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Transportation costs rise more than 500 percent year-on-year as inflation hits consumers across the board
BEIRUT — Once again, consumer prices more than doubled year-on-year last month, with October 2021 prices standing 173.57 percent higher than those of October 2020, according to the latest data...
Richard SALAME, 23 November 2021
Lebanon has yet to give IMF figure for financial losses, central bank governor says
BEIRUT — Lebanon has yet to give the IMF its estimate of losses in the financial system as discussions on the issue continue, but is working hard to sign a memorandum of understanding with the...
Maha El Dahan, 23 November 2021
Premier Najib Mikati met with representatives of the families of imprisoned Islamists to discuss prison conditions and the possibility of returning groups of women whose husbands were killed from Northern Syria with their children to be with their families, the NNA reports
23 November 2021
Mikati also met with representatives from the Ajialouna NGO to discuss its operations amid increased demands for support and donor funds being stuck in banks, the NNA reports. Ajialouna has provided "12,000 weekly donations" targeting health, education and nutrition, it added
23 November 2021
The parliamentary Health Committee discussed Tuesday the current health situation and a proposal to subsidize drugs amid significant price increases
BEIRUT — The parliamentary Health Committee discussed Tuesday the current health situation and a proposal to subsidize drugs, after prices increased significantly when subsidies were partially...
23 November 2021
Lebanon has registered 482 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Eleven more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,666
23 November 2021
The National Federation of Worker and Employee Trade Unions demanded that the Lebanese government settle its social security debts in a protest outside the institution's office today, criticizing private hospitals' "overcharging," the NNA reports
23 November 2021
Responding to rumors of forensic audit firm's impending withdrawal, BDL says it will provide answers
BEIRUT — Responding to rumors that the auditing firm Alvarez & Marsal, which is assigned to conduct a forensic audit of the central bank’s accounts, will withdraw from the task for the second...
Wael Taleb, 23 November 2021
Parliamentary Finance and Budget committee head MP Ibrahim Kanaan said he will call for a Parliament session to "question the government" if it does not "seriously deal with" the question of changing the LL3,900 bank withdrawal rate while the parallel market rate is at LL23,000
23 November 2021
Hunger, lack of access to health care, child labor are all on the rise in Lebanon, UN Children’s Fund report reveals
BEIRUT —The rate of Lebanese families sending their children to work surged sevenfold between April and October, reaching 7 percent, while by October 2021, more than half of Lebanese households...
Tala Ramadan, 23 November 2021
Ongoing gunfight injures two in Akkar village
BEIRUT — A firefight erupted at noon Tuesday and is ongoing in the village of Bibnine in Akkar between two local families, L'Orient Today 's correspondent in the area reported, adding that two...
23 November 2021
PSP MP Wael Abu Faour (Bekaa-Rashaya) said after meeting with Future Movement leader Saad Hariri that Information Minister George Kurdahi's resignation would “open a positive dialogue with Arab countries but would not end the diplomatic crisis,” the NNA reports
23 November 2021
EDL day workers protest unpaid wages, failure to modify contracts
BEIRUT — Day workers at Electricite du Liban staged a protest in front of the state power utility’s headquarters Tuesday and barred entry into the institution, while decrying the “lack of...
23 November 2021
Officials in Qobeiyat area of Akkar call for stricter implementation of preventative measures as coronavirus cases rise, school closes
BEIRUT – Qobeiyat officials Tuesday called for stricter application of COVID-19 preventative measures following the nearby Mashha school’s decision to close after five of its teachers tested...
23 November 2021
Independence Day, expatriate voter registration, cabinet deadlock: Everything you need to know today
Opposition groups suffered a setback, as party-backed candidates swept Beirut Bar Association elections. After winning the majority of seats at the Order of Engineers and Architects election, no...
