Hope for a potential new dengue vaccine after successful clinical trials in Lanka
A sliver of hope has emerged from a potential dengue vaccine study, as this mosquito-borne viral disease rampages across the country and sends hundreds of men, women and children to hospitals in Sri Lanka. The TAK-003 potential vaccine — which underwent testing in Sri Lanka as part of a multi-centre clinical trial — was ‘efficacious’ [...]
Global journalist bodies take up Mexico’s impunity crisis
An international mission comprising of 17 international organisations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Reporters without Borders and the International Press Institute, has arrived in Mexico, considered the world’s deadliest country for journalists, to hold talks with government authorities with a view to finding a solution to the country’s freedom of express crisis. According [...]
Bridging the poverty gap effortlessly
Of the many rash and brash promises made by the two leading contenders in the presidential race, we have been able to identify one promise as an achievable and pragmatic pledge. Gotabaya Rajapaksa has promised to end the poverty gap between the haves and have-nots. We didn’t find reports of direct pledges by Sajith Premadasa [...]
Deconstructing the ad wars of 2019 presidential candidates
“Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favour of his image because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.” -Marshall McLuhan With the advent of modern technologies and the rise of visual culture, today, more than any other point [...]
Focus on sports injuries as Sri Lanka College of Radiologists celebrates International Day of Radiology
On November 8, the Sri Lanka College of Radiologists, the professional body representing radiologists in the country, joined the world radiology community in celebrating International Day of Radiology 2019. This year’s theme was ‘Sports and Musculoskeletal Imaging’. The International Day of Radiology is an annual event held since 2012 with the aim of building greater [...]
SLAAPS distributes free spectacles
The Sri Lanka Association of Administrative and Professional Secretaries (SLAAPS), as part of its CSR projects, has gifted nearly 500 spectacles in the last 10 years, with the objective of granting the gift of sight by restoring the vision of underprivileged people. This year, this worthy cause received the gracious sponsorship of Ahamed Ali Ibrahim [...]
Buy HelpAge greeting cards and help underprivileged people to regain vision
HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL), as in previous years, has produced thousands of Christmas and New Year greeting cards — and the proceeds from sales will go towards its programme to perform free cataract surgeries on underprivileged senior citizens of over 55 years. The greeting cards are adorned with colourful photographs, paintings and graphic designs and [...]
Royal College Group of 66 offers four scholarships to deserving students
The Royal Group of Sixty Six (1966) donated the capital required to give four Perpetual Scholarships to assist students of Royal College. The cheque was handed over to the Principal, B.A. Abeyratne on Thursday by the President of the Group Rajan Gunaratne at the College Conference Room in the presence of the members of the [...]
Why end the global media crisis?
WASHINGTON, DC – Almost everywhere one looks nowadays, the news media are in crisis. And unfortunately, although a robust free press is fundamental to a well-functioning democracy, the world’s democratic governments are doing too little to protect it. Media outlets worldwide are struggling to adapt their business models to the digital age, with local newspapers, [...]