National News Agency is now Spreading Fake News

The presumably trust-worthy National News Agency shared an article today claiming that international organization have warned Lebanon after noticing kids aged 18 and less taking part in the protests. Annahar and other portals also published the same article but the truth is there's no such thing as an anonymous international organization and UNICEF hasn't mentioned a word on this matter. On the contrary, they've been praising for a week now the role that young people…

#LebanonRevolution: Lebanon Witnesses Largest Student-Led Protest Today

Thousands of school and university students skipped school and took the streets brandishing Lebanese flags and chanting slogans demanding the removal of the corrupt political class. While most universities and schools were supportive of these movements, several principals tried to ban their students from joining the protests but they failed big time. In Abra, a nun threatened to fire students who skip school but her voice note spread and quickly backfired forcing the school to…

Ray Bassil Wins Gold Medal at Asian Cup, Qualifies to 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

Lebanese Champion Ray Bassil is off to a new quest for an Olympic medal after clinching the Gold medal at the Asian Championships being held in Doha, Qatar. Ray beat all her competitors and earned herself a spot in the 2020 Summer Olympics that will be held in Tokyo. Ray has qualified to the 2012 and 2016 Olympics but failed on both occasions to get a medal. In 2016, Ray couldn't qualify to the semi-finals…

Moody’s Downgrades Lebanon Credit Rating from Caa1 to Caa2

Moody's has downgraded today Lebanon's credit rating to Caa2 after having downgraded it to Caa1 nine months ago. "Moody’s said the decision to cut Lebanese debt from Caa1 to Caa2 “reflects the increased likelihood of a debt rescheduling or other liability management exercise that may constitute a default”. The downgrade comes just after the country’s central bank ordered lenders to boost their capital buffers by some $4bn by year’s end and $4bn by next June,…
Critiques

Alfa & Touch Now Selling Prepaid Recharge Cards in LBP

6 years ago
Caretaker Telecommunications Minister Mohammed Choucair has requested both telecom operators in Lebanon to start selling prepaid recharge cards according to the official dollar exchange rate set by the Central bank. The cards will be delivered ...
Critiques

Pro-Sulta Protests: More Diversions To Delay New Government Formation

6 years ago
PM Hariri resigns, his supporters go out in the streets to cheer for him. Hezbollah Chief makes a speech, his supporters flood the streets to show support. Today, Speaker Nabih Berri supporters were roaming the ...
Fun

“All Means All of them” and Daylight Saving is One of Them!

6 years ago
The European Union has already voted in favor of dropping DST, and other countries are working on it. I never saw the point of DST, and if you google it, you realize how useless and ...
Critiques

What You Didn’t Know About The “illicit Enrichment” Law

6 years ago
When the first case of “illicit enrichment” was brought up a week ago, I looked into the law itself to see what it consists of, and then after watching yesterday’s Al Jadeed episode on corruption, ...
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