Health Minister Says Lebanon Will Get COVID-19 Vaccine By End of Year

Our joke of a health minister has announced that Lebanon will be getting its share of COVID-19 vaccines by end of year or max by January 2021. However, he did not specify what vaccine we're getting, since there aren't any out yet officially, and how the testing will take place since NO vaccine has passed the third phase. My guess is that he's talking about the Russian vaccine that Diab mentioned a while back, knowing…

There’s NO Coming Back to October 16, 2019

Today marks one year since the Revolution started, one year since hundreds of thousands of Lebanese from different sects and backgrounds took the streets to ask for a real change. We were fed up, we all wanted a decent country to live, all except the traditional & rotten parties in power that had other plans. At first, they kept quiet, then they masterfully laid out a plan to kill the revolution at any cost. How…

Someone Should Remind Hariri He’s Not a Technocrat

Ever since ex-PM Hariri resigned a year ago, he has been paving his way back to lead a new government through several maneuvers, with the latest nominating himself as the designated savior by France's president. He insists that the only chance to halt the collapse is to form a government of technocrats but somehow believes he's fit to lead such a government. Of course this could all be a media stunt while he agrees on…

After the Lollar, Meet the Bira

After putting quotas for dollar withdrawals and spendings from banks, the BDL has issued yesterday a new circular forcing Lebanese banks to start lowering the ceiling of Lebanese pound cash withdrawals. In other words, your bank Lira, which Dan Azzi named "Bira", is going to gradually start devaluating relative to your Cash Lira and as a result, people will now have to cut down, even further, on their consumption. Read more about the reason behind…
BeirutBlast

MBC Streaming Service Shahid Already Has a Series on Beirut’s Blast

5 years ago
Just when I thought LibanPost mushroom cloud stamp was a bad idea, I found out yesterday that leading regional streamer Shahid somehow managed to produce a series revolving around the August 4 Beirut Blast. The ...
BeirutBlast

WTH Were LibanPost Thinking With Their New “Beirut Blast” Stamp?

5 years ago
Libanpost issued a stamp featuring a photo of the Beirut Port explosion, calling on Lebanese to buy it to help out the Civil Defense and contribute to the ongoing reconstruction efforts. I don’t know who ...
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F.B.I On Beirut Blast: No Conclusion On Cause of Beirut blast

5 years ago
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation stated today that “it has reached no firm conclusion about what caused the Aug. 4 explosion in the port of Beirut that killed nearly 200 people and caused billions ...
Critiques

Are We Normalizing With “Israel” or Not?

5 years ago
There’s no simple answer to this question. Both parties were clear that these talks are not a sign of peace-making or normalization, and are merely an attempt to solve a 10 year old economic dispute. ...
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