HAPPY NEW YEAR-2009

"WISHING U A VERY HAPPY,PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR-2009"
BY EMANTHI MARAMBE

Troops Captured All Important Paranthan Area

Troops Attached to the Task Force 1 Have Captured All Important Paranthan Area In the North Fully This Morning.Troops Captured the Paranthan Junction and It's Surrounding Areas Says Minister Keheheliya Rambukwella.

Petrol Filling Stations Still Not Implementing The Govt's Price Reduction

Even Government Announced The Fuel Price Reduction Effective From Midnight Yesterday Most of the petrol Filling Stations Today Not sell the Petrol and Diesel for the Revised Prices According to the Consumers.Government Reduced the Petrol Liter By Rs.20 for Three Wheelers and Rs 2 For Others and Diesel Liter By Rs.10.Large number of Vehicles and Consumers seeing in the Queaus inside the Petrol Filling stations to Buy Petrol Diesel and other Fuels.

One Thousand Two Hundred Nurses Filed Two Court Cases Against The Health Ministry

Around One Thousand Two Hundred Nurses who are Selected for the Special Grade Nurses Training(Sister Grade)Course Filed Two Cases Against The Ministry Of Health Charging Their Human Rights are Violated Due to the Stop their Training Course before completing it.Six Hundred Fifty Nurses Selected For this Training from Provincial Council Hospitals and Five Hundred Fifty Selected from The Central Government Hospitals were Filed Two Cases and the Hearing of these Cases Due to Commence on 13th Of January.
According to these Nurses Ministry Of Health Selected them for this One and Half Years Training and It Began on April 21st.But Suddenly without a Prior Notice Ministry stopped the Training by saying that the Public Services Commission is not Granted Approval for the Training.
Health Ministry Officials are Not Available For Comment .