The proposal to issue the NIC in Tamil and Sinhala should have been implemented many moons ago. Nevertheless it will be of assistance to a large segment of people of all communities. A Tamil Officer functioning in any capacity will have occasions to refer to an NIC issued in Sinhala. Similarly, a Sinhalese Officer will [...]
Do you, perhaps, have something that’s bothering you which you can’t share with your friends and family? Write to auntypatto@gmail.com and she will answer in her no-nonsense style, just like one of your own aunties. Feel free to write in with a pseudonym if you’d like to remain anonymous. Dear Aunty Pat, My boyfriend has [...]
A wax Statue of the Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is due to be unveiled at the Sydney Cricket Ground [SCR]; but we have not adequately paid our gratitude to Murali for his record breaking performance and for attracting international recognition to our country. Thus it is suggested that the President of the country in recognition [...]
Do you, perhaps, have something that’s bothering you which you can’t share with your friends and family? Write to auntypatto@gmail.com and she will answer in her no-nonsense style, just like one of your own aunties. Feel free to write in with a pseudonym if you’d like to remain anonymous. Dear Aunty Pat, You are the [...]
The ‘Halal’ certification problem that was worrying the BBS is now over, but the present illusion is the mosques; the Secretary of the BBS says, “the mosques are worse than Piribaharan’s bunkers. How does he know that it is worse or better unless someone experience the hospitality of such a place. If something happens illegally [...]
The government is now frantically seeking public views and suggestions to reduce the electricity tariff as if they were hit by an inevitable disaster. As one who worked in the Ministry for Power and Energy for over a decade and who is fairly conversant with the subject, I can say it is simply the governments’ [...]
Increase Of Fatal Road Accidents The rules and regulations enacted purely to protect pedestrians from lethal accidents are totally neglected nowadays even though a significant number of deaths are daily reported due to road accidents. Many pedestrians do not care digital countdown display boards and traffic signal lights or the zebra crossing lines. Most of [...]
With due respect, circumstances have compelled me to furnish the following information to publish in The Sunday Leader newspaper for the general public to know the behavior of a doctor at the Killinochchi General Hospital. As I had hearing defect, I went to General Hospital Killinochchi for treatment on March 21 and obtained a date [...]
Electricity Tariff Revision Open letter to the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) I write this as an ordinary layman, member of the public, who is concerned with others as regards a possible price increase, which ironically you (PUC) appear to have already decided on, though calling for representations perhaps as a feint!. Its [...]
Do you, perhaps, have something that’s bothering you which you can’t share with your friends and family? Write to auntypatto@gmail.com and she will answer in her no-nonsense style, just like one of your own aunties. Feel free to write in with a pseudonym if you’d like to remain anonymous. Dear Aunty Pat, My boyfriend always [...]
