From the media we gather that Mervyn Silva has at last been booked. Looking at the past history of Mervyn Silva, it could be said that Silva took a leaf from the lamppost killings of the LTTE, when he tied a samurdhi worker to a tree. From the latest reports from Kandy, we learn that [...]
By Roel Raymond Whether it is the 490 Tamils that fled aboard the MV Sun Sea to Canada, the receptionist at your office that dutifully clicks on every ‘Apply for Green Card Today’ advert online or the distant relative’s relative who attempted to smuggle himself out to Italy by boat, the migrant mind-set in Sri [...]
“I speak severely to my boy, I beat him when he sneezes; For he can thoroughly enjoy, The pepper when he pleases.” Chorus – “Wow! Wow! Wow!” — Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland – Lewis Carrol. By Ravi Perera The other word that recurs is mediocre. Argentines detest the mediocre and fear to be thought of [...]
In years past, courts-martial meted out justice with firmness and fair play. The members of the court sifted the evidence, was advised on the legal aspects by the judge advocate, then judged matters according to their experience in the armed service. The members were always of higher rank to the accused and had been selected [...]
Glittering And Oil Rich – But Cruel And Inhuman By Ranee Mohamed in Kamburupitiya – Photos by Asoka Fernando Forty Nine year-old Lahanda Purage Ariyawathie hails from a sleepy village called Batuwita in Kamburupitiya; a place where there is an unbelievable number of push cycles and winding roads on which cars seldom pass by. Here [...]
The continued closure of Bullers Road one year and three months after the end of the terrorist war defies analysis. It is a gross inconvenience to many as if you wish to proceed to Borella from Thunmulla junction — instead of doing an immediate right turn from Highlevel Road, you are sent all the way [...]
The United Nations Resident/ Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) Neil Buhne reiterated the urgent need to ‘stay the course’ in helping displaced persons and returned communities when briefing donors assisting the work of humanitarian organisations supporting Sri Lanka’s national efforts. “The job is not yet done. It is still a critical period and we ask for your [...]
By Roel Raymond Sri Lanka is prepared to combat the Avian Influenza, or A(H1N1), should it spread once more across the island, Director General of Health Services, Dr. Ajith Mendis said. ‘’All precautionary measures are in place, all hospitals and medical professionals have been informed and we are ready to combat and contain the flu,’’ [...]
“Tomorrow, perhaps the future” — W.H. Auden (Spain 1937) By Tisaranee Gunasekara The charade is finally over. President Rajapaksa has informed Sri Lanka’s Micawberian opposition that he intends to remove presidential term-limits and run for a third (and, the Grim Reaper permitting, a fourth and a fifth…) term. Clearly Rajapaksa père means to be president [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge On July 26, he received a phone call at 5:30 am from an unknown source. “I am going to town today. We’ll see what happens,” was all he said. He left his home in Weligama for Colombo, never to return again. The story of Rienzie Algama has been widely reported in the [...]
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