EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG: Apr 7, 2019

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Government Executives To Withdraw From Development Activities From 16 Th

Around 35,000 Governnment Executive

Officers attached to All Island and Similar services have decided to withdraw from Government Development activities including from District and Provincial Development Committees from 16 th of April by demanding solutions for five of their demands .

Accordingly Government Executive officers will launch this trade union action by demanding solutions for five of their service demands according to Government Executives Joint Committee .However essential services of the government sector will be functioned normally as usual during the strike period the Union has stated.

Government Nurses ,PSM's And Paramedics To Strike Tomorrow (08)

All government hospital nurses

,Professions On Supplementary To Medicine (PSM's )and Para Medical.Officers are scheduled to be launched a One day Island Wide token strike from 7 a.m tomorrow(08) to 7 a
m on Tuesday (09)by demanding solutions for 10 of their service demands .

During the strike period issuance of Drugs from OPD Clinics in Government Hospitals,Performing of X -Rays ,Scans ,Lab Tests including Blood and urine tests , ,Occupational Therapy will not happened according to Nurses ,PSM's And Para Medics Joint Confederation .

However strike will not implemented in Castle Street Womens ,De Soyza Womens ,Lady Ridgway Children's Maharagama Apeksha and Accident service in Colombo National Hospital due to humanitarian reasons Convener of the Confederation Saman Ratnapriya has stated .

The 10 Service demands which caused tomorrow's strike includes minimise the Service period of Nurses ,PSM's and Paramedics when granting promotions and solving salary anomalies he has stressed .

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Electricity Board Engineers To Report As On Leave And Gather At BMICH Tomorrow (08)Morning

All Engineers attached to the Ceylon

Electricity Board(CEB) are due to report as on leave tomorrow (08)and gather at BMICH (Bandaranaike International Memorial Conference Hall) at 9.30 a.m to participate a special meeting of Enginerrs Union it has been announced.

Salary cut off of CEB Engineers and power crisis are scheduled to be discussed during the meeting according to Engineers Union .

Navy Had Brought A Foreign Sailor To Ashore For Treatment

Sri Lanka Navy have managed to

brought a sailor attached to a Libyan Merchant ship who had fallen sick in Southern seas to ashore at Hambanthota (Southern Province) for an Emergancy treatment .

The sailor was brought to the Hambanthota Harbor premises through a high speed fighter boat for an Emergancy treatment .

The sailor was later admitted to the Hambanthota Base Hospital Hospital.

11 Youth Had Been Arrested At A Facebook Party In Tangalle

Tangalle Police have arrested 11 youth

including 05 females who have used narcotics at a party organised by Facebook forum in a Tourist Hotel in Madilla ,Tangalle yesterday (06).

The youth who are of the ages 17-26 and residents of Ragama,Kadawatha ,Kekirawa,Matara and Hingurakgoda areas had used Cannabis and liquor during the party it has been revealed.Police have taken in to custody few liquor bottles along with haul of narcotics in possession of the suspects.

They are due to produce before Tangalle Magistrate Court .

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GOLDEN MELODIES

A Three Wheeler Driver Was Killed And Two Others Had Been Injured Due To Motor Car-Three Wheeler Collision

A Three Wheeler driver had been killed

and two others had been injured and hospitalized after the Three Wheeler they were travelling in colliding with a Motor Car driven by an Army Lance Corprol under the influence of liquor this morning (07) at Kalalgoda area on Kottawa-Borella main road .

The two injured passangers travelling in the Three Wheeler had been admitted to Colombo National Hospital for treatment .

Thalangama Police have arrested the Lance Corprol over the incident .

The Motor Car was hit on a Lamp post nearby after colliding with the Three Wheeler arrived in from opposite side it has been revealed.

Power Cut To Be Stopped From This Wednesday -Minister Ravi Katunanayake

The Power cut implemented by the

Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB)in many areas in the Island since 25 th of March will be stopped from this Wednesday according to the Minister of Power and Energy Ravi Karunanayake.

The Power Cut which is being implemented three hours in the morning and one hour in the evening during weekdays and Two hours in the morning and one hour in the evening has been implemented due to purchasing of a stock of power generators with techincal defects it has been revealed.

Minister has appealed from the public to use electricity carefully due to the dry weather prevailing in hydrocatchment areas.

A Wild Elephant Was Killed Due To An Electrocution

A Wild Elephant in his 20's had been killed due to an electrocution near the Wellawaya-Uva kudaoya Army commando Base this morning(07).

The Elephant was killed after colliding with an Electricity line laid near the Army commando base it has been revealed.

Wellawaya Wild Life office is conducting the post mortem of the deceased Elephant .