THE Chief Minister was roundly accused of hypocrisy for failing to protect green fields in Jersey’s rural parishes. Senator Frank Walker (pictured) may be departing his post in a few months but most of the 21 candidates aiming to fill his shoes spoke out against his recent speech when he had said that his ‘highest […]
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Jersey half-marathon
HAVING won the Modern Hotels Jersey Half Marathon last year, Harrow runner Peter Norris (25) came back to the Island to win it again yesterday morning. ‘Although 1hr 13.44 was a PB, I wanted to run it faster,’ he said. ‘I was aiming for the 70 minute mark, hoping to begin the race in the […]
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Promises of newly-elected Senators
IN the weeks leading up to the election, the 21 Senatorial candidates made all kinds of promises and commitments on all kinds of subjects. Now that the dust has settled, it’s only the promises of the six that got in that amount to very much. Some of the commitments were made during hustings meetings, some […]
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Election: Gloves are off as ministers come under fire
THE election gloves came off at the St Mary Senatorial hustings last night – and ministers took a beating. The three sitting Senators on the podium had an uncomfortable time as the audience of around 70 applauded attacks on the Council of Ministers. The 21 candidates continue on the hustings trail in Grouville tonight and […]
Posted inAthletics, More, News, Sport
Jersey half-marathon
HAVING won the Modern Hotels Jersey Half Marathon last year, Harrow runner Peter Norris (25) came back to the Island to win it again yesterday morning. ‘Although 1hr 13.44 was a PB, I wanted to run it faster,’ he said. ‘I was aiming for the 70 minute mark, hoping to begin the race in the […]
Posted inElection, News
Promises of newly-elected Senators
IN the weeks leading up to the election, the 21 Senatorial candidates made all kinds of promises and commitments on all kinds of subjects. Now that the dust has settled, it’s only the promises of the six that got in that amount to very much. Some of the commitments were made during hustings meetings, some […]
Posted inElection, News
Election: Gloves are off as ministers come under fire
THE election gloves came off at the St Mary Senatorial hustings last night – and ministers took a beating. The three sitting Senators on the podium had an uncomfortable time as the audience of around 70 applauded attacks on the Council of Ministers. The 21 candidates continue on the hustings trail in Grouville tonight and […]
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Farewell from Fly
THERE is no doubt who was the star of the 2008 Senatorial and Constable elections – the JEP’s very own Fly. Today, he talks about his polling day tour of the Island, and gives his thoughts on the three-week hustings roadshow. IT was during the second week of the campaign that Fly took to wearing […]
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Senatorial candidates to stand under JDA banner
DEPUTY Geoff Southern and youth worker Trevor Pitman will stand in the Senatorial election under the Jersey Democratic Alliance banner. The pair – 58 and 48 respectively – will stand as JDA members after the party was formally registered in the Royal Court on Friday. They are the 14th and 15th candidates to declare for […]
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Would this be a bridge too far?
JERSEY must do more to harness tidal energy – that was the unanimous view of the 21 Senatorial candidates in Grouville last night. At the third hustings, several candidates also proposed more use of wind and solar power, and a handful said that tidal energy turbines could be combined with a bridge to France which […]
