Sugary drinks tax is 'worth considering'
A SUGARY drinks tax is 'a measure worth looking at' in the next healthy weight strategy, the director of public health has said.
A SUGARY drinks tax is 'a measure worth looking at' in the next healthy weight strategy, the director of public health has said.
DO OUR local supermarkets actually read about how we are struggling to cope with the problem of what to do about our rapidly filling Mont Cuet landfill site and what we are going to do with our rubbish in the future?
A NEW laptop will have to wait for one girl, as she donates her money to disaster relief in the Philippines.
NOW that the results of the consultation into a joint review by Treasury and Social Security into personal tax, pensions and benefits have been released, it is easy to draw a simple conclusion. Islanders are at the end of their tax tether.
THE chairman of Alderney Electricity confirmed to a roomful of residents that they would pay more for fuel from renewable energy than they currently pay for oil that is shipped in.
THE future of the 20p income tax rate will be considered as part of a wider review, the chief minister has revealed.
A TAXI fare hike of 2.96% is not enough for drivers to cover their costs, cabbies have said.
IT TAKES just a few minutes every four years, yet casting a vote in today's general election will have an impact on generations to come.
A WARNING by the chief minister this week that Guernsey risks becoming a high-tax jurisdiction if it cannot curb its public sector expenditure is a reminder of why this newspaper has taken such a strong line over the years on States spending.
Billed by the Chamber of Commerce as probably the key issue of today, the States of Guernsey's economist yesterday provided a specialist's view on government spending and the factors that have seen it increase nearly fivefold over the last 100 years.
Publication today of an offer by Sir David Barclay to buy the feudal lease of Sark and the title of Seigneur from the current incumbent for a total of £2m. is something of a bombshell – but then so is Michael Beaumont's conditional rejection of it.
AROUND 80,000 20p coins were lined up across the Dave Ferguson Hall in 2 hours 25 minutes and 38 seconds yesterday.
IT'S time to raise a campaigning banner for a large, important but frequently ignored group of islanders – those of us with weak bladders.
OH DEAR. Guernsey's road transport strategy really is in a mess.
NEWS that Bristol City FC chairman Stephen Lansdown is moving to Guernsey is significant for a number of reasons.