Arugam.info is about to be complimented by similar information sites soon.
In future, news and events concerning our surounding area will have their own home.
For this purpose PottuVille.info, Lahugala.info and so on are already under construction.
Hopefully this move will allow us here to concentrate just on local issues concerning the famous Bay@Arugam!
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Archive for October, 2006
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POTTUVIL: One of the three fishermen, missing two months ago in the Pottuvil sea, arrived from Myanmar recently.
The three fishermen Abubucker Abdul Raheem, Thangarasa and Samurdeen went fishing from Sainthamaruthu Maligai Kaadu on July 2 in a […]
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by Dayan Jayatilleka
Mao Ze Dong, arguably the greatest military theorist of the 20th century and one of its finest philosophers, enjoined his followers to “turn bad into good!” The timing of the Supreme Court judgement was, as Dr Sarath Amunugama among others is reported to have said in Cabinet, not a good thing. But […]
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Will CASP actually Grasp what is really needed in our area?
The town of nearby PottuVille welcomed the Vice President of Canadian Agro-Sustainability Partnership (CASP), Mr. Victor and his wife Ms. Petrescu this morning.
As usual, the newly arrived visitors are overwhelmed with proposals and project ideas.
Arugam.info however has observed and is frustrated that during the past […]
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Rates as of 2006.10.25 20:09:28 UTC (GMT). Base currency is LKR.
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Oct 25, Colombo: A hartal was observed today in the Trincomalee, Mannar, Batticaloa, Ampara and Vavuniya districts in the north and east of Sri Lanka to protest the de-merger of the Northern and Eastern Provinces.
The hartal was called by the Tamil National Alliance. Many shops in these districts were closed today. Public transport functioned, though […]
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Fleur Childs
Young Australian artist, Fleur Childs, was “staying at Arugam Bay, a remote beach community on the east coast of Sri Lanka, when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck. With the works that make up Boxing Day, Childs relives and reimagines her experience of riding the wave that killed over 200,000 people.” Childs is a […]
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Q? Q? Q? : Is it safe? Should I travel?
As from today, you will find here, on Arugam.info No.1 position all related issues, discussions and local observations concerning travel security.
Arugam.info has only just realised that Safety Concerns are foremost in your mind!
We thank you for your feed back, suggestions and emails, pointing this out to […]
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Die Kriegsparteien in Sri Lanka vertreiben Hilfsorganisationen
Nach dem Tsunami sind ausländische Helfer in Sri Lanka mit offenen Armen empfangen worden. Seit dem Wiederaufflammen des Krieges will man von ihnen nichts mehr wissen.
Andrea Spalinger, Batticaloa
Im Büro einer Schweizer Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGO) in Batticaloa berichtet ein Delegierter konsterniert, seit dem Wiederaufflammen der Kämpfe zwischen Armee und Rebellen Ende […]
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Aljazeera 21-10-2006
Sri Lanka’s war has begun to take on a gruesome dimension with news of innocent civilians being slaughtered becoming commonplace, something that is creating an atmosphere of distrust and making ordinary Sri Lankans nervous.
Mafaz, a Sri Lankan aid organiser who would not give his surname, told Aljazeera.net: “We hear of people being killed all […]
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Thursday, October 19, 2006, 13:49 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
The mine was discovered within 15 km of Colombo.
Oct 19, Colombo: The discovery of an 8 kg claymore mine this morning in Mahara forced the closure of the heavily traveled Colombo-Kandy road. The road was reopened after the Sri Lanka Army’s bomb […]
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We are informed that from 1st November, 2006 a Sri Lankan tourist Visa will only be issued for a period of 30 days.
No change of Visa class will be tolerated.
Residents Visas are near impossible to obtain!
Arugam.info has been approached by a few desperate long term expats, some of which have been in Sri Lanka for […]
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