11 « May « 2010 « « This Is Guernsey

Invest? Let’s see backing for business

LAST week we reported on the forthcoming Institute of Directors annual conference, which this year has the theme: would you invest in Guernsey plc?

Drama takes off as deal staged in Dubai

THE Helen O’Grady Drama Academy is expanding into Dubai.

20,000 – the number who went to Lib Day party

AN ESTIMATED 20,000 people went to Town for the 65th anniversary of the Liberation – about a third of the island’s population.

Coach of the year shock for Vance

TONY VANCE has confessed he was ‘very surprised’ to receive the coach of the year award just before Guernsey departed Jersey after Saturday’s Kleinwort Benson Muratti victory.

‘Sign up to EU target on greenhouse gases’

GUERNSEY should commit to reducing its greenhouse gases by around a third, according to Professor Nick Day.

Liberation and ‘St Marie’ touch Salvationists’ leader

THE international leader of the Salvation Army was deeply moved by his visit to the Bailiwick over Liberation Day.

Kiosk case counsel fishes for minutes that might not exist

THE latest episode in the eviction of the owners of Pembroke kiosk was described as ‘a fishing trip’ in the Royal Court.

‘States should have had say on OUR, not a half-day off’

DEPUTIES will have to challenge Commerce and Employment’s report on the regulator if members are not happy with the way a review has been carried out, Deputy Matt Fallaize has said.

Sarnians make most of ‘opportunity of a lifetime’

FOUR Sarnians recently found themselves representing England in an Indoor Netball Tri Series in South Africa.

Breakaways win second title in as many years

AFTER winning the league for the first time in 2008-09, Breakaways have managed to retain the title.