20/09/2009 - Sunday Times
Justice to be streamlined
(by Chandani Kirinde)
The Government will shortly create five new judicial zones aimed at revamping the administration of the justice system... clearing the backlog of cases. Justice Minister... Moragoda will shortly gazette the re-demarcation... and setting up of new High Courts…
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20/09/2009 - Navamani
Confluence of Sinhala - Tamil Hearts
(by Mana Makeen - translation)
…two literary functions during the last days of the holy month of Ramazan… with a prayer for continuous success of Tamil-Sinhala literary relations… I entered into the Colombo Tamil Sangam in Wellawatte... where… Minister... Milinda Moragoda... launching ceremony of “Ennaik Kavarnda Ulagath Thalaivargal”... This book… about the achievements of 56 world leaders, and was already published in… Sinhala… bringing this into Tamil is highly commendable… “he wants his writings and ideas to reach the Tamil youth as it reaches the Sinhala younger generation. We can’t consider this as an ordinary matter”... said Mr. Ameen…
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25/09/2009 - Daily News
To clear backlog of cases - Five new judicial zones
The Justice… Ministry will shortly issue a Gazette Notification to set up five new judicial zones establishing five new High Courts, 14 District Courts and 21 new Magistrate Courts and 10 new Circuit Courts revamping the administration of… Justice… Minister... Moragoda will shortly gazette the re-demarcation of the judicial zones and the setting up…
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26/09/2009 - Daily News
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A meeting to discuss… Justice system in Sri Lanka and China, where there could be a common approach between the two countries, was held… the Superior Court Complex which was donated by the Chinese Government as a token of friendship… Justice… Minister... Moragoda discussing matters with Chinese Ambassador... Yang Xiuping.
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27/09/2009 - Sunday Island
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Minister of Justice... Moragoda and Chinese Ambassador, Mrs. Yang Xiuping cutting the cake to commemorate the National Day of China and the 60th anniversary of the Sri Lanka – China Friendship Association...
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27/09/2009 - Daily Mirror
City Hotels’ security under assessment: Govt
(by Sunimalee Dias)
…in all metropolitan hotels… this matter had come under discussion between Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse and Tourism Minister… Moragoda on the establishment of the City Hotels Security Advisory Committee...
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28/09/2009 - Daily Mirror
Int’l judicial network to deal with LTTE suspects
(by Kelum Bandara)
...Chief Justice Asoka de Silva and Justice Minister... Moragoda... visiting Holland to establish links with the judicial system... planning to establish a similar link with India... The objective... to obtain assistance in capacity building within our judiciary and the upgrading of... departments under the ministry such as the Attorney General’s Department...
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29/09/2009 - Daily News
Gaining peace, the saga of rehabilitation
…Major General Daya Ratnayake... Commissioner General of Rehabilitation... is in charge of rehabilitating and re-integrating battle hardened ex-LTTE combatants into civil society... In an interview with the Daily News... Is it true you have been given a freehand to perform duties with a lot of powers?... Not only a freehand but also a very good concept. The President wants this idea to be put into practice. I receive enormous support from Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa MP and Justice Minister Milinda Moragoda under whose purview I operate… I am happy to work in such an environment. We have produced a National Action Plan and I am keen to get this properly done…
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29/09/2009 - www.newsfirst.lk
AG, Secretary in US; Minister, Chief Justice in Netherlands
...Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and Mohan Silva, the Attorney General are on a visit to the United States... to research methods on transitional justice... to establish a special tribunal to try terror suspects... and to research judgments on terror activities... following a request made by Minister... Moragoda, the USA and the UK had agreed to provide Sri Lanka with laws on terrorist activities, past judgements... Moragoda and Chief Justice Asoka De Silva... in... the Netherlands... focus... on new law reforms in the Netherlands…
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30/09/2009 - Daily News
Sixty years with Independence
…A few years back… Moragoda commenced writing a column to a Sinhala newspaper… closely analyzing the country’s journey since independence… An anthology of articles printed… available as a book…named Kadaptha or Mirror…"society has become a cornucopia of divisions, rifts and conflicts... Did the rulers who governed the country for the last 6 decades bring this unfortunate situation on us?... important that issues... be resolved through open dialogue. Through these articles, I aspire to create an environment that is conducive... for an open discussion... the moment has come for us to go before a mirror and question ourselves of our own behaviour and conduct.”…
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