A FUNDAMENTAL BREACH
(1) Every citizen is entitled to – (a) the freedom of speech and expression including publication ; (b) the freedom…
Category: EDITORIAL
POLITICAL SHAMELESSNESS IS CORRUPTING SRI LANKA
On the day that the former Finance and briefly, Foreign, Minister decided to step down from his positions, democracy was…
ANY WHICH WAY BUT CORRUPT – BUT WHO?
Over two years late but it is finally upon us. Thanks to a whole host of concerns expressed from various…
BOND REPORT: Analysis
President Maithripala Sirisena had said earlier this week that the one-day Parliamentary debate on the Bond Commission’s report and the…
STRIKE ON. STRIKE OFF
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) this week had threatened to go ahead with the planned 24-hour countrywide token strike…
RANIL WICKREMESINGHE MUST GO
For 40 years he has represented his party in Sri Lanka’s parliament. His background would be a PR manager’s dream.…
If Perpetual is not relieved of its profits bond saga will be a pus vedilla
When the Bond Commission was set up I wrote an article on 8 September 2017 titled ‘If at the end…
The Essential Need for Thought – before voting
The local government polls are finally upon us – complete with a new system in place just to add a…
“The State must, in the public interest, expect high standards of efficiency, service and fairness from public officers in their dealings with the administration and the public. In the exercise of constitutional and statutory powers and jurisdictions, the Judiciary must endeavour to ensure that this expectation is realized.”
Those words were said by Justice Fernando a member of our very own judiciary not from some outpost of a…
THE NATIONS’ TRUST EXPLODES
Ever since 8th March 2015 when the NewsFirst team from the Maharaja media stable reported on the ‘Bondgate’ matter on…
