JERSEY Rugby Club celebrated their fourth consecutive win in the National II South league on Saturday, beating Dings Crusaders at St Peter by 35-13.
The problem is not too many candidates, but too few voters
From Nick Le Cornu. The recent proposal by the Privileges and Procedures Committee to introduce forfeitable £500 deposits for candidates in all (contrary to your article JEP, 17 September) States Assembly elections, including Deputies and Constables and, in those for Senators, to require two nominators from each parish, is motivated by a backward looking anti-democratic [...]
Being a Jerseyman means more than just coming from here
WITH a news agenda that rolls on day after day, you can easily become numb to it all: spending cuts here, tax rises there, new building allowed here, old problems with ferries there. But sometimes such a serious issue rises to the surface that you almost have to pinch yourself to make sure it is [...]
Fun and Games in Delhi
THE Commonwealth Games in Delhi look set to start with an impressive Bollywood-inspired opening ceremony on Sunday.
Stroke victim hopes to clock up the miles
FORMER Jersey Evening Post assistant editor Anthony Lewis, who suffered a massive stroke almost three years ago, set off from the Weighbridge this morning on the first five miles of the Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon.
Help your school secure a £5,000 windfall
IT is all about the great outdoors and getting back to nature for Island schools which have signed up for the JEP’s Cash for Schools competition.
Old, alone and poor
ELDERLY people living alone are three times more likely to be living on a low income than the average Islander, according to a report out today.
Extra cuts plan is ‘a disgrace’ says union
PLANS to wipe an extra £15m from States budgets by 2013 have been branded an ‘absolute disgrace’ by union leaders.
One rule for the politicians and another rule for the rest of us
THERE’S something intrinsically unfair about telling other people to do things that you yourself refuse to do.
There may be better ways to improve safety
From Brian Stuttard. THERE has been some correspondence recently on the possible introduction of a Jersey version of the UK MOT test.
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