06/04/2007 - Daily Mirror
Website for Foundation
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene Foundation that has rendered a yeomen service to the south launched its website recently with Minister of Tourism Milinda Moragoda as the chief guest. Distribution of books and school requisites to school children, construction of tsunami housing schemes, inauguration of small industries and self employment projects are among the services of the foundation...
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12/04/2007 - Daily Mirror
www.milinda.org first Lankan website to get praise from the Oscars of the Internet Milinda’s website receives “Official Honouree” Distinction in two Categories at the 11th Annual Webby Awards
The Webby Awards, the leading international award honouring excellence on the Internet, announced the nominees and honorees for the 11th Annual Webby Awards yesterday. www.milinda.org has been selected as an Official Honouree, in the two categories of personal websites and political websites. "The Webby Awards honours the outstanding work that is setting the standards for the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. www.milinda.org’s Official Honouree selection is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators.” Milinda.org is the only non-US website to have been designated as an Official Honouree in the political website category. Other Honourees in this category included CNN’s website for America Votes 2006, the website for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and PBS’ Online News Hour-Vote 2006. In addition,...
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15/04/2007 - The Nation
Ministry of Tourism appoints advisory committees
The Ministry of Tourism is in the process of setting up several advisory panels and working committees on the directions of Minister Milinda Moragoda.The idea is to broaden the tourism stakeholder network almost to the grass roots levels in the country and to get actively involved all interested individuals and agencies to work on a common platform for the development of tourism...
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30/04/2007 - Daily Mirror
Tourism Minister attempts to win back confidence of airlines
In the immediate aftermath of the LTTE air attack on two fuel storage facilities in Colombo in the wee hours of Sunday morning the tourism ministry...Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda summoned a meeting with civil airline managers to brief them on the situation early...
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22/05/2007 - Daily News
Boost for pilgrim tourism
(by Ramani Kangaraarachchi)
COLOMBO: Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda yesterday appointed an Advisory Committee of Buddhist priests to advise the ministry in promoting pilgrim tourism locally and internationally...
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27/05/2007 - Sunday Island
Editorial - Hotels need a lifeline
...tourism is going through a bad time...Among the pluses that President...Rajapaksa...has..is...obtained the services of many UNPERs...better able to do the jobs...assigned to them than...their predecessors. Tourism Miniser Milinda Moragoda is one of these.
He, together with officials of his ministry...meeting the various industry associations...to brief...problems confronting the tourism sector...
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30/05/2007 - The Morning Leader
Milinda moves on Kalpitiya project
(by Sunalie Ratnayake)
Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda has taken the initiation to conduct the preliminary round of talks held last week, with regard to developing the Kalpitiya area as a tourist attraction...initial step taken by Moragoda was appointing a committee that would be in charge of the development project...
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02/06/2007 - Daily News
Tourist Police re-established
(Dharma Sri Abeyratne)
COLOMBO: The Tourist Police division was re-established...a joint effort by the Sri Lanka Tourist Board, Tourism Ministry and the Police Department...opened by Minister Moragoda...network of tourist police units...at key tourist attractions to ensure...a hassle-free and enjoyable holiday...
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12/06/2007 - e Turbo News (www.travelindustryreview.com/news/5585) 
Tell the truth, Sri Lankan tourism minister says
(by eTN Staff Writer)
…“Safety of travelers is a priority on the Sri Lanka Tourism agenda,” said Minister Milinda Moragoda advising all tourism stakeholders including the media to be honest and credible in how they portray Sri Lanka…
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13/06/2007 - Daily News
Oogling and Tourist Police
(by Dr. Tilak S. Fernando)
...With the passage of time, the Tourist Police activities seemed to have subsided for unknown reasons...the Minister of Tourism and Minister of Defence have taken swift and remedial action to re-establish the New Tourist Police Division...The initial establishment of a Tourist Police in Sri Lanka was the brainchild of the late President R. Premadasa...
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