Negros Occidental officials celebrate Senate passage of NIR bill, a significant step towards establishing the Negros Island Region. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson hails the move, while Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez calls it 'great news.' Senate Bill No. 2507 aims to improve government services and promote efficiency for accelerated development in Negros Island.
By Lynn Ockersz As the world looked on aghast, They worked with ruthless efficiency, They stoned him, Lynched him, And set him ablaze, Leaving little trace of their victim; There was no fumbling, no hesitation, It was as if their work was cut out, And no matters of the heart, Could come in-between; They acted […]
Ronit Ricci, Banishment and Belonging: Exile and Diaspora in Sarandib, Lanka and Ceylon. Colombo: Tambapanni Academic Publishers, 2021 (First published by Cambridge University Press in 2019) Reviewed by Nira Wickramasinghe Leiden University At different moments in time, Sri Lanka was known by different names, Serendib for the Arabs, Lanka in the Ramayana and other chronicles […]
Closer Connections among Different Branches of Human Knowledge: by Liyanage Amarakeerthi (A shortened version of a plenary speech given by Prof. Amarakeerthi at the International Conference of Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka, on 03 December) Every year I teach a course in aesthetics and non-linguistic arts. In that, I discuss what we ‘get’ from visual art […]