21 « July « 2009 « « This Is Guernsey

Flybe stunned, but local airlines happy with States vote

FLYBE was incredulous at the decision by States members to reject an open skies policy.

A NURSE who tried to help con a bank out of $45m. was unfairly sacked by Health and Social Services, an employment tribunal has decided.

Time to make some big, hard decisions

THE last States meeting before the summer break will be a testing one, with several very big issues to resolve, from rubbish disposal to bridging the ‘pensions gap’. Whether the States will come to any firm decisions is questionable. Their record on taking difficult ones isn’t good and it’s clear there are big splits on [...]

Is the time right to cut the strings?

IT WAS just impossible not to. While watching the judicial arm of the House of Lords hear Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay’s case against the Privy Council’s decision to approve the Sark Reform Law, thoughts of the independence argument surfaced.