On 1st July 2016, I wrote my first Blog, which was entitled an “election blog” for the House of Keys General Election being held on 22nd September 2016.
It gave an overview of the pressures, the nerves and not forgetting the […]
The Isle of Man woke up a different place on Monday morning as the Manx Government announced last Sunday that access to the island would be closed to non-residents from 9am on Monday, in order to help contain the spread […]
Rate to increase by 3.2% for most vehicles next month
Vehicle tax is set to go up by 3.2% next month.
Tynwald voted in favour of a move from Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer this afternoon, with just MHKs Clare Barber, Lawrie Hooper and Rob Callister voting against it.
Under the new measures, all […]
Given the events that have unfolded this week my Blog is lengthy, so grab a coffee and settle down – and if you only ever read one of my Blogs, then please read this one….
As an MHK I have come […]
People on the Isle of Man could be “held to ransom” by airlines if flights lost due to Flybe’s collapse are not replaced, an MHK has said.
Rob Callister said while Loganair taking on flights to Liverpool was “fantastic for patient transfers”, […]
In the House of Keys on Tuesday morning, the DOI Minister, Ray Harmer, MHK announced that Loganair was to operate two daily flights between Isle of Man and the Liverpool from Thursday morning.
The Loganair aircraft being used is a Saab […]
Onchan MHK Rob Callister asks Ray Harmer, Minister of Infrastructure, an emergency question over the collapse of FlyBe.
Callister says we can learn from Jersey
“Beware of rising fares” says the MHK who asked the majority of the urgent questions on Flybe this morning.
Five queries were brought before today’s sitting of the House of Keys at […]
Loganair will step in to operate two daily flights between the Isle of Man and Liverpool following the collapse of troubled airline Flybe.
Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer said the flights would start on Thursday.
Patients travelling to the UK for hospital appointments would […]
Five urgent questions at House of Keys sitting
There are five urgent questions in the House of Keys today about the collapse of Flybe and how prepared or not the Island was.
Three of the questions come from Onchan MHK Rob Callister.
He wants to know how much money the airline owes […]