Lebanon
MEA Might Start Accepting “Fresh” Dollars Only
5 years agoMEA Chairman told Reuters yesterday that “if MEA wants to ensure its stability, we will reach a time when we will need to have sales in ‘fresh dollars’, which means that very few people will ...
Critiques
Telecom Ministry & Ogero To Drop the ‘0’ From Landline Numbers Area Code
5 years agoA memo by the Telecom Ministry & Ogero was issued yesterday informing all landline owners that the ‘0’ for all area codes will be dropped and replaced by ‘2’. In other words, when you’re dialing ...
Critiques
Lebanon To Allow Parties, Apply Social Dis-Dancing
5 years agoThe country’s COVID-19 measures were revised today ahead of the holidays, whereas the nighttime curfew is now set at 11:30PM instead of 11PM and businesses will be allowed to open until 10:30 pm instead of ...
Critiques
Who Should be Interrogated Over The Beirut Blast?
5 years agoThe answer is quite simple: Everyone in charge since 2013 from Presidents, PMs, Ministers, Heads of Parliament, Army Generals, officers,, Heads of Customs, Port officials, etc. Up until today, Judge Sawwan’s work as lead investigator ...
Baladi
Buy Local: 15 Alternatives to Nutella in Lebanon
5 years agoNutella is no longer affordable or even available in Lebanon due to the dollar crisis. As a result, people are looking into Lebanese-based alternatives and surprisingly, there are many. In fact, our friend Bassam Karam ...
Critiques
Government or Not, Hariri & Aoun Are Not Part of the Solution
5 years agoIt’s been over a month now that Saad Hariri was re-assigned to form a government and still nothing. Today, after a three-week pause, Hariri met Aoun and instead of agreeing on a final line-up, each ...
Critiques
Sonatrach Deal Expires By End of Year, Turkish Power ships Threatening to Leave
5 years agoUp to 85% of the fuel provided to Lebanon is by Sonatrach and its contract expires by end of year, which means we will lose our key fuel supplier in 3 weeks time. Added to ...
Critiques
Where Did the Bank Deposits Go?
5 years agoBetween end of 2018 and February 2020, 98,885 accounts were closed in Lebanese banks, the majority holding between 5 and 30 Million Liras. $21.3 Billion Dollars is the total amount of cash withdrawn from banks ...
Lebanon
A Brilliant 22-Minute Documentary on Lebanon’s Financial Meltdown
5 years agoHow did we get here? What went wrong? Why is the “All means all” right on the money? Megaphone News produced this amazing 22 minute documentary to explain how Lebanon ended up in this deep ...
Critiques
Nescafe Should be The Least of Our Worries in Lebanon Right Now
5 years agoTo begin with, rumors that Nescafe will no longer be distributed by Nestle are fake news. Nestle’s general manager confirmed that Nestle will keep on distributing its products but there might be a temporary shortage ...