Tuesday, 2nd December 2008

Daily Archives: October 11, 2008

‘We didn’t back a horse – we put our cash in a bank’

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A SUBSTANTIAL repayment is not enough – Landsbanki Guernsey customers are demanding all their money back.

‘Leaving money here is too great a risk’

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IT is not worth keeping money in banks in Guernsey, according to a financial controller who has moved his elsewhere.

They said I would get my money

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A Landsbanki official has been accused of deceiving a Jersey customer who tried to transfer his money from the bank the day before it went into administration.

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Triple champion on Olympic trail

THREE-TIMES Island Games high-jump champion Erica Bodman has raised the bar on her sporting ambitions.

‘Big Fal’ link to island role

NOBODY in football’s authorities will confirm it, but Inside Track has learned that Colin ‘Big Fal’ Fallaize was being lined up to replace Steve Ogier as senior island boss.

Architect calls for easing of controls on the use of land

THE control on the use of land is a bigger problem than availability when it comes to commercial premises, according to one architect.

Minister’s delaying tactics criticised

THE president of the Guernsey Milk Retailers Association has expressed both frustration and relief that the milk distribution debate will return to the States.

Glimmers of hope in the gloom

WITH politicians in both Jersey and Guernsey reacting sharply to claim and counterclaim about Landsbanki Guernsey’s adequacy as an institution, it is clear that both jurisdictions are acutely aware of the reputational damage that the affair could do the Channel Islands as a whole.

Comeback kings of the ring

GUERNSEY boxing is in its best ever shape, according to Amalgamated Boys’ Club coach Graham Guilbert.

Swimmer to parade flag at Youth Games opening

A DECISION on who will carry the Guernsey flag at this evening’s opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Youth Games has yet to be made.