By Nirmala Kannangara Sri Lanka’s public health care service that is intended to benefit many, especially the poor, is plagued with corruption and malpractices. While the government and higher officials at the Health Ministry are allegedly making money from the Health Ministry budgetary allocations, those who go to government hospitals seeking free health services face [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara The Sri Lanka Navy and the Special Task Force (STF) are accused of grabbing 1,220 acres of forestlands in Shasthrawela, Ragamwela, Ulpassawela, Horowkanda and Ella in Panama chasing away the villagers whose forefathers too had been occupying these lands even during the Uva-Wellassa rebellion However though sanctions have been imposed by the [...]
Astonishing revelations have now emerged as to how the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incurred enormous losses over the past one-and-a-half years due to agreements signed by two of its former Chairmen. Meanwhile questions have been raised as to why the government has failed to probe a blatantly corrupt transaction the CPC entered into with PV [...]
While electricity consumers are being thrown from the frying pan into the fire with atrocious electricity hikes, the management and engineers of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) keep pointing fingers at the political hierarchy for the financial woes of the CEB. However, the gross mismanagement of its assets and lack of accountability by the CEB, [...]
By Camelia Nathaniel The increase in electricity tariffs further burdens the apparel industry workers who are already facing great hardships. The apparel factory owners are also serious about moving their factories to countries more lucrative to their business such as Bangladesh, Myanmar and Vietnam. According to garment factory workers, who are mostly from outstation areas, [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara The Archaeological Department is accused of violating the National Environmental Act and the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance in order to obtain electricity to one of the archaeological sites in Polonnaruwa, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bringing much destruction to the Polonnaruwa Nature Sanctuary, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly Brand Sri Lanka is marketed as being “Miraculous” and thousands of visitors to the island most certainly feel that way after a week or two of fulfilling sun, sea and historic culture. Many however miss the miraculous service delivery of some of the politicians in the country. The recent price hike in [...]
By Camelia Nathaniel The Plantation Trade Union Federation (PTUF) has alleged that some thugs sent by the Leader of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) and the Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development, Arumugam Thondaman, had attacked their protest held last week in Kotagala causing injury to the Leader of the Democratic People’s Front (DPF) [...]
By Vijitha Herath Giving a terrible smack in the face of the ordinary poor and middle class people, the Rajapaksa regime, on the 17th of April, increased the electricity tariffs. This ‘New Year Gift’ of the government, which was under numerous discussions and debates, has now become an unbearable plight to the ordinary public in [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara The already cash strapped Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is facing further financial losses due to the transportation of aviation fuel to the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport from the Kolonnawa refinery, claim trade unionists. Non-availability of aviation fuel tanks at Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport and Hambantota Port has resulted in the Ceylon Petroleum [...]
