17 « November « 2009 « « This Is Jersey

German tourists up 13%

THE number of German holidaymakers visiting the Island this year has gone up by 13 per cent – a figure expected to more than double in 2010.

Saunders fourth in Florida Ironman

PROFESSIONAL triathlete Nick Saunders put an incident packed year behind him to claim fourth place in the Florida Ironman.

Two-thirds of serious criminals reoffend

TWO-thirds of Jersey’s more serious criminals are reoffending within two years, according to the findings of a major study released this week.

The price to be paid for drugs

IN the light of recent favourable reports from the International Monetary Fund and other independent reviewers, Jersey can be regarded as a world leader in terms of financial regulation. Unfortunately, we also top another, far less prestigious league – the list of European jurisdictions where illegal drugs command the highest prices.

So where exactly are the calls for a telecoms debate?

THERE’S a big debate that should be going on in Jersey, but isn’t. That debate is about the future of telecoms in the Island, which people obviously don’t think is as important as whether the Constables should sit in the States, for example.

Strangers in our fields?

From Wendy Quérée. THERE are many aspects of Jersey life that I love, and one of my favourites is gazing at our beautiful, gentle, Jersey cows.

Goggin defeated in novice final

Boxer Shane Goggin was beaten by National Smelting Co ABC’s Terry Richards in the Western Counties Senior Novice Final on Saturday.

Hooligans wreck bonfire charity bid

VANDALS who set fire to a charity bonfire in St Martin last night should be made to look the wounded soldiers in the face who were to receive the money raised from the event, the organiser said today.

Fuel duty hits green target

From David Rotherham. SENATOR Terry Le Main’s suggestion that something like a cross between the old annual road tax and the discredited and unlamented vehicle emissions duty be introduced is as woolly as he himself admits, and not very well knitted either.

Now we know who’s running the asylum

From Stanton Monks. WHEN, a few years ago, the States decided (in response to pressure from their European Masters, an organisation of nations we aren’t even a member of) that foreign owners of Jersey businesses should not pay tax on Jersey profits, but that local owners should, many wondered exactly who was running our government.