COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's president submitted his resignation shortly after reaching Singapore on Thursday, the parliamentary speaker's office said, days after the head of state fled protests triggered by his country's worst-ever economic crisis. (FILES) In this file photo taken on January...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators said Thursday they were ending their occupation of official buildings, as they vowed to press on with their bid to bring down the president and prime minister in the face of a dire economic crisis. People visit Sri Lankan President...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo Two weeks ago, we wrote a cautionary tale about Sri Lanka. It was showing an economic meltdown, with grassroots reality of struggling in endless queues for food, fuel and medicine, with rolling blackouts. Power is also in short supply. It was the...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis, and on Wednesday, the country's president flew out of the country days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence. People line up to visit presidential secretariat in Colombo on July 12, 2022, after it was...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the prime minister's office said. A man waves Sri Lanka's national flag outside presidential secretariat in Colombo on July 13,...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said he will resign in the coming days after protesters stormed his residence and forced him to escape offshore in a naval ship. Members of special task force stand guard in front of the residence of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister,...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Sunday announced sending ministers to Russia and Qatar to try and secure cheap oil a day after the government said it had all but run out of fuel. Motorists queue along a street to buy fuel at a Ceylon petroleum corporation fuel station in Pugoda,...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday, June 4, it will continue providing assistance to Filipinos in Sri Lanka amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country. While assistance is ongoing, DFA clarified there is no urgent need to have a rapid response team there. This came after DFA...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said there was no need for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to send a response team to Sri Lanka amid an ongoing economic crisis there but stressed that the DFA is ready to respond to the needs of Filipinos abroad. Anti-government demonstrators...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos has expressed support for the repatriation of Filipino workers affected by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Bishop Santos, vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankan police have been ordered to go on the offensive and use live ammunition to stop rioting, a top official told AFP Wednesday, after another night of sporadic arson attacks. Anti-government demonstrators take part in a protest near the President's office in Colombo on...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Violence raged across Sri Lanka late into the night on Monday, with five people dead and some 180 injured as Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit after weeks of protests. Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (AFP) Those killed in the worst unrest since the crisis...
