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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
      Editorial:Dengue and Bodhi pooja

A senior police official in charge of the Northern Province has told LTTE cadres, held in detention, in the Vavuniya region, that they wouldn’t get another opportunity to work out a political package with the Sri Lankan State.

Addressing over 2,000 detainees, both men and women, at Neriyakulam Technical College, Senior DIG Nimal Lewke, said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be their only hope. The former Commandant of the elite STF said that the South wouldn’t oppose the President’s strategy.

A Jailor at the Welikada Prisons gives the final touches to the head gear of a Kandyan dancer getting ready with his colleagues for a dance recital to receive the new Commissioner General of Prisons Major General V. R. Silva who assumed duties yesterday.
(Photo- Kamal Wanniarachi)


Lodging being provided for medics in the Vanni
The dearth of lodging facilities for doctors and nurses serving in the Vanni welfare camps was partially settled by the Health Ministry. Two sets of quarters for doctors and nurses were opened by Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva with assistance from the World Health Organization and the State Pharmaceutical Corporation.

Two LTTE Pharmaceutical stores raided
A special Police team raided two LTTE Pharmaceutical stores and arrested a man who was in charge of both. The stores were in Wellawatte and Vavuniya.

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