Posted By
Najib
Dec 22, 2020 01:33
One month after the forensic audit was suspended, the Lebanese parliament has finally decided to lift the banking secrecy for 1 year to facilitate the audit of the Central Bank and other public institutions. The banking secrecy problem was raised since day1, but none of the ruling parties cared enough to raise it to parliament and pass it as a law. Instead, they did what they do best, waste more time and money. What's next?…
Posted By
Najib
Dec 21, 2020 05:31
MEA Chairman told Reuters yesterday that "if MEA wants to ensure its stability, we will reach a time when we will need to have sales in 'fresh dollars', which means that very few people will be able to purchase MEA tickets when this rule will be introduced. I am not sure if other airline offices are accepting LBP or "lollars", but they will all reach a point where they request payment in fresh dollars. In…
Posted By
Najib
Dec 18, 2020 04:18
A memo by the Telecom Ministry & Ogero was issued yesterday informing all landline owners that the '0' for all area codes will be dropped and replaced by '2'. In other words, when you're dialing 01 444333 for example, it will become 21 444333 and the same applies to 04 05 06 07 08 09 which will become 24 25 26 27 28 29. It didn't make sense to have the '0' anyway since we…
Posted By
Najib
Dec 14, 2020 03:56
The country's COVID-19 measures were revised today ahead of the holidays, whereas the nighttime curfew is now set at 11:30PM instead of 11PM and businesses will be allowed to open until 10:30 pm instead of 10:00 pm. Nightclubs and pubs will be allowed to open at 50% capacity, but will have to shutdown at 10:30PM. Added to that, dancing will be prohibited and a two-meter distance between tables shall be observed while only eight people…
Critiques
5 years ago
The answer is quite simple: Everyone in charge since 2013 from Presidents, PMs, Ministers, Heads of Parliament, Army Generals, officers,, Heads of Customs, Port officials, etc. Up until today, Judge Sawwan’s work as lead investigator ...
Baladi
5 years ago
Nutella is no longer affordable or even available in Lebanon due to the dollar crisis. As a result, people are looking into Lebanese-based alternatives and surprisingly, there are many. In fact, our friend Bassam Karam ...
Critiques
5 years ago
It’s been over a month now that Saad Hariri was re-assigned to form a government and still nothing. Today, after a three-week pause, Hariri met Aoun and instead of agreeing on a final line-up, each ...
Critiques
5 years ago
Up to 85% of the fuel provided to Lebanon is by Sonatrach and its contract expires by end of year, which means we will lose our key fuel supplier in 3 weeks time. Added to ...
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