A very poor show for the less well-off

I HAVE heard it said that the measure of any community is marked by the manner in which its more vulnerable members are treated.


Can do better is the verdict

DESPITE the scoreline, a 21-6 win for the Jersey Rugby Club against Hayward’s Heath on Saturday was not the performance that coach Ben Harvey wanted.


Generosity that will save lives

EVERYTHING associated with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution speaks of generosity of spirit and the willingness to put the welfare of others before self-interest or even personal safety.


People in glass houses…

From David Warr. I WAS deeply troubled by the response from two leading bank professionals to Kevin Keen’s suggestion that the States of Jersey should consider setting up a local bank.


Savills mortgage business closes

SAVILLS Private Finance in Seale Street has shut up shop only 18 months after it opened.


New crackdown on teen drinking

CHILDREN could be arrested for drinking alcohol in public under possible new powers to crack down on booze-fuelled violence.


A Week in Politics

STAND well back. Watch carefully. Do not take your eyes off the bundle of cash on the table. Don’t even blink.


Cheers to a Randalls stalwart

ROGER Bosio has raised a glass in celebration of 40 years of service at Randalls.


‘Share information so that we can help’

PARISHES are losing touch with residents on Income Support because Social Security will not share information with parish halls, according to one parish Constable.


We are not a ‘consortium of super rich’

From John Henwood. AS the sole Jersey-based director of Bailiwick Investments Limited, I should like to correct some misunderstandings evident in the story that appeared under the headline ‘Businessmen offer States millions’ (JEP, 6 January) and in the editorial published the following day.

BIRD WATCH 2012

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The 11th Great Garden Bird Watch took place over the weekend, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. JEP readers were asked to get on board to help monitor bird life in the Island.