Day: 24 December 2015

The Chairperson of the Presidential Commission on Missing Persons Maxwell Paranagama during one of the sittings of the Commission in Jaffna has cautioned the complainants to be watchful over the unidentified persons who claim themselves as military ‘intelligence’ operatives. Commissioner Paranagama at the Chankanai sittings in Jaffna a few days ago was compelled to caution the families of the missing persons following the complaints he received from some of the witnesses who appeared before him had pointed out that they were intimidated by the so-called military ‘intelligence’ operatives. The families…

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Decisions taken by the Cabinet of Ministers at the meeting held on 23-12-2015  Green Fishery Harbour Project – Mirissa (Document No – 07)  The proposal made by HE the President Maithripala Sirisena, in his capacity as the Minister of Mahaweli Development and Environment, to implement the ‘Green Fisheries Harbours’ project prepared by the Marine Environment Protection Authority with the view of building sustainable fishery through converting the Mirissa Fishery Harbour into a Green Harbour at a cost of Rs. 30.4 million, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. Promoting conservation…

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In a significant move, the National Christmas Festival for the first time was held in Jaffna last Sunday and President Maithripala Sirisena — the first Head of State to preside at such a festival — pledged that the National Government would within six months find a just and fair solution to the issues concerning tens of thousands of displaced families.  The President, in his speech telecast live to millions of people in all parts of the country, said he and the Government were committed to reconciliation and a lasting peace,…

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Opposition Leader and Tamil National Alliance(TNA) Leader Rajavarothayam Sampanthan said recently that his party shall not encourage acceptance of nor accept into its membership any member from any other organization without the consent of the party leadership. He added that such acceptances would create confusions and complications in future and give rise to rifts within the TNA, which has on its own merit obtained the unanimous support of the people of the North and East. “I cannot make any comment with regard to the formation of the Tamil People’s Council.…

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Batticaloa District, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian, Seenithamby Yogeswaran, pointed out that the current government has failed to support the TNA in return even if his party is indirectly pledging its support to the government of good governance. “There is a change in government but we have not changed the people. It is the same people in a new government. That is the difference between the former and present government,” he said. Yoeswaran further said, “The TNA still believes in this government. We are indirectly supporting this government; however it…

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(Lanka-e-News -22.Dec.2015, 8.00PM)  Many photographs of Yoshitha Rajapakse with Tissa the   hired assassin of Rajapakses and driver of Mahinda Rajapakse who goes by many names – Tissa , Captain Tissa , Major Tissa , Podi Tissa and so forth , are now in the possession of Lanka e news . We have herein published two of them. It  is by now  well known that Tissa the hired assassin of Rajapakse was responsible for over ten murders  including those of Thajudeen and  two University students . He was also behind…

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