ST HELIER, our capital, is twinned with the ancient Norman town of Avranches and Bad Wurzach in Germany. The Norman twinning was no doubt initiated because of the Island’s links with Normandy, past and present.
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Never mind about Plémont – Les Quennevais School needs those millions spent on it now
From Deputy Sean Power. I DRAW your attention to the article written by Philip Jordan on page 4 of the JEP (24 November) concerning questions to the Education Minister about the capital allocation programme for Les Quennevais School. The minister was answering questions without notice last week and I asked him the question about the […]
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Fact-finder in Barbados ‘just a jolly’
A £6,700 trip to Barbados by two members of the Electoral Commission and a civil servant has been described as an ‘unnecessary jolly’.
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The touchy world of our friends and neighbours
If you subscribe to the optimistic ‘tumbler half full’ approach, the series of missions by senior local politicians to the recent UK political party conferences will probably have left you feeling encouraged.
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Former Bailiff is likely to lead reform programme
WEEKS after calling for a drastic reduction in the number of States Members, Senatorial poll-topper Sir Philip Bailhache seems poised to lead the States reform campaign.
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‘Stop damaging our reputation abroad!’
STATES Deputies who suggest that Island institutions are corrupt or grossly incompetent risk damaging Jersey’s reputation way beyond our shores, Senator Sir Philip Bailhache has warned.
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Path of new laws to be eased – but more staff to be employed
THE process by which laws passed by the States are given Royal Assent is to be speeded up.
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States ‘now have one last chance to save Plémont’
BUILDING on the Plémont headland would be ‘almost criminal’, according to Senator Sir Philip Bailhache.
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Reform plans out next month
REFORM plans for the States could be published as early as next month, and are likely to involve the axing of some States seats, according to the chairman of the Electoral Commission.
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Bailhache comments spark attack on Jersey
COMMENTS from Jersey’s foreign minister featured on the front page of a national newspaper today have sparked fresh attacks on Jersey’s finance industry.
