Share scheme for JE staff?

AN all-employee share scheme could be introduced at Jersey Electricity.


Housing takes a tumble

THE economic slowdown is starting to hit the housing market with average prices falling by £28,000 in the last three months of 2008.


Ribaldry and the race card

STROLLING through the Central Market a couple of weeks ago, I came upon a little second-hand paperback entitled ‘The Channel Island Joke Book’.


Protection for savers is no joke

From Alan Hall. I WOULD like to add my own comments to those of J Jones (JEP, 3 February) regarding the delay in introducing a deposit protection scheme for Islanders.


Muriqi takes the hard road

THE dream to become world champion edges ever closer for hungry Kosovo boxer Elvir Muriqi.


Give us a day off! 2,000 sign Liberation Day petition

MORE than 2,000 Channel Islanders have signed an online petition calling for a day off in lieu of Liberation Day.


Sports sign on for mystery tour

A 40-STRONG squad has signed up to represent Jersey at this year’s Jeux des Iles – but they still don’t know where they are going.


That was me, trying to get my 4×4 into a tiny parking space

From Alex Hotte. NOT everyone owning a 4×4 is rich. I own one of them (not a brand-new one; I wish, though) and am no way near owing a fortune.


Travel firm out to beat recession

A TRAVEL company in Jersey has created a new ‘pay-by-results’ method of advertising for Jersey hotels to use, in an attempt to combat fears that tourism will be affected by the economic downturn.


Darwin’s face should be adorning our stamps

From Michael de Petrovsky. IN response to Barrie Bertram’s lam-ent concerning his dissatisfaction with the philatelic products of Jersey Post (JEP, 7 February), I would like to suggest a worthy subject for a forthcoming issue.

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.