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News around Isle of Man

Statement on Flybe entering administration

Flybe has offered a great service to the Isle of Man for many years and we are really sorry to hear this announcement. Flybe has successfully operated the Island’s Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham routes for many years.
The Isle of Man Government’s…

Training session for Island GPs

The latest training session for Island GPs takes place on Friday 6 March and as usual it means routine appointments will not be available at most surgeries from late morning for the rest of the day.
Anyone who needs to see a doctor urgently should ring…

Response letter to opinion March 2020

I welcome and agree with the comments made by Mr P Christian, Isle of Man Climate Change Coalition (Isle of Man Examiner 25 February 2020, Opinions). Points raised by Mr Christian were against the misleading headline that stated the Isle of Man going e…

Financial Sanctions: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (1)

This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations.
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 has been amended with effect from 4 March 2020, following the publication of Commis…

Computer bus man Alex Townsend to retire

A teacher, who was once recognised by Apple for his unique Isle of Man computer bus service, is to retire next month – seeing an end to longest project of its type in the world.
Alex Townsend, known as the computer bus man, was teaching at St. Ninian’s…

Financial Sanctions: Proliferation

This news release is issued to publicise changes made to financial sanctions guidance issued on Proliferation.
A link to a report produced by the Institute for Science and International Security has been added to Section 9 of the guidance. The report h…

Chief Minister makes two Ministerial appointments

Chief Minister Howard Quayle MHK has today announced the appointment of Graham Cregeen MHK as Minister for Home Affairs following the death of Bill Malarkey last month.
Mr Quayle also announced Ramsey MHK Dr Alex Allinson will succeed Mr Cregeen as Min…

Cruise ship health protocols in place as vessel welcomed in Manx waters

Visit Isle of Man welcomes the arrival of Fridtjof Nansen from Hurtigruten Cruises to Manx shores today. Fridtjof Nansen is the first cruise ship of the 2020 schedule to visit the Isle of Man.
Isle of Man Government would like to reassure members of th…

Consultation indicates support for creating workplace pensions scheme

A consultation exercise has highlighted broad support for the Isle of Man Government to explore creating an accessible workplace pension scheme for employed workers.
A summary of responses has today been published following a six-week consultation exer…

Financial Sanctions: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations.
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 has been amended with effect from 2 March 2020, following the publication of Commis…