4 Thursday 28th May, 2009 The Island More News Page Four Impending appointment of Nandimitra Ekanayake challenged Supreme Court dismisses petition by Chitra Weerarathne Parliamentary Poll of April 2004, petitioner . Senior S tate Counsel, N. G. Pulle Ekanayake came third in the UNP prefer - appeared for the Attorney General and the ence list, while the petitioner ret ained the Commissioner of Elections, made respon- The Supreme Court yesterday dis- fourth place. But, Ekanayake has now got dent s. missed in limine the petition filed by elected to the Central Province Provincial Kuvera de Zoysa, appeared for Rohana Bandaranayake of the UNP, chal- Council from the UPFA. Hence he should Nandimithra Ekanayake. Ronald Perera lenging the impending appointment of not replace Allick Aluvihare of the UNP. appeared for the General Secretary of the Nandimitra Ekanayake, as an MP of the The second place in the UNP preference U N P, a respondent. U N P, to fill the Parliament ary vacancy list was secured by Ranjith Aluvihare who The Bench comprised, Justice Dr. Shirani caused by the death of District is at present in Parliament. Bandaranayake, Justice Chandra Ekanayake U N P Member of Parliament Allick The Court said that the petitioner has and Justice S. I. Imam. A high level business team from Pakistan is in exploring opportunities Aluvihare. no clear course of action. for investment and business promotion. The delegation comprises the Secretary The petitioner alleged that at the Romesh de Silva PC appeared for the General of the Pakistan – Sri Lanka Business Forum Syed Farrkh Mazhar, Managing Director M/S SGS Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited and members of PSLBF. The twenty two member delegation led by the Pakistan Minister of Information Technology, Mohammed Raza Haroon is seen here at a meeting with Mano Wijeyeratne, Minister of Enterprise Development. V. S. Sidath Kumar, Consul Maltese General of Sri Lanka in Karachchi and A. M. C. Kulasekara, L. D. Dickman, Deputy PUC to hold awareness Directors General of Board of Investment of Sri Lanka are also in picture. Apostolic Nuncio programmes on its activities by Don Asoka Wijeardena omissions and commissions of the CEB Madhu too a sanctuary for Sri Lanka and would constantly monitor electricity Malta, 26 May, (Asiantribune.com): The Public Utility Commission, which consumers problems. The consumers The Episcopal Ordination of Mgr Joseph has been introduced in accordance with would be free to comment, suggest and Chundikulam to be Spiteri, Apostolic Nuncio in Sri Lanka and Parliament Act No 35 of 2002, has com - monitor the dif ferent aspect s of electricity Titular Archbishop of Sert a, was held at menced to hold awareness programmes generation, distribution and troubleshoot - S t John s Co-Cathedral at Valett a , Malt a on it s activities. The PUC will hold semi - ing processes. declared a bird sanctuary on 24th May Sunday, in the presence of nars for district secret aries, divisional sec - Public Utility Commission Chairman, bishops from as far a field as Sri Lanka, by Ifham Nizam S.E.Mgr.Ranjith Malcolm Secret ary to the retaries, CEB employees, trade union Dr. Jayatissa Cost a said that the first sem - tion. congregation for divine worship, members, owners of private power gener- inar on the activities of the PUC would be The newly liberated Chundikulam Already a north and east reawaken - Mgr.Vianney Fernando President of the ation plant s, electricity consumer societies held in Ratnapura tomorrow for divisional area in the Jaf fna District will shortly ing programme is spelled out under the Catholic Bishop s of Sri Lanka and and school children, the Power and Energy secret aries. Af ter that similar seminars for be declared a bird sanctuary and leadership of Senior Presidential Mgr.Harald Perera the new Bishop of Ministry said. other group s would be held island-wide. Madhu will be made a sanctuary, Advisor Basil Rajap aksa. Kurunegala and presided over by the Power and Energy Minister W. D. J. Environment and Natural Resources He said p art of this programme is V atican Secret ary of S tate, Cardinal Seneviratne told The Island that the PUC Minister Pat ali going to be on the Environment Impact Tarcisio Bertone. had been empowered to deal with several said at a press conference on T uesday. Assessment (EIA) for project s. Immediately following the event, while Mgr Spiteri was surrounded by well-wish - He said accordingly lands would be ers, he told that the role of Apostolic demarcated for specific purpose like Nuncio of Sri Lanka, at this p articular development, highways and conserva- point in it s history , was a major challenge Pakistan prisoners transferred from and a privilege. S peaking about his appointment, he said it was a sign of the unity of the uni - Sri Lanka to Pakistan versal Church. The Church is one, so Radhakrishnan urges wherever we are, whether in Malta, Sri Sixteen Pakist anis who were serving Ahmad, Ali Ahmad, Saadat Rasheed, Lanka or Rome, we are serving the Lord various terms in Sri Lankan jails are Syed Tariq-ur-Rehman, Ali Akbar Shah and our brothers and sisters. That is what being sent to Pakist an under the agree - and Syed Najam-ul-Hassan. craf tsmen to produce more I hope to do when I arrive there as the ment for the T ransfer of Of fenders The prisoners have thanked Pope s represent ative. signed between the Governments of President and the by Cyril Wimalasurendre He said that 99 percent of the crisis Mgr Spiteri aimed to help in the Pakist an and Sri Lanka in December Sri Lankan authorities for t aking interest KANDY - Central Provincial situation Sri Lanka faced had subsided humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka, both per - 2004. They will travel in four group s start- in their transfer . Industries Minister V. Radhakrishnan, at and tourism would also increase. sonally and through the Catholic organi - ing from May 27, 2009. They also thanked the High the opening ceremony of an exhibition of As tourist arrivals increase, the local sations there. I plan to help the local bishops strengthen the faith and maint ain The prisoners will be received in Commission of Pakistan in Colombo for local handicraf ts, thanked President handicraf t will have a flourishing demand, good ecumenical and inter-religious rela - Karachi by the Immigration Authorities of ti s persistence in pursuing their cases. Mahinda Rajapaksa for declaring that Mr. Radhakrishnan said. tions with the other communities on the Pakist an. Later, they will be handed over Most prisoners were sentenced for traf - there were no minorities in Sri Lanka, but He said there was a wide demand for island, he said. to prison of ficials of the Home ficking in drugs. all were equal citizens of mother Sri eco-friendly product s. Mgr Spiteri s appointment came at a D e partment of the Government of Sindh This is the second transfer. Earlier , Lanka. The Minister presented awards to time for Sri Lanka, which was facing many to complete the remaining term of their six prisoners were transferred to The 3-day exhibition opened at craf tsmen for excellence. challenges, including looking af ter the dis - sentences. The names of the prisoners Pakist an in July 2006. The prisoners are Queen s Hotel Kandy on Tuesday 26. Secretary, Central Provincial Ministry placed and reconstructing the ravaged areas. The bishop was confident a new Sri are Zia-ud-Din Malik, Muhammad required to serve their remaining sen - What President Rajapaksa said was of Industries Ms. Shirani W eerakoon, Lanka would emerge united, strong and Saleem, Muhammad Farooq, Shahzad tences in Pakist an. a welcome statement. Let us now join Directress Ms. D. G. C. Jayatunga and built on justice, equality , freedom and Ahmad, Muhammad Iqbal, Fiaz-ur- hands to improve the economy of the Director of S port s Y. M. Y. Yapa Bandara humanity. Rehman, Muhammad Sarwar, Hasan Ali, (Pakistan HC press release) country by contributing our share to were present. Cardinal Bertone said Mgr Spiteri s mis - Najam-ul-Hassan, Askif Shoaib, Hussain increase areas of production such as in sion to the far-of f land would further handicraf t, the Minister said. strengthen the link between the generous Maltese Church and that in Sri Lanka. In the p ast, he said, many Maltese religious had of fered their missionary services there. He emphasised that after the war the work Plan to close down Colombo branches of foreign banks revealed Nuhuman sworn in as of the new Nuncio is to p acify the all the Sri Lankans both the Sinhalese and the Tamils. by Shyam Nuwan Ganawatta ian ef fort s to rid the country of terrorism, investors by dest abilizing the country s Kandy MC member About seven per cent of Sri Lanka s popula - A top of ficial says there could be a con - W estern interest s have been trying to pres - economy and international trade relations. by Cyril Wimalasurendre tion of 20 million is Catholic and the Church spiracy by Western countries to dest abilise sure the government against milit ary opera - There are moves to try and get some of the was being called to play it s import ant role in Sri Lanka s economy by compelling foreign tions on the LTTE citing humanit arian con - foreign banks operating branches in Sri KANDY - A. L. M. Nuhuman of the current scenario. Archbishop Paul Cremona, Archbishop banks to close down their branches in the cerns. But they failed. Lanka to close down operations, our Peradeniya Road, Kandy, was sworn in as Emeritus Joseph Mercieca and Gozo country. Now they are trying to t arnish Sri source said. a member of the Kandy Municipal