Singapore Airlines (SIA) customers can now use their mobile phones to book flights and access selected KrisFlyer services using “SIA Mobile”. KrisFlyer services include statement viewing and checking miles earned and redeemed. SIA Mobile booking and KrisFlyer services are the latest additions to the current SIA Mobile check-in facility, where customers can check in for [...]
Polish Remover One day an immigrant from Poland entered a New York City Police Precinct to report that his American wife was planning to kill him. The police officer on duty was intrigued by this, and he asked, “How sure are ya that she is gonna kill ya? Did she threaten to kill ya?” “No,” [...]
John Keells Hotels PLC (J.K.H.P.) won the Gold award in the Hotel Category for its 2008/ 09 Annual Report at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka’s recent Excellence in Annual Reports competition. Together with hoteliers around the world, J.K.H.P. experienced a year of complex challenges and as an industry leader in the country, [...]
Post-Christmas Funnies I guess some of you must be still in the Christmas holiday mood, so I thought I’d share some humorous aspects of the season that I came across. Artificial Christmas Tree I think that I shall never be, Satisfied with an artificial tree, A Christmas tree with plastic limbs, Just doesn’t stir me [...]
This family continue living out of a makeshift shelter five years after they lost their home in the tsunami of December 2004. Yet another Christmas has dawned and those religious dignitaries who keep blessing political scoundrels and racketeers that seek their patronage should instead tell the politicians adept at the art of conning that mere [...]
Waterman Pens offer a luxurious selection of fine writing pens ranging from beginner to enthusiast models. Most Waterman Pens are made in France, with a few made in U.K. Since 1883, Waterman Pen continues to be a brand synonymous with quality and style. All Waterman pens are warranted for life with the usual caveats. Jupiter [...]
Popular hair and beauty expert Thilaque de Silva of LeCoffeur Thilaque Academy of Hair and Beauty, the first academy to be accredited by City & Guilds to conduct their courses, held their awards ceremony and graduation of students on December 1 at the Galadari Ballroom. The event was conducted amidst glitz and glamour associated with [...]
An International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) report last week said little progress has been recorded in the investigations of the most conspicuous cases of journalist attacks this year, including the murder of Founder Editor of The Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunge. The report which followed a press freedom mission to Sri Lanka in November, noted that [...]
Grant Group Chairperson and legendary Deshabandu Reggie Candappa’s daughter Neela Marikkar recently announced that her long time Grant McCann Erickson (G.M.E.) Chief Operating Officer Ms. Laila Gunesekere-Martenstyn has taken on a new role as the whole Grant Group’s Vice President. The Grant Group of Companies include G.M.E., Response Marketing, GPR Communications Consultancy, Juice Productions and [...]
By Emil Vander Poorten It has been better than half a century since my student days at Trinity College, Kandy, “The Best School of All,” as our school song insisted. Over the years and, particularly with the internet becoming the source of a never-ending stream of jokes, often of indeterminate quality, the name of a [...]
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