A bunch of crooks, liars, scam artists and murderers or their sycophants won in Geneva yesterday, and the people of Sri Lanka, namely the hardworking, conscientious and energetic people who want to build this nation lost.Democracy is a funny thing when people believe claims made for personal and not national gain. In that the TNA and the GOSL are the ...
Saman resigns!!As I mentioned in an earlier blog post that Sajith had gone to Thilanga Sumathipala, to ask him to remove the Lakbima editor, it is now apparent from Mr Wagaarachchi’s statement https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/resigned-lakbima-editor-believes-mahinda-gota-sajith-and-tiran-want-him-to-go/Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ghotabaya Rajapaksa, Tiran Alles have in addition to Sajith gone to Thilanga leaving NO option for this resignation to take place.It is therefore with the blessings ...
In a brilliant case of SCHADENFREUDE yesterday, at the opening of the New Army Hospital in Narahenpita, the Army Commander took great pleasure in belittling the US Soldier and Veteran and I quote from the daily FT this morning (6th May 2014 page 2) “criticized US policy towards its armed forces and Veterans, saying it compared unfavorably with the way ...
It is NO secret that Sri Lankan women who form the majority of eligible voters, will yet again pull the rabbit out of the hat in electoral politics at the forthcoming Provincial Elections. Young women don’t like other young women to climb the ladder and will do what it takes to destroy and drag them down or at least pile ...
The concurrence by the SLFP general secretary Mr Maithripala Sirisena, who is generally fed up with the MR government as the place given to him pales in comparison to the places taken by the jumpers like Duminda and Mervin, has said that there are criminal elements in the SLFP.Of course that is not news, it is harder to point out ...
Quite apart from GL Peries who is the Foreign Minister (remember SL will be the Chair of the CHOGM till the next Junket wherever that will be held in 2 years) there is a whole army of people in the newly named Ministry of External Affairs trying to make head or tails of what it is they are supposed to ...
The farce that is our Parliament where the Prime Minister gave the reason for the Supreme Court saying that the VAT bill as presented was not VALID and I quote from the attached article.“According to provision 152 of the Constitution and the 133 of the standing orders, a minister has to get Cabinet approval before the Bill is moved and ...
There was an implication on a comment in my previous blog entry on the Halal issue which was trying not to take sides, but to be reasonable in issue. We must go back to basics here. If I want to sell a product I must get the confidence of the consumer. In that respect I advertise, I prepare a credible ...
For the daily news to say that the Rajapakse home Carlton as an ancestral home is simply wrong as everyone who knows the family who owns the home, know it was lent to the President to use as a family member the Wickremasooriyas who own it, wanted to help a down at heel relative.So now the word Carlton has been ...
SM Chandresena – now a Cabinet Minister again, as his brother SM Ranjith is the Chief Minister of the North Central Province – breaking their own rules again! There is one law for the Presidential sycophants and another for the rest. The Prime Minister DM Jayaratne was unable to get his son who obtained the largest preferential votes in the ...
Today the 23rd of December saw “the work in Sri Lanka” one day seminar at which Ghotabaya Rajapakse amongst others contributed their two cents.If you read through the Ghotabaya speech - see link: it all sounds very shallow and meaningless if the most important question cannot be properly answered.http://www.dailymirror.lk/top-story/40638-steps-to-be-taken-to-ease-colombo-traffic-gota.html None of the foreign citizens will know when they will be ...
The leader of the Opposition has called a meeting of all the Active members of the UNP along with their elected members in Provincial Councils, and Pradeshiya Sabhas. It will be interesting to see who do not turn up, and what will happen to those who do not. We are in for a surprise and the bookies are to open ...
He got it and he is paying the price.In the interests of the long term stability and improvement in the quality of life of Sri Lankans, whenever ANYONE jeopardizes that, I believe it is my right to give my two cents, as I do not have an ulterior motive to put anyone in their place for breaking the public trust.I ...
People in a civilized country have certain rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution and further there are international conventions, to which Sri Lanka is a signatory to further strengthen those guarantees.It is therefore inept, and unfortunate when a legitimate grievance such as the quality of drinking water, becomes one of dispute. Sri Lanka is of an economic level where ...
When the Chairman of the SLPA makes a statement that the (only two births) at the Hamabantota Harbor are in use, and that ships are waiting in line for bunkering he is just making a statement and doing his job he is paid to do as a faithful servant. It is time the Island and the journalist doing the interview ...
If anyone read what Dinesh Gunewardene has said at this occasion, they would realize that it is just (hiss wachana) words without meaning, just to be polite to the Clergy, without meaning a word he is saying.SO when it reported by a racist website, purporting to be anything but, it takes on added significance, as this website is using the ...
In yet another act of blatant aggression, a group of Buddhist Monks have disgustingly attacked another place of Religious Worship. It seems that Law and Order has really gone to the dogs, and the Dogs are in power, surprise surprise!http://colombogazette.com/2013/03/18/mob-threaten-home-of-christian-pastor/http://colombogazette.com/2013/03/19/igp-orders-probe-on-threat-to-pastor/Why is our leader leading a pack of dogs? Surely they uphold Law and Order. It is the basic principle on ...
When a country is ruled by a Dictator, there is stability on the surface, while dissent is not tolerated. There is a method by which organs of Government function, using various organs to keep the population under control. It was so in Libya until Benghazi rebelled. "DESPOTS ARE COWARDS" There is no doubt the armed forces play a significant ...
Has he got nothing more profound to say in this serious diplomatic crisis that Sri Lanka is faced with, instead of making foolish comments on issues that really are on the periphery to the gravity of the situation that Sri Lanka is faced with. It is time we have some more professional people in Govt. instead of ones who whenever ...