Back in April, Economy Minister was threatening and fining bakeries that reduced the pack of bread from 1000g to 900g. Yesterday, he issued an official statement stating that the pack of bread will be reduced by 100g and be priced at 1,500LL. What changed? Not much in the last few weeks, and the minister's calculations don't really add up, but the decision is taken and will definitely impact thousands of families across Lebanon. Many Lebanese…

Over 100 Ethiopian domestic workers are sleeping outside the Ethiopian Embassy in Hazmieh after their employers became unable to pay their wages in dollars. In addition to that, the Ethiopian authorities did not take any actions to manage this mess and cited a lack of mandatory quarantine space in Addis Ababa. As a result, they're sleeping out on the street with no money and no idea on what to do next. Neither their employers nor…

Remember when Lebanon was complaining to the world about refugees being a burden to the country? Remember all the racist and discriminatory chants and slogans by politicians and ministers against refugees? Well our politicians did not stop there, but went as far as mismanaging funds dedicated to enrolling non-Lebanese students including Syrians and Palestinians by over reporting the number of children in schools and barely doing anything to improve school conditions. Riad Kobeissi went as…