Critiques
What Happened on the MEA Riyadh-Beirut Flight?
5 years agoA video was circulating earlier today showing a brawl on the Mea flight coming from Riyadh. First rumors spread that some passengers were removing their masks and jokingly coughing at others but that’s not true. ...
Health
Thermal Scanners Deployed at Rafic Hariri International Airport
5 years agoThe Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon tweeted earlier today pictures of two human temperature measuring equipments donated by Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd and deployed at the airport. This will help the authorities measure temperatures without ...
Critiques
Energy Ministry Sets Fixed Gas Prices Despite Worldwide Drop
5 years agoOil prices are crashing worldwide due to the coronavirus spread and after Saudi Arabia launched an oil price war against Russia. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, were down 22%, last trading at $35.45 ...
Critiques
COVID-19: We Need to Change Our Behavior To Avoid An Emergency Lockdown
5 years ago“Cancel Everything: Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus.We must start immediately“. That was the title of one of the coronavirus-related articles on The Atlantic today and it’s hard to disagree with ...
Movies & Television
Matteo el Khodr On Hisham Haddad’s Lahon w Bass
5 years agoIt’s good to see Hisham host Matteo on his show, especially after he mocked his talent three years ago. As I said back then, I am not an opera fan but one cannot but praise ...
Critiques
Ministry of Public Health First COVID-19 Bulletin is Out
5 years agoThe Ministry of Public Health shared its first National Epidemiological Surveillance Program Bulletin on COVID-19 as of March 8th and it contains some insights on the spread of this virus in Lebanon. – 32 cases ...
Critiques
Lebanon to Default on its Payment For the First Time Ever
5 years agoIt’s official, PM Hassan Diab has announced today that Lebanon is unable to pay its foreign currency loans and will default on its sovereign debt ($1.2bn Eurobond due on 9 March) for the first time ...
Critiques
Fighting Corruption: Ten Cases We Can Start With
5 years agoLebanon’s revolution against corruption continues and the long awaited judicial appointments “might” be a step in the right direction if no political interference takes place. An independent judiciary committee and a capable judiciary system have ...
Critiques
Financial Public Prosecutor Freezes Assets of Lebanese Banks’ Heads
5 years agoUpdate: State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat has suspended a ruling by Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim on freezing the assets of 20 banks, TV networks said. Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim has put a “prevention of disposal” signal ...
Critiques
Can We leave Mar Charbel Out of The COVID-1 Epidemic Please?
5 years agoThe coronavirus has been making headlines for the past two weeks now in Lebanon, cancelling schools and disrupting travel. Yesterday, a young lady showed up at the Rafik Hariri hospital claiming that Mar Charbel appeared ...