Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad has been lobbying for weeks now to give journalists and reporters priority in receiving the vaccine shot, and it looks like they will get vaccinated starting next week according to a statement by the Lebanese Press Syndicate. It does make sense to give front-line journalists priority in receiving the vaccine, but the rollout has just begun and we need to prioritize health care workers, the elderly and those at high…

Following the August 4 explosion, Lebanon signed a contract with Combi Lift, which was already working at the port, to clear containers carrying hazardous chemicals. There were 52 containers in total, which contained formic acid, hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acid, acetone, methyl bromide, sulfuric acid, peroxyacetic acid, sodium hydroxide, various glycerines. The containers have been left for decades without any paper work or delivery details and hardly any information on their content. If they catch fire…