‘Refusing pay rise is gesture politics’
AN MHK is calling for a wholesale review of Tynwald members pay.Alfred Cannan, who chairs the Civil Service Commission, has hit out at the ‘gesture politics’ of those MHKs and MLCs who have refused to...
View ArticlePeel head teacher to retire in the summer
PEEL Clothworkers’ School head teacher Simon Jones will retire next summer after 31 years in teaching, 23 of them as a head teacher.In retirement, his ‘learning plan’ includes acquiring at least one...
View ArticleThermal energy storage presentation
THE mysteries of thermal energy storage will be unveiled in a free presentation at the Villa Marina later this month.The presentation, organised by Epsilon Consultants (IOM) Ltd in association with the...
View ArticleTime running out on buses
TIME is running out for a negotiated settlement in the bus drivers’ dispute.Notices to terminate the exisitng contracts of the island’s 110 bus drivers were served a week last Saturday.The first of the...
View ArticleTeare meets Osborne at Tokyo conference
TREASURY Minister Eddie Teare MHK says he was able to highlight the island’s contribution to the global economy when he attended the largest annual gathering of the world’s finance ministers.Mr Teare...
View ArticleGraffiti case to be heard
Graffiti relating to the death of a police officer whose family live in Port St Mary was daubed on a garage door in the south of the island in the early hours of Saturday.PC Fiona Bone, 32, was killed...
View ArticleNew post-16 special needs unit is given the go-ahead
A NEW post-16 unit for those with special educational needs will be created at the Isle of Man College.Education and Children Minister Tim Crookall successfully secured the £1,773,000 needed to pay for...
View ArticleSign up for Hop-tu-Naa party
KRAFTY Kids, at Tower House, in Douglas, is holding a Hop-tu-Naa party on Saturday.The proceeds from a raffle held at the event will be donated to Crossroads Caring for Carers Isle of Man.The party...
View ArticleBusiness mentoring to help young people settle into work
A BUSINESS mentoring programme to help young people settle into the work place was held at The Forum, Mount Havelock. Supported by Manx Youth Opportunities (MYO) and funded by the Manx Education...
View ArticlePlan to link the island’s radio stations
A PLAN TO unite all three radio stations under the same roof is being considered by government.Today’s Isle of Man Examiner reveals more about the idea.The large wind farm support ship, which sheltered...
View ArticlePinewood film deal dominates Keys question paper
TOMORROW will see the first sitting of the House of Keys following the long summer recess and there are 22 questions down for oral answer.The Pinewood Shepperton deal dominates questions, with Alfred...
View ArticleMeet the Minister in Port Erin
THE next ‘Roamin’ CoMin’ meeting takes place tomorrow night (Tuesday) in Port Erin – and Chief Minister Allan Bell says he is looking forward to a ‘lively public debate’.Taking place at the Erin Arts...
View ArticleForeign cash taken from car
Police are investigating after money was stolen from an unattended vehicle in the area of Main Road, Glen Vine.Someone took about £210 in Manx and Bank of England notes, US$300 and 100 Dominican pesos....
View ArticleVandalism to window
Police are investigating damage that took place to the front window of a residential property in Ballaquane Park, Peel, at about 9.30pm on Thursday.The double-glazed window concerned was cracked and...
View ArticleTeare meets UK Chancellor George Osborne in Japan
TREASURY Minister Eddie Teare highlighted the island’s contribution to the global economy as the world’s finance ministers met in Tokyo at the 2012 meetings of the World Bank, International Monetary...
View ArticleMinister optimistic over 2015 green energy target
‘I REMAIN optimistic to meet a renewable energy target,’ the Minister who brought forward the policy told Tynwald.The Manx government agreed in 2010 to having 15 per cent of electricity generated from...
View Article‘I fell for conman on uniformdating.com’
A WOMAN from the north of the Isle of Man who was scammed out of £400 by a man she met on an online dating website is sharing her story so others don’t fall into the same trap.A WOMAN from the north of...
View ArticleIsland bids to fly flag with wealthy Russians
IT has been a busy week in the annual fund conference calendar for Paul Kneen, managing director of Abacus’ fund operations in the Isle of Man and Malta. Mr Kneen has recently returned from attending...
View ArticleNew-look MGP in the spotlight
NO riders or teams have yet been signed for the new-look Manx Grand Prix, which is to be named the Isle of Man Festival of Racing.Replying to a question in Tynwald from John Houghton (Douglas North),...
View ArticleRide the Hop-tu-Naa train in Laxey this weekend
LAXEY and Lonan Heritage Trust will operate the spooky Hop-tu-Naa trains at the Great Laxey Mines Railway on Saturday and Sunday, the eighth year of the popular event.Running between 1pm and 7pm,...
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