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Eastern Elections

The ballot boxes are closed; Everyone awaits the results of today’s local election.
Our own correspondent reports of no serious trouble or problems in and around Arugam Bay, Panama & PottuVille.
Incidents in Ampara (2hrs.) and Trincomallee (10hrs.) caused no concern locally. (arugam.info reported)
Please send us YOUR observations!
Are You in the Eastern Province?
Have the elections been fair […]



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Eastern PC election: A race between Muslim parties

MSM AyubThe former Lanka Guardian Editor and a respected journalist, late Mervin de Silva while testifying before the Mosad Commission appointed by the former President Ranasinghe Premadasa in early nineties said that Sri Lankan leaders had pushed a politically passive community into active politics by inviting Israelis to train the troops.
He was referring to the […]



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Elephants do topple trees for fodder

The UNP-SLMC marriage of political convenience is at the inconvenience of the rank and file, with the best-man a ‘no show’ at the wedding
Political horse deals was the order of the day, during the early part of last week, since the deadline for nominations for the Eastern polls, was Thursday.

There were […]



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Madonna peace concert in Sri Lanka

Grammy award winning singer and songwriter Madonna is to visit Sri Lanka next month for a peace concert.

She is also likely to visit the Wanni for what has been billed as a first of its kind meeting between the top international singer and the LTTE, organizers said.
The ‘Concert for Peace’ scheduled for May 17 in […]



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The Muslims and Eastern Elections

by Shanie

With the election to the Eastern Provincial Council drawing near, all the parties seem to be wooing the Muslims who form the significantly large ‘ethnic’ group […]



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Arugam answers Rio

Arugam.info has received VERY pretty photos from our Brazil friends.
Sorry, dudes, Sri Lanka is not Rio and we cannot publish your explicit photos of your great Carnival on this web site ;-(((
However, we can do better and even more nude than you!
Here is an impression of our new, young, female surfing generation; at Carnival time:

Photos […]



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Party Time

RAIN DANCE
PIX: indi samarajiva/ organises
Subha Wijesiriwardena parties hard and takes notes at the second Ministry of Sound party on Lankan shores…
On the 8th of September at the River View Hotel in Wadduwa, Sri Lankan party animals did us proud. According to Mahesh Wijetunge, Event Manager for EN-V Productions, this party, the […]



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Full Moon (Eclipse)

The Full Moon Day is somewhat special to Arugam Bay. You may recall.
Tonight, with a perfect clear sky above and the calm sea reflecting the bright Moon light:
Forget about our Full Moon Party! There are no crowds or ambassadors in town anyhow.

Join us and stay up until just before sunrise and admire a perfect total […]



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Full Moon

The Full Moon Day or ‘Poya Day’ (like today) is not only a very special day on Koh Pang Ngan, but also has a certain relevance to Arugam Bay.
(btw: the 26th December 2004 also was a Poya Day….)
Whilst famous places like Goa and Thailand are (still?!) much more popular, attracting 10,000 or so followers, the […]



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Uncle Shelton

Shelton is Arugambay’s unemployed hero.
Today we bring you a real life story from Arugam Bay.
Uncle Shelton was perhaps the only fit person to report for duty at 07:00 sharp! just over two years ago. Typical, because during the past 20 years or more he never missed a single day’s work.
His pride and joy was to […]



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Arugam Bay Beer

Arugambay is lucky to have an Oktoberfest all year round.
Our very own, special brew is available only once a year elsewhere.
All our testing, sampling and quality control efforts are put to the test at the BIG brewer’s event at the Colombo Hillton Car Park, the Sri Lanka Oktoberfest.

see today’s photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/arugamsurf/Oktoberfest



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NGO’s can Cooperate!

Do we have to humbly apologize? For our earlier remarks.

The often reported lack of cooperation between rival organizations has been disproven..
On a trip to OKANDA, at the entrance of the Yala East National Park, our reporter could not help to be rather impressed.
Of course, normally only one of the (up to 4) opposing adverts will […]



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