Yet another broken promise by Hudson the preacher

Friday, 04 October 2013 

Today’s Lakbima newspaper reports about yet another broken promise by Hudson Samarasinghe, the braggard and preacher who preaches to the entire country.

He had promised to donate Rs. 100,000 to the ailing musician Tissasiri Perera with the earnings from his morning newspaper reading programme.

It came about a year ago at a felictation by the SLBC to honour the veteran musician, but so far, not a cent has been given to him.

Lakbima says the incident comes as no surprise, as those who preach to the country act in an entirely opposing manner.
Similarly, Hudston Samarasinghe gave a broken promise around six years ago to musician H.M. Jayawardena.

The SLBC chairman had promised to give him half of the earnings from two casettes containing songs of Malani Bulathsinhala, the wife of H.M. Jayawardena. Thousands of copies of the two casettes have so far been sold, but H.M. Jayawardena is yet to receive any money.

Furthermore, the copyright payment for the artistes has been stopped by the SLBC under the chairmanship of Hudson Samarasinghe.(digathanews.com)

Government trying to please India by signing Sampur agreement

Friday, 04 October 2013

The increasing pressure on Sri Lanka by the international community and the warning signals sent out of an international probe by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has resulted in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government once again turning towards India to intervene.

Actions of the Rajapaksa government resulted in straining relations between Sri Lanka and India. The Indian government fed up of being lied to finally decided to vote in favour of two resolutions on Sri Lanka at the UNHRC.

India has also expressed concern over the increasing involvement of China in Sri Lanka’s development programmes.
The Rajapaksa government has now decided to finalize within a week the agreement with India to set up a coal power plant at Sampur in the Trincomalee District.

Additional Secretary of the Power and Energy Ministry, Ranjith Gunawardena has said the Sri Lankan and Indian parties have managed to finalize a power purchase agreement for the proposed 500MW coal power plant.

He has been quoted in the media as saying that the agreement was likely to be signed within a week.

Gunawardena added that international tenders for the coal power plant project would be called soon after.

The joint venture plant between the Ceylon Electricity Board and India’s National Thermal Power Corporation has been delayed due to disputes over several issues including the parameters that indicate the efficiency of the plant and maintenance fees.