Saints edge Peel in six-goal thriller
ST Mary’s kept their faint title hopes alive thanks to an impressive 4-2 victory over Peel at the Bowl in the Canada Life Premier League on Saturday afternoon.However, the result could have been very...
View ArticleWhites dent Old Boys’ championship bid
CAN lightning strike in the same place twice? Almost if you are Corinthians.The Whites were victors in the reverse Canada Life Premier League fixture with DHSOB and were 14 minutes away from completing...
View ArticleBacchas A continue their early season run of form
DEFENDING champions IOMA Group Bacchas A continued their good run of form with victory over Manx Telecom Vikings A at the NSC on Saturday.Karl Moore scored no fewer than four goals for the Tromode...
View ArticleProsecutions division is ‘in total disarray’
A BACKBENCH MHK has accused the prosecutions division in the Attorney General’s chambers of being in ‘total disarray’.John Houghton (Douglas North) claims the Attorney General’s chambers is ‘badly...
View ArticleMiliband is using us as a scapegoat
CHIEF Minister Allan Bell has hit back at Ed Miliband after the Labour Party leader launched a new offensive on offshore tax jurisdictions including the Isle of Man.It was reported in the UK press at...
View ArticleManx footballers to play in FA International Shield
Men’s side travel to Gibraltar in JuneTHE island’s men’s football team will travel to Gibraltar at the end of June to take part in the first FA International Shield.Kevin Manning’s national side will...
View ArticleFilm accounts back in spotlight
LIBERAL Vannin MHK Kate Beecroft questioned CinemaNX’s accounting practices - telling Tynwald: ‘It’s seem quite bizarre to me.’ She had quizzed Treasury Minister Eddie Teare over an apparent...
View ArticleState pension age going up
MOVES to pave the way for an increase in the state pension age were made in Tynwald today (Tuesday).Social Care Minister Chris Robertshaw MHK successfully tabled two orders which would allow for...
View ArticleFree advertising boost for fledgling Isle of Man firms
THREE of the island’s new businesses have secured themselves £3,000 worth of free advertising with Isle of Man Newspapers each after winning a competition launched last year.The three businesses –...
View ArticleHigher education merger consultation on staffing finished
EDUCATION bosses are considering whether further changes are needed to staffing structure of a newly-merged International Business School and Isle of Man College.The Department of Education and...
View ArticleWomen wait and see over breast implant help
CONCERNED women in the Isle of Man are waiting to see what help – if any – is available to those who received breast implants manufactured by Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP).Last week the island’s...
View ArticleSlides uncover Ramsey’s royal visit in 1902
KEEN collector of maritime memorabilia Captain Nigel Malpass has acquired these lustrous images of Ramsey literally ‘shining by the sea’.The two scenes of vessels in Ramsey Bay were captured on lantern...
View ArticleDavid Buck is new MD at Manx2. com
Isle of Man-based Manx2.com has promoted general manager David Buck to the position of managing director.David, well known in Isle of Man aviation, joined the company as head of schedule co-ordination...
View ArticleThomas Miller celebrates being back under one roof
THOMAS Miller (Isle of Man) Limited celebrated the successful relocation of its office to Samuel Harris House, St Georges Street, Douglas, with a champagne and canapé reception on Thursday night. The...
View ArticleTT Snoozebox scheme to accommodate 240 visitors
TT VISITORS over the next two years could be accommodated in temporary sleeping box accommodation.London-based company Snoozebox Ltd has applied (12/0001/B) to government planners for a 240-bed...
View ArticleHealth staff get healthy with Zumba
STAFF in the Department of Health (DoH) will be offered the chance to get healthy with some regular Zumba Fitness classes for the workplace.Supported by the Isle of Man Anti-Cancer Association, the...
View ArticleJohn Houghton withdraws question over prosecutions
BACKBENCH MHK John Houghton withdrew a Tynwald question about ‘diminished standards’ of prosecutions with the Attorney General Chambers – saying he had been given reassurances on the issue by Chief...
View ArticleScallop fishery to close at end of month
THE island’s queen scallops fishery will close on January 31, it has been announced.Concerns about a number of queenie beds in the territorial sea had already led to their voluntary closure.But from...
View ArticleBook review: The Istanbul Puzzle by Laurence O’Bryan
You don’t need to have visited the ancient and mysterious city of Istanbul to soak up the terrific atmosphere in Laurence O’Bryan’s superb debut novel.But if you HAVE walked through the amazing light,...
View ArticleNorth Ramsey Bowling Club quiz nite
NORTH Ramsey Bowling Club is running a fundraising quiz night at the end of this month.The event will take place at Ballacloan football clubhouse, Ramsey from 7.30pm on Friday, January 27 and will...
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