5000 Lion flags sent to Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Salu Sala, the state owned sales firm which promotes the indigenous textile industry has sent five thousand Sri Lankan national flags to Jaffna. The flags will be sold through the Salu Sala outlets which were recently opened in peninsula.
Full story >>

78100 Palmyrah saplings planted in Vanni

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Palmyrah Development board and the TEEDOR, the economic research and planning arm of the Liberation Tigers, together have planted 78100 Palmyrah saplings in the Vanni this year said officials in the Board this week.
Full story >>

Jaffna election date set

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Elections Commissioner announced today that the local government elections in Jaffna will be held on January 29, 1998.
Full story >>

Akkarayan hospital issues November figures

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Akkarayan hospital OPD in the Vanni treated 25878 patients during the month of November said hospital sources.
Full story >>

Settlements hit by air strikes, civilians tortured

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Reports from the Vanni said this evening that Kfir jets of the SLAF bombed the Mankulam area this morning, inflicting heavy damage on some civilian settlements there. No details of the casualties were known.
Full story >>

Breakaway EPDP faction files nominations

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
An independedent group filed nominations for the local government elections in Jaffna this morning around 11.30 p.m. at the Jaffna Kachcheri.
Full story >>

EPDP files nominations

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The EPDP filed nominations for six local government bodies this afternoon at the Jaffna Kachcheri. The group's mayoral candidate for the Jaffna municipality is Velummayilum Kuhendiran who is known as Jegan. He is the EPDP's Jaffna district organiser.
Full story >>

More troops sent to Vanni

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Sources in Vavuniya said today that a large number of troops are being sent to the 'Jayasikurui' front from last week. They were, however, not able to ascertain whether the induction of soldiers is connected to the major operation to achieve the link up between the troops of Operation Jayasikurui and the SLA base in Kilinochchi before February 4, 1998, the fiftieth anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence.
Full story >>

Monsoon lashes Vanni

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The monsoon rains have begun lashing the Vanni region again after a lull of more than a week. The Kanakarayan river which runs along some of the forward areas of Operation Jayasikurui such as Karappukkuththi, Katkidangu etc., has been swollen with floods since yesterday, sources in the Vanni said.
Full story >>

PLOTE, EPRLF leaders in Jaffna over elections

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Suresh Premachandran of the EPRLF and Dharmalingam Sidtharthan of the PLOTE arrived in Jaffna today in connection with the local government elections. They are holding discussions with potential candidates and members about preparing lists for all the local government bodies in the peninsula.
Full story >>

Vanni observes MGR's death anniversary

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers said today that MGR's tenth death anniversary will be observed widely in the Vanni on Dec. 24, 25 and 26.
Full story >>

LTTE denies involvement in Batticaloa explosion

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The LTTE announced today that two of its members, Lt. Col. Kandeepan (Amarasingham Thirunavukkarasu, Akkaraipattu) and 2nd Lt. Maharajah (Kaththamuthu Mahendiran, Batticaloa) were killed in a confrontation in Sinthupuram in Batticaloa on Dec. 15.
Full story >>

TULF announces election plans

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) sources in Jaffna said yesterday that they were planning to contest only Jaffna Municipal Council, Valigamam West, Valigamam East, Valigamam North, Nallur Pradeshiya Sabhas and the Chavachcheri Urban council.
Full story >>

Six SLA troops killed - radio

[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VOT) said in its night news bulletin today that Liberation Tigers ambushed a group of SLA soldiers travelling in a tractor between Olumadu and Keerisudan by blasting a claymore mine around 1.30 p.m yesterday.
Full story >>

Batticaloa police say bomb found in market

[TamilNet, Friday, 12 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
A bomb fixed into a bicycle was found near the Batticaloa market by the lagoon on Lady Manning Drive this morning and was exploded by a Sri Lankan army bomb disposal squad.
Full story >>

Lone applicant for Jaffna police

[TamilNet, Thursday, 11 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Faced with an increasingly apparent shortage of troops for holding Jaffna, the Sri Lankan government has embarked on an ambitious project to recruit Jaffna girls to its Reserve Police Force.
Full story >>

Seven Tigers killed in Vanni clashes

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 10 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers said this morning that there were confrontations between the Liberation Tigers and the SLA at Kankarayan Kulam and Karuppatta Murippu yesterday.
Full story >>

Vanni situation talks inconclusive

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 09 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The meeting called by Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Defence Gen. Anuruddha Ratwatte today with all the parties in Parliament ended on an inconclusive note, said leaders of Tamil parties which participated in the discussion.
Full story >>

Party leaders to discuss Vanni situation

[TamilNet, Monday, 08 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister for Defence Gen. Anuruddha Ratwatte called all party leaders in Parliament today for a discussion about the situation in the Vanni.
Full story >>

Heavy rain bursts tank bunds

[TamilNet, Sunday, 07 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Vannerikkulam tank in the western Vanni burst its bunds as rains continue to wreak havoc in the northern jungles regions. People living in Akkarayan, Konavil and Skandapuram have been affected by the floods from the tank which might submerge some inner roads if the rains do not cease soon say residents.
Full story >>