By John Boothman On 22 December, exactly six months will have passed since the 2022 general election. As our attention will by then be focused on more festive matters, forgive me for jumping the gun with this appraisal of how the new government has performed during its first half-year in office. But before doing that, […]
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Chief Minister to stand for re-election
THE Chief Minister is to stand for re-election – but said he is not intending to seek another term in the top job. Speculation about Senator John Le Fondré’s political future has been rife after he opted not to stand for the leadership of the Jersey Alliance party, of which he is a member. However, […]
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Former Chief Minister to stand as an independent
A FORMER Chief Minister is to stand for election as an independent candidate – and wants to keep his current External Relations portfolio. Senator Ian Gorst has outlined his intentions for the June general election and confirmed that he will be seeking one of the four Deputy seats in the newly formed District 1 comprising […]
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EU move over fishing licences ‘is unhelpful’
THE European Parliament is ‘feeding fuel to a fire we really need to get beyond’ in relation to the rights of French vessels to fish in Jersey waters, according to the president of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association. Don Thompson was speaking after the European Parliament recently endorsed what he called ‘extreme measures’ for the safeguarding […]
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Minister visits Oman
THE External Relations Minister was in Oman last week for a trip which the government said was designed to ‘continue expanding the Island’s relationships with countries in the Middle East’.
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£3 million of illicit funds to be returned to Kenya
JERSEY has signed an agreement enabling £3 million laundered in the Island two decades ago to be returned to Kenya, with the country due to use the money to support its Covid-19 response. The repatriation of the funds was agreed after the Royal Court convicted locally registered Windward Trading Ltd in 2016 of holding money […]
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Jersey's finance sector ‘must tighten monitoring of Russian clients’ amid ‘heightened risk’ of money laundering and financing of terrorism or weapons of mass destruction
THE finance sector has been urged to tighten monitoring of all customers with ties to Russia or Belarus, due to a ‘heightened risk’ of money laundering and the financing of terrorism or weapons of mass destruction. In a joint statement, External Relations Minister Ian Gorst and the Jersey Financial Services Commission warned that the Island’s […]
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'Shocking report on health service shows lions are being led by donkeys and change is required'
By John Henwood IF transparency and accountability are to be the watchwords of our government – and every utterance of the Chief Minister suggests that to be the case – then it is facing its first really big challenge in the shape of the Hugo Mascie-Taylor Report on the Health & Community Services Department (HCS). […]
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Last sitting of States before June election
DOMESTIC abuse, carbon neutrality and empty properties will all be on the agenda at the final States sitting before June’s general election. At the sitting beginning on Monday and expected to last at least until the end of the week, Jersey’s carbon neutral roadmap is to be outlined. The strategy includes policies on ending the […]
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Voter turnout lower than in 2018 election
LESS than half of registered voters showed up to the ballot boxes for this year’s election and turnout was lower than in 2018 despite attempts from the previous government to increase engagement, statistics published by Vote.je have revealed. A total of 25,264 ballots for Deputies were counted across the Island, despite 60,678 people being registered […]
