De Alwis-ප්‍රේමකීර්ති ද අල්විස්

 Reproduction
Below there is a list of journalists who were killed.

Premakeerthi, Richard Zoyza and Lasantha stand tall among them.


ප්‍රේමකීර්ති ද අල්විස්

    ශ්‍රී ලංකා පෙලපාලියෙ මුලින්ම ගිය පීටර්
    සටන් පාඨ කොඩි සේසත් අරගෙන ගිය පීටර්
    මැතිණිගෙ පින්තූරෙ පපුවෙ පැළඳ ගත්තු පීටර්
    මැතිනි අපිට අපි මැතිණිට කියා නටපු පීටර්


    බණ්ඩරනායක මැතිඳුගෙ ගුණ ගී කියු පීටර්
    ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුවෙන් තෑගි දිනපු පීටර්
    ශ්‍රී ලංකා මීටින්වල කතා අහපු පීටර්
    අපි අතටයි අත අපිටයි කියා කියපු පීටර්


    ඡන්දෙ දවසෙ නිල් ඇඳගෙන ඡන්දෙට ගිය පීටර්
    මෙදා පොටෙත් අපි එනවයි ඔට්ටු තිබ්බ පීටර්
    අපි කැපුවත් නිල් පාටයි කියා කිව්ව පීටර්
    UNP දින්න දවසෙ කොළ ඇඳලා පීටර්
 
 
Career
De Alwis father wanted him join the railway department but de Alwis was attracted to radio broadcasting. De Alwis joined the Visithura magazine, part of the Davasa group, in 1966 as a feature writer. He started working for Radio Ceylon as a freelance announcer on 17 December 1967.
He became a permanent announcer in June 1971 and was promoted to programme producer.
He became a Grade Two announcer in 1974 and afterwards presented programmes such as Sonduru Sevana, Serisara Puvath Sangarawa and Shanida Sadaya on Radio Ceylon's successor Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC).
He later joined the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, presenting programmes such as Anduna, Ayubowan and Sampath Rekha (National Lotteries Board).
De Alwis was a prolific lyricist, writing hundreds of songs. He wrote his first song, Hada Puda Asune Senehasa Bendune, in 1969 for Rupa Indumathi and Malkanthi Nandasiri.
In the same year he wrote his first film song, for Lokuma Hinawa directed by K. A. W. Perera.
He wrote songs for more than 150 films.
He wrote songs for numerous singers including Mohideen Baig, Malini Bulathsinhala, Milton Mallawarachchi, J. A. Milton Perera, Mervyn Perera, Victor Ratnayake, Freddie Silva and Priya Suriyasena.
Popular songs written by de Alwis include "Aatha ran viman thulin", Aaron Mama, Adaraneeya Neranjana, Adare Ran Bingun Nesu, Beri Bara Hindai Daruwan Dunne, Eda Re Guwan Thotupoledi, Eka Gini Koorai Mulu Gedarama Thibune, Kurullanta Gee Gayanna, Ma Ekkala Amanapawa Wee Dabara, Mannaram Piti Welle, Me Nagaraya, Mudu Parama Supiwithuru, Oba Dedunna Akasaye, Raththaran Menik Muthu Mokatada Ewa and Sanda Midulata Enawa.

Assassination

Assassinations of Journalists

during the Sri Lankan Civil War


    Nadarajah Atputharajah
    Premakeerthi de Alwis
    Richard De Soyza
    Thevis Guruge
    Balanadarajah Iyer
    Aiyathurai Nadesan
    Mylvaganam Nimalrajan
    K.S.Raja
    Taraki Sivaram
    Relangi Selvarajah
    I. Shanmugalingam
    S. Sivamaharajah
    Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan
    Rajani Thiranagama
    Lasantha Wickramatunge



During the 1987–89 JVP Insurrection de Alwis received death threats allegedly from the Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya, the armed wing of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), but as a socialist he did not take them seriously.
At around 8.30pm on 31 July 1989, armed men, allegedly belonging to the DJV/JVP, stormed into de Alwis' home in Homagama.
De Alwis tried to escape through the back door but more armed men were waiting in his back garden.
His wife pleaded with the armed men and they assured her that they only wanted to question de Alwis.
They dragged him outside and shot him dead.
His bullet ridden body was later found 200 yards from his home.
His remains were cremated at the General Cemetery, Kanatte on 7 August 1989.
A member of JVP was found guilty of the murder on 17 December 1992 by the High Court of Colombo.
In July 2014 a part of Independence Square Mawatha, the road leading to the SLBC headquarters in Colombo, was renamed Premakeerthi de Alwis Mawatha.

