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Daily Archives: July 4, 2008

Codes of practice for investment business

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THE Jersey Financial Services Commission has issued finalised codes of practice for investment business, and has also updated the licensing policy for activities that require registration under the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998.

States sack the WEB chairman

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WATERFRONT Enterprise Board chairman Gerald Voisin has been sacked for the role he played in the Esplanade Quarter development fiasco.

Jersey Spartan athletics championships

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SIX records were claimed by the younger members at the Jersey Spartan Athletic Club’s annual club championships held at the track at the FB Fields last Sunday.

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Murray shows he has the right attitude

IN his e-mail, Ian Morgan also told me that Roger Federer and not Andy Murray would win Wimbledon – for a record sixth time this year.

’Splash plans ‘could destroy local habitats’

AN environmental group has expressed concerns about hotelier David Seymour’s proposal to develop the Watersplash.

Child protection findings out tomorrow

THE outcome of a major review of current child protection services will be made public tomorrow.

Talk of Jersey’s independence and closer ties with Brussels is a nonsense

From Thomas Moon.
IN your article on the Constitutional Review Group’s report on the possibility of independence from Britain (JEP, June 28) to, among other things, ‘safeguard Island interests, particularly its finance industry’, you state that independence might make necessary ‘closer links with Brussels’.

Some magical moments from Motty

Immediately after watching one of the best European Football Championship finals for many years, after a competition where the supporters generally behaved so well and the games were spicier than I’ve seen in a long time, let’s honour the Spanish, who were exceptional.

Tregaskis fails in bid to cut life sentence

A JERSEYMAN who is serving a life sentence for murder failed in a High Court bid this week to secure an early review of his life sentence.

We may be a captive audience, but we’re not daft

From Julia Porter.
IN the JEP last week the proprietors of the Jersey Eye expressed surprise at its lack of popularity among locals.