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...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. Police personnel stand guard outside the President's office as his supporters and...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka cancelled exams for millions of school students as the country ran out of printing paper with Colombo short on dollars to finance imports, officials said Saturday. Education authorities said the term tests, scheduled a week from Monday, were postponed indefinitely...
The country’s virgin coconut oil (VCO) clinical trial may soon be conducted in Sri Lanka, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Dec. 3. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) “The DOST-FNRI (Food and Nutrition Research Institute) is exploring possible conduct of the VCO study in Sri...
Sri Lanka on Friday lifted a near six-week lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus but maintained a night curfew and a ban on public gatherings and parties. A street vendor selling facemasks and sanitizers waits for customers along the roadside in Colombo on October 1, 2021, after the...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's wildlife authorities on Tuesday said that a pair of twin baby elephants was born at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, outside the central hills of Kandy in the Central Province, which was the first of its kind reported from the orphanage. Workers care for the twin...
President Duterte has accepted the invitation to visit Sri Lanka once the global coronavirus situation has improved. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The invitation to embark on the foreign trip was relayed by Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa during a phone conversation with...
The government is determined to enforce strict testing and quarantine protocols to prevent the entry of the deadly coronavirus strain first detected in India. Passengers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on May 6, 2021 as the government implements stringent testing and...
The government has imposed temporary travel restrictions on passengers coming from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka to prevent the entry of the coronavirus variant first reported in India. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea issued...
