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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationWe don't do cheap, say aides - as Royal costs reach 37mTHE Royal Family's travel costs jumped 10 per cent to £5.5 million last year, with aides admitting they were not seeking to keep a "low-cost monarchy".Buckingham Palace's accounts revealed yesterday that the overall cost to taxpayers of keeping the monarchy rose by 4.2 per cent to £37.4 million in the last financial year. .La. fights uphill battle to save coastLast year's hurricanes showed that nearly every part of Louisiana's long, circuitous and sinking coast is vulnerable to catastrophic flooding similar to what happened here.Engineers are already working on the earthen levees and floodgates around New Orleans, but officials say there is also an urgent need to pour money into a second line of defense: The natural world of barrier islands and marshlands that stand between towns and the Gulf of Mexico. On Friday, state and federal officials embarked on a tour of several multimillion dollar projects started before Katrina and Rita. The work involved building sand dunes, planting marsh grasses and dumping mud on shorelines. The tour of islands where pirates once held court and plantations flourished highlights the desperate, and seemingly futile, war Louisiana is fighting against Mother Nature while it tries to patch up the human mistakes of the past.
Minister's duty is to show more careOn the face of it, the alleged assault on Camilla might simply be dismissed as the irresponsible actions of two stupid young men.But there is a more serious issue here: what sort of morals are we tolerating and promoting in our society, and are we now starting to see some sinister fallout? This latest incident exposes the misnomer of the term 'reality TV'. Presented to our young viewers as role models, the Big Brother housemates are kept in an environment where their only meaningful interaction is with one another. As a social experiment, it has had interesting results in the past. However, the line between entertainment and anti-social behaviour is distinct. Viewers don't want their screens filled with images akin to televised cruise ship debauchery.
EU objectionsAN ALTERNATIVE tax plan for Guernsey could be scuppered by the UK Government or other EU states. Chief Minister Laurie Morgan wrote to all States members last night to explain the outcome of top level talks with Government officials over the last few days.He and Treasury minister Lyndon Trott met senior UK Treasury officials to get final backing for their zero-10 plans. And while Whitehall officials confirmed that the States zero-10 proposals would be compliant with the EU Code of Conduct on business taxation and would be supported by the Government, it emerged that Deputy Parkinsons zero-20 alternative might not. We are equally confident that the UK Government would have considerable difficulty in being able to support Deputy Parkinsons proposals, said Deputy Morgan. Furthermore we are in absolutely no doubt that such proposals will be challenged by other EU member states. Caution flags steal showCross did a good job avoiding the wall and getting her car back on the track, but she fell to fifth on the miscue and couldn't regain any ground.Vaughn inherited the lead and cruised to the win, his second in as many weeks. davis@sedaliademocrat.com .From past, a lesson for todayI LIKE TO keep old books around the house, even though many of them sit on shelves unopened for decades. Occasionally, though, they provide remarkable insights into the past and perspectives on the present.For example, recently I pulled from a shelf a heavy bound volume of The Educational Record for 1950, a quarterly publication of The American Council on Education. A year's subscription was $3, and each issue contained serious scholarly articles like "Higher Education in Postwar Austria." .Manx Bank Reduces Minimum Deposit,Isle of Man-based Derbyshire Offshore says it has has responded to customer demand by lowering the minimum opening balance on its fixed-rate Manx Bond to GBP2,500.Manx Bonds, which all now have a monthly interest option, pay up to 5.00% Gross/AER for a one-year term, with the medium term 3-year Manx Bond now paying 5.05% Gross/AER and the longer term 5-year Manx Bond now paying 5.10% Gross/AER. Having listened to customer feedback, particularly from the younger generation of expats who are finding it hard to get the savings habit, Derbyshire Offshore have reduced their opening balance to GBP2,500. Fiona Passey, Director of Offshore Banking comments, As specialist providers of expat savings accounts, we regularly track customer needs and respond quickly with solutions.
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