IN one of the closest matches so far this season at the top of the Deutsche Bank Winter Netball League, Division I, Convent A beat St Clement 53-52 at the FB Fields last night. Players of the match were Sarah Dodson (wing attack for Convent) and Clare Ahier (wing defence for St Clement). After such […]
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‘King Street rents’ leave Liberty Wharf units empty
SHOPS at the former abattoir site are not being leased because the rent is ‘significant’, it has been claimed at a Scrutiny hearing.
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A Week in Politics
LONG debates bring out the worst in States Members. Take Transport Minister Mike Jackson, for example. He’s not a particularly mean or vicious man — certainly less so than some of his colleagues in the Chamber.
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Members have a roll call with a difference
LUNCH, according to the Hollywood villain and symbol of unrestrained 1980s corporate greed Gordon Gekko, is for wimps.
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Scrutiny supports £44m recession plan
AN unprecedented £44 million plan to support Jersey’s economy during the recession could be launched within weeks after being approved by Scrutiny.
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A Week in Politics
IT was a strange coalition that handed ministers an embarrassing defeat over duty hikes in the Budget last week: some came from the left, some came from the right, and some came along because they don’t like the Treasury Minister.
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The States ‘can’t run businesses’
THE States should have nothing to do with running public businesses because they ‘make a mess’ of it, says the politician who chairs the Corporate Services Scrutiny panel.
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Puffins can’t prevent RWB’s fifth title
A COMPREHENSIVE victory at Les Quennevais for Jersey’s MacInvest RWB means they will have their name inscribed on the Inter-Insular Club Shield for the fifth time. Captain and player of the match Becky Darts, having received the trophy from Chris Rebindaine of CI hockey sponsors Investec, sportingly thanked the young Puffins side for a tough […]
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Full States debate: No censure vote for Chief Minister
CHIEF Minister Frank Walker won the support of almost all of his political colleagues in a debate described as one of the ‘flimsiest’ ever seen in the States. After a two-hour debate yesterday afternoon, only two politicians out of 49 voted in favour of censuring Senator Walker for misleading the States during the controversial Waterfront […]
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A cause for congratulation or caution?
AFTER a lengthy and complex debate, the States have given their approval to spending plans totalling £685 million for next year.
