# guernsey (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover guernsey. Page: Feed: --- ## [The End Of Oak Street (2026)](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/the-end-of-oak-street-2026/) _2026-08-19 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ Heading into the cinema to see The End Of Oak Street I knew very little about it beyond what the poster showed me, that being it featured Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway and in some way featured dinosaurs, along with it being a sci-fin thriller of some kind. As it began with a slightly too... Continue Reading → ## [Regulator in S. Caucasus’s Georgia fines five money exchange firms a total of $766K](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/regulator-in-s-caucasuss-georgia) _2026-08-17 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ Georgia’s central bank has slapped fines totalling more than 2m lari ($766.400) on five privately owned currency exchange businesses in the country’s Adjara region for alleged offences such as failure to verify customers’ data or provide digital records of transactions. ## [Perchard’s Wall – Perchards Wall](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/perchards-wall-perchards-wall/) _2026-08-17 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ Over the last half decade or so Perchard’s Wall have carved out a niche for themselves on the Channel Islands music scene with shows all over their home island of Jersey along with appearances at the like of the Vale Earth Fair, The Yacht and The Pit in Guernsey (and some even further afield) and... Continue Reading → ## [Azerbaijan’s Pasha Bank appoints Punhan Narimanov chairman, CEO of Georgian arm](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/azerbaijans-pasha-bank-appoints-punhan) _2026-08-15 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ Pasha Bank, one of Azerbaijan’s biggest lenders, has appointed Punhan Narimanov, who has held senior roles in Azerbaijan’s finance sector, as chairman and chief executive officer of the bank’s Georgian arm. ## [From Dusk Til Dawn (1996) – Twilight Cinema at Castle Cornet – 06/08/26](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/15/from-dusk-til-dawn-1996-twilight-cinema-at-castle-cornet-06-08-26/) _2026-08-15 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ Over the years Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have collaborated a number of times and their particular brands of video store brat filmmaking have gelled with mixed but generally enjoyable results, but it’s hard to argue that their most completely successful offering was their first, 1996’s From Dusk Til Dawn. With both men at the... Continue Reading → ## [Police in S. Caucasus country of Georgia detain suspected manager of illegal crypto business](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/police-in-s-caucasus-country-of-georgia) _2026-08-13 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ The financial police force of the South Caucasus country of Georgia said it had arrested the suspected manager of an unregistered cryptocurrency business that allegedly had deals worth tens of millions of dollars on its record. ## [Absolute Batman: Vol. 1 – The Zoo by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/absolute-batman-vol-1-the-zoo-by-scott-snyder-nick-dragotta-and-frank-martin/) _2026-08-13 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ When it comes to superhero origin stories it feels like there are two that, whether you’re a fan of comic books or their spin off movies or not, have entered the popular lexicon; there is Spider-Man’s radioactive spider and ‘with great power comes great responsibility’, and there is Batman’s with the gunning down of Thomas... Continue Reading → ## [Africa Finance Corp raises 350m Swiss francs in landmark digital bond issue](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/africa-finance-corp-raises-350m-swiss) _2026-08-12 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a pan-African development institution, has raised 350m Swiss francs ($431m) in a landmark digital bond issue arranged by Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank. ## [Masters of the Universe (2026)](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/masters-of-the-universe-2026/) _2026-08-11 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ There’s no denying that, despite largely being glorified toy commercials, a number of kids cartoons from the 1980s have firmly established themselves in the pop culture canon to the point where the last 15 years or so have seen a range of them make their way onto the big screen, and now it’s come somewhat... Continue Reading → ## [Kazakhstan, China sign currency swap deal, consider easier cross-border payments](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/kazakhstan-china-sign-currency-swap) _2026-08-10 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ Kazakhstan and China took their financial cooperation further at the end of July by, among other things, signing agreements including a currency swap accord and a deal on settlements in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and considering plans for easier cross-border payments. ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WnAUK6YIHKfJ) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Duck – The Drunken Duck, Guernsey – 01/08/26](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/duck-the-drunken-duck-guernsey-01-08-26/) _2026-08-09 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ Having only previously seen jazz quartet Duck on one previous occasion, when they opened for Jackson Mathod at St James back in February I was very much interested to see them on ‘home turf’, so to speak, in the pub that gave them their name where they having been holding monthly sessions for the last... Continue Reading → ## [Uzbek agency: companies, tax inspectors involved in $3.6m tax fraud](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/uzbek-agency-companies-tax-inspectors) _2026-08-07 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ Uzbekistan’s economic crime prevention agency said the state had missed a revenue of 42.5bn soums ($3.6m) because of a tax evasion scheme involving companies and tax service officials. ## [Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/07/spider-man-brand-new-day-2026/) _2026-08-07 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ I must admit that following the mass catharsis of the dimension hopping binge that was Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the development of the ‘Spider-verse’ movies, I wasn’t sure where the story of Tom Holland’s version of the web slinger could really go but, following some (it turned