Residency and housing laws to be debated in Assembly
PLANS to modernise housing and employment laws, making the Island’s residency status system easier to understand, are among the topics due to be debated by politicians in the States Assembly this week. Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham wants more flexible legislation and lodged the Draft Control of Housing and Work (Residential and Employment Status) (Jersey) Regulations […]
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Electoral reform proposals on States agenda
MULTIPLE proposals for changing the make-up of the States Assembly are set to be debated as politicians gather for this week’s sitting. Starting at 9.30am tomorrow, the agenda will be dominated by electoral reform and the potential return of Senators, but also includes debates on a national day for Jersey and political engagement, plus the […]
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‘Heavy hearts’ as Island marks third anniversary of Ukraine invasion
IT is now three years since Russia began the devastating war in Ukraine, a grim anniversary which is being marked with a “heavy heart”. Thousands have been killed and injured in the conflict, which has been ongoing since Vladimir Putin’s failed attempt to take over the entire country in February 2022, and many more have […]
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Deputy proposes Island to have two national days and an official anthem
THE celebration of the Corn Riots could become one of Jersey’s two national days – alongside Liberation Day – and “Beautiful Jersey” could be adopted as the Island’s official anthem, if a backbencher’s proposal is approved this week. Deputy Montfort Tadier’s amendment to International Development Minister Carolyn Labey’s proposition for Liberation Day to officially become […]
