Some people demanded to be jabbed with the Pfizer vaccine. People were asking the government to double jab them as fast as possible. Rohana said that at the beginning of the pandemic anti-vaccine sentiments had been rare among the people and that the overwhelming majority of the people wanted to get vaccinated. It would be difficult to increase the number of people who receive booster shots if the government did not address the growing anti- vaccine sentiments among the people, head of the Public Health Inspectors’ Union (PHIU) Upul Rohana said yesterday. could not manage the situation on 03 Dec.īoth the events happened during a work-to-rule campaign of CEBEU. The Under Frequency Load Shedding (UFLS) that tripped on 29 Nov. The same line tripped, this time taking the whole grid down with it.
This was like a rehearsal for Friday’s outage.ĭue to the high rainfall, Mahaweli reservoirs are generating a high amount of electricity, and most of them are linked to this 220kV line (Upper Kotmale, Kotmale, Victoria, Randenigala and Rantembe total 760 MW),” he added.ĭue to the work-to-rule, and the engineers’ non-cooperation with the CEB GM, the report on what happened has not been properly studied and released to the regulator, the Public Utilities Commission, according to sources. “The whole system may need checking the protection system may need proper setting if this was not a sabotage,” he added.Īnother Independent Energy Expert said, on 29 Nov, both circuits of the Kotmale-Biyagama transmission line had tripped. The Island learns that both sub grids were guarded by the police, and therefore it should be clear for the Ceylon Electricity Board top management and the Police Department who the culprits are.Īnother expert said there couldn’t have been some same type of tripping on two days causing total failure. It was a clear case of sabotage that caused the countrywide blackout experienced on December 3, a senior Power Ministry official said, adding that initial investigations had revealed attempts by some elements to cripple the Biyagama-Kottawa line as well. Pathirage also alleged that a senior official was trying to shield the CEBEU as regards the ongoing investigations by the Criminal Investigations Department. Ranatunga removed from their posts as they were keen to have Friday’s countrywide blackout probed thoroughly. Speaking on the sidelines of a press briefing at the Taj Samudra yesterday, CEBSEA Executive Committee Member Nandika Pathirage told The Island that the CEBEU wanted CEB Chairman M.M.C. Jayasundera yesterday assured the Ceylon Electricity Board Senior Engineers’ Association (CEBSEA) that he would take up recent blackouts and alleged sinister moves by the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBEU) with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The interfering policies of the United States, Europe and other Western nations and their trying to push their own values to change the Middle East have bought long-term turmoil and have been an important inducement to this wave of refugees.Secretary to the President Dr. On the economic side this will again raise concerns about the tourism sector which is struggling, partly due to security concerns and partly because of Russia, but the market impact overall is not that significant as there is a general improvement in investor sentiment and some of the Brexit turmoil seems to be fading a bit. I am glad to see that President Biden intends to keep Director Wray in his position.
Trying to figure out insurance and adjust our life in ways we never anticipated.Ĭhristopher Wray became FBI director at a moment of tremendous turmoil for the bureau and the country, and he has served with great professionalism and integrity. The stress and turmoil is definitely pretty significant, my wife has a recent diagnosis of Chron’s. Several 3 word statements chosen to suit the situation are available."wanta get away", "I don't care", "wanta stay", "I am listening", "wanta kiss", "I love you", "want forgiveness", I am sorry". Turmoil between people is mostly lengthy, repeated words stated louder and louder. They need to justify their actions.and go on and on.
We all come across those that give explanations, followed by a story of why this or that occurred. It could be good to be short and to the point.at times. Many lengthy discussions could be narrowed down to a few words. In our lives there often are times that can be summed up briefly.