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Daily Archives: January 29, 2009

Time to end the divisive bickering

YESTERDAY’S 24-21 vote of confidence in deputy chief minister Bernard Flouquet could scarcely have been more slender and it certainly will not satisfy his many critics, who will remain convinced that the formal States reprimand he received was insufficient punishment for a racist joke that not even he could explain why he told.

Investment firm faces Madoff action

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CLOSED-ENDED Guernsey-based investment company Bramdean Alternatives Ltd is facing possible legal action over Bernard Madoff’s alleged £37bn pyramid scam.

The dream is over

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HEATHER WATSON’S Australian Open campaign evaporated in the blistering Melbourne heat overnight.

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Flower shop robbed three times in three months

THE owner of ALP Flowers is offering a reward after his greenhouse was burgled for the third time in as many months.

St Andrew’s parents’ spirits are lifted by support for petition to keep school open

ST ANDREW’S PTA yesterday made a last-ditch effort to persuade the States to vote to keep the school open.

Aland 2009 to be largest Games yet

THE global credit crunch has not dented the number taking part in this summer’s NatWest Island Games in Aland.

Island businesses lobby States on sewage

ON the steps of the Royal Court yesterday, a colation of island businesses lobbied the States to commit to full sewage treatment.

Sark trustees cleared of having ‘pub’ in hall

THE Barclay brothers and their charitable foundation have lost their legal action against the trustees of Sark School and Hall.

Landsbanki update in States

THE chief minister and Treasury minister were called on to provide an update on Landsbanki during question time in the States yesterday.

‘We’ve nothing to hide’

GUERNSEY has nothing to hide with its offshore finance activities, according to the Treasury minister.