Council Bishop Mario Grech were also present at Right throughout Sri Lanka s humanitar- Lanka s image in the eyes of possible before Central Provincial Governor T ikiri the event, with Mgr Cremona saying Mgr Kobbekaduwa. Spiteri s appointment was not only an hon - Nuhuman succeeded Tilina Bandara our for himself but also for the Maltese Tennakoon who was leader of the Church and the Maltese. Opposition of the Kandy Municipal Council. He expressed his joy for the Maltese Bogollagama congratulates his counterpart Church and the public and his gratitude to Tennakoon was elected to the Central Foreign Minister tion that would satisfy the Chief Minister of Karnat aka during Provincial Council as a UPFA member at the Holy See for selecting Mgr Spiteri - one had a telephone conversation with the all communities will be which time he spearheaded the IT revolu - the recent Provincial Council Election. of us . new External Affairs Minister of India, s. found and reiterated tion in Bangalore. The Sri Lankan Foreign Mgr Spiteri was born in 1959 and is from M. Krishna, last evening (26th May 2009) the commitment of the Minister pointed out that if not for terror - Luqa. He was ordained priest in 1984 and, to congratulate him personally. The con- Government to imple- ism, Sri Lanka could have emulated the af ter pursuing his studies in Canon Law, he versation took place af ter Minister ment the 13th success story of Bangalore. joined the Holy See s diplomatic service, Bogollagama sent a letter of felicit ation to Amendment to the The Minister agreed that to further working in Panama, Iraq, Mexico, Portugal, his new Indian counterp art. A Foreign Constitution, Minister promote bilateral relations covering the Greece and Venezuela. Affairs Ministry media released said yes - Bogollagama stressed diverse spheres of common interest, the The Sri Lankan Church presented the Fifteenth AGM terday. that ef fort s are being early convening of the Indo-Lanka Joint new nuncio a symbolic silver plate of the map of Sri Lanka at the conclusion of the Minister Bogollagama thanked India Bogollagama made to restore Commission is essential. Emphasising the The Fif teenth Annual General Meeting consecration ceremony. for it s consistent and subst antial support democracy and hold import ance of SAARC, both Ministers of the Institute of Sri Lankan for the welfare of the displaced people in elections in the North. He also referred to agreed to work together to achieve the (Courtesy Asian Tribune ) Photographers will be held at the the North. Minister S. M. Krishna was also the 180 day plan formulated to ease the objectives of SAARC and meet at the ear - briefed on the recent visit to Sri Lanka, of pressure on transit villages for displaced liest possible opportunity to discuss all Organisation of Professional Associations, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. people and resettle them. issues of mutual interest to the two coun - ( O PA) 275/75, Stanley Wijesundara Responding to a query by the External Minister Bogollagama recalled his tries, the release said. Mawatha, off Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Af fairs Minister of India, Minister association with External Af fairs Minister Colombo 7, on Saturday 30th May 2009. Bogollagama stated that a political solu - S. M. Krishna in his previous cap acity as

Day of Revival 2009

Arrangements are being made to cel - been put to death with Christ on his given it s fullest support and blessings for programme will end with the celebration W e cordially invite you all to join us on ebrate the Day of Revival this year too on cross. So, that it is no longer I who live, this year s Day of Revival. of the Holy Eucharist in the evening. this special day so that you will be able to June 7 from 9.00 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. at the but the Christ who lives in me . All sermons will be delivered in all the This will be a unique opportunity for all commence a personal journey with the auditorium of St. Joseph s College, (Galatians 2:20). three languages Sinhala, Tamil and of you to thank the Lord for His unending Lord with the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Maradana. Around 15,000 particip ant s are English. The main speech, praise, wor - love and His faithfulness you enjoyed dur - Every year a unique theme is chosen expected this year from various p arts of ship and the anointing of the Holy Spirit ing the p ast year and look forward to for the Day of Revival and what has been Sri Lanka, and it is worth mentioning that service will be conducted by Lalith Perera receiving a fresh anointing of the Holy chosen for this year s event is I have the Bishop s Conference of Sri Lanka has of the Community of the Risen Lord. The S pirit in the coming year .