Good News From Jayam February 15, 2024 Pls Scroll Down 35 items Source :  goodnewsfromjayam Manilal Fernando of Los Angeles, Ca. to be Honored with President’s Award – Sri Lanka Foundation – Founded in 1989, the Clarendon Foundation is Manilal Fernando’s passion. Under his leadership and with the generosity of donors, the Foundation has dedicated over five million dollars of monetary resources towards charitable work in Sri Lanka. With a focus on children, it provides 475,000 meals a year, helping 1,500 children daily, while also focusing on ongoing nutrition for children with cancer. The Clarendon Foundation has built school houses, funded multiple children’s homes, and provided homes for abused women, pregnant single mothers, and their babies. In addition to housing, basic nutrition, and education, they have provided training for disabled children and funded heart surgeries for infants. Sri Lanka Foundation International Presents International Awards 2024 Sunday April 21st, 2024 Book your ...

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Upul Dharmadasa Appointed as the New Chairman of Hotel Developers (Lanka) PLC., Which Operates the Hilton Hotel, Colombo. – By Jayam Rutnam Present at the ceremony were Bernie Leonidas, Lalith James, Rajiv Sooriarachchi, Pradeep Wijerathnasekera, Chairman of Housing development, CEO of Hotel developers, and Secretary Ministry of Urban Development.   —————————————————– Upul Dharmadasa, Former Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) Assumed duties as the Chairman of Hotel Developers.  A graduate of the Ceylon Hotels School and a former officer of Air Ceylon, Dharmadasa ended up operating the largest Sri Lankan overseas travel service Upul’s Travel Service, based in Los Angeles. Utravel.com, a state-of-the-art booking system he developed to serve the approximately 750,000 Sri Lankans living in the USA and 400.000 in Canada, is now operated around the world as a Global Travel booking engine.   Dharmadasa is a former member of the hospitality sector of Sri Lanka and served at  Hotel Intercontinental, Holiday ...

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Sri Lanka Issues New Travel Guidelines And Requirements For International Arrivals Source:travelobiz.com The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) on Friday issued detailed guidelines and requirements for Tourists, Foreign Passport Holders, and Sri Lankan s Citizens arriving into the country. Sri Lanka New Travel Guidelines And Requirements A detailed document issued by Upul Dharmadasa, the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka stated that, As per the health guidelines issued on 27th January 2022 by the Director-General of Health Services, all arriving passengers to Sri Lanka must perform a COVID-19 PCR Test within 72 hours prior to departure or Rapid Antigen Test obtained within 48 hours prior to departure. Moreover, the new guidelines also stated that It is not mandatory to submit Health Declaration Forms online and passengers who are unable to submit their online Health Declaration Forms are permitted to submit the printed HDF at the airport ...

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Overseas Sri Lankans no longer required to obtain clearance from FM when returning to country Source:dailymirror The Sri Lankans who are stranded overseas would have the opportunity to return to the country from December 26 onwards without obtaining clearance from the Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Ministry, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CASL) Chairman Upul Dharmadasa said. So far these Sri Lankans have been advised to register with the External Affairs Ministry for clearance before landing. However, the Sri Lankans who are returning using this opportunity, should be subject to PCR tests, he said. ...

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The Alliance of Independent Professionals Source:Assessing Sri Lanka’s response to COVID-19 STATUS STATEMENT I:  20-03-2020 Sri Lanka’s Response to COVID-19   Health Sector Sri Lanka boasts one of the most robust public healthcare systems in the world, with free comprehensive primary, surgical and pharmaceutical care available to all citizens almost completely free of charge. Although there is a shortage of over 6,000 medical officers to meet international standards of doctors per capita, almost all villages have access to medical officers free of charge. Sri Lanka has proven to have one of the best medical systems in the world in the control of infectious disease, having avoided serious impact from the 2002 SARS outbreak and 2009 swine flu pandemics. Sri Lanka has well established private medical facilities, mainly in the cities. Most of the government specialist medical officers do also serve private establishments for a fee, while most other ordinary doctors ...

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