Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Attorney General To File 7573 Indictments Against Those Who Charged Over Aavantguarde Issue
Attorney General Dappula De Livera has informed the Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya that 7573 indictments will be filed in the Court against 13 factions charged over Avantguarde floating armory issue .Accordingly this will become the court case which has filed highest number of indictments in legal history .
Attorney General has requested the Chief Justice to hear the Avantguarde floating armory issue before a Tribunal High Court Judge Panel as a special court case .
Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had investigated on the Avantguarde issue.
GMOF Has Stressed Island Wide Strike Scheduled To Be Launched By GMOA Tomorrow(22) Will Become A Flop
The Government Medical Officers Forum (GMOF ) has today stated that the 24 hour long Island wide strike action Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) is scheduled to be launched tomorrow (22) will become a flop as 90 percent of Government doctors will not participating the strike .
According to the GMOF President Dr.Rukshan Bellana GMOA will face contempt of court charges as their demands for the strike are politically motivated ones indirectly attempting to influence authorities not to implement court orders .
GMOF Will not support the strike action of GMOA He has stressed .
Meanwhile GMOA which earlier announced a two day Island wide strike action has today said it will launch a one day token strike tomorrow .
Cigarette Is The Only Product That Kills One Out Of Two Consumers In Sri Lanka -ADIC And CCT
Cigarette has been identified as the only product that kills one out of two of it's consumers in Lanka according to the ADIC (Alcohol and Drugs Information Center ) and Center For Combating Tobacco (CCT).
Around 57 persons are being killed daily and 20,000 annually due to the cigarette smoking these centers have announced .
Although Sri Lanka has increased the Cigarette Tax and implemented pictorial health warnings covering 80 percent of the Cigarette pack Sri Lankans had spent Rs.208 million daily to purchase cigarettes according to the Ceylon Tobacco Company statistics released in 2011 .This money can be utilized for personal and community development ADIC has stated.
Addressing a Media Workshop held at "Amora Lagoon" Hotel at Katunayake yesterday (20)the Director of CCT attached to the Colombo Medical Faculty Dr.Mahesh Rajasuriya has stressed that the Tobacco company is still attempting to increase Cigarette smokers by creating advertisements which targeted youth and adults by addressing their emotions .Through Addressing emotions the company has tried to attract people for their Tobacco products he has stated .
Around 57 persons are being killed daily and 20,000 annually due to the cigarette smoking these centers have announced .
Although Sri Lanka has increased the Cigarette Tax and implemented pictorial health warnings covering 80 percent of the Cigarette pack Sri Lankans had spent Rs.208 million daily to purchase cigarettes according to the Ceylon Tobacco Company statistics released in 2011 .This money can be utilized for personal and community development ADIC has stated.
Addressing a Media Workshop held at "Amora Lagoon" Hotel at Katunayake yesterday (20)the Director of CCT attached to the Colombo Medical Faculty Dr.Mahesh Rajasuriya has stressed that the Tobacco company is still attempting to increase Cigarette smokers by creating advertisements which targeted youth and adults by addressing their emotions .Through Addressing emotions the company has tried to attract people for their Tobacco products he has stated .
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