Posted By
Najib
Aug 02, 2019 03:40
Everyone was sharing earlier today how a new exit tax of LL50,000 was imposed on passengers leaving Lebanon aboard an economy-class flight but that's not accurate and Annahar shared an article later on to clarify that matter. Basically there were amendments done on the 2017 decree that set new exit taxes on passengers leaving Beirut, with higher taxes imposed on business and first-class passengers on flights longer AND shorter than 900KM . I was looking…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 31, 2019 04:25
In September 2018, an 18-year old girl called Amar al Ghali died in a fatal accident caused by a speeding driver on the Khaldeh highway. In an attempt to keep her memory alive and raise awareness on safe driving, Amar's family and friends started an NGO called and in collaboration with the ISF, stopped speeding drivers on the KHaldeh highway and handed them speeding-ticket-like brochures. The campaigners stood on the same spot where the ill-fated…
Critiques
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Critiques
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