Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi teachers also strike

[TamilNet, Monday, 19 July 1999, 03:32 GMT]
Teachers, principals and non-academic staff in the LTTE controlled districts of Killinochchi and Mullaitivu will also participate in the one-day token strike scheduled to be held on Monday, July 19, said Mr.T. Mahasivam, the Ceylon Tamil Teachers' Union General Secretary.
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Starvation is identified - Government Agent

[TamilNet, Saturday, 17 July 1999, 20:39 GMT]
The Government Agents of Mullaithivu and Kilinochchi have appealed to the government to take immediate action to open a supply route to the LTTE held Vanni areas and send relief food and essential commodities to the population there, said sources.
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Mankulam route yet to open

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 14 July 1999, 14:25 GMT]
The opening of a new supply road to the Vanni through Mankulam on the A9 highway has been delayed over disagreement between the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers (LTTE) as to the details of the demilitarised zone between the two sides, said sources.
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Work underway on new route to Vanni

[TamilNet, Sunday, 04 July 1999, 11:58 GMT]
Arrangements are underway to open a new supply route to the areas held by the LTTE said Mr.K.Ganesh, the Government Agent of Vavuniya. A team of four government officials comprising GA Vavuniya, Mr.S.Ragunathapillai, the Additional GA Vavuniya, and S. Sri Skandarajah, the Project Engineer at the Vavuniya Kachcheri and a technical officer visited Mankulam yesterday to inspect the proposed site for 'cross loading', sources said.
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SLA operation towards Pooneryn

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 June 1999, 09:59 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) authorities in Jaffna today confirmed that a military operation has begun in Pooneryn area, in the northwest of the island. SLA troops air lifted from Palaly Air Force (SLAF) base in seven helicopters landed in Kattunallur-Kalmunai and started moving towards Pooneryn area Thursday morning, sources in Jaffna said.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Saturday, 29 May 1999, 14:07 GMT]
More than a thousand of the students studying at Mulankaavil High School in Kilinochchi have suffered loss or injury because of the war; Harassment of Thiraikerni villagers investigated and World Food Program feeds refugees.
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Cholera patient dies in the Vanni

[TamilNet, Friday, 28 May 1999, 08:09 GMT]
One suspected cholera patient died at Pallamadu on Tuesday and four patients with the symptoms of cholera have been admitted to the Mallavi and Mulangavil hospitals in the Vanni, said sources at the Department of Health.
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Food convoy disturbed by military operations

[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 May 1999, 23:01 GMT]
Displaced families in the LTTE held areas have not been issued with relief rations over the last two months as government food stores and multipurpose co-operative society stores are empty, sources said.
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Seven Tigers killed in naval battle -VoT

[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 May 1999, 06:40 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said this morning that 7 Liberation Tigers were killed in a sea battle with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), off the coast between Mullaithivu and Pulmoddai, on Wednesday night.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 May 1999, 18:06 GMT]
Three policemen injured in LTTE attack and food convoy to operate without escort.
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Further clashes in the Vanni

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 May 1999, 16:04 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said in its morning transmission today that two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and a LTTE member were killed in confrontations at Oddusuddan in the Vanni region yesterday.
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Eleven Tigers killed in sea battle

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 May 1999, 18:00 GMT]
Eleven Tigers, including a Lt.Col, were killed in a sea battle between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan Navy which took place in the seas off the Mullaithivu coast on Saturday, May 1, said the Voice of Tigers in its night news bulletin today.
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“War cannot be stopped”- President

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 April 1999, 12:12 GMT]
The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga Bamadaranaika, told an inter faith peace delegation yesterday evening that she could not stop the war against the Liberation Tigers.
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Five LTTE casualties - VoT

[TamilNet, Thursday, 22 April 1999, 19:25 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) said in its night transmission today that 5 members of the LTTE were killed in a confrontation with the SLA on April 17.
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25 skeletons found in Kilinochchi - VoT

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 21 April 1999, 20:33 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers radio (VoT) said in its night news broadcast today that the skeletal parts of 25 persons have so far been recovered from the area in which the Kilinochchi Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base was located before it was overrun by the Tigers last year.
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Vanni Citizen's Committee requests help

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 April 1999, 23:13 GMT]
The Vanni Citizen's Committee has submitted a memorandum to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Bishop of Mannar asking them to find out the whereabouts of 14 civilians who went missing after they were arrested by the Ranagosha security forces on March 18.
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New SLA promotions

[TamilNet, Saturday, 03 April 1999, 17:01 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) promoted five of its senior officers this week. The Vanni Security Forces Commander Major General Lionel Balagalle will be appointed the chief of staff of the army this week said Sri Lankan government sources today.
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Eight Tigers killed

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 March 1999, 20:08 GMT]
Eight Liberation Tigers have been killed since March 13, in three confrontations with the Sri Lankan Army and two accidental explosions, said the Voice of Tigers (VoT) in its night broadcast today.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Monday, 08 March 1999, 15:20 GMT]
Over hundred Tamils arrested in Kandy ; Two Sri Lankan Army soldiers were wounded in Jaffna today and One SLA soldier, two Tigers were killed in a clash at Oddusuddan on Saturday.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 February 1999, 18:04 GMT]
North-East Governor promises regular passenger ship service between Trincomalee and Kankesanthurai; Heavy rains in Vanni affect paddy harvesting and another Aids victim detected in Jaffna.
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