Archive for February, 2014
Monday, February 24th, 2014
Press Releases – Pathfinder Foundation, The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) received a Chinese delegation led by Mr. Qin Yucai, Director General, Department of Western Region Development, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the People’s Republic of China, which is currently visiting Sri Lanka. Mr. Milinda Moragoda Founder, Pathfinder Foundation and Mr. Luxman Siriwardena, Executive Director, […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
By Garvin Karunaratne, Ph.D. International Consultant It is reported that a group who call themselves intellectuals are advising the Government of President Rajapaksa how to handle our affairs at Geneva. They are bent on our submitting further to lick the boots of India and the Superpowers. They advise the Government to implement the 13 th […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
Layananda Alles Montreal Canada Senator Christine Milne Leader of the Greens Party Canberra, Australia Dear Senator Christine Milne, Your speech on accountability for violation of Human Rights and International Humanitarian law in Sri Lanka on February 12, 2014 Mr. Mahinda Gunasekara of Canada has already commended on the very upright position that you had taken on […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
By Andre Leu King of kings’ Bible – Enoch 68:14 Since they (men) were only created, so that, like the angels of heaven, they might remain righteous and pure. 68:15 Then death, which destroys every thing, would not have affected them; 68:16 But by this, THEIR KNOWLEDGE (science – 1 Tim. 5:20), THEY PERISH, and […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka “Let him who is without sin among you cast the first stone“ The US claims that it is losing patience with Sri Lanka for its slow progress on ‘accountability’. Within 4 years Sri Lanka has not only eliminated the world’s most ruthless terrorist group (LTTE), but given the people of Sri Lanka a country without bombs, assassinations, […]
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Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
Now it is essential to embark on a country-wide awareness programme on environmental protection and provide clean and safe potable water to entire affected areas to prevent the chronic kidney disease affecting further. We request you to participate and contribute to this humanitarian project for the benefit of farmers falling victim to renal failure, premature death, and massive […]
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Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
Aloysius Hettiarachchi. Colombo 07. What I saw just yesterday on Galle Road Wellawatte prompted me to write this piece. In late 80s a world renowned Consultant from UK ( if I remember correctly it was WS Atkins) was in charge of the rehabilitation of Galle Road and they did a splendid job by sticking to […]
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Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
By Our Correspondent Guwahati, February 22: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed utter dismay at the prolonged strike of newspaper hawkers in Guwahati since February 16 and urged the Press Council of India (PCI) to intervene on the matter as the agitators have directly implicated on people’s right to get essential information. Taking queue from […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
By Shenali D Waduge Her husband a terrorist leader was responsible for the most number of child conscription for the LTTE and her own role is questioned past and present. (a child innocently asked ‘If Vegetarians eat Vegetables ….. what do Humanitarians” eat!) Ananthi Sasitharan Date of Birth: September 1971 NIC: 717541693V Address: Vadakkampalai, Chullipuram Caste: Vellalan […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. “Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
Mahinda Gunasekera Ontario Canada By E-mail February 21, 2014 Senator Christine Milne Leader of the Greens Party Canberra, Australia Dear Senator Christine Milne, Your speech on accountability for violation of Human Rights and International Humanitarian law on February 12, 2014 in Sri Lanka I refer to your speech delivered in the Australian Senate on February […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
By, Dr. Nishan Wijesinha (Specialist Consultant); MIS Services, 107 St. Anthony’s Road, Colombo 03 Disposal of Garbage is the main problem that the cities of today face and the governments are fearful to handle. As a result communities are faced with major health hazards including the fearful dengue. Burning garbage was something we once did […]
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Friday, February 21st, 2014
Nalin de Silva Who won the so called second world war? Nobody would claim that it was Japan, Germany or Italy and nobody wanted Churchill to discuss with the rump Nazis or the Japanese emperor and divide the world the way Germans and the Japanese wanted. There were no human rights groups that wanted the […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
By Bandu de Silva “When India sneezes we do not always catch a cold”- Dr N.M.Perera, quoted in Ceylon Daily News, 1st March 1971. Should developing a foreign policy to suit the aspirations of the stronger powers by the weaker powers in the neighbourhood or elsewhere, be an obligation of the latter? That idea came […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
Charles.S.Perera To Delegates to the 23 Session of the UNHRCouncil, Geneva. Dear Sir, Why the Delegates to the 23rd Session of UNHRCouncil should not vote for the USA Resolution against Sri Lanka ? Because to do that would be counter productive. It is also a travesty of justice. Why should USA move a resolution against […]
