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The South Asian nation is set to blow through the grace period on $78 million of payments Wednesday, marking its first sovereign debt default since it gained independence from Britain in 1948. #EconomicCrisisLK #SriLankaEconomicCrisis
Its bonds already trade deep in distressed territory, with holders bracing for losses approaching 60 cents on the dollar. The government said last month it would halt payments on foreign debt. #GOSL #CBSL #CSE
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, appointed last week, is yet to choose a finance minister, who will help lead talks with the International Monetary Fund over badly needed aid.
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Moments like this is when you realise and ponder what the actual end result of the #GotaGoHome could be. The people started the protest due to the increased cost of living imposed by the #GOSL, the Government that the @sjbsrilanka vehemently told people not to vote for.
Moments like this is when you realise and ponder what the actual end result of the #GotaGoHome could be. The people started the protest due to the increased cost of living imposed by the #GOSL, the Government that the @sjbsrilanka vehemently told people not to vote for.
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The economic troica including @HarshadeSilvaMP and @EranWick categorically warned the citizens and the Government since 2020. All those cries were left unheard. The @sjbsrilanka is the Main Opposition in the Country and was the first to bring in crowds to protest.
The economic troica including @HarshadeSilvaMP and @EranWick categorically warned the citizens and the Government since 2020. All those cries were left unheard. The @sjbsrilanka is the Main Opposition in the Country and was the first to bring in crowds to protest.
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We were then ridiculed and told that we did all this in the middle of a pandemic etc. The sad part is that when you have people saying things like "Mind your own business, We will fight this through", It makes us think what the actual solution is.
We were then ridiculed and told that we did all this in the middle of a pandemic etc. The sad part is that when you have people saying things like "Mind your own business, We will fight this through", It makes us think what the actual solution is.
IMF programmes often include reforming State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to streamline gov't finances.
#GoSL has 257 #SOEs, out of which 52 are identified as key SOEs
💰How profitable are #SOEs in #SriLanka?
Follow the thread to find out more ⬇
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#GoSL has 257 #SOEs, out of which 52 are identified as key SOEs
💰How profitable are #SOEs in #SriLanka?
Follow the thread to find out more ⬇
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🚂Sri Lanka Railways has had a track record of continuous losses with a total accumulated loss of LKR 331 Bn from 2010-2020
For more details : bit.ly/3Oy4mvX
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For more details : bit.ly/3Oy4mvX
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Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is the SOE with the largest accumulated loss at LKR 335 Billion as of 2020
Our recent insight finds that the loss can be entirely attributed to poor treasury management
Read the full insight on : bit.ly/3vGZc81
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Our recent insight finds that the loss can be entirely attributed to poor treasury management
Read the full insight on : bit.ly/3vGZc81
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THREAD: On the eve of #BlackJuly, we are redrawing attention to the months preceding the violence.
An often repeated myth is that the 1983 Black July pogroms were a response to the killing of 13 soldiers by the LTTE on July 23, 1983. This is false. #Tamil #lka
An often repeated myth is that the 1983 Black July pogroms were a response to the killing of 13 soldiers by the LTTE on July 23, 1983. This is false. #Tamil #lka
Violence from state actors had been increasing in the months ahead of #BlackJuly. Tamils were being killed at will. Human rights activists, political activists and militants were being detained and tortured. Local newspapers, including the Saturday Review, documented the violence
In April, SA David and Dr. Rajasundaram of the Gandhiyam Movement were arrested and held. They were severely tortured throughout. The Gandhiyam Movement was a non-violent movement, which assisted refugees, by setting up farms and distributing food.
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බසිල් රාජපක්ෂ අපිට එපා!
Dual citizen BR to enter parliament on 6th of July. BR's objective is to dismantle this government by creating conflicts with the sub party leaders of the Sri Lanka People's freedom alliance.
#basil #Parliament #SriLanka
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බසිල් රාජපක්ෂ අපිට එපා!
Dual citizen BR to enter parliament on 6th of July. BR's objective is to dismantle this government by creating conflicts with the sub party leaders of the Sri Lanka People's freedom alliance.
#basil #Parliament #SriLanka
newscenter.lk/2021/06/25/bas…
He's accountable for organizing back-seat MP's to attack leading Cabinet Ministers such as @UPGammanpila , @weerawansa_w & Vasudeva N . BR, who does not even have a degree is going to be in charge of the finance ministry of #SriLanka just bcz his brother is now president.(2/4)
BR is more famously known as Mr. 10 % due to his long history of corruption. He used to demand 10% commission from every project. There is no wonder why Pres Kumaratunge called the Rajapaksa's " uneducated and uncultured rascals".
Me who favoured President Gotabaya Rajapaksa..3/4
Me who favoured President Gotabaya Rajapaksa..3/4
(1) The 4th stage of the Program by the Min of #Fisheries to build #ArtificialReefs and #FishSpawning habitats with old busses and concrete structures is been successfully conducted in the seas off the #Jaffna peninsula. Earlier stages were conducted in Trinco, Galle and Matara.
(2) The protest by the #TamilNadu #Fishermen against the program stating it as an irresponsible move has been rejected by the #GOSL and will be continued. Similar programs are conducted globally, it has been recommended by the #MarineResearch Institute in SL, #NARA as well.