Premakeerthi de Alwis-1987–89 JVP Insurrection

 During the 1987–89 JVP Insurrection Premakeerthi de Alwis received death threats allegedly from the Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya, the armed wing of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), but as a socialist he did not take them seriously.
At around 8.30pm on 31 July 1989, armed men, allegedly belonging to the DJV/JVP, stormed into de Alwis' home in Homagama.
De Alwis tried to escape through the back door but more armed men were waiting in his back garden.
His wife pleaded with the armed men and they assured her that they only wanted to question de Alwis.
They dragged him outside and shot him dead.
His bullet ridden body was later found 200 yards from his home.
His remains were cremated at the General Cemetery, Kanatte on 7 August 1989.
A member of JVP was found guilty of the murder on 17 December 1992 by the High Court of Colombo.
In July 2014 a part of Independence Square Mawatha, the road leading to the SLBC headquarters in Colombo, was renamed Premakeerthi de Alwis Mawatha.

Revisiting 22 July, 2022 Conspiracy in Ceylon

Revisiting 22 July, 2022 Conspiracy in Ceylon

 

This post is for future reference.

This is revisiting 22 July, 2022, the Conspiracy to destabilize Ceylon spearheaded by Ranil Wickramasinghe.

Gotabaya had lot of good military habits and several bad political habits.

Management of Coronavirus with a few exceptions was excellent.

We had the lowest death rate in Southeast Asia.

 

Removing the VAT (it is 18% under NPP) as promised during campaign crippled our economy. 

That was a political suicide.

 

Those "Virath Maga", the University Clan including their Health Minister were crooks by all means.

Countries involved in destabilizing Ceylon were USA, UK, European Union and India.

The Day 22-07-2022 was the day it culminated. 

 

It started in January, 2022.

Aragalaya is the wrong term. 

This was a doctored colour revolution started by a hitherto unknown female local actress. She was stage crafted and she just disappeared. 

In my opinion as a doctor who was close to people at grass root level, I did not see the need of this type of uprising after an episode of Coronavirus which needed 20 years for full ECONOMIC recovery.

In my book on Coronavirus, I highlighted this fact.

Long term recovery.

It was a Grand Conspiracy to oust the sitting government by illegal means.

It was the biggest failure of the judiciary in Ceylon. 

No lawyer raised a single objection. 

In fact, lawyers were part of the conspiracy. 

A blatant hindrance to Good Governance protocol.

 

Good Governance itself was stage crafted for particular purpose.

It has created a very bad precedence in Ceylon.

 

Rump LTTE was behind this secretly. 

Ranjan Ramanayake was their agent.

It was not a peaceful protest.

One sitting MP was brutality murdered.

Until now no proper investigation was done except the doctor's postmortem examination.

There were many more brutal incidents over a short period of time.

No Truth Commission would spring up on the lines of Nelson Mandela Style.

Everybody has forgotten what Coronavirus did to us. 

I projected that it would take 20 years for us to recover from the economic crisis. 

 

This tragedy came on top "Bond Scam" and financial mismanagement that ensued.

America has a strategic military plan for Ceylon (Ranil was the self appointed Golden Boy of America).

He said Yes, to this project without reservation and has signed most of what America needed. 

 

India is doing the rest of the bidding using President of the current government.

 

He was the first president who only got 44.5% of the popular vote.

Mahinda Deshapriy's Second Count Saga could not be verified.

It was hushed up and certified under mysterious setting. 

 

No legal luminary contesting the outcome.

Shady Deal.

Only thing Ranil did was to delay payment of debt till 2028. 

That is not a big economic golf stroke.

Kindergarten Stuff!

Do not give him any credit for his management.

 

His plan is to put the current government into crisis by 2028.

 

This is actually, two years before the scheduled election. 

I stand by that this government should last five years. If not people will not see their true colours or real impotence.

We should not let Ranil come back to power when current government fails, in due course. 

He should not be made a sitting MP by means of the List MP Saga.

He is an ace crook.

Ideal combo for CIA.

He was a rejected guy by all means.

A political pest.

Moment if, he comes to power, Mihintale would be donated to America for an Air Base.

