Fireblade top prize in draw
Fans of road racing star John McGuinness will be first in line to enter the latest prize draw from the Joey Dunlop Foundation.The charity, which operates disabled holiday accommodation at Braddan...
View ArticleFundraisers meet polio target months early
FUNDRAISERS in the Isle of Man have done their bit in a $200m bid to eradicate a crippling disease.Rotary clubs in the British Isles, along with their conterparts throughout the world, have now met the...
View ArticleIsle of Man Examiner calls on its readers to oppose education cuts
This week’s Isle of Man Examiner is calling on his readers to save the island’s state-run nurseries - and the family library and mobile library service.Unusually, the paper’s editorial comment begins...
View ArticleCare homes are put under the spotlight
SOCIAL Care Minister Chris Robertshaw MHK faces a series of questions in Tynwald tomorrow (Tuesday) over its provisions for the elderly.It follows the Minister’s announcement earlier this month that...
View ArticleIn today’s Isle of Man Examiner
THE Examiner urges you to join our campaign to Save Our Nurseries.Plus we have in-depth coverage of the decision to close Department of Education and Children nurseries, the Family Library, the Mobile...
View ArticleTeare’s Budget - what are we in for?
IT has been widely billed as a the toughest Budget in a generation.Chief Minister Allan Bell MHK has already warned that ‘extremely painful and unpopular decisions’ will have to be made as the...
View ArticleThe newspaper’s view
Regular Examiner readers will have noticed the paper is different from usual - especially on the front page.We’ve decided to campaign to try to stop the education cuts to nurseries and libraries and...
View Article‘The Gravy Train is over’
THE politician who heads the Civil Service Commission has launched an astonishingly robust attack on ‘ridiculous’ union demands.Michael MHK Alf Cannan, who also chairs the employers side of the Whitley...
View ArticleLadies of Mann
THIS Thursday (February 23) sees the launch of Ladies of Mann Business Network. Run by Karen Hanly and Sarah Jewell, the organisation looks to focus on providing networking and business development...
View Article£4,000 raised by charity calendar
A CHARITY calendar featuring spectacular shots of road racing events around the British Isles has raised more than £4,000.The calendar, now in its third year of production is produced by the Road...
View ArticleQUIRKS OF LIFE: Time for Budget Bingo!
TODAY it’s Budget Day.It’s also Shrove Tuesday.What are you going to be giving up for Lent? Already a number of parents know what they’ll be giving up.The bad news is everyone else may find out what...
View ArticleNo more tears as Sharkey’s puts fun into kids’ haircuts
IT’s billed on the website as ‘the salon just for kids where the haircuts are cool and fun rules’.In fact you could say there’s never a dull moment at Sharkey’s Cuts for Kids, at St James House, Market...
View ArticleTeare’s first Budget
EDDIE Teare was due this morning to deliver his first Budget as Treasury Minister.This year’s Budget is being billed as the toughest one for a generation - and some cuts seem certain.The government is...
View ArticlePower cut in Ramsey
HOMES in Ramsey were left without electricity this morning (Tuesday) after high voltage switch gear failed.MEA group operations manager Anthony Kinrade said the precise number of people affected was...
View ArticleRead Teare’s Budget speech
TREASURY Minister Eddie Teare MHK has this morning delivered his first Budget.He told Tynwald: ‘There will be many changes ahead, but at each stage the challenge for us, as politicians is to ensure...
View ArticleMums present petition against nursery closures
A PETITION against the closure of the Department of Education and Children’s nurseries with some 3,600 signatures was presented to Chief Minister Allan Bell MHK outside Tynwald today (Tuesday).It was...
View ArticleThe Isle of Man Budget at a glance
Treasury Minister Eddie Teare has delivered his first Budget.The main points are:Income tax standard rate for individuals remains at 10 per cent.Higher rate income tax remains at 20 per cent.Income tax...
View ArticleStars
Tuesday, February 21Aries (March 21 - April 20) Someone from a different sphere comes into your life this week and your attraction to them is almost instant. This does not mean, however, that the...
View ArticleCase for statement after summit meeting?
SHOULD the Chief Minister make a statement to Tynwald after each British Irish Council Summit Meeting?That was the question posed by Speaker of the House of Keys Steve Rodan in Tynwald this week when...
View ArticleThe latest ManxSki blog from Chris Callow
65: The Big FreezeEurope has been grasped in any icy chill and the Alps have been no exception; inside the ManxSki chalet all is warm and toasty but outside the mercury has plumbed new lows in the...
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