MORE misery is to be heaped on Islanders struggling with the cost of living with the news that milk and bread prices are to go up by more than inflation.
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Coming to the aid of orphans
A JERSEY woman has been visiting orphanages in Nigeria while working for the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.
Help for struggling teams
THREE walkovers in just four rounds of matches has led to the Coca-Cola Jersey Football Combination to set up a working party to look into the current state of women’s football.
Property: UK interest ‘drying up’
THE stream of UK property speculators buying up premises in Jersey has all but dried up, according to specialists.
Assurances on the finance front
IT became clear last night that the £700 billion government bail-out for the chaotic US financial system that Wall Street and stock markets throughout the world had been expecting was not going to happen as Congress rejected the plan.
It’s too big, too dear – and ugly!
From Chris Whitworth.
HAVING attended the public incinerator meeting at the Town Hall, I am even more convinced that such a costly solution for our waste management is unnecessary.
Same pub/hotel, same menu – so why two prices?
From Richard Huelin.
THE so-called Tennerfest is with us again, but how ridiculous that some establishments enter but don’t even offer a £10 menu.
Safety fears could bowl over ladies’ Atlantic Rim defence
JERSEY’S lady bowls players could miss the chance to defend their Atlantic Rim gold and silver medals in South Africa next year – because the Island’s bowls committee has deemed the area too dangerous for them.
New calls to guarantee deposits as turmoil strikes the markets
MINISTERS faced fresh calls to guarantee bank deposits this morning to reassure both high street savers and major international investors.
It’s not the end of the world, is it?
HAVING watched and read some of the media reports about the crisis on Wall Street, I wondered if it was worth writing a column at all this week. Some pundits obviously believe that we’re all doomed.