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
P.A.Samaraweera, Melbourne In the 1990’s Jayalalithaa was a critic of the LTTE and even wanted Prabhakaran arrested. Then, to steal a march over Karunanidhi, her arch rival, she changed her course and became pro-LTTE. Subsequently, she conducted a vigorous campaign to get Rajiv Gandhi killers released. Last week, the Supreme Court after considering the mercy pleas […]
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
DR JANAKA GOONETILLEKE In Buddhism its said that it’s the thoughts that run this world and habituation of thoughts and re circuiting the brain is what is happening in this world in the name of Education, Advertisements etc. Humanity has been enslaved by the elitist who run this world to divert the wealth of humanity […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
H. L. D. Mahindapala Senator Christine Milne, Leader of the Australian Greens Party, has been a regular critic of Sri Lanka’s role in the longest running war in Asia – a war launched by the Tamil leadership in 1976 and ended in 2009. Her recent speech in the Australian Senate once again attacked Sri Lanka […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
Shenali D Waduge There are some facts that the world needs to take cognizance of. Sri Lanka’s conflict has lasted 3 decades The initial training to arm Tamil youth took place in India clandestinely before 1983 – this nullifies any claim to use 1983 riots as an excuse for Tamils to take up arms against the State. […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
By Charles.S.Perera India has a leadership problem. It is living in fear of disintegration, therefore the Government of India has become a prisoner of an old Tamil racist politician Karunanidhi , and a Tamil racist old film star Jayalalitha from Tamil Nadu. Both of them are full of hatred and without any sense of real […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
– Kumar Moses Unintentionally, the TNA Northern Provincial Councillor and widow of former LTTE terrorist leader for Trincomlaee district Ananthi Sasitharan, has done Sri Lanka a great favour. She plans to travel to Geneva to present herself at the UNHRC and a couple of meetings ahead of it. She spews hatred, racism and violence. However, […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
plumblossom No land or police powers or any other extra powers should be given to the Provincial Councils as the US,UK, Canada and India wants – Sri Lanka should stand up to these bullies The forces of separatism, separate state madness and extremism such as the TNA, India, US, UK, Canada etc. insist on […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
Mahinda Gunasekera Tambrook Drive Agincourt, Ontario Canada By E-mail Mr. Scott Reid, MP Member for Lanark- Frontenac-Lennox and Addington Chair of the Sub-Committee on International Human Rights Of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Int’l Dev. House of Commons Ottawa Dear Mr. Scott Reid, Resumed Hearings on the Human Rights situation in Sri Lanka […]
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
‘Evidence based on diaspora information’:LLRC acceptable to UN : Reacting to news published in the British Telegraph that the The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillai has ‘called for an international war crimes investigation into alleged alleged human rights abuses in the final stages of the hostilities in 2009′, External Affairs Minister Neomal Perera […]
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
Insight By Sunil Kumar February 16th 2014 For a second time around, during her term as The United Nations’ human rights chief Navi Pilla has recommended an international investigation into war crimes committed in Sri Lanka during the final stages of its Tamil separatist conflict, a report said Sunday. Reports such as these including the continued call for the […]
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
Malin Abeyatunge 28 March 2014 will be very decisive day for Sri Lanka. USA conniving with UK is sponsoring again to bring a resolution at the UNHRC Session in Geneva for the third time against Sri Lanka for war crimes. Tamil diaspora spread in the affluent western countries are spending all their illegally acquired funds […]
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario .Canada 17 February 2014 Hon. John Baird, PC., MP, Conservative Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Hon. Thomas Mulcair., MP., Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition Hon. Justine Trudeau, MP, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Hon.Elizabeth May, […]
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
Dr. Chula Rajapakse MNZM Spokesperson, United Sri Lanka Association,New Zealand. To: Hon Julie Bishop MP Foreign Minister of Australia Australian Parliament , Canberra. Dear Ms. Bishop, Once again words truly fail to express the thanks and gratitude that all Sri Lankans feel towards you for the sentiments you expressed at the above event, to ” […]
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
Gamini Sarath Godakanda Milinda Moragoda, Senior Advisor to the President visited New Delhi over the weekend on the invitation of the Government of India. This visit was part of a regular and on-going consultation process Mr. Moragoda has been having with Indian leaders. The purpose of this visit was to form an independent assessment of […]
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
The TNA – LTTE Nexus [TNA hand picked by the former Tamil tiger leader in 2004] We hope The UN will not support the LTTE proxy – the advocates of Child Recruitment! The STAR of Geneva TNA Candidate’s Husband Wanted For War Crimes – Terrorist Child Recruiter The IRONY of TNA candidate ANANDI SASITHARAN speaks […]
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