10 Tuesday 17th January, 2006 Voluntary teachers to be made permanant

by S. M. Wijayaratne, Bingiriya a conference of school Principals of the Spl. Corr Kurunegala district held recently at “On a decision taken by the Minister Bingiriya National School. of Education Susil Premajayantha, the He said the Minister has already voluntary teachers who are engaged in instructed provincial directors of service in remote provincial schools at Education in the country not to appoint present will be made permanent in the any new voluntary teachers hereafter as near future. More than 2700 voluntary enough school teachers have already teachers of Northern, Eastern, North been appointed to all schools in the Central and Central Provinces will be island. confirmed in their services” said A. M. D. M. K. Dissanayake, the Principal of Sumanaratne, the Deputy Director of Bingiriya National school also Mahawakanda and Gulanakanda are two remote villages in Palindanuwara Administrative Divi- Education of the Kurunegala District at addressed the conference. sion in the Agalwatta electorate. The two villages have been provided with electricity by allocat- Susil Premajayantha ing five lakhs and forty thousand rupees by the Minister of Industrial Development under the road electrification projects. Minister of Industrial Development, Kumar Welgama, declared open the electricity project. (pic. by Kalutara Correspondent) Postman drowns in Madhu ganga Fatal fall from by Lalaji Manawadu return in the evening. On the day of the Teacher in trouble incident he did not return even at 10. p.m. bicycle AMBALANGODA: A postman Kegalle Crimes Branch OIC G. G. attached to the Balapitiya post office was A person passing our house told me that by Neminda Samarajeewa, Deraniyagala Corr Wijetunge and produced before the drowned in the Madhu ganga by falling my husband had fallen into the river at Anura Prasithakumara (17) of A teacher attached to Kegalla Maha Kegalle Magistrate. from the Pathamulla bridge while on his the Pathamulla bridge. I went there Kahaduwa, Waturagama in Galle died in Vidyalaya, was alleged to have broken After entering the office he was way to work. He is a father of three chil- immediately but could not find his body the Karapitiya hospital due to a fall from open the door and entered the school alleged to have signed his past atten- dren. that night. The following morning divers a foot bicycle. office room. dance in the record books of the This was revealed when the kosgoda managed to find his body. He had no ene- The incident occurred on December The alleged male teacher had been Vidyalaya to prove he was still attached inquirer into sudden deaths, J. C. mies, so I have no suspision regarding his 31, 2005, when the victim was riding a transferred to another school, for inde- to the school. Senadeera held an inquest into the death death. He must have fallen into the river foot bicycle. The father of the deceased cent behaviour. It is understood that he would also of S. K. Sarathchandra (37) of Heenetiya from the bridge.” she said. Jayasena Patabandige Rajith testifying On a complaint made by the school face a Departmental disciplinary in Balapitiya at the Balapitiya Base Balapitiya DMO, Dr. A. W. A. S. before the inquirer into Sudden deaths B. watcher, he was taken into custody by inquiry. Hospital. Piyaratne conducted the post-mortem G. N. Karunatilake said: “I was working The wife, of the decesed, R. and returned a verdict of death due to in my filed around 3.30 p.m. and I heard Karunawathie, (40) testifying said: “We drowning. The Inquirer gave a similar the shop owner calling me loudly saying have three children. My husband used to verdict. SI, Wickremanayake of the that my son had fallen off a foot bicycle. I go to the post office in the morning and Ahungalle police led evidence. rushed to the scene of the incident and saw my son bleeding profusely from the mouth, I rushed him to the Elpitiya hos- pital and subsequently he was trans- ferred to the Karapitiya hospital as his condition was critical and he died on admission.” he said. The inquirer into sudden deaths returned a verdict of accidental death due to loss of blood by heavy bleeding from the month after a fall from a foot bicycle. Police transfers by Kalutara Correspondent Jagath Abeysiri Gunawardhane, SSP - Kalutara and Eric Perera, SP Kalutara division have been transferred to Vavuniya and Kantale police divisions respectively. The High Commissioner for Pakistan in Durga Prasad Bhattarai paid a courtesy call SSP Kalutara assumed duties on June on the Secretary of Defence Gothabaya Rajapakse recently at the Ministry of Defence. 1, 2005 and took the initiative to eliminate crime and drugs in the division. C. W. Wickremasekara OIC Payagala has been transferred to Valachchenai ADWC condems killing with effect from January 15. Pararajasingham Mango sales Rs. 30 million worth of Ultra Sound Scanner machines and medical equipment were donated by Bashir by Deraniyagala Corr. Pararajasingham said “Joseph was a Wali Muhammed, Ambassador for Pakistan in Sri Lanka recently at the Health Ministry. These Ultra Ashroff Aziz, president of the Aziz person who followed democracy to the Sound Scanner machines are to be delivered to the Cancer Hospital, Maharagama. The Pakistan Democratic Workers Congress, in a very letter. From his killing it can be Ambassador is seen handing over the medical equipment to Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Health suffer condolence message on the brutal presumed that democrats have no place killing of Parliamentarian Joseph in Society.” and Nutrition. by Jayaweera Bandara Athapattu, Kundasale Mango cultivators in villages around Kandy, are unhappy as the sale of mangoes remained very low despite Samurdhi holders unable Free travel passes to media the excess output and a large number of fallen fruits being left rotting under the mango trees. to withdraw cash personnel The owners complained that the by Deraniyagala Corr. made as the relevant return had not by Kalutara Correspondent Wimalaratne Hapugoda Arachchi earnings from sale to businessmen, Samurdhi Food Stamp holders com- been received by them. Secretary of Media to the Chief Minister, was barely sufficient to cover trans- The Transport Authority of Western plain they are unable to draw money Letters written by some of the K. M. Somasiri - Chairman Transport port costs and plucking charges, Province has given free passes to media from Samurdhi Banks against their aggrieved beneficiaries to the Minister Authority of WP and Gamini Kostha - although the price of mangoes personnel of Kalutara district to travel in cash stamps due to delay in the of Samurdhi allege their letter have Regional Manager Transport Authority remained high in the city. The root private buses from their home town to Kachcheri sending the return to the neither been acknowledged nor Kalutara, participated at the ceremony Colombo. cause of this evil remains on the part Samurdhi Bank. replied. held at Kalutara to hand over the free This is one of the election pledges ful- of the Department of Agriculture for Stamp holders visiting the Banks to They hope to bring this lapse to the travelling passes to media personnel of filled by Reginald Cooray the Chief not paving avenues for a higher and withdraw money are told by the Bank notice of the President, for early Kalutara district. Minister of WP. profitable sale. employees that payments cannot be action. 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