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Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said in a televised interview that he is working to reduce Lebanese diplomats' salaries by 15-20 percent, which would amount to $30 million a year. He added that he doubts a cabinet session will take place before the end of the year
9 December 2021
Pharmacists and physicians' syndicates push back against opening the fields to Palestinian professionals
BEIRUT — Syndicates representing pharmacists and physicians pushed back Thursday against a decision by the Labor Minister to allow Palestinians to work in professions requiring syndicate...
Rana Tabbara, 9 December 2021
Lebanon has registered 1,836 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Ten more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,814
9 December 2021
Cellular sector workers announce plans to strike
BEIRUT — The Cellular Operators Syndicate announced an open strike in the Alfa and Touch telecommunication companies as of Monday until their demands to implement a collective labor contract, pay...
9 December 2021
With Hariri's future in limbo, Lebanon’s Sunni leadership seeks anti-Hezbollah figure
“The premiership has been idle since 2009,” former Interior Minister and MP Nouhad Machnouk said in November. These incendiary remarks by the Sunni politician who defected from Saad Hariri’s...
Salah Hijazi, 9 December 2021
Comedian Amani Danhach accused of contempt of the Lebanese president
BEIRUT — Lebanese social media influencer Amani Danhach announced Thursday on her Instagram account (@Ammounz) that a man she described as a supporter of President Michel Aoun had requested the...
9 December 2021
Land transport unions strike to continue, with another sit-in scheduled for next Thursday: Tlais
BEIRUT — Head of the land transport unions Bassam Tlais told L’Orient Today that the unions will continue the open-ended strike that began today and are currently organizing another sit-in across...
Tala Ramadan, 9 December 2021
Lebanon's public sector falls further into chaos and corruption
DEKWANEH — After waiting in line for hours to register his car at a vehicle licensing agency in a suburb north of Beirut, Amine Gemayel’s patience is running thin. He has...
Timour Azhari, 9 December 2021
Bassil slams labor minister’s decision to expand Palestinian working rights
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement head Gebran Bassil denounced Thursday the decision taken by Labor Minister Mustafa Bayram that allows Palestinians to work in an array of trade-union regulated...
9 December 2021
Man found shot dead in North Lebanon
BEIRUT — A man was found fatally shot on Thursday in North Lebanon, L’Orient Today ’s correspondent in the area reported. Here’s what we know: • The victim, identified by...
9 December 2021
Commercial bank depositors can now withdraw so-called local dollars — or “lollars” — at a rate of LL8,000 to the greenback
BEIRUT — Commercial bank depositors can now withdraw from their so-called local dollar or “lollar” accounts at a rate of LL8,000 to the greenback, Banque du Liban announced in a statement issued...
Kabalan Farah, 9 December 2021
Two suspected cases of Omicron in Lebanon: Health minister
BEIRUT — Lebanon is evaluating two suspected cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, Health Minister Firass Abiad announced during a press conference on Thursday. The two people suspected of being...
Tala Ramadan, 9 December 2021
Some 75,000 vulnerable families in Lebanon will soon be in receipt of $25 per month
The Social Affairs Ministry is set to double the number of households receiving monthly financial assistance through the National Poverty Targeting Program. Launched in 2011, the program currently...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 9 December 2021
Endangered nature reserves, pollution and private violations: Lebanon's highly neglected seaside
AMCHIT, Lebanon — The coast of Amchit is rocky and steep, punctuated by gorges through which water flows into natural caves. The waves are strong here in winter, pushing the water loudly into the...
Amira Rajab, 9 December 2021
Civil Defence rescues motorists stranded in their vehicles by stormy weather
BEIRUT — Civil Defense teams on Thursday rescued several motorists who were stranded in their vehicles at dawn following severe bad weather in Okaibeh, Keserwan, the state-run National News Agency...
9 December 2021
Mikati arrives in Cairo on official visit
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning, where he is expected to meet senior Egyptian officials, including President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Prime Minister...
9 December 2021
Labor rights for Palestinians, drivers’ strike, detained journalist released: All you need to know today
Labor Minister Mustafa Bayram opened the door yesterday for Palestinians to work in professions requiring syndicate membership — jobs from which they had previously been barred. The ministerial...
