Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel One of the lingering questions to Sri Lanka’s public sector right now than whether the duty-free vehicle permit scheme will ever come back. Into this long-running debate, dropped a card bearing the News 1st logo, quoting Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa as saying the 2027 budget would let doctors import […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Due to several strike actions carried out in support of different demands, the Government Medical Officers’ Association has recently become a widely discussed topic in society. At the same time, it can be seen that false and misleading information is also being widely shared. Below is a fact check we […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The Government Medical Officer’s Association had announced that an island-wide strike would be held on March 5th but they have cancelled it. While various stories were circulating on social media regarding this, many people were misled by a photo posted on social media that purported to be a statement by […]
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We have observed that fake newspaper excerpts are an often used to propagate falsehood among social media users in Sri Lanka, and we have debunked many such falsehoods in the recent past as well. This is our investigation into another such instance, in which a supposedly recent newspaper article went viral among Sri Lanka social […]
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Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) held a press conference few days ago on combating the global outbreak of 2019-nCoV virus. They gave a few suggestions and made a few requests to the government authorities appealing the authorities to take care of the medical staff holding vigil against the virus. GMOA appealed to the authorities to […]
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