Disruption over Bank Holiday
HAVING bank holidays on different days to the UK has been ‘disastrous’ for business and ‘disruptive’ for customers, according to one Manx company boss.John Quaye, chairman of Manx Independent Carriers,...
View ArticleStaff were not forced into corner over wages – MHK
NO pressure was placed on the employees’ side of Whitley Council to force them to approve proposals which could result in Villa-Gaiety casual workers seeing their pay cut.That’s according to...
View ArticleJurby: the final frontier
MANX-based commercial space company Excalibur Almaz (EA) is very serious about its aim of offering ‘affordable and reliable transportation of humans and cargo to low Earth orbit, the Moon and...
View ArticleValkyres and Cronkbourne battle for Tinker Cup
VALKYRES and Cronkbourne will go head-to-head on the Standard Bank Tinker Cup final on Sunday. The two Douglas sides will battle it out at Tromode with a 1pm start.Cronkbourne have won the trophy more...
View ArticleBook review: Chelsea Wives by Anna-Lou Weatherley
If you’re counting down to a sunshine holiday in foreign parts, there’s a guilty poolside pleasure awaiting in Anna-Lou Weatherley’s sparkling summer novel.Chelsea Wives, Weatherley’s first foray into...
View ArticleStep training for ladder climb world record attempt
THE ‘Million Step Man’ and Isle of Man fire service’s ‘Ladder 24’ crew joined forces to train on the Gas Works steps in Douglas.Roger Davies has around 700,000 steps remaining to run before the year’s...
View ArticleReputation boost
THE move to automatic exchange of information has been a necessary step as part of maintaining the island’s reputation as a high-end reputable jurisdiction.That’s the view of Andrew Gerrard, director,...
View ArticleMore out of work
THE number of people out of work has risen.At the end of June, unemployment stood at 992, an unemployment rate of 2.2 per cent.That represents a rise of 36.
View Article‘Watch this space’
‘UNCOMFORTABLE’ decisions will have to be made about how health services are delivered in future, a Tynwald scrutiny committee was told.Giving evidence to the Social Affairs Policy Review Committee,...
View ArticleStab victim lucky to be alive
A FATHER says his son is lucky to be alive after he suffered a number of stab wounds at a concert in Dublin.Andrew England, aged 28, of Douglas, remains in hospital in Dublin, following an incident on...
View ArticleThis cannot go on
DIRE warnings were issued by two ministers forced to come back to Tynwald for money to cover departmental overspends in the last financial year.Home Affairs Minister Juan Watterson MHK asked for an...
View ArticleGovernor’s staying local
THE Lieutenant Governor is going to go to Onchan Park twice this weekend.On Saturday Adam Wood will be officially opening a sensory garden, to be named the Jubilee Garden after the Queen’s diamond...
View ArticleBook review: Summer 2012 children’s books review and giveaway
The school holiday countdown has started and whatever the weather this summer, there’s a book to keep boredom at bay.Forget the Xbox and the telly, and open up the wonderful world of children’s books...
View ArticleSisters’ fundraising bed bid
TWO sisters have raised more than £1,400 for an Indian orphanage.Katie and Ellie Cannell, aged 14 and 10, of Kirk Michael, decided to raise money for the Ebenezer Home of Social Outreaches, in Chennai,...
View ArticleBike dealer’s donation for TT’s Rob Vine Fund charity
THE Rob Vine Fund received a boost thanks to bike-buying TT fans during this year’s TT fortnight.UK bike dealer Northwest Honda, which has branches in Preston, Morecambe and Blackpool, pledged to make...
View ArticleWe need to move away from a culture of entitlement says Isle of Man Social...
MORE means testing and a move away from a culture of entitlement are needed to to rein in the island’s soaring welfare bill.That’s the view of Social Care Minister Chris Robertshaw MHK as he prepares...
View ArticlePlan to improve end of life care
AN 18-month research project, including a survey of 1,200 people, has resulted in the Department of Health’s first End of Life Care Framework, which identifies improvements that can be made in the...
View ArticleMedia fund value has fallen
THE value of the Media Development Fund dropped by more than £11 million in the time CinemaNX was in charge, it was revealed in Tynwald.In a written reply to a question from Zac Hall (Onchan), Treasury...
View ArticleAllowing reserves to fall £200m is ‘unwise’
MICHAEL MHK Alfred Cannan says he is very concerned that government reserves will be depleted by £200 million by the end of this financial year.At this month’s Tynwald sitting, he asked Treasury...
View ArticleCregeen: I will rise to the CoMin challenge
FORMER postman Graham Cregeen has been appointed as a minister as Chief Minister Allan Bell completed a mini reshuffle.He takes the Community, Culture and Leisure portfolio while Tim Crookall, another...
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