This Is Guernsey » News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The bloodless coup

2009-11-09T10:49:19Z

CABINET-STYLE powers have been given to the Policy Council and senior civil servants to ensure the States makes savings, it has been confirmed.

Strong response to memory box appeal

2009-11-09T10:54:52Z

MEMORY boxes can be the key to unlocking the past for many older Guernsey people.

‘Timing, not the principle’

2009-11-09T10:52:01Z

THE Policy Council’s issues with debating the highly critical Wales Audit Office report on the island’s system of government were down to timing, not principle, according to the Treasury minister.

Town Church ‘had become a danger to our congregation’

2009-11-09T10:58:47Z

THE Town Church was a danger to parishioners and had to be renovated, according to its warden.

Young Chinese companies can learn from Guernsey

2009-11-09T10:38:12Z

THE Chinese ambassador to the UK said her country could learn from Guernsey.

Hundreds gather to remember the fallen

2009-11-09T10:35:32Z

HUNDREDS of islanders paid their respects yesterday at the Remembrance Sunday service.

Post looks to court battle with regulator

2009-11-07T11:37:50Z

GUERNSEY POST’S dispute with the regulator could end up in a legal battle.

Chinese ambassador’s visit builds on island’s new links

2009-11-07T11:41:13Z

CHINA’S ambassador to the UK was treated to a whirlwind island visit yesterday.