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PCCSL handles 312 complaints in 2020
Seated from left: P. Balasingham, Rajitha Weerakoon, Gnana Moonesinghe, Nihal Seneviratne (Chairman), Siri Ranasinghe and Daya Lankapura. Standing from left: Javid Yusuf, Lucille Wijewardene, Dion Schoorman, Pramod de Silva, Sukumar Rockwood, CEO, PCCSL and Kamal Liyanaarachchi, Complaints Officer, PCCSL.
The Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka (PCCSL) handled 312 complaints during the year 2020. The newspaper Editors’ reciprocated by publishing 207 complaints directly while the PCCSL handled 76 complaints sent by complainants and 29 were violations of the Editors’ Code monitored by the PCCSL, the PCCSL said in a statement issued yesterday (16).
The PCCSL set up under the Arbitration Act No. 11 of 1995 promotes self-regulation through a Code of Professional Practice structured by The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) and resolves complaints through a three-tier structure of conciliation, mediation and arbitration.
The Dispute Resolution Council (DRC) of the PCCSL comprises 11 members, six members are non-journalist including an Attorney-at-Law who is the Chairman of the Council and the balance five members are journalists. The DRC along with the PCCSL Secretariat met on Wednesday, February 10, 2021.
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella accident which took place this morning has risen to 21. It has also been reported that the government wil rs 1 million as compensation to the families of the victims.
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella bus accident has risen to 11
It has been reported that Eight persons [five males and three females] have died when a SLTB bus operating from Kataragama to Kurunegala via Nuwara Eliya, veered off the road and went down a precipice early morning today (11) in Gerandi Ella in Ramboda along the Nuwara Eliya – Gampola main road, Police said.
At least 37 others injured in the accident, have been admitted to the Nuwar Eliya and Kothmale hospitals.
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