FLASH floods caused chaos after heavy downpours hit the Island last night.
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Daily Archives: May 27, 2008
First-quarter figures go flat for finance industry
STATISTICS which measure the progress of Jersey’s finance industry are ‘flat’ for the first quarter, after more than a year of solid growth.
Do we want to be at this crossroads?
IT would appear that Jersey is at a crossroads and, despite all of the recent research, consultations and strategies, not many people seem to have noticed.
The French are revolting . . . again
THERE are times when my well known affinity with most things French could easily turn to something close to divorce and right now, if only it was possible, I would be considering suing that nation for mental cruelty.
Jersey on a roll
WHILE the three fancied nations all won comfortably in the ICC World Cricket League, Division V, at the FB Fields yesterday, the Jersey juggernaut rolled on.
Consumer protection at long last
IT is perhaps a sign of the times that Islanders were given legal protection when buying goods over the internet before a consumer law relating to high street transactions had been framed.
Find a niche in new world, City banker tells bosses
JERSEY needs ‘to find its niche in the new world’ if it is to survive the ongoing market turmoil, a senior City banker told businesses last week.
Hackers force Telecom website closure
JERSEY Insight users have been reassured this morning after hackers forced the website down overnight.
Why not give Plémont to the National Trust Mr Hemmings?
From Ian Pinniger.
I READ the article regarding the land at Plémont with great interest and am delighted that Senator Cohen has refused support for the scheme.
An election with no parties is a flawed idea
From Michael Van Neste.
The recent elections in Guernsey produced 17 new States Members and their first task was to vote in a new Chief Minister.