Tag: Guernsey

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Islands Games in Guernsey postponed because of coronavirus

  

  Next year's Island Games in Guernsey have been postponed because of coronavirus, the International Island Games Association has confirmed. The event, which was due to be held between 3-9 July 2021, has not been canceled altogether but a decision is yet to be made on when it will now take place.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 00:45 UTC

  Security guards behind Emiliano Sala's viral post-mortem convicted in England

  

  A Swindon Crown Court on Monday handed down jail sentences to two workers of a security company who illegally accessed footage of the autopsy of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, leading to its online mass distribution.

• Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Jersey and Guernsey, among the “worst tax havens”, Tax Justice Network says

  

  A new list of corporate tax havens has named Jersey as the seventh most “aggressive” in the world. The Tax Justice Network created the ranking by assigning a “haven score” based on 20 different criteria. Both Jersey and Guernsey scored 98 out of a possible 100, putting them “up there with the worst.”

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 18:19 UTC

  Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man clash with Commons over financial transparency

  

  Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are not represented in the House of Commons, yet MPs are being asked to change laws in the islands. Some have warned the move could spark a constitutional crisis, and even calls for independence. So can MPs actually force the laws - making company ownership information public - on the Crown dependencies?

• Friday, June 22nd 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  “Power grab” controversy at the British/Irish Council agenda in Guernsey

  

  Nicola Sturgeon is to meet senior UK government politicians for the first time since accusing them of “ripping up” the devolution settlement. The first minister will hold talks with Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington in Guernsey.