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Daily Archives: February 5, 2010

No effective scrutiny in the system

ON TUESDAY, we suggested that one of the side effects of the concerns about the Health and Social Services’s approach to taxpayers’ funds and a ‘don’t touch the staff’ approach to cutting costs was highlighting the role of deputies on the political boards of departments.

‘My boy could have died and no one had answers’

Accident and Emergency Dept at the PEH

THE father of a teenager suffering a brain virus said his son could have died after Health staff failed to spot the problem.

Decline in trades figures masks a buoyant market

Tamara Menteshvili

THE number of trades carried out at the Channel Islands Stock Exchange fell by more than 100 million last year compared to 2008.

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Watson progresses into quarter-finals

HEATHER WATSON made life difficult for herself as she progressed through to the quarter-finals of the $25k AEGON Pro-Series Sutton tournament.

Enthusiasts face battle over plan to retrieve German guns

THERE has been strong resistance to plans to bring back from Jersey two guns used in occupied Guernsey.

Wales police investigate auditor general over porn claim

POLICE are investigating former Auditor General for Wales Jeremy Colman, who was involved in the review of good governance in the States.

Vote for incinerator delay ‘would mean £8m. wasted’

GUERNSEY will have spent £8m. since 2004 and got no closer to a waste solution if a requete to investigate alternatives is successful, according to Treasury.

Vote decision likely today

A DECISION should be made today about taking a vote of no confidence against Public Accounts Committee chairman Leon Gallienne, the motion’s instigator has said.

Teams head to Coventry

THREE teams from Guernsey have claimed highly prized top-16 qualifying positions and will compete in this weekend’s English Schools National Relay finals.

Abarth take over at the top with hard-fought win

LE MONT SAINT ABARTH jumped to the top of Yorkshire Guernsey Division One with a strong 13-point victory over the Island Under-21s at Beau Sejour.