By Jamesq on Friday, March 12, 2010Filed Under: Community
Isle of Man News, 12 March 2010 – The Department of Health and Social Security held its annual Top Team Award ceremony yesterday at Keyll Darree, the DHSS’ Education and Training Centre. The winner of this prestigious award was the Home Grown Ambulance Technician Project, by the DHSS Ambulance Services. This winning team was made [...]
By Jamesq on Thursday, March 11, 2010Filed Under: Community
Isle of Man News, 11 March 2010 – Chartered Civil Engineer Richard Pearson has been appointed as the new Director of Highways, succeeding Bruce Hannay, who will retire from the post following this year’s TT festival after 19 years with the Department of Transport.
Richard is moving to the Island with his family and will join [...]
By Jamesq on Thursday, March 11, 2010Filed Under: Finance & Business, Science & Technology
Isle of Man News, 11 March 2010 – Recruiters & Employers Discover The Benefits Of Joining The Free-To-Use Careers And Networking Portal For Manx Professionals
More than 50 Isle of Man employers and recruiters attended a recent information session about Manx Graduates, the free-to-use careers and networking portal for Manx professionals.
Hosted by the Isle of Man [...]
By Jamesq on Thursday, March 11, 2010Filed Under: Community
Isle of Man News, 11 March 2010 – Police are urging motorists to abide by the 30mph speed limit which is in place on Richmond Hill while a major Department of Transport highways improvement scheme is undertaken. Since the road works began, a total of 7 motorists have been reported for speeding through the works [...]
By Jamesq on Wednesday, March 10, 2010Filed Under: Community
Isle of Man News, 10 March 2010 – Woodbourne Road in Douglas will be closed to traffic for up to three days to allow for a gas main to be repaired.
The road will be closed between Rosemount traffic lights and its junction with Woodburn Square/Hawarden Avenue from 8.00am on Sunday, 14th March 2010 until 7.00am [...]
By Jamesq on Wednesday, March 10, 2010Filed Under: Education
Isle of Man News, 10 March 2010 – The end of an era was marked today as the Department of Health and Social Security handed over the keys of the old Noble’s Hospital in Westmoreland Road, Douglas to the Department of Education.
The handover follows approval from Tynwald in February of this year for the initial [...]
By Jamesq on Tuesday, March 9, 2010Filed Under: Finance & Business, Science & Technology
Isle of Man News, 9 March 2010 – Chief Minister Tony Brown Salutes Continued Success For Leading Software Developer At Global House Opening
Isle of Man Chief Minister Tony Brown MHK was on hand for the official opening of Global House, the new Douglas-based headquarters of PDMS, the Island’s largest software development firm.
“These new surroundings are [...]
By Jamesq on Monday, March 8, 2010Filed Under: Health & Beauty
Isle of Man News, 8 March 2010 – The first pilot course of the Live Well – Stay Well Course for the Isle of Man held at Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital during October / November 2009 has proven to be immensely successful. Live Well – Stay Well is a Chronic Disease Self Management Course [...]
By Jamesq on Monday, March 8, 2010Filed Under: Education, Health & Beauty
Isle of Man News, 8 March 2010 – Ian Hughes, Mortuary Manager at Noble’s Hospital is the first in the world to be successful in obtaining a Masters of Science MSc degree in Death, Bereavement and Human Tissue Studies. The MSc was a new distance learning course based at Staffordshire University with Ian being in [...]
By Jamesq on Monday, March 8, 2010Filed Under: Community
Isle of Man News, 8 March 2010 – No Smoking Day takes place on Wednesday 10th March and the message this year is ‘Break free, we can help’. The theme has a striking image of arms breaking free from a chain of cigarettes, which is designed to symbolise the vicious chain of addiction and feeling [...]