Surfing trio go for crown

THREE of the Island’s best young surfers will fight it out in Hossegor next month for the chance to become Quiksilver’s King of the Groms.


Why I did not vote on the Waterfront

From Deputy Patrick Ryan. FOR the record, I feel I have to respond to two articles in the JEP regarding my non-vote in the recent Waterfront debate in order to clarify my position.


These football fans should behave just as well as the rest of us

From S du Feu. I AM writing after reading (JEP, 17 June) about the Portuguese man who said that they would not stop beeping their car horns after the football.


Opinion divided over CET

OPINION looks set to be much divided over a move to Central European Time.


‘Allow semen in or cow is a relic’

A SCRUTINY panel has heard that Jersey cow breeders will turn into zoo keepers if the States do not vote for the importation of bull semen.


Politicians are only trying to do a good job

From R Allenet. I AM saddened and appalled by the constant vilification of States Members through the Letters to the Editor in the Jersey Evening Post. Surely criticism can be applied in a more responsible manner?


Public’s view sought on nursery education

ISLANDERS are being asked to consider four options designed to create a fairer system of education for three and four-year-olds.


GST: Could the end be in sight so soon?

From Mike Pitman. YOU quote Treasury Minister Terry Le Sueur (JEP, 17 June) as saying: ‘It should be possible to retain the three per cent rate of GST indefinitely’ because spending is back on track.


Oil price threat to tomato business

ONE of Jersey’s biggest tomato growers says he may have to all but quit the business because of soaring oil prices.


A legacy set in stone? Perhaps not

From Howard Goldstein. IN the centre of Glasgow there is a statue of the late Donald Dewar, who was the first First Minister of the Scottish Parliament.