NaturalNews.com by JD Heyes
(Natural News) The broke, increasingly cash-strapped government of Sri Lanka is continuing to collapse along with the rest of the country in what many economists see as a precursor for the rest of the world.
Last week, the government suspended all fuel sales with the exception of essential services like police, fire and public agencies in a desperate effort to deal with a massive fuel shortage. The decision has bought the government precious little time to send a couple of officials to Russia in order to try and negotiate a new fuel deal.
âFrom midnight today, no fuel will be sold except for essential services like the health sector, because we want to conserve the little reserves we have,â government spokesman Bandula Gunawardana noted in a pre-recorded statement, obtained by AFP News…
