THE winners and runners up in the Jersey Evening Post Spring Babes Competition 2008 have been announced.
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Daily Archives: August 16, 2008
Jersey face test of depth
JERSEY cricket will have its strength in depth well tested in next week’s ICC European Division II championship in Guernsey.
A Jerseyman in Beijing … but he’s flying the flag for Bermuda
A JERSEYMAN is preparing for triathlon success in Beijing – but he’s doing it on behalf of Bermuda.
We should demand that which belongs to us: transparency
From Gino Risoli.
DOES any of us ever know what exactly our government is doing? No, we don’t. Yet for the last decade we have had this new invention called the internet.
Poverty: States call on charity
A CHARITY that helps Islanders in urgent need has been receiving letters from States departments asking for help for children and families whose needs cannot be met through the new income support system.
Strongest team gives Winnie hope
ANDREW WINNIE has not given up hope of a miraculous last-round win in Ashford this wekend to preserve the Sportingbet Channel Islands AC’s British League Division III status.
Island aid – the facts
From Deputy Jacqui Huet, chairman, Jersey Overseas Aid Commission.
I WRITE with reference to a letter published on 13 August regarding Overseas Aid. I should like to make it clear that the Overseas Aid Commission in 2007 gave £6,331,000, not £24 million, as implied by your correspondent.
Frozen for the future
JERSEY bull semen could be cryogenically frozen and stored in a nuclear-proof bunker in the United States to ensure that the historic breed is preserved for ever, it has been revealed.
Politics? That’s just for those who can afford it
From Trevor Pitman.
WHILE the introduction of election expenses caps to finally prevent the effective buying of seats in the States by wealthy candidates is to be welcomed, the public should be under no delusion that in its present form this legislation from the Privileges and Procedures Committee will do nothing of the sort.