Search on for oil off Southern coast Danuna’s mother indicted in HC Financial Review on three counts Vol. 29 No. 203 Wednesday 14th July, 2010, Pages 48 Rs. 20 Registered in Sri Lanka as a Newspaper - City Edition BY CHITRA Sugar, WEERARATHNE Trade Deficit and The Nuclear capability Attorney 10 General yes- the BOI of India and China: terday indicted, Climate change, in the Colombo High 11 an analysis Court, Asoka Tilakaratne, See Page 2 See Page 10 mother of Danuna Bomb emissions trading eron and outrage avid Cam D We’ll in Uganda Tilakaratne, the son-in-law k Clegg : Nic in by form Brita trans y ower awa of General Sarath Fonseka. giving p See Page 16 12 and carbon trade Silvio She has been charged with Berlusconi the master of failure to declare to the Central Bank ‘peek-a-boo’ Setting up of new Courts: diplomacy Wednesday July 14th, 2010 money amounting upto US$ 527,000 and £100 lying to her credit in a private Cornerstones of bank at Thimbirigasyaya, having in her Cuban communism possession such unlawfully accumulat- swept away under Lawyers’ objections overlooked ed wealth and retaining to her credit Rs. 15 million, which is also unlawfully Raul Castro accumulated wealth. uba is prepar- She is accused of having committed Cing to abolish ration books and free lunches for the offence of violating the provision in workers in a shift ! away from the com- Justice Ministry says courts are meant to be munist policies that the Foreign Exchange Control Act and have shaped the country for more than half a century. the Money Laundering Act. In this image released on Monday, July 12, 2010 by th state media Cubadebate we Cuban leader Fidel Castro tures during an interview w The indictment is to be called before Cubavision in Havana, dur the “Mesa Redonda” or “R Table”, a daily Cuban talk easily accessible to ordinary people on current events. (AP) High Court Judge Deepali Wijesundera See Page 8-99 shortly. Move to engage retired judges, Tiny fragment lawyers to ‘play’ cops and bears strengthen pre-trial oldest script proceedings on the cards LG polls in found in Jerusalem B Y SHAMINDRA January he Justice Ministry saysFERDINANDO a section of lawyers recently strongly objected to the Local Government elections are Tlocation of new Courts in the provinces due scheduled to be held at the end of to such Courts being not easily accessible to January next year according to govern- them. ment sources. The elections due in Justice Minister Athauda Seneviratne and April this year were postponed by one Justice Secretary Suhada Gamlath say the min- year and the Minister of Local istry had no option but to over- Government was empowered to hold the tiny clay fragment look those objections as new elections at any time within the one- dating from the 14th courts were meant to be within year. Acentury BC, which the easy reach of litigants. Sources said that the next elections was discovered outside Justice Secretary Gamlath would be held according to the old ward Jerusalem’s Old City walls, emphasised that their vision was system and a Bill to effect necessary contains the oldest written to take courts closer to the peo- changes to the existing legislation document found in the city, ple and help reduce travelling would be submitted to Parliament in the researchers say. expenditure, thereby lessening near future. their burden. He acknowledged that transport rates were high and Female people were finding it difficult to meet the high cost of travelling. Suhada Czech MPs He briefly explained the difficulties experiencedGamlath USS Pearl Harbour arrived at the Port of Trincomalee on Tuesday (July 13). The Ganja pose for calendar by the people living in the Mannar District due to vessel, capable of carrying 500 marines, is a Harpers Ferry class dock landing in yoghurt their having to go before the High Court in ship. It is the first US ship to arrive in Sri Lanka since the conclusion of the BY SAMAN U Vavuniya. People had to travel over 200 kms to PUL PINIDIYA war in May last year. A woman who attempted to, Asmuggle in and from Vavuniya. The Justice Ministry was KURESSA (Photo Courtesy SLN Media) ganja in a sealed cup of yoghurt was confident that a High Court for Mannar could be arrested by the prison guards at the Galle set up by December 2010, he said. Remand Prison. The Ministry said that they were also explor- To avoid dispute with 2008 SC directive: Cannabis had been wrapped in poly- ing the possibility of strengthening pre-trial pro- thene and hidden under yoghurt, prison cedures to tackle laws delays. Gamlath said it officers said. he 2011 calendar fea- would be an integral part of their strategy. tures four women ‘Speeding’ motorists charged The suspect was in the habit of taking Assistant Justice Secretary A. K. D. D. D. lunch for the remand prisoner daily and TMPs from the Public Arandara said that with the newly