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Sterilizing clinic at Piliyandala

The Animal Welfare and Protection Association will conduct a free sterilizing and neutering clinic at the Sports Grounds opposite the SOS Children’s Village, Piliyandala on December 12 from 7.30 am to noon on a first come first served basis.

Dogs and cats (male and female) four to six months and over can be neutered and sterilized.

The animals must not be given any food and water for 12 hours prior to the operation and must not be sick.

Cats should be brought in a box or cage or used rice bag and dogs on a chain.

Contact 0776565181 or 2324152 (residence – after 7 pm) for clarifications.

New saltern begins work

Raja WAIDYASEKERA- Tissamaharama special corr

The new saltern at Killawatana in Hungama has commenced salt production.

It has been targeted to produce 10,000 metric tons of salt per year at this saltern. A large number of employment avenues will be created as a result.

A fully fledged factory has been set up at the Bataatha industrial zone to packet salt.

V-Care cares for children

V-Care International Foundation has taken the lead to help the children in need of love, care and basic requirements in life.

V-Care undertook a project in collaboration with the Divisional Secretariat in Ratmalana on November 24. School bags, shoes and many stationery items were handed over to 50 children of low-income families. Ten students were awarded scholarships.

V-Care will provide school items and dry rations for 300 families in Moneragala next January.

Interim order issued

Sarath MALALASEKERA

Colombo District Judge W R R N Wathupola issued an interim order as prayed in the petition in connection with a financial transaction and directed the complainant in the case to deposit of Rs 50,000 in Court. Complainant Hene Arachchige Gamini Chandralal Rodrigo of Gonawela, Kelaniya cited Herath Mudiyaselage Sarath Kumara Ekanayake of Battaramulla and Liyanage Sarath Fedric Silva of Dalugama, Kelaniya as respondents.

Senior Attorney Nihal Somasiri instructed by Rukshan Fernando appeared for the complainant.

NLDB earns profit

The National Livestock Development Board (NLDB) yesterday denied certain press reports which categorised it as a financial loss and said it had become a profit-earning institution from 2009.

According to the Auditor General’s Report the NLDB has earned a profit of Rs 24.5 million in 2009 said the Board in a statement released under the hand of its Vice Chairman Lakshman Hulugalle.

The statement further said that eventhough the NLDB had been stated among 55 loss making institutions in a statement tabled in Parliament recently by UNP Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya. The Board had continued to earn profit since 2009 with a profit of 168.8 million accrued for the nine months ending September this year.

Rapid response from CEB

The Power and Energy Ministry, the Ceylon Electricity Board and Lanka Electricity Company (Pvt) have activated hotlines 1901, 1987 and 1910 respectively to attend to complaints of various disruptions to the electricity supply due to the bad weather prevailing these days.

This rapid response service, initiated on the instructions of Power and Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka, will also entertain complaints of illegal power connections as well. The new service could be contacted via email [email protected] or by post to P O Box 576, Colombo.

No collections in the name of war heroes

It is totally prohibited to collect money from the public ‘in aid of the war heroes’ without the permission of the Defence Ministry, said a press release issued by Media Centre for National Security Director General Lakshman Hulugalle.

This is in view of information received by it that certain people are collecting money from the public in the guise of spending them for the welfare of the members of the Security Forces and the Police.

Media institutions have also been advised not to give publicity to such unauthorized fund collections that bring the war heroes into disrepute.

Prize giving

The fifteenth anniversary Prize Giving of Sri Sanghamitta Daham Pasala, Colombo 2 will be held at the Stanley Jansz Hall, Perahera Mawatha, Colombo 3 on December 12 at 9am.

Resettled urge school

The Sinhalese families who are settled at Navatkuly have requested the Government to provide admission for their children in a Sinhala school in Jaffna. There are 186 families settled in the land belonging to National Housing Authority at Navatkuly.

They say that their children can be admitted to Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya that remain closed.