COLOMBO (News 1st); What would you do if you were the President today?, was the question posed to Sri Lanka’s Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday (12).Wickremesinghe is the Leader of the United National Party, the oldest political party in Sri Lanka, and the only MP in parliament from the UNP.“I am not the President.

But, I know what should be done at this time,” said Wickremesinghe during the 10 Questions programs with News 1st.According to Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s economy was stable in 2019 despite the Easter Attacks, and it was a matter of moving forward.He said suspending the imports of raw material to save reserves is a wrong move, adding SWAP agreements with other countries will not be successful.Wickremesinghe said the Trincomalee Oil Tanks could have been developed and Sri Lanka could have supplied fuel to the whole of South India.He said the Light rail transit (LRT), LNG programs, Central Expressway, MCC, and related programs could have boosted the reserves.“I would not anger India, China, Japan, USA, Europe, all at once,” pointed out Wickremesinghe.

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Peng Shuai says sex assault allegation was 'enormous misunderstanding'

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School District of Philadelphia's new mask mandate goes into effect Monday

PHILADELPHIA - Another new mask mandate is in place and goes into effect Monday morning for the School District of Philadelphia. The new rule is that clothe masks can no longer be worn as the only protection. Instead, 3-ply disposable masks must be worn. Double masking is allowed with clothe masks so long as a 3-ply disposable mask.Officials say the 3-ply disposable mask is more effective in preventing the spread of COVID-19."The one bit of advice that we've continued to put out there is that people should be flexible in understanding that things change very quickly from time to time," officials said.

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Man, 23, dies after being shot multiple times in West Philadelphia, police say

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62-year-old man shot, killed during carjacking in Rhawnhurst, sources say

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P’ment to meet on Tuesday (8); Amendments to Mahapola Fund to replace CJ as Chair

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The actress Andrea Bordeaux says she was fired after she refused to get a COVID-19 vaccination for her Starz series Run The World.In an Instagram post from this weekend, the 34-year-old actress denied that she had chosen to leave the series, as was reported by Deadline on Friday, and instead claimed she had been kicked off the show.'Despite what the article says, I did not opt to leave the series and Lionsgate made no efforts to find a workable solution. I was fired,' she wrote in her lengthy caption.

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Israel's PM talks with Biden about Islamic State, Iran

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Kylie Jenner, Travis Scott welcome baby boy

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Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers on strike

COLOMBO (News 1st); Health workers across Sri Lanka including nurses, and Public Health Inspectors are on strike citing multiple demands.They resorted to the indefinite trade union action from Monday (7) against the government’s failure to remove salary anomalies and address their grievances, despite recent token strikes.The unions demand that the authorities eliminate existing salary disparities in the sector just as they eliminated the teacher and principal salary anomaliesAs a result of the strike, Clinics, Dispensaries, Blood Tests, as well as COVID-19 testing, did not function across many government hospitals in Sri Lanka.This in turn caused serious inconveniences to the general public, according to reports.

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During a COVID-19 update Friday, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said fully vaccinated Canadians who experienced a COVID-19 infection should wait at least three months to get a booster shot after symptoms start or testing positive, according to Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).

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Poilievre can be a ‘strong’ leader but uniting Tories is a challenge: former minister

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre’s announcement Saturday to run for the party’s leadership and become Canada’s next prime minister is being widely endorsed by fellow Tory members of Parliament.Poilievre, the Tories’ finance critic, is the first candidate to launch his bid for the Conservative Party of Canada’s top spot after MPs forced Erin O’Toole out of the position this past week. The Conservative leadership race has already started Among those who pledged their support to the Ottawa-area MP is John Baird, a former federal Conservative cabinet minister.In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson Sunday, Baird said Poilievre has the qualities to be a “very strong leader,” but unifying a fractured Conservative Party will be a challenge.“He’s someone who I think will galvanize Conservatives, not just in the parliamentary caucus, but across the country and galvanize Canadians,” said Baird, who served as the minister of foreign affairs from 2011 to 2015 in then-prime minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet.In a three-minute video released on social media Saturday evening, Poilievre didn’t mention the Conservative Party by name or the leadership contest, saying only that he wants the job as prime minister.The race to replace O’Toole, who was ousted by Conservative MPs in a vote on Wednesday, is well underway with thousands of new memberships sold, a source told Global News on Friday.

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Federal government asked Canadians about radical changes to mail delivery

Canada Post, Filomena Tassi polled Canadians to see how they felt about making some radical changes at the Crown corporation.Those changes include shutting down rural post offices, ending all home delivery in favour of community mailboxes, and cutting back mail delivery to three times a week.The poll was put in the field in mid-December, six weeks after Tassi was named minister for Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) and three weeks after the Crown corporation said it lost $264 million on revenue of $5.4 billion in its third quarter, the most recent quarter for which financial results are available. Canada Post reconsidering policy forbidding workers to use their own N95 masks It was clear from the content of the poll questions that Tassi’s office was keen to explore ways to cut costs and reduce losses.But the very fact that Tassi was even asking those questions has angered the union representing 61,000 postal workers.“We’re really concerned and disappointed the government is actually taking a poll right now about reducing postal services when the public is actually asking them to have more services, not less,” said Jan Simpson, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW).“Postal workers have been working throughout the entire pandemic and for them to have this poll currently is very insulting to us.”Simpson said CUPW was not informed or consulted about the poll and, coincidentally, it was doing its own poll in December asking Canadians about Canada Post.“They want us to expand services,” Simpson said.

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BREAKING: Bail granted to Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Monday (7) ordered to grant bail to Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah who was arrested and remanded under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).In addition, the bail order was directed to the Chilaw High Court as well.The order for bail was made when the revision application for bail on behalf of Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah was taken up at the Court of Appeal in the presence of Justices Menaka Wijesundara and Neil Iddawela.Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah was arrested on the 14th of April 2020 with regard to a sermon that was delivered for students at a Madrasa School in Puttlam.After 18 months in detention, Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah was prosecuted under the PTA by the Attorney General at the Puttlam High Court.However, two requests for bail from the High Court were rejected previously.Thereafter, an application for bail was filed with the Court of Appeal.

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LIOC increases prices for Petrol and Diesel

COLOMBO (News 1st); LIOC has increased its Retail Selling prices for Diesel (Lanka Auto Diesel ) by Rs 3/- per litre and Petrol (LP 92 ) by Rs 7/- per litre with effect from Sunday (6) due to huge price increase in international fuel prices on both the product.92 Octane New Price: Rs. 184/-Auto Diesel New Price: Rs.

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BC Liberal Party looks to future with new leader Kevin Falcon

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Suspect arrested in connection with armed robberies at SEPTA stations, officials say

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Trucker protests: Downtown Toronto returns to normal after demonstration

City and government officials are applauding the combined efforts to control the crowds. This comes after a massive protest took over the streets near Queens Park in Toronto.

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Almost 25,000 booster doses on Waitangi Day; 188 community cases; 14 in hospital; 1 in ICU

There were 24,935 booster doses administered on Waitangi Day yesterday, taking the total to date to 1,586,950. Also, 1,706 paediatric doses were given yesterday, bringing the total to 199,174.

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Strictly Come Dancing’s John Whaite forced to pull out of tour after being left bedbound with coronavirus

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Dancing On Ice's Brendan Cole under fire for 'liking' claims Covid is a 'conspiracy'

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