built Courts, Affairs party wearing little on each occasion she had brought a cup of there were 33 High Courts, 84 District Courts, 104 in courts for ‘reckless’ driving yoghurt, officers said. in the way of clothing in a Magistrate Courts, 21 Circuit Courts, 9 Appeal series of images that dis- Prison guards had checked the packets Courts and 9 combined District and Magistrate of lunch she brought but taken the cups of patch the traditional image Police say AG approved move, while Justice Ministry says Courts. yoghurt for granted as they looked proper- of staid and serious parlia- the matter will be taken up with IGP.Cash strapped ly sealed and did not arouse their suspi- mentarians. The country government and PCs expected to benefit. cion at all. returned its highest ever Continued on page The suspect was due to be produced number of women MPs at 2 before the Galle Magistrate. the last general election. Kalutara targeted The police have begun prosecutingBY SHAMINDRA ‘speeding’ motorists, though the FERDINANDO Supreme Court in 2008 SEE WORLD VIEW police spokesman SSP Prishantha for Mass demolition ordered removal of all sign- Jayakody said that the police had Exam to recruit BY boards, which carried vari- DON ASOKA WIJEWARDENA ous speed limits other than decided to charge speeding Dengue kills Ports and Aviation Deputy 56 kmph in city limits and 72 Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena motorists in Courts follow- English teachers kmph outside the city. ing consultations with the said yesterday that all unauthorized school girl The SC directive issued Attorney General. SSP structures, including hotels, houses The Department of Examinations BY consequent to a fundamental Jayakody said: “Action is would conduct a competitive examination CHANDRADASA and industrial complexes, erected on K rights case filed by a couple needed to tackle the growing on July 18th to recruit graduate teachers ODITUWAKKU beaches in Kalutara would be demol- living at Saliyapura, number of accidents and of English, the Government Information ished to construct the Calido Coastal A 14-year-old girl, a stu- Anuradhapura forced the fining speeding motorists is Department said in a press release yester- dent of St. Thomas' Girls Gardens. police to suspend motorists being essential. Light vehicles can day. School, Matara, died of All OICs of police stations in the fined. travel up to 56 kms in city dengue at the Matara General Approximately 8,500 applicants are coastal areas would be made aware of the provisions Responding to a query by limits and 72 outside city expected to sit the examination in 57 cen- Hospital while her mother of the Coastal Conservation Act and in accordanceRohitha limits, while heavy vehicles are restricted to 32 and 56, respectively.” tres in Colombo. who stayed at her bedside too with its provisions Police would have direct powers The Island contracted the disease. , Admission cards have already been to demolish such structures, the Minister said at a posted to the applicants and they are Six dengue patients have media conference held at the Ports and Aviation Continued on died in the hospital during Sirisena vows to battle page requested to call Commissioner General of Ministry Auditorium. 2 the past twelve months and Examinations Anura Edirisinghe on Tel. currently 12 others are being Minister Abeygunawardena said that on a con- No. 011 2785230 for further information. cept of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, during the non-communicable diseases treated for dengue. first phase of the Calido Coastal Line in Kalutara BY D would be converted into a Coastal Garden to promote ON ASOKA WIJEWARDENA tourism, provide recreational facilities to the public, Around 300 to 400 persons die of open new avenues for income generation and pre- non-communicable diseases like Health Ministry spokesman W. Cabinet meets in vent illegal activities taking place there at present. high-blood pressure, diabetes, heart Wanninayaka told The Coast Conservation Act had been amended to ailments, cancer and kidney failure the emergence of non-communica-The Island Kilinochchi today protect the coastal areas and all illegal activities everyday. ble diseases was in fact a cause thatfor there would be eliminated, the Minister said adding Healthcare and Nutrition concern because unlike communi- This week's Cabinet meeting will be that several Ministries would assist the Ports and Minister Maithripala Sirisena has cable diseases, most non-communi- held in Kilinochchi today (14) at the Aviation Ministry to achieve the expected goals. appointed a National SteeringMaithripala cable diseases could be prevented Security Forces headquarters. It will be Committee to conduct effective aware- by changing lifestyles. presided by President Mahinda ness programmes to prevent such dis- The consumption of liquor, Rajapaksa.