out) thankfully minor spoilers from the trailer... Continue Reading → ## [Uzbekistan’s Ipoteka Bank confirms Adam Szentpeteri’s appointment as CEO](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/uzbekistans-ipoteka-bank-confirms) _2026-08-06 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ Ipoteka Bank, one of Uzbekistan’s biggest lenders and part of Hungarian banking group OTP, has confirmed the appointment of Adam Szentpeteri as chief executive officer, a role he has held on a provisional basis since June 3. ## [India’s Mintoak fintech buys out Dubai’s ICC Loyalty tech firm](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/indias-mintoak-fintech-buys-out-dubais) _2026-08-06 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ Mintoak, a Mumbai-based payment software provider with a reported annual processing volume of $93bn, has acquired Emirati loyalty technology company ICC Loyalty in a deal said to have added more than 50 banks in over 20 countries to the Indian fintech’s network of partners. ## [Ireland: County Clare and Galway – July 2026](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/ireland-county-clare-and-galway-july-2026/) _2026-08-05 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ For the second stop on our Ireland trip we headed for the city of Galway on the country’s west coast and while planning realised that our route would take us through County Clare and near to a few notable locations. Given that we had the whole day assigned for travel meant that we could take... Continue Reading → ## [Uzbek National Investment Fund said to mainly owe recorded YoY profit surge of nearly 4,000% to unrealised gains](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/uzbek-national-investment-fund-said) _2026-08-05 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ Uzbekistan’s state-controlled National Investment Fund (UzNIF) has reported a year-on-year net profit surge of nearly 4,000 per cent but chiefly owed the stunning increase to unrealised gains on equity investments – recorded potential but unacquired profits, an Uzbek business news portal said. ## [The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/the-punisher-one-last-kill-2026/) _2026-08-03 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ Coming hot on the heels of season two of Daredevil: Born Again another of the previously Netflix based Marvel characters has made it to Disney+ in his own right (following an appearance in the aforementioned Hell’s Kitchen based superhero’s first season) in the form of the Marvel Television ‘Special Presentation’, The Punisher: One Last Kill.... Continue Reading → ## [Uzbekistan govt advisory body proposes income tax cut for banks to 15% from 20%](https://emergingmarketsme.substack.com/p/uzbekistan-govt-advisory-body-proposes) _2026-08-03 · Andrei Skvarsky · EmergingMarkets.me_ An Uzbek government advisory agency has come up with a proposal to cut income tax for banks and other financial services providers to 15 per cent from today’s 20 per cent and introduce value-added tax to compensate the state for consequent revenue shortfalls. ## [ADG Europe and TNT Theatre Britain present Macbeth – Castle Cornet, Guernsey – 28/07/26](https://tommygirard.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/adg-europe-and-tnt-theatre-britain-present-macbeth-castle-cornet-guernsey-28-07-26/) _2026-08-01 · tommygirard · Tommy Girard_ A part of the reason that the very name of Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish play’, Macbeth, is said to be unlucky is because it is often only uttered when a theatre is having problems and requires a guaranteed money spinner, this is something that has led to something of a perception that it is one of the... Continue Reading → ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sZK5uNevXGP2) _2026-08-01 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [Guernsey this week: Martyrs, wrecks, and island links](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-martyrs-wrecks) _2026-07-17 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ From persecution and royal ceremony to salvage work and island communications. ## [Guernsey this week: medals, memory, and resistance](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-medals-memory) _2026-07-03 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ From medals and museums to wartime raids and protest, this week’s Guernsey history shows an island shaped by resilience, pride, and change. ## [Guernsey this week: Trade, wartime drama and island life](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-trade-wartime) _2026-06-26 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ From wartime loss and island resilience to maritime trade and aviation milestones ## [Guernsey this week: Identity and island resilience](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-identity-and-island) _2026-06-19 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ A week in Guernsey history shaped by survival, loyalty, and reinvention. ## [Guernsey this week: Hauteville House opens, the islands demilitarised, Colorado beetles land and a fatal fire](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-hauteville-house) _2026-06-12 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ Victor Hugo's home, demilitarisation, beetle invasion, telephone wars and a guest house fire ## [Guernsey this week: Islands, railways, radios and royal visits](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-islands-railways) _2026-06-05 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ Jethou for sale ## [Guernsey this week: Occupation stories, arrests and underground news](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-occupation-stories) _2026-05-29 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ First arrests at Guernsey Airport ## [Guernsey This Week: defence, hotels, schools and the police](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-defence-hotels) _2026-05-22 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ Guernsey stories that made the news this week in years gone by ## [Occupation, water, words and art](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/occupation-water-words-and-art) _2026-05-15 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ Four stories from the island's past ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6DuOZGiMKvLp) _2026-05-15 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [Guernsey This Week: Liberation, Lottery and Lightning-Rod Politics](https://onthisdayinguernsey.substack.com/p/guernsey-this-week-liberation-lottery) _2026-05-08 · On this day in Guernsey · On this day in Guernsey_ The island's liberation, a millionaire's unusual giveaway, a sand racing tragedy and a public phone war