It is now patently obvious that the Sri Lankan Govt. ruling clique is ready to share the windfall gains of a Casino instead of sharing it with the people. No matter what they say, they have been unable to share the value of a Casino license of a mega resort with the people who own it.If you do the sums, ...
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 ...
AND MAYBE EVEN IRELAND!!!!!Who would have believed it? Sri Lanka has one cardinal amongst 117 in the College of Cardinals who will vote for the next Pope. Britain has NONE. The only Cardinal from Scotland was just asked to resign yesterday by the outgoing Pope amidst allegations of sexual impropriety, and so will not be able to go to Rome ...
Its the 21st Century Education StupidWhen Samsung decided to invest heavily in Vietnam, they looked first at the labor force, not its cost, but its flexibility in turning out their smart phones in the manner they wanted. They were able to motivate and get productivity and consistency out of the labor force. In 2016 Samsung alone accounted for US$40B of ...
Many parents who have lost faith in the ability of schools alone to teach their kids to the required grades, opt instead to heavily use tuition classes to supplement this void. It is also practiced in the rural areas where students go to the nearest big town on Saturdays and Sundays to follow classes. The Tuitions Sir is now a ...
The private education sector is thriving. With the current problems in the state education system, any parent who has the means is seriously considering this option. They weigh the pros and cons and come to the conclusion that they will educate a son or daughter to an international degree level by the time they are 21 or before in the ...
The prevention of the candlelight vigil on Marveer Day, within the Jaffna University in November by the forces, then the suppression by force of the demonstration the following day at the UNI to protest at the earlier prevention, led to the arrest of a number of Student Leaders who happened to be Tamil. There were international protests, and in the ...
Mohan Lal Grero, the UNP MP for Colombo District and the Chief Organizer for Ratmalana, crossed over to the Government Benches on Wednesday November 30th the day after he had marched against the Government in Hyde Park with his people as part of the UNP rally. In his speech, prior to voting with the Government he specifically said that he ...
There has been some debate in my blog from comments I have received on the benefit or not to Sri Lanka of our citizens going overseas. I am all for it and am not in any way attempting to curtail one’s movements. Very few of the readers will remember that we had to get an exit permit to leave this ...
I quote from a saying by Sir Winston Churchill – Prime Minister of England – when Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne on 6th February 1952.“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”My contribution in my life is through this word “kalpanakaranna” a Sinhala word that says, “think”. A simple word, ...
No Education Policy can be implemented if the School Principal along with the teaching staff, do not work with one goal in mind to develop all the capacities of their charges so that they produce the ultimate product the country can be proud of.It is just not the academic achievement of the child, but their moral well being. The example ...
The economy can grow ONLY when Companies can increase their production.It is NOT by giving jobs to more Government Servants, where you have to tax people more to pay for them, or borrow money to pay their salaries, which we are doing, and not supplying the labor for the companies so desperate for them to grow their businesses. More jobs ...
WHY? WHY?What does wasting mean? Undernourished/ MalnourishedPlease read the link below in full in yesterday’s Daily Mirror Newspaper, to appreciate and understand the true extent of Child Malnourishment in Sri Lanka today. While politicians are fighting each other and jockeying for position, our kids are starving, due in most part to their policies.http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Parents-should-love-nurture-and-stimulate-children-UNICEF-Country-Rep--152573.html Shame Shame Shame, for the most populous ..
I was giving some thought to what should be included in a youth policy, one which no doubt will be thrust upon us in March 2013. I believe it is being done with great haste, as the suggestions will not match aspirations, which I believe should be from a critical mass of about 25,000 youth themselves between ages 15-29 from ...
These are just the commemorations in the past three consecutive days.I will concentrate on the importance and appreciation of Water.http://www.unwater.org/water-cooperation-2013/events/world-water-day/en/http://earthhour.org/sites/default/files/Earth%20Hour%202013_Story%20Timeline_FINAL_For%20Media.pdfhttp://abcnews.go.com/Health/world-tb-day-2013-things-tuberculosis/story?id=18738156#Being in the Tropics, we in Sri Lanka, with many thunderstorms, even one a few minutes ago where I am, and the monsoon rains
I was in Ratmale, Minneriya recently, (www.ratmale.blogspot.com) where I try to retreat to at any given opportunity, which latterly due to work-load has been barely once a month. There is a severe drought there, and farmers who depend on the rain fed Ratmale Tank have NOT been able to cultivate their paddy fields for 3 consecutive seasons, due to the ...
I was reading an article in the New York Times, earlier today about an impending book due out later this month, chronicling Mrs Obama’s (First Lady of the USA) ancestry. While she is generally referred to as African American, she can trace ancestry through all her 4 grandparents to Whites who lived in America, including slave owners. Thanks to DNA ...
Despite Sri Lanka having a the world’s first Female Prime Minister and a female President who happened also to be the daughter of that Prime Minister, our Women’s representation in the political arena is pathetic.I believe that in our Parliament, the primary legislative body, there are only 12 women from a total of 225 representatives, and 4 of them have ...
I wrote on the justification for and against Mega Casinos in Sri Lanka yesterday. I believe out of the comments I received there is a very important matter that has been forgotten on the arguments and debate, namely the value of a Casino license itself.The Govt. is merely playing it safe pretending there are NO new Casino licenses being given, ...
As is their right, last afternoon, the Park Rangers of the Minneriya Park, arrested a fisherman, for loitering on the park grounds. The fishermen are NOT allowed to go on land in the park grounds, they are permitted at certain stipulated times to fish in the Minneriya Tank, and they can go ashore on the bund side of the tank, ...
