Resolution adopted at the May Day by FTR and GSEU
Tuesday, 07 May 2013
Resoultion adopted at the May Day 2013 rally by the Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees' Union.
See Resoultion below
Resolution part - 1
Resoultion part - 2
Rajapaksas grab lands in Yala National Park
Tuesday, 07 May 2013While the government is engaged in a land grab in the North, the Rajapaksa sons and siblings are engaged in grabbing land in the Yala National Park.
Reliable sources told Lanka News Web that First Son, Namal Rajapaksa has demarcated a plot of nearly 40 acres in Yala. A small sign board has been put up in the perimeter saying that the land has been allocated to the Hambantota saltern.
However, the land has not been assigned to the company that operates the Hambantota saltern.
Namal it is learnt is to use the land for a project of his own.
Namal it is learnt is to use the land for a project of his own.
Meanwhile, the land where the former Yala Safari Hotel was located before the 2004 tsunami destroyed the structure, has also been measured and marked by another Rajapaksa.
Sources said that one of the President’s sister’s has marked several acres where the hotel was previously located.
The Yala National Park is soon becoming an unofficial fiefdom of the Rajapaksas.
The Yala National Park is soon becoming an unofficial fiefdom of the Rajapaksas.
Six soldiers injured in Oddusuddan blast  At least six soldiers received minor injuries following an explosion while clearing an LTTE bunker in Oddusuddan in the Mullaitivu district this afternoon, military sources said.Military Spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that a minor explosion had occurred during preparatory work for a construction by the military in a former LTTE base in Udayarkattukulam area. “Preliminary investigations revealed that a stock of detonators hidden by the LTTE had exploded when a soldier unknowingly dug the ground for some construction work.Six soldiers were injured and only one sustained serious injuries. The condition of the other soldiers is not severe. Authorities are conducting further investigations.” The injured soldiers were admitted to the Mullaitivu and Anuradhapura hospitals |
