Ongoing Investigations Since 2019

When we labeled all ruling parties as corrupt, many get offended and claim that they're doing more than enough to fight corruption and set things straight. It's been a year almost since the revolution started, and since then, tons of corruptions cases were exposed on TV and brought to justice, yet not ONE SINGLE case has been concluded and NOT ONE PERSON has been arrested yet. Here's a list of scandals that were brought to…

Diab Government Continues Selective, Yet Useless, Lockdown

If you want more proof that this resigned government is managing miserably the COVID-19 pandemic, the Interior Ministry just announced a renewed selective lockdown of 169 villages and towns for one week starting Monday. At first, they decided to shut down all businesses including bakeries, pharmacies and supermarkets, then they realized it was a stupid decision and kept them open for customers. Now they want to shut down ordered bars, pubs and nightclubs nationwide "until…

Lebanese-Canadian Dr. Mona Nemer Re-Appointed as Canada’s Chief Science Advisor

On October 1st, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Dr. Mona Nemer’s reappointment as Canada’s Chief Science Advisor. Dr Nemer assumed this role back in 2017 and will continue following her re-appointment "to promote science and its benefits for Canadians, and provide impartial scientific advice to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Cabinet". She has also been advising on the latest developments in COVID-19 research. Dr. Nemer is a distinguished…

Why is the Education Ministry Giving Students Money?

Lebanon's Education Ministry has announced a plan to help public and private schools students by giving them almost 1 million liras. I watched his interview with Al Jadeed and I have no idea what he's up to. Basically, he wants students to go to the bank, assuming they have bank accounts, to deposit LL600,000, which will be turned into $400 and then multiplied by the bank rate which is LL3900 to become roughly LL1,600,000. The…
Baladi

Lance Armstrong Leads “Bike for Beirut” To Raise Money For Beirut Explosion Victims

5 years ago
One of the most popular and most controversial sports figures in the biking world Lance Armstrong took part in the “Bike for Beirut” event today along with tens of other cyclists to raise awareness and ...
Hotels

Distributors Will Stop Delivering Medical Supplies to Rafic Hariri Hospital

5 years ago
RHUH’s CEO Firas Abiad warned back in August that the hospital is running very low on its medical supplies due to the financial crisis, and that they will be empty-handed very soon if the pandemic ...
Critiques

Interior Ministry Planned Lockdown Will Only Make Things Worse

5 years ago
Lebanon’s Interior Ministry announced yesterday a weeklong lockdown of 111 towns and villages across the country due to a high number of coronavirus infections. The decision was taken based on the numbers provided by the ...
Critiques

Will The Newly Approved “illicit Enrichment” Law Hold Politicians Accountable?

5 years ago
The answer is NO. The amendments introduced do make the illicit enrichment law a much better one but the draft passed does not extend to the president, the prime minister, speaker of parliament, members of ...
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