Ignore the money tree disciples, ministers

From Derek Bernard. THE recent decision by the Council of Ministers to try to withdraw GST on a selection of items such as food was greatly to be regretted.


Treasury ‘not in control of what is being spent’

THE Treasury has been accused of failing to control States expenditure, poor financial management and misleading accounting.


Perfect starts for Saints and Trinity

TRINITY and St Paul’s preserved their 100 per cent Coca-Cola Combination Premiership records from three and two games respectively on Saturday.


Why don’t growers recycle waste oil?

From J Fox. I NOTED in your newspaper (JEP, 3 September) comments made by Peter Le Cuirot on the high cost of heating greenhouses for tomato growing; and on 8 September you reported that the Jersey Produce Marketing Organisation is to stop trading due to growers facing high costs, which I assume are mainly for [...]


North Coast Charity Challenge

CHILDREN as young as six managed to complete a 20-mile walk yesterday to raise money for charity.


Evacuees are remembered

MEMBERS of the public were told at a special ceremony yesterday ‘never to forget’ evacuees and the people who served in the Armed Forces during the war.


Senatorial candidates to stand under JDA banner

DEPUTY Geoff Southern and youth worker Trevor Pitman will stand in the Senatorial election under the Jersey Democratic Alliance banner.


Architects of best new buildings are rewarded

FOUR awards were presented at the Association of Jersey Architect’s Design Awards at the weekend.


Peace on the agenda

GRADUATE Leigh Elston will be in Cyprus next week after being selected to meet the island’s president as part of a two-week youth peace-building programme.


Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse …

From Terry Connor. HAVING just finished a book on the Taj Mahal and now glimpsed an artist’s impression of the new, recently approved Radisson flats, I would like to withdraw my objection to Deputy de Faye’s incinerator project.