Striking a balance to protect businesses
WHAT action can be taken to support Manx businesses and protect island jobs?That was the focus of a series of questions raised in Tynwald.David Callister MLC suggested there should be a policy that all...
View ArticleDouglas’s Thomas Cook safe
THE Douglas branch of Thomas Cook Travel will not be affected by the current round of closures to hit the company.Last week the travel agent announced a £398m loss for the year ending in September,...
View ArticleSchools trial pupil data system
THE government is testing a centralised pupil data system.The system, which cost £267,500 with annual costs of £44,000, is on trial at Onchan School and Castle Rushen High.In a written response to a...
View ArticleFormer TT competitor crashed on restored model
FORMER TT competitor Anthony James Cook was riding his lovingly restored sidecar for the first time when he died following a crash with a parked car.An inquest into his death heard the crash happened...
View ArticleConsultation on education
CONSULTATION has started on a proposed new staffing structure for the International Business School and Isle of Man College.The Department of Education and Children announced in October that higher...
View ArticlePAUL SPELLER: What’s it all about, Alfie?
IT appears this column may have a reader in the form of Alfie Cannan.I must introduce him to my mum.Mr Cannan has been a bit grumpy about criticism of plans to switch the Tynwald members’ expenses lump...
View ArticleReach for the skies
A COVETED career in aviation could be about to take off for two sixth formers who have completed the island’s first flying scholarship.James Whitelegg, from Melbourne Street, Douglas, and Jeffrey...
View ArticleCRINGLE: Flight was a breeze
THE onset of the season of goodwill and its attendant Christmas advertising on commercial television led me to seek some R&R at my daughter’s family home in the outreaches of rural Hampshire.The...
View ArticleKirk’s role
KIRK McCarthy has been appointed head of international business development at Duncan Lawrie Private Banking. Kirk is a career banker based in the Isle of Man. He held numerous senior appointments at...
View ArticleMinister says sorry over ‘unacceptable’ drunken lapse
HOME Affairs Minister Juan Watterson has been forced to make an embarrassing apology after ignoring his own warning to festive revellers about staying out of trouble.Outlining his department’s ‘stay...
View ArticleJuan says sorry
We’ve been chasing up a story that would have made a great page 1 in the Manx Independent. It still might.We discovered that Home Affairs Minister Juan Watterson MHK had disgraced himself on a bus...
View ArticleTLC forges partnership with Sport Aid
ISLE of Man Sport Aid have announced a new partnership agreement with local training and business skills development company TLC which will allow Sport Aid to continue to invest in up and coming...
View ArticleWhen sites and services in capital are set to reopen
DOUGLAS Borough Council has announced the opening times of its sites and services over the Christmas period.Domestic refuse collections will operate from Monday to Friday of each week as normal,...
View ArticleBracelets forge bond with Nepal
THOUSANDS of pounds spent by people in the Isle of Man on bracelets made in Nepal have helped towards the cost of building a school in the mountainous country.John ‘Dog’ Callister, of Kirk Michael,...
View ArticleBusinesses pool together to get Santa brand new sleigh
MORE than 10 businesses raised a total of £5,000 and helped rebuild the Rotary Club of Douglas’s Santa Sleigh.More than 10 businesses raised a total of £5,000 and helped rebuild the Rotary Club of...
View ArticleFly tippers sought
FLY-tippers who dumped this fridge freezer are being sought by police.It has a distinctive dolphin picture on the door, so police hope someone may be able to identify its origin.It was abandoned in a...
View ArticleWhy Juan made the news
On the night Juan Watterson took his bus journey (with all that that entailed) I was in the Rovers Return in Douglas.I went with some colleagues from work and bumped into lots of people I knew - from...
View ArticleStudent of Year award winners
SOME of the island’s brightest young sparks were honoured at this year’s Student of the Year awards at Ballakermeen High School.The format has traditionally been to single out the top all-round student...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics athletes have a bumper 2011
IT’S been a bumper year for Isle of Man Special Olympics.Nearly 40 supporters attended the Special Olympics’ 27th Annual General Meeting where national director Beryl Wooldridge told the gathering what...
View ArticleDuty of care to staff and visitors
IT is still not too late for businesses to take action to combat the impact of any repeat of last winter’s bad weather, according to one of the island’s leading general commercial insurance brokers....
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