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| Minister’s ex-coordinating secy. abducted and released |
| 2012-12-17 |
Rohitha Perera, former co-ordinating secretary of Labour Relations and Productivity Improvement Minister Gamini Lokuge was abducted from a hotel he owned in Dampe, Piliyandala by an unidentified gang on Saturday night, He had been taken by his abductors some distance and then dropped off.
When contacted Minister Lokuge said that Perera was no longer his co-ordinating Secretary and added that he had also heard about the incident, but didn’t know any details.
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| Tiny village port in asylum seekers' storm |
| 2012-12-17 |
The tiny fishing village of Negombo just north of Colombo in Sri Lanka. Picture: Adam Taylor
IVAN opens a hatch at the bow of his trawler and points down into the icy hold.
He thought he was being asked about fish, not people.
But the same fate awaits many seeking to escape poverty.
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| LTTE cohorts in Australia encourage asylum seekers - Controller General of I&E |
| 2012-12-17 |
The Immigration and Emigration Controller General Chulananda Perera says a significant proportion of unlawful migrants from Sri Lanka to Australia constitute the relatives of successful asylum seekers already living there.
Chulananda Perera
Statistically speaking, he says, this figure outnumbers the economic migrants who show up on Australian shores demanding jobs.
In an interview with the Sunday Observer on the issue of Sri Lankan boat people to Australia whi
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| Police Report Sought On Potential Hangmen |
| 2012-12-17 |
A police report has been sought on the potential hangmen selected for the post by the Prisons Department.
Prisons Commissioner P. W. Kodippili said that five of the candidates who had been shortlisted for the post were sent to the Angoda hospital to check their mental condition.
Of the five, Kodippili said that one candidate had failed the test and of the remaining four two would be eventually selected.
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| Many Children In Colombo Are Wheezing |
| 2012-12-17 |
Many children living in Colombo are suffering due to wheezing, the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr Ruwan Wijemuni said.
He attributed it to the polluted air from vehicle emissions as a result of an increase in the number of vehicles on the streets of Colombo in recent times.
He said that with the increase in the number of vehicles many people were suffering from heart ailments, cancer, impotence and wheezin
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| TUITION TEACHER UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ‘LEAKING’ O/L QUESTIONS |
| 2012-12-17 |
Investigations have been launched into a tuition teacher who had allegedly provided students with the exact set of questions contained in the science paper of the 2012 G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination, during classes conducted prior to the exams.
Commissioner General of Examinations, W.M.N.J. Pushpakumara stated that complaints received in this regard have been reported to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to probe.
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| Nurses union wants probe Hospitals turn ‘sexy’ |
| 2012-12-17 |
The Public Services Nurses Union (PSNU) yesterday strongly claimed that sexual harassment of female staff members in both government and private hospitals caused a huge social problem and urged health authorities to initiate a probe into the matter.
President of the PSNU, Ven. Muruttetuwe Ananda Thera told The Nation that sexual harassment was being committed on rank of nurses downwards and such crime invariably went unreported. ‘As it is, it happens to be a serious issue that affects the smooth functioning
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| Forty fishermen released by Sri Lanka reach home |
| 2012-12-16 |
Forty fishermen released on December 10 by Sri Lanka arrived at Mandapam on Thursday. They were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on December 3.
The fishermen — 21 from Karaikal in Puducherry and 19 from Nagapattinam — set out in five mechanised boats on November of Sri Lankan coast, when they were arrested by the Navy in the early hours.
After seven days of detention, they were released on December 10.
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| Catholic church to protest removal of chapel within Magazine Prison |
| 2012-12-16 |
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The Catholic church is to lodge a strong protest about a move to remove a chapel from inside the New Magazine prison in Welikada, Borella, depriving the inmates of a place for prayers. Rev Hillary Peiris, the parish priest of All Saints Church, Borella, told the Sunday Times that he had been informed by inmates, that a prison official had allegedly assaulted an inmate who was maintaining the place.
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