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Daily Archives: July 16, 2008

No onshore or offshore, just good and bad

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GUERNSEY will no longer be referred to as an ‘offshore’ financial centre by the International Monetary Fund.

Hackers have new targets

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THERE is a growing trend among computer hackers to target individuals and use them to gain access to corporate databases and banking systems, according to a qualified ethical hacker.

Light at the end of tunnel for Garland

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DALE GARLAND has 46 seconds or less to grab the one remaining spot going in Britain’s 4×400m relay squad for Beijing.

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Real motive still remains

IT MIGHT not have been the most eye-catching of headlines, but the single column in yesterday’s Financial Times certainly stood out for Guernsey’s financial services regulators.

A last-hole birdie gives Mahy his third club title

STEVE MAHY birdied the last to edge out close friend Jamie Blondel on countback and earn his third L’Ancresse Club championship at the weekend.

Mapley comes out on top

ONE bad event and it was all over for Ben Walden in the 2008 Tour of Guernsey.

Brown and Druce take top honours in Bass Challenge

ANDY BROWN and Colin Druce, the top winners in the Quayside Marine and Leisure Bailiwick Bass Challenge, were duly honoured at the competition’s presentation meeting held at Les Rocquettes Hotel.

Threat to stab bus driver sends thief to prison

A BUS passenger who threatened to stab the driver was yesterday jailed for four months.

Castel’s retiring head will miss the laughter

FOR retiring head teacher Trevor Grayland, events come in threes.

Positives to take from opening defeat

IT WAS a baptism of fire for Guernsey yesterday as they lost their first match in the ECC Under-17 Division One Championship to Scotland.