 

Already Hambantota is handed over to China on 99 year lease, just like Hong Kong was given to Britain by China.

China is the fiddler on the roof playing the tune (second innings of the British game in reverse) which British would be proud of.

India is trying to dominate Trincomale with the help of rump LTTE.

This Ranil guy is all out to ruin our Universities and start Private Fee Paying Universities. 

He unceremoniously disposed our U.G.C. Chairman Professor Ranjith Mendis. 

He was a Jewel of University Crown.

What a loss?

U.G.C. was the creation of J.R.J. to ruin our University independence by using economic strangle (I.M.F. Plan) 

 

I have already left the country having contributed all my working life to Ceylon except for 6 years. 

Peradeniya University was only one place out of many I have contributed in Ceylon. 

My contribution to  Private Medical Institutions in Ceylon was significant including the "National Quality Award" for Navaloka Hospital.

This piece is for guys left in Ceylon to revisit.

I have no current or future interest in Ceylon.

 

I am M.B.B.S (Ceylon) guy.

I was proud of the name Ceylon and Ceylon Tea.

 

I continue promote Ceylon Tea.

Ceylon Tea is my daily driver.

 

Mesna Tea tops the list.

That is why I resist using Sri-Lanka or Sir-Lanka in practical terms. 

Just a shift of r and i not a spelling mistake.

 

This includes my contribution to creating  the new Faculty of Dental Sciences with the help of JICA. 

This was a gift from Japan to Doing Bloody Well, D.B. Wijetunge. He did not stay long enough for the opening ceremony. 

It was completed within 18;months. 

Chandrika Kumaranatunge did the opening of this new premise and as usual she came 6 hours late. I was used to her coming late. 

 

I did a project for her in Nittambuwa and she came 6 hours late. 

Knowing this, I fed the girls who came for "Jayamangala Gatha" well in advance and released the girls no sooner the official ceremony was over.

 

There was a Gate Crash.

She was very popular. 

I could not get in.

I stayed out knowing very well she would call me in. 

She did. 

Another official guest (me) entered in and ushered her to the food table. 

She politely said NO for Milk Rice and spend a little time chatting with her loyal voters. 

By nature, she was very polite to professionals unlike current guys holding high posts.

Of course I had some milk rice, oil cakes and cokkis. 

They were delicious. 

 

Soon after, I jumped into a Kandy bus. 

There was no ragging made possible in the Faculty of Dental Science, for the entire period of 15 years of my stay. 

But I was told it was not so in the Halls of Residences. Never bothered to venture into them off duty.

I never talked about these things at home.

A family member sarcastically asked me what I have done, all my life during my academic years.

I enumerated several things.

Get rid of politics from universities was Number One.

Universities are for higher education and not for politics.

If undergraduates want to do politics they ought to enter a University that promote ONLY politics. 

By the way Politics is not Scientific.

When I was in the Students Council I went with PSU leader to meet the  then Vice Chancellor.

We had Rs.60,000 in the PSU account.

Student leaders used to take money from this acvount without giving receipts. 

The money was put in a fixed deposit and only the interest was used for student activities.

We requested VC to pass a By Law to produce a valid receipt for all the expenses of PSU, above Rs.100/=.

There wasn't a single student strike for a very long time.

The money swindling (opportunities) loopholes were virtually closed.

Professor E.O.E. Peraira (1969 to 1971) was the VC. He was a very nice Burgher Gentleman with broken Sinhala vocabulary.

I entered the University in 1968.

I captained University Hockey Team in 1973. I used to appear only for the tournament games and my deputy 3 years younger, a medical student managed all the matches but I decided the team on the day of the match.

Plan is to win the game.

With only a handful of medical students we came third behind Faculty of Engineering and Science in athletics.

We beat the Engineering Faculty in the final hockey game.

If I remeber right I got the highest score (did not matter) for athletics in six events which included relays. 

Worst experience was running 400 meters Hurdle but I finished third. I had done 200 in school and never 400.

I used to do the "Army Obstacle - Warmup- Race" daily as the warm up before playing one hour of hockey.

I came first with the best timing. 

This was outside the 6 events allowed for one individual.

This is to highlight that Peradeniya had all the sporting facilities except swimming pool. 

However we collected Rs.100,000/= for the swimming pool fund. During my stay in UK UNP government added some money and built the swimming pool. It was leaking from the veey first day due to shoddy construction. When I joined the University again as a permanent staff member we did the relayering of concrete with enormous cost. 

