The recent address by the President of the Tourist Hotels Association, was quite inappropriate, and wholly unacceptable for the rapid development of the Industry in Sri Lanka. For details please check the following link: http://www.ft.lk/travel-tourism/THASL-President-urges-Govt--support-for-tourism-industry/27-665007They represent just 230 hotels of the 5,000 establishments in the country that supply accommodation to tourists. His first request is to give them the ...
This blog has only one purpose, namely to alert the reader to basic problems in our society and to look at underlying causes and suggest means of overcoming them.Below is a complete round up of mafias at work (many not listed here) who together affect adversely the quality of life of those living in Sri Lanka, that lead to ...
UBER the world’s largest Multi-national Taxi company that does not own any taxis, now valued around US$75B about the same as SL GNP itself, is now being given a run for their money by PICK ME, the Locally owned Company. As a vehicle owner who wants to earn money driving, this is a superb opportunity, to SUPPLEMENT your income, ...
I had the opportunity of visiting the St Francis Boys Home, Mel Kopiwatte, Minuwangoda, on Wednesday, 17th October 2018, on account of the fact that two Australian Friends were visiting there with a donation raised by well-wishers in Australia for them to purchase a Two-wheeled tractor trailer and implements for agricultural use. I was greeted by the Warden. Present ...
This was the book that First Lady Hilary Clinton wrote as First lady in the 1990s, which tried to imply that it is not the parents only that play a significant part in how a child is raised with values, but that many people have a hand in it. The conservatives took umbrage to stress that the nuclear family ...
The link below to today’s Daily Mirror shows that the Sugar Mafia has got together to threaten the Government and say they have temporarily stopped sugar imports, so that they can get the Government to reduce the Sugar Tax currently being imposed, as a result of the drop in World Market Prices. http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Sugar-imports-suspended-temporarily-156933.html Please understand that the duty was ...
If anyone has been to China, they will know that the Government owns all the property. So they tell you how you should live. Once you have tenure, you can trade your property as it has value, but when it comes to changes in legislation there is little you can do about it. So no one in Chinese rural ...
While their sisters are not allowed to go out and play, lest some child molester in the village will have their way, the mother’s make sure they are protected from prying eyes, and make sure they get on the school bus and come home straight after school. Lo and behold, six months before the daughter sits for her A ...
In a Country dotted with Purana Raja Maha Vihares, wherever one’s head is turned, it reinforces the concept that every village has a temple, with the Tank and Dagoba. It is the tank and not the temple “This makes Sri Lanka unique.” I, for my part am on a mission to get my Countrymen to relate to the village ...
Sri Lanka is a land of 20,000 villages which are very poorly organized to benefit those living there. These villages need a complete overhaul such as what is suggested. I have recently spent a lot of time travelling around the country on unnamed roads and following dirt tracks to discover where people live and what they do and formulate ...
– it’s regressive, in this day and age of climate change. where priority should be survival of the species! The demons have finally come home to roost. Years of colonization and transfer of people from place to place with promises of riches have finally shown the great LIE that has fooled generations of our hapless countrymen. You just have ...
It is not any different “a morning” to other mornings, in fact it is like every other morning here, this First Day of October 2018. Time does not wait for no man, but years have passed, decades and perhaps centuries, but in this pursuit of glory, we all seem to forget glory is there every day, every moment, and ...
This is another smoke and mirrors job to fool the masses, as people are very easily taken for a ride by just numbers that don’t mean anything on their own. The intellectualy challenged who really think they know more because they just hang their pea brains on just one point, being blinded to the reality around them, have been ...
After all it has dropped from Rs4.76 in 1966 to over Rs 170 to the US$1 over 50 years later! We are obsessed with it? because like everything the politicians have led us to believe it is the fault of the party they don’t belong to and that is a serious issue. If you know your economics, you can ...
It is surprising this took so long to happen, it should really have happened a year ago, so the Govt could have reacted better and grown reserves for debt repayment and cushioning further falls. If it had devalued a year ago by 10% by now exports would have grown and the BOP would be in better shape. There are ...
It's easier to recruit licensed hunters, and begat a new profession! http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Ban-on-transporting-selling-wild-boar-meat-to-be-lifted-155787.html You speak to farmers, and each one has a problem with one or other of animal that destroys their crops. I personally have the biggest problem from Monkeys in my farm in Godagama, affecting mainly my Banana Trees, but to a lesser degree reduces the yield of ...
Read the link below to simply show the extent of cheating by our Sri Lankan kids. One massive exercise in cheating from a very young age due to the pressure the kids and parents are under from the Grade 5 exam. https://www.educationtoday.lk/mcq-paper-education-ministry-change/ It is clear, from the article that was put out today, 19thSeptember, that many people get in ...
Just read the link in today's FT that highlights the President's speech and you will see what a waste of time it all is. What is the point stating that the public service is only 30% efficient when we have known this all along? http://www.ft.lk/news/Parliament-must-be-first-example-of-efficiency--President/56-663032 The above launched in Colombo on the 17thof Sept 2018, Chaired by the President ...
It is clear from reading the article in the link below on this week’s revelation that the death toll from the Hurricane Maria that hit Puerto Rico A YEAR AGO was revised only this week from 64 to 3,000, that even in the USA there is utter confusion on how to handle a disaster. Don’t forget the USA has ...
Main “takeaways” from the panel discussion on Monday 10th September on News 1st regarding the Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) Those on the hot seat were, Environmental Lawyer Jagath Gunewardena, Elephant Expert & Scientist Chairman of the Center for Conservation and Research Dr. Prithiviraj Fernando, Environmentalist & Director Species Conservation Center Pubudu Weeraratne, Chairman of the Federation of Environmental Agencies ...
