From Pierre Horsfall. I WRITE to express profound disagreement with the removal of the secret ballot to elect our next Chief Minister.
A show of support for the candidates
THE first hustings meeting of the Senatorial campaign was held last night and 12 of the 13 candidates offered a packed audience at St Clement’s Parish Hall the first live statement of the policies that they would promote if elected.
Parents, by their own admission, compensate for family time by buying toys, gadgets and clothes
Maybe she’d had a bad day at pre-school, didn’t want to be there at all, eaten something that disagreed with her or had been deprived of a ‘treat’ , the venom with which the diminutive pigtailed diva laid into her designer carrier-bag laden mother in front of the lift at Sand street car park last [...]
Time for better government
THE Senatorial hustings campaign began in St Clement last night with former Bailiff Sir Philip Bailhache launching an attack on the current crop of States Members.
Value of loans on the increase
THE number of mortgages registered in period to the end of August was slightly lower this year than last.
Latest figures indicate a retail slowdown
JERSEY could be at the start of a ‘double dip’ recession, the latest retail figures suggest.
Town Park granite ‘could have been sourced locally’
A JERSEY granite supplier has said that given the proper notice, he could have supplied enough local granite for the Millennium Town Park.
Court win for Southern – but case highlights failings
ST Helier Deputy Geoff Southern will not be struck out of the forthcoming elections on 19 October, the Royal Court decided yesterday.
Boy (16) had knife in street a week after stabbings
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy on Valium who went into St Helier with a kitchen knife a week after the Victoria Crescent murders narrowly avoided going to jail yesterday.
Dragon boat racing
HUNDREDS of Islanders competed in the Condor Ferries Dragon Boat festival on Saturday, raising thousands of pounds for charity.