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 .

Government Reduced The Fuel Prices

Government Decided to Reduced The Prices of Gas,Petrol, Diesel,Kerosene Oil and Furnace Oil with Effect from Midnight Tonight(30).The Price Of a Shell Gas Cylinder Reduced from Rs.166 and Laugfs Gas Cylinder From Rs.276 According to the Consumer Affairs Minister bandula Gunawardena.Petrol Liter Is Reduced by Rs 20 for the Three wheelers and Rs.2 Per Liter for Others Minister said during the Special Cabinet Briefing Held This Evening.The Prices of the Diesel,Kerosene and Furnace Oil Liter are Reduced by Rs.10.Four Liters of Petrol will be Issued to The Three Wheelers Per Day for the New Price He stressed.

Four Hundrad Twenty Eight Drugs, Surgical And Lab Items Are Out Of Stock At The Government Hospitals

Four Hundred Twenty Eight Essential Pharmaceuticals,Surgical Items and Lab Chemicals Are Out Of Stock at the Medical Supplies Division(MSD) attached to the Health Ministry and Most of the Government Hospitals These Days Hospital Sources said Today(30).MSD Informed about This Out Of Stock Drug Items To the Health Ministry on the 15th of this Month.Fifty Four Pharmaceuticals,Three Hundred Fifty One Surgical Items and Twenty Three Lab Items are Out Stock.Cephalexin Capsules(250m.g),Cephalexin Syrup,Salbutamole,Oxitocin,Chloramphenicol Injections,Surgical Items like Needles,Sutures and Some Cessiors and Lab Chemicals like Ethyl Acitate and Ethyi Alcohol Are Among these Out of Stock Drug Items According to the MSD.The list of These Out Of Stock Drug Items Published in the Health Ministry's Official Web Site.

One Hundred Seven Petrol Filling Stations To Transfered To The CPC

The 107 Petrol Filling Stations Belongs to the Petroleum Storage Terminal Management Limited and One Third of It's Shares owned by the Treasury will Transfered to The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation(cpc) after Receiving the Cabinet Approval Petroleum Minister A.h.m Fowzie Said.The Trade Unions attached to the Petroleum Corporation Earlier Demanded that the CPC Should Take Over the Above Petrol Filling Stations.