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@BarrowPresident will today deliver the State of the Nation Address for the 2021 Legislative Year at the @GambiaAssembly.
During the address, the President will give an account of the developments that his government has undertaken in 2020-2021 Legislative Year.
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During the address, the President will give an account of the developments that his government has undertaken in 2020-2021 Legislative Year.
#SONA2021
“Economic growth in The Gambia has been impressive since 2017, with real GDP averaging 6% up to 2019. In 2020, growth was projected at 6.5%, but the pandemic outbreak compelled a revised GDP estimate of minus 1.5%.” #SONA2021
“Despite the economic challenges, domestic resource mobilisation in 2020 amounted to an incredible performance of 13.4 Billion Dalasis. Of this, 11.8 Billion Dalasis was tax revenue and D1.8 Billion Dalasis non-tax revenue.” #SONA2021
Duterte says he doesn't have a problem with ABS-CBN supposedly taking his money for his ad or publishing something about her daughter's involvement in drugs. Accuses ABS-CBN of billions in unpaid taxes, including for equipment, land.
FACT CHECK:
business.inquirer.net/301458/abs-cbn…
FACT CHECK:
business.inquirer.net/301458/abs-cbn…
LIST: The many times Duterte ranted against ABS-CBN (not exclusive list) but look at the varying reasons he cited. From swindling over unaired ads to supposedly trying to dismantle oligarchy. Now he cites billions of unpaid taxes, refuted in Senate and House hearings.
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READ how House franchise panel discussed ABS-CBN's alleged non-payment of taxes despite BIR tax clearance. Says "BIR Tax Clearance does not mean absence of fraud or tax liability." Read more: "POSSIBLE na magkaroon ulit ng tax liability."
House engaging in the realm of possible?
House engaging in the realm of possible?
5 years of no justice, no peace under Duterte, say progressive groups
KARAPATAN: This is Duterte’s only legacy: a full-blown human rights crisis and democratic backsliding in the Philippines
news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/26/21/…
KARAPATAN: This is Duterte’s only legacy: a full-blown human rights crisis and democratic backsliding in the Philippines
news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/26/21/…
KARAPATAN says that apart from thousands killed under the drug war (6,117 accdg to PNP; 30,000+ estimate by rights groups), it has documented 414 victims of EJK under counterinsurgency campaigns. 713 political prisoners
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Tanggol Bayi says 61 out of the 414 victims of extrajudicial killings under the Duterte administration’s counter-insurgency campaign were women, including the likes of Zara Alvarez. Calls for a stop to the killings.
Dr. Edilberto De Jesus, a research fellow at the Ateneo School of Government, says Pres Rodrigo Duterte failed to deliver on his campaign promises of solving crime, corruption and illegal drug trade in PH within 2016 because it was "completely unrealistic."
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If campaign promise to end crime, corruption, criminality in 6 mos was completely unrealistic, why did Filipinos fall for Duterte's promise? De Jesus says PH was in better position in 2016, people were hoping he would continue progress but we're slipping.
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De Jesus on Sen. Manny Pacquiao's corruption allegations vs Duterte admin: "I have to say that the statements of Sen. Pacquiao are damaging because he has been a strong supporter of the President and this criticism, it must hurt the administration."
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READ: #PayTheGrants Joint Statement: @PresidencyZA’s #SONA2021 announced a 3 month R350 COVID-19 #SRDGrantExtension but falls short on long term planning for social protection, including a Basic Income Guarantee (#BIG), which should be top priority. iej.org.za/joint-statemen…
The COVID-19 #SRDGrantExtension for the next three months is a relief, as it buys time, but it is short-sighted &, in its current form, excludes Caregivers who are mostly women. The eligibility criteria for this grant must be amended so that caregivers are included! #PayTheGrants
The COVID-19 #SRD grant should be increased to at least the Food Poverty Line of R585 p/m. The economic crisis we face preceded the pandemic & will be long-term. We are therefore long past the instruments of “temporary relief”. #PayTheGrants
Happening now: President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken to the podium to deliver the #SONA2021 before a hybrid sitting.
#SONA2021 | Ramaphosa briefly commemorates the release of the late former president Nelson Mandela from the Victor Verster Prison in Cape Town in 1990.
'It was clear that freedom was tangible.'
'It was clear that freedom was tangible.'
#SONA2021 | Ramaphosa likens the country's resilience to that of the fynboos.
"We have risen time and time again from the depths of darkness to herald a new day."
"We have risen time and time again from the depths of darkness to herald a new day."
