Baratha Natya Arangetram held in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Monday, 21 July 2003, 05:01 GMT]
The Baratha Natya Arangteram enhances the cultural pride of the Tamil people, said Rev.Sr.M.Threse Ranee, Principal of St Mary's College, participating as the chief guest at the Baratha Natya Arangetram of Miss Chandrasekaram Sangeetha, held Sunday evening at the Thresian auditorium at St. Mary’s College in Trincomalee, sources said.
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‘HSZ in Jaffna expanded post ceasefire'

[TamilNet, Sunday, 20 July 2003, 18:37 GMT]
The high security zones in the Jaffna district have been expanded since the signing of the ceasefire agreement by the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, said the former Jaffna Municipal Commissioner, Mr.C.V.K.Sivagnanam, who is the current President of the Northern Federation of Farmers' Co-operative Societies, addressing a press briefing held at the Jaffna Humanitarian Agencies Consortium (JHAC) office Sunday.
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Batticaloa News in Brief

[TamilNet, Sunday, 20 July 2003, 17:07 GMT]
LTTE Senior Commander Karuna meets Tamil activists, Sathurukondan residents undergo security checks and LTTE to open Eastern Police Head Quarters in Kokkadichcholai.


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Best local government bodies in NE chosen

[TamilNet, Sunday, 20 July 2003, 14:22 GMT]
A local government body at each of the Municiapl Council (MC), Urban Council (UC) and Pradeshiya Sabah (PS) levels has been adjudged the best in the North-East in a competition held in connection with the Local Government Week (July 14-21), and the bodies are the Batticaloa MC, the Vavuniya UC and the Vavuniya South Tamil PS, Sri Lanka’s provincial local government ministry sources said.
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Grenade attack in Oddamavadi

[TamilNet, Sunday, 20 July 2003, 14:01 GMT]
Unidentified persons Saturday night hurled a grenade at the residence of the Chairman of the Tamil-Muslim Reconciliation Committee, Mr. Mohamed Hussein Hayat Mohamed, in Oddamavadi in the Batticaloa district, police sources said.
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Tamil book on Trinco’s history released

[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 July 2003, 19:55 GMT]
" Historic Trincomalee," a research book written by Mr.Kanagasabapathy Saravanapavan in Tamil, was released Saturday evening at an event held at the Sri Koneswara Hindu College hall in Trincomalee, and several Tamil academicians said that the book is a timely contribution at a time when parties with vested interests distort the history of the country to suit their agenda, sources said.
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Transit centre for war affected Muttur children

[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 July 2003, 18:08 GMT]
Foundation stone was laid Friday for the transit centre for the protection and welfare of children under eighteen years affected by war at Kadatkaraichcenai in the Liberation Tigers held Muttur east in Trincomalee, sources said.


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Bishop protests SLA closure of Madhu Shrine access road

[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 July 2003, 12:40 GMT]
In a meeting at the Mannar Secretariat Friday on issues related to forthcoming festivals at Madhu shrine, Mannar district Bishop Rev.Rayappu Joseph said that the continued closure of the road to Madhu shrine by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) is a human rights violation, reports in Jaffna daily Uthayan said.


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Workshop on pre-school education held in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 July 2003, 19:30 GMT]
One-day workshop on curriculum formulation for training pre-school development co-ordinators in the northeast province was held Friday at the North East Provincial Guest House in Trincomalee, sources said. The workshop was organized by the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) and the Provincial Education Ministry Secretary Mr.R.Thiagalingam inaugurated the workshop.
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SL Govt. neglects Jaffna fisheries, TRO to build ice factory

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 July 2003, 18:45 GMT]
No assistance has been provided for the development of the fisheries sector in the Jaffna district by the Sri Lankan state since 2000, and international non-governmental organizations have come forward to develop the fisheries industry in the peninsula, said the Assistant Director of Fisheries, Mr.A.Joseph, addressing a meeting following the opening of a second ice factory at Point Pedro at a cost of three million rupees with the aid of the UNDP Friday afternoon.
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World Bank commends LTTE for its cooperation

