India steps up pressure on the Maldives with unprecedented harassment of Maldivian fishers within the Maldivian economic zone. Obviously, the nuclear power piqued by the Maldivian...
By Lynn Ockersz True, your roadside cobbler, Is no history-maker, folks, As he sits in splendid isolation, Earning a farthing for his pains, But he has...
In response to a query raised by Major General (retd.) Ashok Mehta who had served as the IPKF’s commander in Batticaloa and Ampara in 1987, US...
By Lynn Ockersz That the Customer is King, Is an adage evergreen, But it seems the opposite, In the Serendipitous Isle, For, we aren’t short of...
The Supreme Court ruling delivered on Nov 14, 2023 dealt with the economic crisis and found fault with the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Finance Ministers, Mahinda...
By Lynn Ockersz Reconciliation sure is needed, After all, murderous violence, Is sweeping the troubled Isle, With new vigour, we may say, But our mandarins at...
The USAID had no qualms in announcing the Rs. 1.92 billion (USD $13 million) project with a Parliament that blatantly protected Treasury bond thieves. The civil...
By Lynn Ockersz It isn’t so much the fuming men, Desperate for their daily fix, And turning violent now and then, Who render rehab a danger...
Ambassador Julie Chung declared that the US welcomed the laudable GTF-SBSL initiative to expand cross-community understanding and seek lasting reconciliation. She was among the diplomatic community...
by Geewananda Gunawardana, Ph.D. Before a problem can be solved, it pays to know what caused it; the collapse of Sri Lanka’s economy and social institutions...