(3) While it will boost Fish Spawning, #Marine Habitats and #environment damaged over the years by human factors and #illegal fishing methods such as #BottomLineTrawling, it will also act as an shield against bottom line trawling conducted illegally by the #Indian Fishermen.
The #GOSL Tabled the #PortCityBill in Parliament on 8th April 2021.
1. The Bill provides for the establishment of a Commission consisting 5-7 persons appointed at the sole discretion of the President (cl.7). Such persons need not be citizens.
1. The Bill provides for the establishment of a Commission consisting 5-7 persons appointed at the sole discretion of the President (cl.7). Such persons need not be citizens.
2. The Commission appoints the Director General (CEO) (cl.25). There is no requirement that such person be a citizen.
3. The accounts of the Commission are required to be audited by a qualified auditor (cl.15). There is no requirement that the audit be by the Auditor General.
3. The accounts of the Commission are required to be audited by a qualified auditor (cl.15). There is no requirement that the audit be by the Auditor General.
4. Only an 'Authorised Person' can engage in business within the Port City (cl.26). The Commission will determine who will be so authorised...
This month, we are celebrating PEARL’s 15th anniversary: 15 years of fearless #Tamil-led advocacy, legal work, and research to advance justice and self-determination for the Tamil people in the North-East of Sri Lanka. In 2021, our fight continues. #PEARL15 #JusticeForGenocide
In 2005, @tdmanoranjan founded PEARL following humanitarian trips to Sri Lanka. In 2004, Tasha and other Tamil American volunteers hoped to raise funds to rebuild the schools in which they had been teaching English...
Later that year the #BoxingDayTsunami led to an influx of financial support from intl. donors that was then misdirected by the #GoSL to Sinhalese areas instead of affected Tamil areas. This clearly exposed the root problem of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism.
THREAD: The international response to the anti-Tamil pogroms of 1983, specifically the Tamil diaspora mobilization during this time, is often left out of our narratives. This resistance should be remembered and commemorated. #Tamil #lka #BlackJuly
The 1983 genocide of the Tamil community was a wake-up call to the rest of the world. The Sinhala-Buddhist chauvinism demonstrated by the Sri Lankan state was finally starting to be seen and condemned by the rest of the world. #BlackJuly
Tamil Nadu demonstrated the most consistent and continuous protests since July 25. MPs, Madras students, school children and women, and even police officers, joined the marches wearing black bands in solidarity and mourning with Tamils in SL. #BlackJuly
THREAD: The following details the acts of violence inflicted on the Tamil People throughout the #BlackJuly Genocide. Readers are encouraged to practice caution while reading and reflecting.
Note: While we’re unable to provide full accounts of the violence by piecing together different incidents we hope to provide a better understanding of how the events unfolded.
The period of July 24-July 29, 1983, known as “Black July” in Sri Lanka, is considered to have galvanized the Tamil People behind the armed movements fighting for a separate state against the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL).
THREAD: On the eve of #BlackJuly, we are redrawing attention to the months preceding the violence.
An often repeated myth is that the 1983 Black July pogroms were a response to the killing of 13 soldiers by the LTTE on July 23, 1983. This is false. #Tamil #lka
An often repeated myth is that the 1983 Black July pogroms were a response to the killing of 13 soldiers by the LTTE on July 23, 1983. This is false. #Tamil #lka
Violence from state actors had been increasing in the months ahead of #BlackJuly. Tamils were being killed at will. Human rights activists, political activists and militants were being detained and tortured. Local newspapers, including the Saturday Review, documented the violence
In April, SA David and Dr. Rajasundaram of the Gandhiyam Movement were arrested and held. They were severely tortured throughout. The Gandhiyam Movement was a non-violent movement, which assisted refugees, by setting up farms and distributing food.
#Africa between the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn has bn fortunate so far wth confirmed cases of the virus that Zimbabwe's @edmnangagwa complains didn't give notice. But while #COVID19 notice period marinates, what have the continent's rulers done? THREAD
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If anything, u cld say West Africa got a bit of a #headstart in pandemic virus management with exposure to the #EbolaVirusDisease, #EVD, 5 yrs ago. Sierra Leone, Guinea-Conakry & #Nigeria were 3 countries in the region that saw #EVD up close. So how have the prepared?
U can choose where u begin but Sierra Leone is as good a place as any: it was epicentre of another virus, Ebola, just 5 yrs ago. While #COVID19 was processing entry visa in China, on 21 Feb, @PresidentBio decided to wed a 2nd time a wife he wedded in 2013
cocorioko.net/the-maada-bio-…
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2mrw in Abuja, the Court of Justice of @ecowas_cedeao will resume hearing in case of CARL v. Sierra Leone, in which survivors seek #EbolaAccountability for mismanagement of over $14m of relief funds from 2014 #EbolaCrisis.
justiceinitiative.org/litigation/cen… via @OSFJustice
justiceinitiative.org/litigation/cen… via @OSFJustice
The suit alleges that the mismanagement & loss of funds earmarked for Ebola response caused violations of the rights of the plaintiffs to life & health under the revised ECOWAS Treaty & other international law & frustrated maximum available resources from fighting Ebola.
According to the @WHO, Sierra Leone recorded a total of 14,124 confirmed cases & 3,956 deaths during the crisis between May 2014 & March 2016, including over 250 health workers, who took on the task of containing the outbreak.
#Justice4EbolaVictims
#EbolaAccountability
#Justice4EbolaVictims
#EbolaAccountability
