HOME owners buying houses not connected to main drains could pay an extra £50,000 on top of their mortgage, a property owner has warned. Alan Ross, who lives in a four-bedroom house on Westmount Road, currently pays £200 a month for a tanker to empty his tight tank and he has warned future buyers to […]
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Waterfront scandal: Southern tries to topple chairman and directors of WEB
A MOVE to bring down the Waterfront Enterprise Board has been made over the unfolding Waterfront debate scandal. Deputy Geoff Southern says that the States representatives on the board, whom he thinks should go, withheld critical information about proposed developers Harcourt until after the vote, including a report that advised WEB to proceed with caution […]
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Island’s £75,000 for Kenya
THE Jersey Overseas Aid Commission have allocated nearly £700,000 in grants for 2008 – including ?75,000 to charities working in Kenya.
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WEB chairman sacked
WATERFRONT Enterprise Board chairman Gerald Voisin has been dismissed by the States. Members have voted by 22 to 15 to remove him as chairman, but board members Senator Paul Routier and Deputy Jacqui Huet survived. A proposition from Deputy Geoff Southern to sack them as well was defeated by 29 to eight. The dismissal of […]
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Overseas aid: It does Jersey no good to disparage the efforts of neighbouring countries
From Brian Coutanche CONVICTION politics and misleading soundbites were much in evidence in two recent pieces broadcast on Radio Jersey. In the first, aired on 22 July, Deputy Jacqui Huet responded following an all-too-brief interview with Michael Woods (whose novel, Warm Heart, provides a fascinating glimpse into the corruption afflicting large swathes of Africa). In […]
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Party time: Triumph for JDA
THE Jersey Democratic Alliance scored the biggest success for party politics in 60 years as voters also put their faith in youth and newcomers in yesterday’s elections for Deputies. As 12 new Deputies were elected and five sitting Members – including Transport Minister Guy de Faye – lost their seats, St Saviour No 1 candidate […]
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Town Hall in staff clash on pensions
THE parish of St Helier and its workforce could be on a collision course over plans to exclude new employees from the final salary pension scheme.
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Small charities ‘don’t waste money’
A CHARITY worker in Sri Lanka has rejected claims that small Island charities are squandering money in the country.
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Overseas aid to be reviewed
JERSEY’S Overseas Aid policy is to be reviewed by the Council of Ministers.
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Battle to keep the overseas aid budget
THE Jersey Overseas Aid Commission are fighting the last-minute amendment that will see them lose £3.5m over three years to pay for nursery funding.
