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Najib
Apr 14, 2020 04:40
A week after BDL issued a circular aimed at "facilitating" money withdrawals, and with news of a 50% haircut spreading around, the US dollar today is trading over 3,000 LL in the black market. This started two months ago when exchange dealers were allowed to set a fixed rate thereby creating a parallel market and a black market, and then a week ago when banks were also allowed to set a rate, alongside the official…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 14, 2020 05:13
LAU launched a week ago The Mobile Clinic and has been touring Lebanon offering free PCR tests for patients who cannot afford it or are not covered by the NSSF or any other medical insurance. They've been to Nabatieh, Zgharta, Tripoli and Akkar already and want to reach as many rural areas as they can. I think this is a very important step, not just for helping those without medical insurance, but to test more…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 13, 2020 03:00
Today marks 45 years since the Lebanese Civil War started. 45 years and thousands are still missing, 45 years and thousands are still missing them. The families of the disappeared continue to wait for answers to ease their indescribable pain, while politicians continue to disregard their demands and revive civil war wounds for selfish political gains.
Posted By
Najib
Apr 12, 2020 06:34
Lebanese superstar Elissa took it to YouTube to launch her new quarantine-inspired song "We Shall Sing Again & Again" and send out positive vibes during these tough and unprecedented times. Elissa was joined online by Haifa, both dressed in pink pajamas, singing and dancing to the tunes of the new song. Even better, the singer stated she's donating the allocated budget for producing the video clip to charity. Check it out here:
Advertising
5 years ago
Elie Antaky shared on his Instagram yesterday brilliantly altered slogans for famous brands including Uber, Apple, Careem, Fedex and Netflix. I added a couple, check out the rest [here]. ...
Technology
5 years ago
I was forwarding a funny video to a couple of friends when I got the below message, stating that I can only share with up to 1 chat this message as it has been forwarded ...
Religion
5 years ago
Since the Seven Churches visitation is not possible this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, here are seven churches from around the world that you can virtually visit online: 1- St. Peter’s Basilica [Virtual Tour] ...
Health
5 years ago
Health Minister Hamad Hassan appeared in a video yesterday re-assuring Lebanese that we’re close to achieving our goal, which I assume means containing the pandemic and flattening the #COVID19 curve, but did not provide further ...
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