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Jersey starts to ease the covid-19 lockdown
The Jersey government has announced its safe exit strategy, a four-point plan to ease the lockdown put in place on 30 March to stop the spread of covid-19.
All stages may be reversed on any indicatio...
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Jersey to build an emergency Covid-19 hospital
Jersey has given the go-ahead for the construction of an emergency hospital with capacity for 180 Covid-19 patients.
It will contain six wards for 30 patients each, administrative facilities for rec...
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Jersey cracks down to stop the spread of coronavirus
The government of Jersey introduced new, tougher measures to prevent movement around the island in its fight against the spread of Covid-19. Previously only those aged 65 and over, with underlying hea...
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Jersey locks down but boosts its services
Here is an insight on all you need to know about Jersey's lock down due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. TelecomunicationsJersey Telecoms is using its facilities in novel ways. It has rolled ou...
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Glossary of the new Coronavirus language
The English language is mutating as fast as a coronavirus.Here is a (tongue-in-cheek) glossary of the new catch phrases of coronaspeak, in no particular order. We welcome additions to the list from ou...
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Jersey Post shows drop in turnover
Jersey Post returned a small profit in 2012 even though turnover was down 33 per cent to €44 million.
Most of the loss in turnover came from a decision taken in the UK that low-cost items mail...
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Jersey releases Red Cross stamps
To coincide with Liberation Day celebrations in Jersey on 9 May the Jersey Post is to release new stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement....
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Jersey votes for electoral reform
Voters in Jersey decided in a referendum on 24 April that they want to change the island’s present electoral system but also to keep some elements of the old.
Of the three options put to the...
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Jersey to vote for parliamentary reform
Jersey is to vote in a referendum on 24 April on the future make-up of the island’s parliament, known as the States.
The voters will have three choices on the ballot paper.
The first propo...
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Jersey telecoms monopoly to end
Jersey and Guernsey landline users will soon be able to shop around for the best provider for their house phone service. This means that they will also have a choice of bundles that include not just t...
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Jersey introduces race discrimination law
Jersey has introduced the first part of a draft law against discrimination on grounds of race and nationality in employment, in education and in the service and tourism and entertainment sectors.
T...
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Jersey buses to get new smart card system
Jersey’s new bus company, which takes over the island’s public transport service at the beginning of 2013, is also introducing a new smart card ticketing service to encourage frequent user...
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States of Jersey to get new look
All households in Jersey are to receive a copy of suggested reforms to the island’s legislative body, the States of Jersey. All comments on the report must be submitted by 23 November. There wil...
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Jersey to seek more money for finance industry
Jersey Finance is to ask for £5 million in the budget to spend over the next three years to research and to promote the island’s finance industry abroad.
Jersey Finance, the promotional...
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Fibre optic broadband, which will bring faster internet connections throughout Jersey, has already been rolled out to 20,000 households in the island. But so far only 1,000 customers have signed up fo...
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The green lettuce seaweed that invaded the beaches on the south coast of the island all summer may in future be taken out to sea on a special barge.
During several weeks in the summer lorries were...
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Jersey Telecom has replaced its 1970s GEC System X, which has operated landlines in the island since the 1980s, with a new digital Next Generation Network (NGN).
The new system, supplied by the Chi...
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The Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey have estimated that they need to spend over £120 million in flood defences
Guernsey has calculated that it should spend £55 million to protect...
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Design for Jersey's new bus service
People living in the island of Jersey are being asked to choose which design they prefer to decorate the buses of the company that will start running the island-wide public transport service next year...
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Passport fees in Jersey are coming down on 3 September to £72.50 for an adult (now £77.50) and £46.50 for a child (now £49).
In 2014 the island of Jersey will go over to a c...
