Deputy Southern leaving the Royal Court yesterday DEPUTIES Geoff Southern and Shona Pitman have been called on to resign from the States after being fined a total of £12,000 for breaking the Public Elections Law. The two Jersey Democratic Alliance members were sentenced in the Royal Court yesterday for illegally helping Islanders to apply for […]
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Character assassination: Another knife goes in
From Shane Wolstenholme. ROD Bryan’s letter (JEP, 23 July) about John Christensen’s article appears to be a character assassination by yet another person with vested interests. He is right when he says that it doesn’t tell us anything new. Many of us have known, for some time, that we are being governed by people with […]
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Groundless tosh from a disenchanted man
From Rod Bryans, director, Hepburns Insurance. IT’S difficult to comment on John Christensen’s Our Island article (Jersey Evening Post, 18 July) because it doesn’t tell us anything new. All we get here is a dull diatribe from a disenchanted emigrant. He forecasts the changing of the ‘old order’, as he puts it, but there is […]
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Hustings: St Helier No 2
POLITICAL apathy was evident in St Helier last night as fewer than 50 people turned up for their district hustings. The candidates, seeking votes for the three vacant seats for St Helier No 2 in the elections next Wednesday, addressed a quiet audience at the Town Hall as they answered a wide range of questions […]
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Islanders urged to buy local food and services
ISLANDERS have been urged to ‘buy local’ when they shop in future, as it is good for the environment and the economy. In the States this week, Economic Development Minister Philip Ozouf made the plea when answering questions about the plight of fishermen and growers affected by rising fuel prices. Meanwhile, a businessman is launching […]
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States questions on postal votes
EMERGENCY questions were due to be asked in the States this morning about Wednesday’s election result in St Helier No 2 district. A police investigation has been launched into alleged irregularities in postal votes in the district, and it is understood that one of the unsuccessful candidates has made a formal complaint to officers. Sitting […]
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Parasites? You read it in the FT first
From Pat Lucas. ROD Bryan’s letter (JEP, 23 July) misses the point being made by John Christensen when he referred to the slave trade. A shift of mood is under way. The reference to the slave trade links to a quotation on the cover of Christian Aid’s recent report titled ‘Death and Taxes’, which states: […]
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Actions to match words
YOU could choose to fill your supermarket trolley with baby sweetcorn from Kenya, fillets of cod from Icelandic waters and new potatoes from Egypt.
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Group confidence high over pensions challenge
POLITICIANS and industry representatives are optimistic that they will find a way for Jersey residents to continue to access pensions and annuities, following the first meeting of a new working party.
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Group to review pensions as door is closed
A WORKING party to review the Island’s personal pensions and annuities provision is due to meet this week.
