Legion of Mary centennial jubilee celebrated
The hundred years of apostolic service of the Legion of Mary was solemnly declared and the scroll – the sannasa – handed over to Colombo’s Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, and the Rev Dr Maxwell Silva, Rev Dr Anthony Jayakody and Rev Dr Anton Ranjith by the Chaplain of the Archdiocesan Legion of Mary, and the [...]
No more pillow changing, Lanka finds cure for headaches
Sri Lankan rulers think that they have found a permanent cure for headaches, having rejected the ancient wisdom: You can’t cure headaches by changing pillows. Paradise Island is not only beset with the global pandemic crisis that all countries are attempting to ward off but has many more crises — a billion-dollar debt crisis, an [...]
Health guidelines misused to thwart rights of peaceful protestors
Last week, the police arrested three leaders of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union and many others during a peaceful protest against a proposed law which they say will lead to the privatisation and militarisation of universities. On Monday July 12, public school teachers withdrew from online teaching to protest against the detention of union leaders and [...]
Galle teachers get shot in vaccination drive
As part of the island-wide programme to vaccinate school teachers that commenced this week, a vaccination programme was held at Mahinda College, Galle to vaccinate academic and non-academic staff at the school. The programme was organised by the 2002 A/Level batch of the school and conducted by the Office of the Regional Director of Health [...]
The global food system is not working
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – The year 2020 was unforgettable for all of us, and tragic for many. No one had imagined that a lethal virus originating in horseshoe bats could spread so fast and upend our lives so thoroughly. And in most countries, there is still no sign that normalcy is returning. Yet, although we [...]