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John Amaratunga: Tourism earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/16/2019)
TRUE: When he took office in 2015, there were 1.5 million tourist arrivals and in 2018, it increased to 2.3 million. Tourism revenue was USD 2.5 billion and reached USD 4.3 billion in the same time period.
- John Amaratunga, ...
Sisira Jayakody: TNA dual citizenship
(factchecklka - Facebook, 8/2/2019)
BLATANTLY FALSE: We know that some of the MPs of the Tamil National Alliance have dual citizenship.
- Sisira Jayakody, 2 January 2019, Divaina
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Penal code on foreign terrorist organizations
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/2/2019)
FALSE: “To take part in a foreign armed uprising is not an offence here…. there is no law to prevent you from that."
- Ranil Wickremesinghe, Interview with SkyNews, 26 April 2019
Mangala Samaraweera: Rupee appreciation
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/11/2019)
TRUE: "During the past 2 months, the rupee has appreciated by 2.5%."
- Mangala Samaraweera, Daily News, 13 March 2019
Rishad Bathiudeen: Export Services
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/9/2019)
TRUE: … ICT/BPM, electronics, printing and packaging services – alone contributes to around $1.3 billion in export revenues every year.
- Rishad Bathiudeen, Daily FT, 28 August 2019
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: estate workers
(factchecklka - Facebook, 2/21/2019)
TRUE: “They [estate workers] spend 50 percent of their earnings on food."
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 25 January 2019, Daily News
Maithripala Sirisena: Women in the public sector
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/6/2019)
FALSE: of [public sector employees], 70% are women.
- Maithripala Sirisena, Dinamina, 28 March 2019
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඍණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කිරීම්, ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-07)
During the month of July 2019, articles published in Lankadeepa and Dinamina, contained ethical violations pertaining to gender discrimination; only highlighting women when both women and men have been arrested over an ...
ප්රචණ්ඩත්වයෙන් අසරණ වූ ළමා වින්දිතයන් සඳහා වූ ජාත්යන්තර දිනය - වගකීම් සහිත වාර්තාකරණය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-06)
This infographic, which is published on the "International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression" (4 June 2019) provides some guidelines that the Press can follow when reporting on children.
සෘණාත්මක නාමකරණ, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-07)
In the month of July 2019, articles published in Lankadeepa, Dinamina, Divaina, Mawbima and Sunday Lankadeepa included derogatory terms such as "kuddo", “kudda” and “gura”, (කුඩ්ඩෝ, කුඩ්ඩා, ගුරා,) and which violates media ...