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…

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

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 funds for organizations helping residents affected by the Beirut Port explosion. Armstrong and the participating cyclists passed by the port and close to the huge crater where the explosion took place. The funds will be distributed to four organizations including…

Distributors Will Stop Delivering Medical Supplies to Rafic Hariri Hospital

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 spirals out of control. Today, RHUH was informed by distributors that they will stop delivering medical supplies following the decisions taken by the syndicate. Given that the hospital has been the primary one for treating COVID-19 patients, and the drastic…

Interior Ministry Planned Lockdown Will Only Make Things Worse

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 new official COVID-19 map, but many towns are disputing the numbers and some people are claiming the map uses place of origin, not place of residence, to register someone’s infection, but this hasn't been denied or confirmed yet. Nevertheless, assuming…
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 ...
Lebanon

Lebanon and Israel to Hold US-Mediated Talks Over Maritime Borders

5 years ago
Three weeks after US placed sanctions on Berri’s top aide finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil, Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker came out today to announce that Lebanon and Israel have asked that the United States mediates talks ...
Critiques

Lebanon Can No Longer Subsidize Fuel

5 years ago
Our foreign currency reserves have reached a critical level ( $18 Billion ?) and the Central Bank was expected to stop subsidizing fuel, wheat and medicine a while back. The Beirut port blast delayed things ...
Health

New Color-Coded COVID-19 Map For Lebanon

5 years ago
Lebanon launched a new portal to map the daily number of COVID-19 cases across the country. The portal, which includes a color-coded map indicating the risk level per area, is a joint work between the ...
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