Uva PC polls nominations from June 17 to 24

Nominations for the Uva Provincial Council polls will be accepted from Wednesday (June 17) and will end at noon on June 24. Accepting of deposits from independent groups will end at 12 noon on June 23, says the Elections Secretariat. The Elections Commissioner is to announce the date of polls after nominations close.
The UPFA, UNP and JVP are contesting both the Moneragala and Badulla districts, while a number of political parties are contesting under the UPFA ticket in an alliance, Elections Secretariat sources said.
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Police inefficiency due to non-implementation of Independent Commission: UNP

Most promotions in the Police have been made through political influence since the Independent Police Commission is non-functional. This is due to the government’s inability to implement the 17th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka, say the United National Party (UNP).

UNP Kandy district parliamentarian Lakshman Kiriella charged that the government’s failure to implement the constitutional amendment has led to the inefficiency of the police. When a journalist questioned as to what steps the UNP proposed as the main opposition in Parliament to pressurize the government to implement the amendment, Mr. Kiriella did not give a direct answer. Instead he commented on other issues and avoided providing an answer.

Source By : adaderana

Bandarawela blaze spreading towards villages

A fire which broke out in a forest reservation at Attalapitiya in Bandarawela three days ago has spread and destroyed nearly 400 acres of the reserve. The blaze is now spreading towards the nearby villages. Controlling the blaze has been made difficult by the mountainous terrain, authorities say. Source By : adaderana

Attack on Lankan students not racially motivated- Envoy

Australian authorities believe the attack on a group of Sri Lankan students in north Canberra, Australia was not racially motivated. The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia Seneka Walgampaya told Daily Mirror online the Police had informed the Consulate that these attacks were due to a private feud.
Updated @ 12/06/2009 12:48 PM Source By: Daily mirror

Health Ministry’s dengue control inadequate, say doctors

The Health Ministry has failed to implement in Sri Lanka the Dengue control methods followed by other countries, says the Government Medical Officers Association. The Association’s Assistant Secretary Dr. Upul Gunasekera says that the current steps taken by the Ministry is inadequate. He said that public participation is vital to bring this disease under control. Medical attention being delayed to those who are afflicted has contributed to the higher death rate of dengue patients, Dr. Gunasekera told Adaderana.
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850 children that have lost both parents live in welfare villages

(Lanka-e-News, June 12, 2009, 9.25 AM) Minister of Child Development and Women’s Welfare Sumedha Jayasena says that among 50,000 children that live in welfare villages 850 have lost both parents. She revealed these facts addressing the cabinet press briefing held yesterday afternoon (11) in the parliamentary premises. Mrs. Jayasena said that her Ministry is still looking for if either of the parents of these children is living in the camps. The 349 children that lived in two children’s homes in Kilinochchi have been brought to the Ministry-owned buildings in Vavuniya and they have been provided with facilities, the Minister said.

She further stated that the parentless children would be provided with the protection in permanent children’s homes sponsored by the S. O. S. The Minister pointed out that the Ministry has begun pre schools for the 50,000 children in the camps recruiting 150 O/L passed persons as teachers. The women in camps will be provided with professional training through the resource centers run by the Ministry.

Pro-Tiger Canadian MP detained at BIA, to be deported

Staunch pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Canadian parliamentarian Bob Rae who arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport at 11.30 last night with a one-way ticket has been detained and is to be deported soon, say Immigration and Defence sources. Bob Rae had hit out at Sri Lanka while speaking in the Canadian Parliament recently and accused the Sri Lankan government of carrying out genocide against the Tamils and killing of innocent civilians. Not stopping at that, he had demanded that Sri Lankashould be banned from the Commonwealth of Nationsas well.

With his well known pro Tiger stance and his possessing only a one way ticket raises serious doubts of his intentions in the island, say officials.

June 10, 2009 09:51 am Source by: adaderana

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