Posted By
Najib
Mar 23, 2023 03:47
A memorandum was issued today by the Lebanese government to postpone Daylight Saving Time, which was set to start on Sunday March 26, until April 21 which marks the end of the Ramadan month. In other words, people fasting during the holy month of Ramadan won't need to do so for an "additional hour". I wasn't aware that one can postpone daylight saving especially when all our phones, laptops, servers and systems switch automatically now.…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 28, 2022 05:40
Reuters reported today that the Lebanese Central Bank is set to drop the 1,507 rate that has been used since 1997 and replace it with LL 15,000 for every 1 U.S dollar by the end of October. Today's black market exchange rate stands at LL 38,000 so I am not really sure how realistic this LL 15,000 rate is. We will wait and see how the government or the Central Bank will justify this new…
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