(Eagle News) — Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday, Jan. 16, hailed President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war anew, saying it should serve as “an example” to the whole world. “The war against crime and drugs carried out by you is an example to the whole world and personal to me. Drug menace is rampant in my country and I feel that we should follow your footsteps to control this hazard,” Sirisena said during the state banquet […]
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PHL, Sri Lanka ink agreements on defense, agriculture, tourism
(Eagle News) — The Philippines and Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Jan. 16, inked several agreements during Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s state visit to the country. The Palace said signed were: a memorandum of understanding between the Philippines’ Department of National Defense and the Ministry of Defense of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on defense and military education and training and exchanges of defense and military delegations a memorandum of understanding on academic cooperation […]
Sri Lanka president suspends parliament as crisis worsens after ouster of Prime Minister
by Amal JAYASINGHE Agence France Presse COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena suspended parliament Saturday to forestall a challenge against his surprise ouster of the prime minister, deepening a sudden swell of political turmoil in the island nation. Police cancelled all leave as tensions heightened in Colombo a day after the president dismissed Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with controversial former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse, who ended the country’s long […]





