In a classic case of the above, after the popular (as in with people) person was appointed as the Deputy Minister in Charge of Wildlife, you get fireworks.BackgroundWe have a “People versus the Wildlife” War going on in Sri Lanka today, and no one seems to care or are bothered about it, of the consequences, nor do they have a ...
A chat at a wayside café reveals a lot of conceptions and misconceptionsOn my drive yesterday to handover some plants from a nursery to a farmer friend in the Ampara District, I stopped off at a Wayside Café for breakfast. I took my camera and laptop to upload some photos to post on FB, and a couple of people were ...
There is a relatively recently created area in Horowapothana (3,000 Hectares, which was overseen by the then Wildlife Minister, SM Chandrasena, the brother of the NCP Chief Minister in the MR Government time, SM Ranjith.It was built at a very high cost, to retain the post dangerous elephants captured and brought to this place from all parts of the Country. ...
The culture in Sri Lanka is such that Government Servants do not wish to be punished for doing their job, so they stay silent, even if the Minister is WRONG.An incident comes to mind, when a recently appointed Deputy Minister of Wildlife, went to the Giritale Animal Rescue Center, where animals are brought and cared for until they are able ...
I know what desperation and frustration with the Country’s progress can mean to us who are genuinely concerned about our future, not for our lifetime, but for those who are yet to be born.Everyone I speak to echoes the same sentiments, but fails to find an answer, usually being “nothing can save Sri Lanka from itself” due to the mindset ...
– there should have been a few conditions attached – So now it is NOT OK for the long suffering public! They cannot strike so they don’t count!When did any of the members of the Cabinet last use a public bus to go anywhere? I rest my caseIf there was anyone with guts, vision, and a real concern for ...
Living with Leopards – Vidya Athreya – BMICH – 6pm 17th May 2018The take away from the lecture: “Live & Let Live” – love your leopards, do what you can to educate people to be wary, but think of leopards as good luck living in your neighborhood. Leopards keep away from human contact and do not kill humansVidya has been ...
Frankly I was caught flat footed in trying to second guess what he meant by acquiring know how, when it was so obvious, and had to use enough and more examples all the way from history to prove his point. He had just got off the plane and did most of this thinking about what he wanted to say on ...
As usual no one is thinking rationally, they are all backing their corner ignoring the reality, looming energy shortfall – Coal / Power RequirementsLet me begin by saying I am against Coal in principle, knowing what we do now about the harmful effects on the environment not just for us in Sri Lanka, but also to those who have to ...
Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs – Unemployed Graduates Interviewshttp://www.mnpea.gov.lk/web/index.php/en/unemployed-graduates-interviews.htmlAccording to decision taken by the Government to call all unemployed graduates for training, or positions as Development Officers, ads have been put in the papers and interviews have been held between 16th and 30th April and even those who did not go for them can contact their respective district’s ...
The Morality of Assisted Suicide – The clamor will increase – steps to considerThis subject coming hot on the heels of the recent assisted suicide of Dr David Goodall 104 in a Clininc in Liestal, near Basel in Switzerland, is now being discussed amongst people, and there are differing views on the rights and wrongs of it.So what do we ...
With the current Glyphosate argument in full swing, and the importation of substandard drugs with impunity for profit, that our people are forced to take as a necessity, unless there is an acceptable regimen of testing in place, we cannot opine one way or another if the cure is worse than the disease!So for example if the disease is CKDU ...
Our Country, that does not understand the word "proportionate", has lead to all our problems, because the relative merits, overuse, misuse and alternative options are not considered in making decisions. If you want to know what I mean from personal experience read on:In order for the interested reader on the subject, I have noted links at the end, so that ...
– it is time we stop kidding ourselves that we cannot attack the core of our CULTURE of eating three meals of white rice!This is a SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ALLhttps://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/diabetes-the-rice-you-eat-is-worse-than-sugary-drinksI may be blasted as a heretic and hounded out of this Island, but if I save just one life, so he or she can tell the ...
This latest action is of international importance, not subject to the whims of a few goof balls with clout, who lean on a person without a backbone to make an asinine decree against the state!http://www.ft.lk/front-page/SLAITO-grills-Govt--on-Mirissa/44-654411The above link is to the representation made by SLAITO to the Government to continue with upholding the law, and not encourage lawlessness, with State Patronage.Who ...
A Concept PaperThe end of hostilities in May of 2009 was the ideal opportunity to identify, the areas of greatest potential for tourism, that could benefit host communities and not just limited to five star hotels. We could then have given guidelines in managing establishments in an organized way so as to provide tourists of all ilk, a safe and ...
http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Min-Musthapha-against-removing-unauthorized-buildings-in-Mirissa-148934.htmlThe link above is a reference to Minister Faizer Mustapha, a reputable lawyer in Sri Lanka, who after having discussions with affected businesses who have made representations against the proposed removal, who then as a true Sri Lankan Style politician, to curry favor and who knows even get kickbacks as that is the price to be paid (everything has a ...
An Education Quandary – An observation of what happens when gifted parents who have made good from rural/underprivileged settings, want/give what is best for their childrenI have had many instances in my experience in meeting parents who one would consider to be the success stories of our free education system, where they have gone to rural schools, some born to ...
After a crippling accident in 2011, (as a result of a high speed convoy of a Cabinet Minister of Justice in the MR Government skidding into me) I had to give up my full time job as a farmer, and I effectively lost everything I had built up to that point, and had to start again in a series of ...
WHAT A TRAGEDY - it is comical that the real news of the day, is overshadowed by the fake news of the day, of pure speculation on the outcome of the No Confidence Motion against the PM - and PUNDITS ARE PONTIFICATING while IGNORING - CRIMES BEING COMMITTED UNDER THEIR NOSES IN BROAD DAYLIGHTSerious money is changing hands and there ...
