Many members of the island’s 1,500-strong Filipino community are desperate for news from family and friends after the typhoon disaster in the Philippines.
Today’s Manx Independent main front-page story highlights their concerns.
The other top stories inside:
- The dismantling of the Solway Harvester begins
- After the Examiner reported {http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/jake-12-denied-entry-on-a-bus-with-a-scooter-1-6215998|this story last week,} a bus driver has now been suspended. The Independent has more details.
- More than 50 island-based Flybe staff are waiting to find out about the company’s future after the airline announced cuts
- A report on the Remembrance Sunday services
- A U-turn on giving commissioners a potential 160 per cent increase in attendance allowance
- Five-year ban on drink driver
- A follow up on the {http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/landmark-penguin-is-vandalised-and-is-now-missing-1-6207528|most-read story online last week apart from the Mount Murray fire.}
- A report on the PokerStars Rally
The Manx Independent also includes 12 pages of features about the island, including the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide.
It’s in the shops now.