I could not have a dip in this facility. Swimming is not my fancy sport. 

It is very hard sport.

Regarding Buddhist activities, for the first time in the history of Faculty of Medicine we had a Pirith Ceremony in the Medical Library. We only had a room for the library in the Dean's Office. Within a short time period, two story library was built.

Pirith was to me very boring but I had to be up for all the rituals for the monks. 

After mid night and "Ata-Natiya Pirith", I got our Billiard Banda to open the billiard room and I got him to teach me all the tricks till Pirith Ceremony was over. Subsequently, I improved my game with my Dental Friend Laxamn Denipitiya (very successful in America) at the Faculty Club, famous for liqueur. Patrick Denipitiya the singer is his relation. We only had beer to calm our nerves. I was his best man. I met him once after that, in one of our Internation Symposiums. 

He was invited to give a guest lecture.

Markan Marker was the billiard boy at the Faculty club. We used to walk from Kandy  to the Ra Kade near Mahaiyawa cemetery. 

I climb up alone to Aruppola. He waits till I reach the top and he jumps into a bus to go to Wattegama. He used to point and show me Kola Diviya or the Jungle Cat. 

Eyes beeming, the guy disappears in a flash. If a dog comes out there is no escape. Because of this jungle cat my walk is never interrupted by dogs.

Early days I did not have a car but Taxi Hire was Rs. 2.50 to 5.00. 

There were no Taxis after 11PM but midnight bus services were regular.

Billiards is my favorite game and I haven't played a game for over 3 years. 

I could find a place in Australia.

I joined the University within seven months of the Internship as seconded officer from Health Department. During this period I put a trap for undergraduates coming from a particular School from Kurunegala, cheating at examinations. None of them got higher classes for the last 3 years.

Of course these students hated me.

I was very particular about ragging during students days and as teacher. 

I would say it was bit of a failure.

Then there was sinister operation to introduce drugs to students.

This was discovered by accident. 

I found a few students dosing off during my lecture. They have to show 80% attendance. I had a strict attendance register. They have to sign not tick off on a box. I checked all the signatures myself.

They were told five year prison sentence for forging somebody else's signature.

I did a head count and match with the signatures. This simple protocol made it easier for late comers. They have to eat some food.

Mornings Lectures the doors are closed exactly five minutes past 8.00AM. 

I confronted a student and said I am going to send you to University Doctor for drug testing. 

He begged me not to and I obliged.

Any more doping, I would punish YOU was my response.

Then I quietly investigated how the drugs are brought to the University. Guys who bring lunch packets to the University were involved.

I reported this to the VC who was 15 years younger who was a political appointee. 

He said he cannot do that, due to fear of recrimination by the drug pedlars.

Only thing he did was to close one entry point (out of many) which I discovered.

That was the last time I visited the University.

I send a message later to the VC, "Do not bother to send me any invitation for any university function".

I am sad to say within 5 years of me leaving the University, all the bad habits have resurfaced. 

I categorically say NPP/JVP guys were involved in these sordid activities.

Worse part is now these guys are running our country.

 

Current NPP/JVP Government has SOLD CEYLON to India- Vijathika Vijayanaya

Viyathika Vijayanaya means BASTARD 

The current government is the Historical Curse.

Hora Shot Ekak-Awajathka Policy 

More than 7 Economic Treaties have already been signed by Anura Dissanayake who cannot Read and Understand English.

He does not show them even to his own party members.

Some of them are agreed pro bono bypassing our own parliament.

India had made our Parliament impotent and a big mockery.

This is in addition to other documents signed changing our Geopolitical Sovereignity.

This is total Deception and Underhand Deal.

Either he is an idiot (Anura) or paid (International  BRIBE) handsomely to his account in Germany through L.T.T.E proxies.

Our Tamil MP Arjuna is the only sitting MP who raised this connection in the parliament. Now Arjuna is harrassed by the police.

Tamil will pay a big price due to NPP/JVP Government's both willful action and willfull inaction.

Please listen to the open specch by Wimal Weera Wansa. 

I used to say he is an ultranationalist. 

He is.

I think he is NOW the need of the country.

He is a TRUE Patriot by all means by his courage to counteract Indian Hegemony.

Wish him and his party all the LUCK.

It is SAD he is not an MP.

I think a SJ.B guy should resign and offer him a seat in the parliament.

Not as a List MP but a True MP.

