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Award-winning Sunshine Coast venue NightQuarter has been rocked overnight after being raided and ordered to shut down by the State Government.

by Senior DIG (Rtd.) Edward Gunawardene In recent weeks many interesting articles have appeared in the Sunday Island on the Burghers of Ceylon. The contributions by Godwin Perera, Laksman Ratnapala, A. J. Perera, Sumith de Silva and Manel Fonseka have rekindled in me memories of the many public figures of the Burgher community, particularly police officers at the time I joined the police in the late fifties of the last century. The mix-up in photos of Col. F. C. de Saram and Canon R. S. de Saram and the references to Burgher bits were indeed amusing. When I joined the police, the induction pr...

In a year some of us would rather forget, we close the door on 2020 and open up to all the exciting possibilities of 2021. For some, the Christmas and New Year period is a time to take stock and plan for a prosperous 12 months ahead. For others, it's simply business as usual. Here are some of the Sunshine Coast personalities' New Year's resolutions and 2021 plans.     Member for Glasshouse Andrew Powell enjoys a Christmas walk at Kondallila Falls with wife Taryn and three youngest children Brielle, Benjamin and Rohanna. Christmas Day was a very large affair for state politician...