Telecom Ministry & Ogero To Drop the ‘0’ From Landline Numbers Area Code

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…

Lebanon To Allow Parties, Apply Social Dis-Dancing

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…

Who Should be Interrogated Over The Beirut Blast?

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 of the Beirut blast has been heavily criticized for all the right reasons, and it's not clear what he's trying to pull by selectively charging here and there, but if those getting charged have nothing to hide or are confident…

Buy Local: 15 Alternatives to Nutella in Lebanon

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 found fifteen locally produced chocolate spreads and reviewed three of them already: 1- ChocoDoux 2- Munchies 3- Ted Lebanon 4- Eshmoon 5- NuCrema 6- GTella 7- Sevilla 8- Chic&Choc 9- Chocola Tia 10- Gardenia 11- Chocowoo 12- Equia 13- Bader…
Critiques

Government or Not, Hariri & Aoun Are Not Part of the Solution

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

Sonatrach Deal Expires By End of Year, Turkish Power ships Threatening to Leave

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 ...
Critiques

Where Did the Bank Deposits Go?

5 years ago
Between end of 2018 and February 2020, 98,885 accounts were closed in Lebanese banks, the majority holding between 5 and 30 Million Liras. $21.3 Billion Dollars is the total amount of cash withdrawn from banks ...
Lebanon

A Brilliant 22-Minute Documentary on Lebanon’s Financial Meltdown

5 years ago
How did we get here? What went wrong? Why is the “All means all” right on the money? Megaphone News produced this amazing 22 minute documentary to explain how Lebanon ended up in this deep ...
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