The Island Home News Thursday 29th September, 2011 3 DEVELOPMENT FORTUNE SATURDAY MAHAJANA JATHIKA VASANA Draw No: 1331 JAYODA SUPIRI VASANA FORTUNE Date 27-09-2011 SAMPATHA JANA JAYA SAMPATHA SAMPATHA Date 21-09-2011 SAMPATHA GOVI SETHA Main Draw Date: 19-09-2011 Bonus No 04 Draw No: 161 Date: 18-09-2011 Date: Zodiac symbol - Sagittarius Date: 28-09-2011 Date:22-09-2011 Date: 12-09-2011 Winning Nos: Draw No. 786 Draw No. 2259 Date 28-09-2011 Draw No.263 27-09 - 2011 04-11-22-43 Draw No. 647 Draw No. 887 Draw No. 824 Winning Nos: Winning No: Lucky No. 01 Super No. 07 Second Chance Super No.01 L-03-05-22-49 Draw No. 2451 Zodiac symbol - Scorpio K- 10-48-54-69 Winning Nos: Bonus No. 55 G-16-19-20-51 Ranwarama - A 01-10-13-29 Winning No: Winning Nos: 44-51-52-64 M-0-2-7-0-6 R- 22-43-56-68 13-30-39-53 01-50-60-64 L-1-9-0-3-4-3 JVP dispute ends Bribery Comm. petitioned up in Court BY SAMAN INDRAJITH

A bitterly fought battle between allegedly assaulted a member to probe Mahroof’s two JVP factions over the ownership of the Somawansa faction last of the party propaganda organ, the week. Lanka newspaper, has led to a legal The victim, Kamalaratne wrangle. Members of the Somawansa Rajapaksa (40), revealed the faction and dissident group have identities of his assailants to been ordered to appear in the the Mirihana police, who Rs. 01 bn contribution Gangodawila Magistrate’s Court on immediately arrested three of Nov. 07. them including Venura The Mirihana police have Chandana Herath, the Managing Director BY LAL GUNESEKERA informed the editor of the Lanka Sirimalwatte of the Lanka newspaper. newspaper, Chandana Sirimalwatte Herath was remanded by A resident of Piliyandala yester- The former UNP Wickremesinghe’s and Lal Tennakoon, a member of the the Gangodawila Magistrate day petitioned the Commission to stalwart from confidants. Board of Directors, that the matter was till Oct. 7 Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Colombo Central who Maharoof was referred to Court as no compromise was Sirimalwatte yesterday told The Island Corruption against UPFA Candidate crossed over to the removed from the possible with the two factions sticking to that he would continue to publish the for the Colombo Municipal polls SLFP after being UNP’s Working their extreme positions. newspaper twice a week, on Wednesday Mohamed Mahroof. denied of nomination Committee, but has Tennakoon told the police that the and Sunday. This week’s midweek edition The petitioner Leeson Perera as UNP’s candidate said that he has the entire editorial staff, including of the paper had Sirimalwatte’s name in requested the CIABC to inquire as to for Colombo Mayor, evidence to prove his Sirimalwatte, still remained in the Lanka the imprint. how Mahroof obtained the Rs. 01 bil- alleged that he hand- allegations which he newspaper premises though they had been Lal Tennakoon, a member of the Board lion he claimed he had contributed ed over Rs. one bil- will reveal on sacked. of Directors of the Lanka newspaper, said towards UNP leader Ranil lion in two install- Maharoof October 5, the final Ranil Sirimalwatte, however, claimed that the the rightful owner of the newspaper was L. Wickremasinghe’s two election cam- ments at his residence day of campaigning. editorial staff had been recruited by the A. D. Dharamsena. Without the permission paigns. in Kynsey Road, Colombo to one of Managing Director of the paper, Venura of Dharmasena as well as a majority of Herath, who alone could decide on the ter- directors numbering three, the paper could mination of their employment. Herath, not be published. The Somawansa faction who is a member of the dissident group, is claims two of the three directors have now in remand in connection with an inci- sided with it and they want the editorial SJGH director’s dent where six members of the rebels staff changed. pay queried Supreme Court, not !Unregistered doctor on staff Rajapaksa govt. saved BY LAL GUNESEKERA Colombo’s poor – The Accountant and ‘On Call’ (Varying). Internal Auditor of the Sri The report also states Mangala Samaraweera Jayawardenepura General that SJGH, being a govern- Hospital have reported laps- ment establishment, BY ZACKI JABBAR es on the part of the hospi- salaries are funded through It was the Supreme Court tal’s administration with a government consolidated that saved Colombo’s poor regards to payments made fund and any approvals by from being thrown out on the to SJGH Director Dr. S. A. the Board of SJGH should streets by the Mahinda K. Gamage. be approved by the Rajapaksa regime, the UNP Sources of SJGH told Treasury. said yesterday. The Island that the Board of It also states that the Matara District UNP MP Management had requested circular which has been Mangala Samaraweera told a the accountant and internal ratified through a Board news conference in Colombo, auditor to forward a report Paper does not contain any that with polls to 23 local Mangala on the emoluments paid to provision with regard to United States Congressman Steve Chabot called authorities round the corner, Samaraweera on Professor G. L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, at Dr. Gamage. The report was the applicability