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Harin Fernando: Chinese tourists
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/13/2023)PARTLY TRUE: If each Chinese tourist spent $5,000 that could raise a figure comparable to the recent International Monetary Fund bailout…If you really look at it, tourism can get Sri Lanka out of this mess. Harin Fernando, ... -
Harin Fernando: employment trends
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/12/2018)TRUE: Minister Fernando pointed out that employment has increased from 7.7 million in 2014 to 8.2 million in 2017. - Harin Fernando, 3 October 2018, Daily News -
Harini Amarasuriya: Female Labor Force Participation
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)TRUE: ..according to the 2009 [sic, 2019] Annual Report from the Central Bank, the female labour force participation rate of Sri Lanka was 34.5%. It was 73% for men... We have one of the lowest female labour force participation ... -
Harini Amarasuriya: Unpaid care work
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/17/2023)TRUE: …there are a few factors that are not considered when measuring the contribution to the labour force…[a] large chunk of unremunerated work done by women is the main type of work that is not included in these statistics. ... -
Harsha de Silva: Budget Deficit
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/13/2021)TRUE: CBSL Annual Report states Sri Lanka's budget deficit for 2020 [was a] huge 11%. But it should be even higher at 14%. - Harsha de Silva, Harsha de Silva's Official Twitter, 1 May 2021 -
Harsha de Silva: EPF and ETF
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/25/2023)TRUE: The majority of Sri Lanka’s domestic debt is in treasury bonds. We have [almost 9,000 billion] worth of treasury bonds….44.5% of that is in banks….43% was borrowed from EPF & ETF. Harsha de Silva, Daily FT, 20 April 2023 -
Harsha De silva: Government debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/1/2020)TRUE: …the government made a hue and cry [those days] saying that the debt rose by Rs. 5,700 billion in five years, didn’t they? However, during their time, it has risen by [approximately] Rs. 1,000 billion in just four ... -
Harsha de Silva: Inflation in Asia
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/3/2022)TRUE: We [Sri Lanka] have the highest inflation in Asia as of now. - Harsha de Silva, Ada Derana, 1 February 2022 -
Harsha de Silva: Loan Collateral
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/20/2020)Also, for the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, when Sri Lanka, as a sovereign state, asked the international community for a loan, they asked for collateral. This is because the international community has identified ... -
Harsha de Silva: Multidimensional poverty
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/14/2023)PARTLY TRUE: The World Bank states that the poverty level which was at 13% in 2019 has by today, increased to at least 25%. The multidimensional Poverty Vulnerability of Oxford University and UNDP (sic) states that when ... -
Harsha de Silva: Real Returns on EPF
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/29/2023)TRUE: […] In the [EPF] Act itself it specifies 2.5% return. […] at the time inflation was at around 1 percent, if you look at 5 years prior to 1958, the average would have been 1 percent. […] Over the years, some years ... -
Harshana Rajakaruna: MPs not speaking in Parliament
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/28/2019)TRUE: As a whole, 95% of MPs have spoken [in parliament in 2018]. It is only 5% who haven't spoken. - Harshana Rajakaruna, Silumina, 3 March 2019 -
How did the Sinhala and Tamil press front page headings capture the recent tensions on 14 May 2019?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/14/2019)Difference between headlines of Sinhala and Tamil press. Main headline - Sinhala - Islandwide curfew following tensions in Kuliyapitiya, Bingiriya, Hettipola (Lankadeepa. Ada, Mawbima, Divaina, Resa, Dinamina) Main headline ... -
Hybrid courts (un)wanted
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 3/5/2019)The entry contains writeups in Sinhala, Tamil and English on the press coverage pertaining to the hybrid court system suggested by the UNHRC. The entry also contains six newspaper excerpts regarding the issue. -
Inaction and Impunity: Incidents of Religious Violence Targeting Christians, Muslims and Hindus (2015-2019)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-01)Ethno-religious violence in Sri Lanka is a chronic and systemic problem that has continued despite successive changes in government. This study examines the key trends of incidents of violence faced by minority Christian, ... -
Inappropriate Reporting on Suicide
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-30)On April 28, 2020 and April 29, 2020 Aruna, Ada, and Mawbima reported on suicide in a manner that did not comply with media ethics guidelines -
International intervention: needed or not?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/18/2019)The entry contains writeups regarding international intervention to defeat terrorism after the Easter Sunday attacks. The entry also contains images of newspaper excerpts regarding the issue. Some Sinhala newspapers reported ... -
International involvement: To help or to meddle?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 3/28/2019)The entry contains writeups in all three languages on the views of the Sinhala and Tamil press on international intervention in Sri Lanka. The entry also includes 2 images of newspapers pertaining to the issue. -
International Women's Day: Ethical Reporting on women
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-03-07)On International Women's Day, ethical guidelines were published on a post to create awareness on reporting on women. -
Is it appropriate to use the term "mistress"?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-01-03)On 31 December 2019 Daily Mirror published a news item which included the term "mistress". Ethics Eye pointed out that The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a prominent international media and communications organisation ...