Des Johnston.
Des Johnston died after a short illness on 27th November. He leaves a huge gap but his enormous contribution, enthusiasm and positivity will not be forgotten.
Des was born in Drogheda in the Republic of Ireland but, whilst still very young, moved to NI where he grew up and was educated. He attended Portadown College before moving to Queen’s University Belfast in 1961 to study German. He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree four years later, which included a year in Freiburg im Breisgau, a city where he made many life-long friends.
Des’ first teaching job was back at his alma mater, Portadown College, where he taught German and French between 1965 and 1969. Keen to satisfy his thirst for travel, widen his knowledge of other cultures and experience teaching in other countries, he moved to Uganda in 1969 where he taught French and German at the Aga Khan Secondary School, Kampala for two years.
Magnum opus on Sri Lankan Buddhist festivals dailynews.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailynews.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted on January 22nd, 2021
Book Review Dr. Sudath Gunasekara B. A. (Hons) (Geography) Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Ph. D. (Agriculture)
Book Review Dr. Sudath Gunasekara B. A. (Hons) (Geography) Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Ph.
D. (Agriculture)
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Visiting Lecture Univ. Peradeniya, Retired
Permanent Secretary to Prime
Minister Sirimavo Bandaarnaayaka (SLAS) 21.1.2021.
Ven. Dr. Rambukwelle DevanadaThera Chief incumbent of Sri Sambhodi Vihaara,
Berlin, was awarded
a Ph.D. (Dr. Phil) magna cum laude” with First Class Honours by the
prestigious Berlin Humboldt
National University of Germany for a Dissertation written in German
on the Historical and Philosophical
background of Buddhist Festivals in Sri Lanka. He was registered as
Media release: Enjoy a virtual Hogmanay concert with some of Scotland’s top young musicians
THE TMSA Young Trad Tour came together to record an one-off live performance of their highly-acclaimed studio album recorded earlier this year in March. The video, featuring seven of Scotland’s best young musicians, will debut online at 6pm on 31 December.
Their live performance of the album was filmed in late September, in-line with Covid-19 guidelines at the time, at Adelaide’s Church in Glasgow.
The current TMSA Young Trad Tour group comprises of
Benedict Morris, fiddle (Glasgow), winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Competition, joined by finalists:
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will from January 7, 2021, serve another four year-term as the V ice President of Ghana.
He partnered President Akufo-Addo as a running mate to garner more than 6.7 million votes to beat the main opposition National Democratic Congress’ candidate Mr John Mahama who polled 6.2 million votes.
The astute Economist and a Banker was elected the 7th Vice President of the Ghana’s fourth Republic.
He was for the fourth time nominated as the running-mate of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Flag-bearer for the December, 2020 Election, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Dr Bawumia has championed the Government’s digitisation agenda to make the Ghanaian economy financially-inclusive and expand the tax net to the informal sector of the economy.