A PROJECT to explore the possibility of building a wind farm in Jersey’s territorial waters is to get under way after being overwhelmingly backed by States Members yesterday. More detailed work will now be carried out following the decision – by 40 votes to one – to authorise the Council of Ministers to move ahead […]
Search results
Posted inNews, Top Stories
St Clement youth centre divides States Members as Budget debate continues
POLITICIANS yesterday decided to postpone developing youth facilities in St Clement until 2028. While Deputy Karen Wilson’s amendment received much vocal support throughout the hours-long – and at times emotive – debate, the proposed change to the government’s £1.2 billion spending plans was rejected when 15 States Members voted for and 31 voted against. Speaking […]
Posted inNews, Top Stories
Landmark vote to protect the seabed
TWENTY-THREE percent of Jersey’s territorial waters will receive far-reaching protections from destructive fishing practices after States Members unanimously approved the Island’s first Marine Spatial Plan in a landmark vote yesterday. The plan, which passed with 40 votes in favour and no votes against, sets out how the Island’s “marine estate” should be managed in future […]
Posted inVoices
'An opportunity to become a world leader in the use of nuclear power'
By Ted Vibert FOR the past few months, the States of Jersey has spent a considerable amount of time debating and making a decision on the principle of allowing a large wind farm, with 72 massive pylons supporting huge blades driving turbines, to create electricity be located off our south-west coast. The States was told […]
Posted inVoices
'We should welcome an open debate on the proportionality of our response to climate change'
By John Henwood DESPITE 19 countries making holocaust denial a punishable offence, antisemites continue to deny the Nazi mass murder of Jews. There are those who propagate the notion that the 1969 moon landing did not happen, suggesting it was an elaborate charade filmed in a Hollywood back lot. During the pandemic, Covid deniers said […]
Posted inVoices
'We all contribute to climate change and we can all do something to help solve it'
By Mick Le Moignan “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” The originator of this brilliant riposte was John Maynard Keynes, the nimble-minded economist who guided the British economy through the challenges of the 1920s and 30s. It is not a precise quotation, because Keynes and his many admirers, […]
Posted inNews
Assembly votes to suspend former minister: Full report and analysis
THE suspension of one of Jersey’s most recognisable politicians is a “positive step” to restoring public confidence in the States Assembly, the chair of the committee which upholds Members’ standards has said. Deputy Philip Ozouf’s political future was in the balance yesterday after the Assembly dramatically voted to suspend him without pay for 28 days […]
Posted inNews, Top Stories
‘You need to accept you have a problem’ – experts deliver damning verdict of Jersey's health system
JERSEY’S healthcare system needs to be “redesigned” and aligned with an English hospital, a senior consultant brought in to drive improvements has said in his damning post-mortem of his experience in the department. Professor Simon Mackenzie, who came to the Island in January 2023 as the clinical lead in a five-person “change team”, spent an […]
Posted inNews, Top Stories
‘You need to accept you have a problem’
JERSEY’S healthcare system needs to be “redesigned” and aligned with an English hospital, a senior consultant brought in to drive improvements has said in his damning post-mortem of his experience in the department. Professor Simon Mackenzie, who came to the Island in January 2023 as the clinical lead in a five-person “change team”, spent an […]
