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BUSINESSES are potentially losing thousands of pounds because administering GST at the ports is causing huge delays.

From Bridget Murphy. WITH reference to Deputy Gerard Baudains’s outburst (JEP, 12 May), I can assure him that this Islander, in her 78th year, like many more Islanders who suffered five years of various deprivations during Nazi occupation, is in no way tearful about the long-overdue speeches given by the Bailiff and the Chief Minister [...]

ALEX MOLLIN finished eight up against Elaine Pushman to win the JLGA Island Match Play HSBC Championship final yesterday at La Moye.

THE curse of The Sorcerer has struck the Jersey Gilbert & Sullivan Society for the second time.

From Brendan McDonald. I JUST cannot believe that Senator Philip Ozouf wants to spend £400,000 of taxpayers’ money to set up agencies in India and China above all places to further the reputation of the finance industry.

TRAFFIC wardens are threatening to go on strike.

From Melvyn Birch. I AM a retired employee of the Emergency Services with 35 years’ experience. In the early stages of the Bel Royal roadworks I wrote a letter to the JEP (JEP, 2 May) and sent a copy to the minister in charge expressing my view that the changes were a mistake; the Emergency [...]

From Gordon Harris. LIKE a bunch of petulant teenagers that need a good shake by the shoulders, Deputy Guy de Faye and his department stumble along blindly throwing away taxpayers’ money in such a cavalier fashion that it really does beggar belief.

From Terry Connor. I AM completely nonplussed by the furore over Deputy de Faye’s latest gaffe.

From Peter Kubeck. EVERY household in St Helier received a circular from the Constable regarding the parish meeting to discuss the pension rights of parish workers, as the unions have an issue with his suggestions.