A TOTAL of 93 candidates have been confirmed for next month’s general election. Islanders will head to the polls on 22 June to elect a new States Assembly. Twelve sitting States Members will not be seeking re-election it has been confirmed. Senators Tracey Vallois and Sarah Ferguson, Constables Richard Buchanan, John Le Bailly and John […]
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‘The obvious question is “what is going on?” ’
JERSEY is set to have its fourth chief executive in three years after Suzanne Wylie resigned yesterday just days after it was revealed two other high-ranking civil servants are to leave their posts. Mrs Wylie – who was appointed to the £250,000-a-year job last February – is to return to Belfast to become chief executive […]
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St Ouen Centenier with hopes to be Constable
A CENTENIER in St Ouen has confirmed his intention to seek election as the parish’s new Constable. Richard Honeycombe, who has served as a Centenier and Chef de Police in St Ouen since 2017, will be bidding to succeed Richard Buchanan, who confirmed earlier this year that he would not be seeking re-election to the […]
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Election 2022: Results
Deputy of St Helier South (four seats) Mezec 955, Coles 713, Poree 679, David Warr 616, Labey 591, Martin 496, Le Cornu 418, Jeune 277, Manning 276, Hopkins 247, Luce 220 Deputy of St Helier North (four seats) Gardiner 1665, Le Hegarat 1268, Andrews 1136, Ahier 999, Romeril 737, Pointon 656, Vibert 454 Deputy of […]
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Higher tower blocks could be allowed in St Helier – but critics warn it could 'turn town into a Hong Kong'
APPLICATIONS to create taller buildings in St Helier will be easier to get through the planning process, if the Bridging Island Plan is approved, following a successful amendment and despite objections that it risked turning St Helier into Hong Kong. The amendment, brought by Senator Ian Gorst, allows for buildings taller than eight storeys to […]
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Constable confirms he will not seek re-election
AN Assistant Chief Minister has announced that he will not be standing in the upcoming general election. Constable Richard Buchanan said it had been ‘an honour’ to serve St Ouen during his one term representing the parish. Mr Buchanan is also an assistant minister in the External Relations and Financial Services Department, and a member […]
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Deputy Young: ‘OneGov stops ministers from leading officers’
ONEGOV, a five-year plan to streamline government departments introduced by former chief executive Charlie Parker, will be dismantled if the States support a proposition lodged by the Environment Minister. Deputy John Young, a persistent critic of ‘the disconnect between our ministerial structure and the way staff are organised in departments’, wants individual ministers to again […]
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Suspended on full pay last year: 15 government staff
FIFTEEN government employees were suspended on full pay last year – costing the taxpayer a total of £275,000. And the JEP understands that one hospital doctor had been suspended for more than three years while still being paid. Former health minister Ben Shenton said he was aware of a ‘senior health professional who had been […]
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Call to give the Island its own Foreign Office
ONE of Jersey’s government departments could be split in two to create a separate ‘Foreign Office’ for the Island.
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Plans for house and café at Grève de Lecq are approved
PLANS to demolish Café Romany at Grève de Lecq and replace it with a four-bedroom home and eatery have been approved. The Planning Committee yesterday voted five-to-one in favour of the scheme, submitted by De Montford Developments, which will see the reinstatement of some of the duneland on the site of the new Seaside Café […]
