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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationThe island saviour of lost souls who imported 'slaves' to do up his houseGOD chose Pieter Van Rooyen to lead the broken, the depressed, the rejected and the confused and save their souls for Christ. Or so the balding 46-year-old South African, a former financial adviser at Barclays bank, says.But He is unlikely to approve of this self-appointed shepherd who puts himself on a par with Noah, Moses and Abraham importing illegal immigrants from his native country and putting them to work renovating his Isle of Man home for £1.36 an hour. Van Rooyen and his Life Church, the evangelical ministry he founded in Douglas, the islands capital, face ruin after he appeared in a Manx court to admit charges of faking documents that allowed five South African workers to enter the country illegally. He insisted that his intention was to coach them in spiritual matters, but in reality, the court was told, they were set to work as cheap labour doing up his family home in Onchan.
Silver Seeking New Equilibrium Following ETF LaunchHOUSTON (ResourceInvestor.com) -- From its August 2005 low of $6.64, in just eight short months the dollar denominated spot price of silver exploded a whopping 129% to $15.21 on May 11, largely on speculation and front-running of Barclays silver ETF, iShares Silver Trust [AMEX:SLV]. In a May 11 RI report, Hidden Silver About to Surface, your humble correspondent (and 25-year student of the bullion markets) pointed out that some well respected sliver commenting analysts had been overlooking a potentially large uncounted supply source for silver. That source is silver held in private hoards of all sizes and in many forms. The potential issue was that because of the over-enthusiastic under-reporting of the potential amount of metal available, many investors were likely under the impression that a potential squeeze for the metal could be underway.Gevernor of Tokyo Visits Isle of ManThe Metropolitan Governor of Tokyo, Shiin Taro Ishihara, along with the Mayors of two islands off the coast of Japan, Miyakejima Island and Hachijojima Island, and officials from Tokyo visited the Isle of Man last week. Because the Isle of Man is acknowledged as the Worlds road racing capital, a strong entourage arrived at the start of TT practice week primarily to investigate the possibility of staging motorcycle road race events on one of the Japanese islands. The delegation arrived in Castletown for a whistle stop tour and were welcomed by the Hon Tony Brown MHK SHK and Tony Mansell, Chairman of Castletown Commissioners. They were taken to the Billown circuit to look at the pre TT classic event and met with representatives of the Southern MCC before having a quick trip around the course.Miscarriage of justice inquiries soarTHE body set up to investigate potential miscarriages of justices in Scotland has seen a dramatic rise in its workload in the past year.The number of cases submitted to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) jumped 40 per cent in 2005-6 to 165, from 118 the previous year. .CHAT WITH ROAD RACE STARSCLUB AMADEUS, NORTHALLERTON starring; COLIN EDWARDS and CASEY STONER plus John McGuinness and Michael Rutter.On Tuesday, 27th June 2006 Texas Tornado Colin Edwards will once again be appearing at the Club Amadeus in Northallerton. The Camel Yamaha riders visits to the North Yorkshire market town have become part of his build up to the British Grand Prix since he switched from World Superbikes where he was a double Champion. Colin will be joined by Australian Casey Stoner who is having a sensational first season in MotoGP after moving up from the 250cc GP class. Joining the two stars of MotoGP will be Stobart Honda British Superbike rider Michael Rutter who flies in from a family holiday to be there but one of the loudest cheers will be for TT Hero John McGuinness who just last week secured a hat-trick of wins in the Isle of Man and set a new lap record of nearly 130mph! Joining the racers on stage will be HRCs Sporting Manager Chris Herring, Eurosports MotoGP commentator Julian Ryder and Skys British Superbike presenter Keith Huewen. What's happening this weekend and next weekALEX P. KEATON'S, 580 Talbot St., 435-0259, Beekeepers Society, tomorrow; the Get Sets, Chemical Swings, Monday; Totally Wired, Tuesday.BRUNSWICK HOTEL, 331 Talbot St., 439-5378, Grand Marais & Dutch Over, tonight; Lost Dogs, tomorrow, 4-8 p.m.; House of Atreus, Measured in Angles, Nothing Left for Tomorrow, evening; Dixon Cider, Sunday. CALL THE OFFICE, 216 York St., 432-2263, Legends of Nofi tour, Naked & Shameless, Scotty Iseri & the Big Rock Show, Synthetic Folk Hero, Ultimate Power Duo, tonight, 9:30 p.m., $5; the Marble Index, the Lizmores, Hell Operator, tomorrow, 9:30 p.m., $5; Kover, Mean Tangerine, Saturday, 10 p.m., $5; Dance Hall Membership, Sharp Like Knives, Windom Earle, B.A. Johnston, Monday, 10 p.m., $5; Tumi and the Volume, Tuesday. COWBOYS' RANCH, 60 Wharncliffe Rd., N.
SUNDAYBROADWAY LOUIE'S, Celebrity Square, Broadway at the Beach, U.S. 17 Bypass between 21st and 29th avenues North, Myrtle Beach, 445-6885, Jake's All Star Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. No cover. Variety.C.B.'S BEACH CLUB, 4700 U.S. 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet, 651-1296, Shamrock Karaoke, 9-1:30 a.m. Variety. CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE, 7211 N. Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach, 448-9293, John Swank, noon-4 p.m. No cover. Acoustic, variety. COCKNEY CHEDDAR , 4498 Waterfront Drive, Little River, 249-1785, Karaoke with Cheryl Z, 5-9 p.m. No cover. Variety. CRAB CATCHERS, 4474 Waterfront Ave., Little River, 280-2025, Harlequin, 7-11 p.m. No cover. Variety. COWBOYS NIGHTLIFE, 1019 U.S. 17 S., North Myrtle Beach, 272-4545, Southern Draw, 9:30 p.m.
RACING - Salisbury, Wednesday 28th JuneRichard Hannon has saddled nearly as many three-year-old winners (fifteen) here at Salisbury as the other represented trainers have managed between them, and in offering both SENSUOUS and LA FANCIULLA the green light, Richard has a fine chance of snaring another gold rosette. .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. NZ restored car may fetch euro 700,000A New Zealand-restored 1922 Sunbeam racing car may fetch up to euro700,000 at Christies auction in Paris this weekend.Auto Restorations in Christchurch restored the Sunbeam for British owner Tom Wheatcroft in the 1990s. The Sunbeam Motor Car Company successfully raced its Sunbeams in the Tourist Trophy races and won the 1912 Coupe de l'Auto event, added a first in the 1923 French Grand Prix, set numerous world records and held the world land speed record on five occasions. One of the cars was shipped to New Zealand in about 1926 where it too was raced on the beaches here by Matthew Wills and Bill Hamilton. In the early 1990s two Sunbeams were restored side by side by the Auto Restorations of Christchurch. The cars were stripped and the as near-correct components were placed on each chassis.
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