Met Department Warns Fishermen In North And North East To Refrain From Fishing

The Metereology Department has today (29) has advised the Fishermen in North and East avoid of going fishing in seas from Mannar to Trinco via Jaffna as there is a threat of a mild storm in North and North Western Coastal areas.According to the Department Rough Seas will bew seen in those areas.

GMOA To Request Health Ministry On Future Of The Surgeries

The Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) decided to make a request from the Health Secretary Dr.Athula Kahanda Liyanage on whether or not the Government Doctors should continue the Special Surgeries and Treatment of the Government Hospitals under the circumstances of short supply of Medicines and Surgical Items.

Addresing a Press Briefing in Colombo today GMOA Officials claimed that the Health Ministry not supplied the Drugs and Surgical Items required for Special Surgeries and Treatment and therfore the Doctors have to prescribe patients to buy most of the items from the Private Sector.

Health Ministry already taken steps to suspend the Gastic Bypass kind of Obesity reducing Surgeries in the South Colombo Teaching Hospital folowing the Death of a Beautician.The Beautician died under a natural Complications occured during the Surgery and GMOA will support any impartial inquiary on the incident according to the Assistant Secretary of the Association Dr.Chandana Atapattu.

Supreme Court Ordered To Stop Functioning Of The CPC Chairman And Take Over The Petroleum Ministry Under The President

Supreme Court Today (28)Issued an Interim Order to Prevent Asantha De Mel Who is the Current President of the Ceylon Petroleum Cooperation Functioning that position and Ordered Petroleum Ministry TO Taken under preview of the President.Court also Ordered to Stop Payments on the alleged Hedge Contracts Immediately.According to the Order Present Minister A.H.M Fowzie will loose his Ministerial Portfolio and New Minister Will take over his Ministry.

President Present the Budget Today

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha Present the Fourth Budget of His Government this Noon as the Finance Minister what Govt.Sources Mentioned as a Budget Providing Relief to the People and Encouraging Development of the Country.