of the government was making his official residence for a discussion of current devel- submitted on September 26. ‘Varying on Call’ to person- all sorts of pledges including bogus assur- That report, which gives nel in the Medical opments in the country and bilateral relations with the United States. ances, especially to poor people, that they the breakdown of the Administration. would not be evicted from their humble abodes. Director’s salary, states that It has also come to light Chabot is Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Sub Committee on the Middle East and South Asia and But, it was the very same regime that not so his basic pay for August that Dr. (Mrs.) Chamila has served as Congressman in Ohio’s First long ago tried to do the opposite of what it was was Rs. 60,770 and together Ariyananda, Deputy Congressional District for 15 years. Chabot, who is now saying, only to be stopped in its tracks by with all the allowances paid Director of SJGH, is not one of the leading advocates in Congress for fiscal the Supreme Court, he said adding that if not to him, the Director’s gross registered with the Sri responsibility, is undertaking a visit to Sri Lanka for for the court ruling those whose votes the salary was Rs. 218,499. Lanka Medical Council the first time. Rajapaksa regime was now shamelessly can- The report reveals that (SLMC). This was con- Prof. Peiris briefed the Congressman fully, among vassing, would have been at the mercy of the approvals had not been firmed by the Registrar of other matters, on the extensive range of discussions sun and the rain. obtained by SJGH from the the SLMC Dr.N.J.Nonis which the Sri Lankan delegation, led by President There was a grand plan to pack off people Treasury for a special who told The Island that Dr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, had in New York on the sidelines who had lived for generations in various places allowance (Rs. 60,000), over- (Mrs.) Ariyananda’s name of the United Nations General Assembly. in Colombo including Slave Island and Mutwal time for Saturday’s and could not be traced in their Patricia A Butenis, Ambassador of the United to distant locations, after selling their lands to Sunday’s amounting to Rs. records. States in Sri Lanka and Sajin de Vaas Gunawardena, multinationals, but timely legal intervention 9,370.50 and for Rs. 40,800 as Member of Parliament, were present at the discussion. has provided them with at least some tempo- rary relief, he said. Samaraweera, challenged the government to prove as to what it had done for Colombo in Thirty-day the last five years, pointing out that it has only succeeded in polluting the city with heaps of garbage and dangerous diseases. tourist visas The Rajapaksa regime, has no proper pro- gramme to develop Colombo or provide its free for all inhabitants with basic facilities, he said adding BY THUSHARI KALUBOWILA that it was the UNP that not only built houses but Immigration and also created an environ- Emigration Chief Chulananda ment to earn a decent liv- Perera on Wednesday (28) said ing. that the government would issue free tourist visas for 30 Sri Lanka under days under newly introduced President Rajapaksa was Electronic Travel heading towards a dicta- Authorization (ETA) scheme torship, but it was incum- with effect from tomorrow bent on all democratic (30). Immigration and Emigration Chief Chulananda Perera addresses the media at Colombo forces to join hands to Addressing the media in Continental on Wednesday (Sept 28). Nihal Ranasinghe also of the Immigration and ensure that it does not Colombo, Perera said that Emigration Department (left) and Siripala Hettiarachchi, additional secretary of the turn into another another those wanting to visit Sri Ministry of Defence look on. (Pic Sujatha Jayaratne) Libya, he warned. Lanka could obtain ETA via www.eta.gov.lk established at the Department of Immigration and Emigration. He said that those having Life for heroin trafficker ETA could confirm their visas on their arrival at the BIA. BY JAYANTHA DE SILVA trial he was sentenced to life impris- Attorney-at-Law Weerasena Perera said that before the onment by the High Court. However, Rajahewa, appearing for the implementation of the new Colombo High Court Judge subsequent to his conviction in 2004 accused, submitted that the accused, scheme, visitors from 78 coun- Deepali Wijesundera yesterday he had escaped to India but had due to the reason of being incarcer- tries received online visas on imposed a life sentence on Javahir returned years later. ated in India, had been unable to be their arrival. According to Nagin alias Anis, who was convicted Upon returning, he had once present at the trial. him, the new scheme would with drug trafficking. again engaged in the heroin busi- The Judge observed that the attract more tourists, while The Narcotics Bureau appre- ness in the Wattala, Hunupitiya area accused had not informed the Court helping authorities to identify hended him in 1999 with a haul of and was re-arrested by the Narcotics before leaving to India and ordered those who overstay their 307 grams of heroin. After a lengthy Bureau. the implementation of the sentence. visas.