27 « November « 2008 « « This Is Jersey

The Deputies’ elections in pictures

TWELVE new Deputies were elected and five sitting Members lost their seats in yesterday’s elections. JEP phtographers were there to capture the atmosphere as the results were announced.

Will Jersey be celebrating a hat-trick in January?

CAN Jersey continue their winning run in the Sportingbet Channel Islands Sports Personality of Year awards early next year?

Boyle makes his bow for Saints

JERSEYMAN Jack Boyle made his Southampton debut last night in a 2-2 draw against Queen’s Park Rangers in a totesport.com Combination match played at Stablewood.

GST: I’ve now been caught out twice by rip-offs in shops

From Katherine Robinson. SINCE the introduction of GST I have been the victim of two instances of flagrant misuse of the tax to extort even more money from Island shoppers.

Fall Guy

TRANSPORT Minister Guy de Faye was the biggest casualty of the night.

Heads in the sand at M&S

From Carolyn Lake. I TOO went into Marks & Spencer to look at what was on offer on their supposedly ‘20% off’ day.

Triathlon’s future looks good

THE future certainly looks bright for youngsters wanting to take up triathlon in Jersey.

Jobs at risk at Woolies

JOBS are under threat at Jersey’s Woolworths store after the troubled high street giant went into administration.

50% in a year: That’s the landline increase

From Lionel and Vanessa Daligault. JUST like Helen and Martin Balston (JEP, 20 November), we are subscribers to the JT2500 landline service.

If you want to play soldiers, join the army

From P Bihet. I DO not approve of planning permission being given for playing war games in Trinity (JEP, 19 November).