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 July 2003, 15:43 GMT]
The Country Director of the World Bank in Sri Lanka, Mr Peter C.Harrold, Friday launched the Tamil version the of the publication “Sri Lanka Country Assistance Strategy 2003-2006 (CAS)” at an event held at the North East Provincial Health Ministry auditorium in Trincomalee, where he thanked the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for the close cooperation the LTTE has extended to the Bank in implementing projects it funded, sources said.
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Resettlement in Talaimannar Pier areas to begin

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 July 2003, 08:26 GMT]
Sittampalam Jeyapalan, a senior officer attached to the international NGO from Switzerland, FSD, said that 1394 land mines, 9 claymore mines and 8 unexploded shells have been removed from the Talaimannar West and East areas in the last one hundred days. Administrative officials in Talaimannar said that the clearing of mines has allowed displaced residents from Talaimannar pier area to prepare for resettlement.


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Civilians foil SLA's attempt to arrest LTTE cadres in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Thursday, 17 July 2003, 18:31 GMT]
Tamil Civilians in the Kidachoori area of Vavuniya on Thursday foiled attempts by Sri Lanka Army personnel in civvies to arrest four Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres and take them to the SLA camp, saying one of the cadres was carrying a communication set, sources in Vavuniya said.
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School reopened in Omanthai HSZ

[TamilNet, Thursday, 17 July 2003, 11:15 GMT]
"For the many children who were displaced, denied of basic education and forced to eke a living selling nuts along A9, this event marks an important turning point in their lives," said Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Vavuniya district Political Head, Sengathir, speaking at the opening ceremony of Omanthai Mahavidyalayam in the High Security Zone (HSZ), sources attending the function said.
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Media should help unite people - Bishops

[TamilNet, Thursday, 17 July 2003, 01:59 GMT]
Bishops of Trincomalee-Batticaloa and Badulla Dioceses Rt Rev Fr Dr.Kingsely Swampillai and Rt Rev Winston Fernando Wednesday made a plea to the media to work for the unity of all communities and not to create tension among them. Both made this appeal in their inaugural speeches made at the one day workshop on the "Today's impact of social communication in the society" held at the Pastoral House located in Uppuveli area in Trincomalee, sources said.


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Sea Monitors to hold talks with Sea Tiger head next week

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 19:42 GMT]
The Norwegian head of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, Major General (retd.) Triggve Teleffsen, who on Wednesday held key talks with the head of the Sea Tigers division of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Colonel Soosai, in Mullaitivu, and concluded his three-day visit to the LTTE held Vanni region, told journalists that the SLMM’s Sea Monitors would visit Kilinochchi next week and hold talks with the Sea Tiger head, sources said.
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Retrieving Kannapuram from the jungle’s grip

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 17:43 GMT]
Kannapuram was one of the most prosperous and rich agricultural villages on Sri Lanka’s east coast before it was ransacked and destroyed by the Sri Lanka army (SLA) thirteen years ago. Hundreds of refugees who are returning today to reclaim their homes and paddy fields from the stubborn clutches of the island’s tropical forests face an uncertain future - a military camp is firmly entrenched in the midst of the village and no funds have been granted so far by Colombo to help them resettle.
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Second grenade attack at Trinco PLOTE office

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 17:01 GMT]
Unidentified men Wednesday around nine p.m. hurled a grenade inside the premises of the Trincomalee office of the Peoples' Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) and four persons were injured when it exploded. This is the second grenade attack on the Trincomalee PLOTE office within ten days, police said.


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TULF’s Trinco branch wants action against Anandasangaree

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 16:20 GMT]
In a strongly worded resolution adopted at the meeting of the Trincomalee district branch of the Tamil United Liberation Front, the main constituent of the Tamil National Alliance, the TULF branch said Wednesday that “appropriate action” should be taken to “ensure that the policies and principles of the TULF are upheld at all times,” and that “irresponsible statements made by a single individual” are not regarded as the position of the TULF.
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LTTE leader pays homage to Lt. Seelan

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 15:27 GMT]
The leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Mr. V. Pirapaharan, unveiled a large photo of the late Lt. Seelan (Charles Antony), the first attack commander of the LTTE, and paid his respects by lighting the sacrificial flame, at a specially organized ceremony in a location in the Vanni, sources said.
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