After Retiring from the National Team, Fadi el Khatib Retires From Basketball

After retiring two years ago from Lebanon's national team, Fadi El Khatib has announced that the most recent Dubai tournament will be his last and that he is retiring from the sport all together. The 40-year old legend is considered as the best Lebanese Basketball player of all time and one of the greatest Asian basketball players as well. Given his most recent performances in Dubai, I'm surprised he's retiring and he wasn't showing any…

Budget Deficit is the Source of all Our Problems

Al Jadeed were hosting a financial advisor called Samer Salameh who's specialized in saving crumbling companies, and he offered quite a thorough analysis on the situation with numbers and steps to implement to get out of this mess. More importantly, he shed light on BDL's situation and the real reason behind government's budget deficit, noting that the budget deficit is mainly due to the outrageous expenses we have, add to that 5 billion in debt…

2019 Corruption Index: Lebanon Ranked 137 Out of 180

"Nearly one in two people in Lebanon is offered bribes in exchange for their votes, while more than one in four receive threats if they don't vote a certain way". I think this quote pretty much says it all. We don't have free elections, we have rigged elections controlled by war lords and corrupt parties, and until we have an independent judiciary committee and capable electoral committees to oversee elections, the same people will get…

Lebanese Parliament Approved The 2020 Budget that Fired Up The Revolution

Remember the ridiculous 2020 state budget that Hariri's government tried to pass following weeks of nation-wide protests, the same draft budget that resulted in Hariri's resignation? Well Our MPs sneaked into parliament after blockading every possible road leading to it and approved the budget in a record time, noting that the newly appointed PM and cabinet have not yet won parliament's vote of confidence. In total, 49 MPs voted in favor while 13 voted against…
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Hassan Diab First PM to Reside at the Grand Serail

5 years ago
MTV reported today that newly appointed Prime Minister Hassan Diab will be moving with his family to the Serail, which makes him the first ever PM to reside at the Grand Serail ever since it ...
Critiques

Two “Official” Exchanges Rates in #Lebanon, Hello Black Market!

5 years ago
Lebanon’s union of exchange dealers claimed last week in an official memo that they’ve set the exchange rate at 2000LL per 1 USD but none of them are respecting that. In fact, they made sure ...
Critiques

Should We Give This New Government a Chance?

5 years ago
Remember when Saad Hariri formed the last government and many saw in it a glimpse of hope? Remember when we had elections based on a new electoral law and Lebanese voters rallied behind traditional parties ...
Critiques

The New Diab Government: Who Got What?

5 years ago
Three months after Hariri’s resignation and 100 days into the October Revolution, a new one-sided government headed by Hassan Diab was announced today in Baabda. The government will be formed of 20 ministers all hand-picked ...
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