Viswalingam Manivannan has been elected as the new Mayor of Jaffna Municipal Council (JMC) today when the Council convened today to elect a new Mayor.
Among the 45 members of the Council, 21 votes were for Mr Manivannan while former Mayor representing Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Immanuel Arnold secured 20 votes. Four members abstained from voting. The fresh voting to select Mayor was fixed after the two budgets submitted by Mr Arnold were defeated in the council recently.
Mr Manivannan who was elected as a councilor representing Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) was later removed from the party due to internal party issues.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
The Government is considering abolishing the Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff (OCDS) when the term of office of its incumbent General Shavendra Silva ends on December 31.
Former Member of Parliament J.R.P. Suriyapperuma passed away today, January 2, 2025, at the age of 96.
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