This Is Guernsey

A case of pass the (ticking) parcel

2009-11-10T16:07:37Z

WITH the dust settled on the marathon October States meeting, it’s increasingly hard to understand the split personalities of many of our deputies.

Tatty Teddy creator sets up his stall in Guernsey

2009-11-10T13:46:39Z

THE founder of Tatty Teddy and the Me to You brand has set up a new Guernsey-based personalised gift business.

Housing hires security firm to patrol Bouet

2009-11-10T11:12:02Z

FEARS of crime have forced Housing to hire a private security firm to patrol the Grand Bouet estate.

Watson ahead of her targets

2009-11-10T13:53:14Z

HEATHER WATSON is ahead of her schedule to break into the top 600 of the women’s ITF world rankings.

Pro Curgenven has Delhi Games in her sights

2009-11-10T13:57:27Z

AFTER nearly 10 years away from squash, Zephanie Curgenven has turned professional and has her eyes set on the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Community service ‘does let people make amends’

2009-11-10T11:43:20Z

COMMUNITY service allows offenders to make amends for their crimes, a probation officer has said.

Guernsey’s best reclaim the top honour

2009-11-10T14:00:51Z

GUERNSEY have regained the Iles de la Manche Trophy.

Crabs hitch a radio ride across Atlantic

2009-11-10T11:40:03Z

WHEN fisherman Clive Brown found a large block, covered in barnacles, floating off the south coast, he had no idea it hid an emergency radio that might have floated across the Atlantic.

Andy’s autographed car cash helps fund op for little Louis

2009-11-10T11:36:14Z

A GUERNSEY business has raced to help an island boy with the aid of a famous local driver.

Clergy face prospect of dwindling pension

2009-11-10T11:32:49Z

YOUNG Guernsey vicars may be left out of pocket when they retire because shares in which the Church of England’s pension scheme invested have collapsed.

Le Tissiers and Treberts never out of the spotlight

2009-11-10T14:03:24Z

THE Trebert and Le Tissier families dominated finals day in the Creasey’s Junior Open.

It remains consensual, but different

2009-11-10T14:16:06Z

OUR disclosures yesterday of the full significance of the States' endorsement of the entire fundamental spending review package, including the delegation of cabinet-style authority to the Policy Council and a group of senior civil servants, has drawn a mixed reaction.

Slow death of consensus ‘is in no-one’s interest’

2009-11-10T11:06:34Z

A STATES decision to award cabinet-style authority to the Policy Council has ripped apart the island’s system of consensus government, a leading opponent of executive powers has claimed.

New powers will help to overcome inherent inefficiencies, says chief minister

2009-11-10T10:58:02Z

NEW powers given to the Policy Council will go some way towards compensating for the island’s inefficient system of government, says Chief Minister Lyndon Trott.

Revolution without the bodies

2009-11-09T14:30:58Z

ON THE face of it, Treasury and Resources' wording in the October Billet d'Etat regarding managing the Fundamental Spending Review was benign: the vision for delivery rests with the States, strategy and political oversight with the Policy Council and day-to-day accountability for delivery with a new body, the Financial Transformation Executive (FTE).