Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), has commended Hemas Holdings PLC’s Club Hotel Dolphin for its role in combating COVID-19 in Sri Lanka by functioning as a quarantine centre from April 1 to May 28, at a meeting with company representatives at his office.
Hemas said in a media release that the meeting was convened by the Army Commander to extend his heartfelt and deep sense of gratitude to the Hemas Group and the Dolphin Hotel which bore all operating and staff expenditure amounting to Rs. 6.3 million, incurred during this period.
From left: Major General Dushan Rajaguru (retd), Security Consultant - Hemas Holdings; Ms. Shiromi Masakorala, General Manager - Group Sustainability & Corporate Communications, Hemas Holdings; Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva; Suresh Athukorala - General Manager, Club Hotel Dolphin; Steven Enderby - Group CEO, Hemas Holdings; Abbas Esufally - Group Director, Hemas Holdings & Chairman - Serendib Hotels; Shantha Kurumbalapitiya - Managing Director - Serendib Hotels and Kushan Pathiraja, Director - Club Hotel Dolphin.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
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In its first electoral test since taking power, the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) fell short of expectations, winning only around 40 % of the national vote in Tuesday’s local government election and falling short of enough seats to gain control of the majority of councils.
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