What is The Minister of State for Combating Corruption Doing To Fight Corruption?

In a recent interview back in October, the Minister of State for Combating corruption said he had done everything he could to fight corruption with the meager resources he has. He claims that he has no money, except his salary, that the ministry has no employees and wonders why an office tasked with fighting corruption given no resources? While it's true that this ministry, and any ministry of state for that sake, doesn't have any…

Moody’s Downgraded Lebanon’s Credit Rating To Caa1

Mabrouk! We're three spots away from the lowest ranking awarded by Moody's. Yesterday, Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the Government of Lebanon's issuer ratings to Caa1 and changed the outlook from negative to stable. Here's why we got downgraded AGAIN! Moody's decision to downgrade the ratings to Caa1 reflects the heightened risk that the government's response to increased liquidity and financial stability risks will include a debt rescheduling or other liability management exercise that may…
Baladi

Capernaum Officially Nominated For a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award #Oscars2019

7 years ago
For the second year in a row, we have a Lebanese film nominated for an Oscar. This time, Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum was officially nominated for an Oscar under the Best Foreign Language Film category. Labaki ...
Critiques

The Type of News We Only See at Arab Summits

7 years ago
It’s a good thing Qatar’s ruler showed up to the Arab Summit held in Beirut, otherwise we wouldn’t have had anything to talk about. And what better way to cover his visit than talk about ...
Fun

Zahle Introduces QR Reader on New Street Signs

7 years ago
I’m honestly having mixed feelings on how to tackle this piece of news. If we look at it from a technology perspective, adding a QR code is a pretty useless feature to have nowadays for ...
Fun

#RedBullJumpAndFreeze Taking Place on Feb 23!

7 years ago
Red Bull Jump & Freeze is back this year and will take place on February 23 in Mzaar. Here’s how you can take part in this fun event! – Build a team of 3 – ...
Fun

Lebanon’s #10YearsChallenge

7 years ago
Since everyone’s posting about their #10years challenge, I thought I create one for Lebanon and how certain things have changed in the past 10 years. Lebanese Government Formation: 2009: We spent 137 days without a ...
Business

Latest Central Bank Circular: All Money Transfers from Abroad to be Paid out in LBP

7 years ago
Lebanon’s Central Bank issued a circular yesterday stating that all electronic money transfers from abroad be exclusively paid out in Lebanese pounds, in an attempt to limit the outpour of US dollars. The circular does ...
Lebanon

AFC Condemns Pirating of #AsianCup2019 Matches by Tele Liban

7 years ago
This is an official statement from the The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) issued today: Abu Dhabi: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today condemns the pirating of matches of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 by ...
Critiques

What Happened to the 90 days Deadline Set on “Smuggled” Phones?

7 years ago
Four months ago, Telecom Ministry announced new measures to prevent illegally imported mobile devices. Those who were to bring in a phone purchase abroad were able to use it on a Lebanese SIM for 90 ...
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