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24 Jun 2011, 12:32 pm
Peter Falk passed away today at age 83.RIP Detective Colombo. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 10:49 pm
It was Sree with whom I connected with when I started to do live updates of the erstwhile LTTE’s last air attack on Colombo, en route to the airport. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 6:51 am
After we premiered it to a packed crowd of over 150 in Colombo, the responses we got were amazing. [read post]
29 May 2011, 7:52 am
This is most unfortunate, because Chirasthi Perera is associated with other leading sites like Colombo Fashion (as its CEO), Sri Lanka: Awake in a Miracle (sic) and the yet to be launched Colombo Night Life, sites that are clearly about issues of war crimes, crimes against humanity, justice and accountability. [read post]
15 May 2011, 11:10 am
May 3, 2011) (Jacobs, Kearase, Leval, CJJ)Defendants Perisco and DeRoss, former high-ranking members of the Colombo crime family, were convicted of murder-in-aid-of racketeering and related offenses in connection with the murder of one William Cutolo, in connection with an intra-family power struggle. [read post]
12 May 2011, 3:23 am
I’ve covered flooding in Colombo and student unrest in Universities across Sri Lanka in 2010 using Google Maps, the hypocrisy of politicians using Time Toast, Google Moderator to capture ideas on how best to strengthen democracy post war and Wordle previously to capture and analyse other Wikileaks related content as well as the speeches of two Presidential candidates (Mahinda Rajapaksa and Sarath Fonseka). [read post]
3 May 2011, 6:31 pm
Dr Ariyawansa said that 159 patients were admitted to the Colombo National Hospital of injuries caused by domestic accidents, traffic accidents and crime during the 24 hours ended at 7 am yesterday. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 3:43 am
” Large sections of the report, presented to the Sri Lankan Government 10 days ago so that it could develop its response, have already been leaked to pro-Government newspapers in Colombo (especially sections detailing humanitarian law abuses by the Tigers, notably in using civilian Tamils as human shields and in arming child soldiers). [read post]
16 Apr 2011, 3:22 am
According to the Colombo [Sri Lanka] Daily Mirror, outgoing Chief Justice Asoka de Silva has said in an interview with the BBC's Sinhala service that the court was not subjected to political influence in the case of Gen. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 7:30 am
Disciplining Global Movements: Migration Management and its Discontents, University of Osnabrück, Germany, November 2010 (H-Net, April 2011) [summary] Ending the Displacement Cycle: Finding Durable Solutions through Return and Resettlement, Colombo, January 2011 (Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Jan. 2011) [summary]Exploring Civilian Protection: The Role of the International Community, Washington, DC, January 2011 (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Jan. 2011)… [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 7:35 pm
These high-definition productions, the country’s first, range from portraits of resilience from the war ravaged Jaffna and reflections on the Eurasian community by the last surviving Eurasians themselves to fascinating lives in Colombo invisible even to most who live and work in the city. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 6:10 pm
My friend and former Illinois colleague John Colombo last year published an article which suggests that my preferred approach won't work, but offers some alternatives: The purpose of this article is two-fold. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 6:53 am
The Colombo (Sri Lanka) Daily Mirror reports that the Army Commander has informed the High Court that a court-martial that convicted retired General Sarath Fonseka had not maintained any notes of its proceedings. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 6:42 am
The real party begins afterward, but good luck getting into any of the bars or restaurants, like Seamus McDaniels, Pat's Bar & Grill, or Colombo's Cafe. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 12:56 am
(Ilya Somin) Alleged Mafia boss Thomas Gioeli has started his own blog from prison [correction: jail] [HT: Instapundit, who claims that he himself is the true “Blogfather”]:Call him the blogging crime boss: Reputed Colombo kingpin Thomas (Tommy Shots) Gioeli has set up a behind-bars blog to portray himself as a good guy — not a wiseguy — and rant about everything from jail conditions to the way the FBI went after a 94-year-old mobster.Prosecutors say Gioeli, 58, is… [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 12:15 am
For instance, low-income groups residing in the capital Colombo are being evicted to make way for ‘development’. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 3:59 pm
New York has five major organized crimes families: Gambino, Genovese, Luchese, Bonanno and Colombo. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 12:05 pm
Among those charged are Luigi Manocchio, 83, the alleged former boss of the New England LCN; Andrew Russo, 76, alleged street boss of the Colombo family; Benjamin Castellazzo, 73, alleged acting underboss of the Colombo family; Richard Fusco, 74, alleged consigliere of the Colombo family; Joseph Corozzo, 69, alleged consigliere of the Gambino family; and Bartolomeo Vernace, 61, an alleged member of the Gambino family administration. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 12:05 pm
Among those charged are Luigi Manocchio, 83, the alleged former boss of the New England LCN; Andrew Russo, 76, alleged street boss of the Colombo family; Benjamin Castellazzo, 73, alleged acting underboss of the Colombo family; Richard Fusco, 74, alleged consigliere of the Colombo family; Joseph Corozzo, 69, alleged consigliere of the Gambino family; and Bartolomeo Vernace, 61, an alleged member of the Gambino family administration. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 9:12 am
The indictment is based in part on hundreds of hours of recorded conversations of members and associates of the Colombo family, including meetings of the Colombo family administration. [read post]