It is high time CHAPA Bandara open his eyes on these issues.

SJB has become already an impotent opposition.

Kumar Gunaratnam is a Pest of Our Universities

I want to list the guys who destroyed our Universities.

1. Chandrika and Mangala Samaraweera

In addition to bringing in reforms to University administration they promoted Homosexuals Clans.

2. Hiruni Amarasooriya taking the batton forward of American (Democratic Party Strategy) Homosexuals  agenda as the current PM.

3. Dilip Jaweera with his Derana TV channel proting homosexuals programs as TV drama

4. Kumar Gunaratnam operating from Australia destroy our University Education.

Above are backend guys.

He is the frontend guy to destroy the University Education.

Pubudu Jagoda, Duminda Nawagamuwa and a few others are with this

Peratugami Party.

It is formed to disrupt the University System by CIA associates.

Ranil may be financing them.

Just like Indian RAW was financing DJVP in 1988-89.

Ranil plan is to destroy universities, so that he can develop FEE paying institutes.

Our University ACT has protection for the already existing Universities.

Other plan was to disrupt University Dons claims autonomy and remedy their salary anomalies.

Under Mahinda Rajapaksa we had a prolong strike. One of the demands was to allocate 6% of GDP for FREE Education. 

At Galle Rajapaksa goons were getting ready to assault the dons who were parading on street. We got the information and stop the march abruptly before reaching Galle.

I was in the International Committee and we kept secret of our international members. They interfered with our email communications in CEYLON.

I kept informed Google, of these sordid activities and our communication were kept outside of Ceylon, until our demands were met.

These Peratugamis were not in existence and it was created by CIA/Ranil associates to disrupt universities at student level.

 

This was a blessing that no student was killed or injured like the student shot dead by police in Peradeniya in 1976. His name was Rohana Wijesuriya. Professor Vithanage was the competent Authority under Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Sirimavo and NM tried to politzise University just like IMRA Irriyagolle.

He was ousted from his BOGS competent Authority post and eventually, Professor Panditharatne became the VC.

I heard this story rushed to University but got to know he was transferred to Kandy Hospital (Peradeniya Hospital non existent then). I took a shortcut and reached Kandy Hospital. 

Sadly, as I reached his dead body was trollyed out  from OPD to the mortuary. 

I had a quick look at his face and went home since by then University was in chaos and declared closed and out of bounds.

During the peak of RAW disruption in 1988 and 1989 I was quietly active with Professor RG Panabokke from 1985 to 1988 and Professor APR Aluvihara in 1989. 

Professor RG was could not stand these student protests and University salaries were not paid for 3 months. 

We had a secret plan and paid the salary with arreers on a Sunday and reopened the University. 

APR was a gutty character and took over immediately after and brought the University back to it's normal function.

I was working on contract basis and I resigned and went to UK and survived doing locums in London.

I returned home when things settled down. I did not have a permanent job but worked in the Private Sector until I went to New Zealand on a permanent job in Grey Mouth of West Coast. 

I had a good practice at Negambo where we introduced Ultrasound instead of Days for the first time in Private Institutes.

Our plan was simple.

Buy a reasonable good unit for our practice  and a number of smaller units to be sold to other practices so that we could cover part of our expenses. We could not make good the capital for 10 years of daily use. In fact our unit broke down in one year and we had a very good insurance cover.

This Hospital in Geymouth now provides only primary services and GPs probably manage most of the work.

5. Ranil Wickramasinghe the confimed  Homosexual Ex- President who wants to destroy our Universities en block. 

This guy is the biggest pest of our Free Education.

6. Final aim is to promote Fee Paying Private Universities.

7. Army Defense Academy is already a private university.

This is not what Sir John Kotalawala intended, our second PM.

8. Through Aragalaya, BOGUS uprising, having come to power and within two years Ranil puts through all the legislatures necessary to destroy our Free Education and even Human Rights.

9. Anura Dissanayake is following Ranil's instructions. 

10. Next stage is to change the constitution and remove the protection to Buddhism 

11. All these attempt are to destroy Buddhist Institutes and Buddhism in CEYLON.

The current government has already declared to be Niragamika.

Unfortunately some monks and Indika Totawatta are working within this scheme.

12. Protect Pali and Theravada scriptures.

Even during Baminitiya Saya our monk saved Buddhism.

We must NOT let AI take over Theravada.

Tripitaka is our base.