Posted By
Najib
Jul 02, 2020 05:50
Hassan Diab's government was never meant to achieve anything. It was a mere "passe-temps" while those in power agree on the next government. However, and as expected by all politicians who take charge, this government proved to be far worse than what we thought it would be. Not only did they fail to achieve anything noticeable within 100 days of its formation, but the majority of ministers proved to be out of touch with reality…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 01, 2020 08:38
The latest from the IMF-Lebanon ongoing negotiations: an ex-MP, jokingly or not we're not sure, asked the IMF if we could get money without reforms. Meanwhile, two members of Lebanon's negotiating team have already quit, including top financial official Alain Bifani. The talks are hitting the rocks, not due to IMF conditions, but because our rotten political leaders are still arguing for their own interests and can't agree on exact figures to submit to the…
Critiques
5 years ago
We’ve seen a lot of politicians, journalists and analysts claim recently that we should be promoting Lebanon as a touristic destination now that the lira has devaluated and the dollar is worth four times (as ...
Critiques
5 years ago
A day before the October Revolution started, Lebanon was ravaged by fires that went out of control. Meanwhile, the incompetent authorities had just found out that their fire-fighting helicopters weren’t working. Why? Incompetence and negligence ...
Critiques
5 years ago
What better way to regulate the work of exchange officers than ask people to snitch on each other 🙄? The Lebanese General Security has set up four hotlines to monitor the currency exchange operations and ...
Critiques
5 years ago
There are no dollars available to buy in the market today. BDL is expected to inject fresh dollars soon but we all know that there’s no point in doing so as this is like putting ...
Critiques
5 years ago
Prime Minister Diab is all over the place and he just shot himself in the leg twice this week, first by approving key appointments that do not follow the guidelines recently approved by the parliament, ...
Critiques
5 years ago
Is it ok to swear at politicians? Is profanity allowed when addressing ruling parties that have made our lives miserable for the past 30 years and more? Why is it ok for them to swear ...
Food
5 years ago
Solidarity is the only way forward to overcome COVID-19 and we’ve seen tons of awesome initiatives in Lebanon by various businesses, NGOs and even on an individual level. Health front-liners, from nursing, doctors, administrative teams, ...
Critiques
5 years ago
The Central Bank, as expected, has failed to control the currency peg’s implosion despite his recent promises to launch an online platform for exchange officers and start providing dollars. No one in his right mind ...