REPORT: EDL contract workers stage fresh sit-in

24 April 2017 English

Electricite du Liban (EDL) contract workers staged on Monday a sit-in outside the Ministry of Energy to protest state’s failure to give them full-time tenure.

A number of workers headed to the Ministry of Energy on the Emile Lahoud Boulevard in Metn to prevent Minister of Energy Cesar Abi Khalil from entering his office.

The contract workers burnt tires, causing suffocating traffic.

REPORT: Lebanese Parliament agrees to repeal rape law

8 December 2016 English

MP Robert Ghanem declared on Wednesday that the Parliament’s Administration and Justice Committee has unanimously agreed to repeal a controversial article of the Lebanese penal code that protects rapists. The Committee has unanimously decided that it does not “accept article 522, as marriage cannot disregard […]

Abi Khalil: U.S. Team in Beirut Soon to Mediate Maritime Dispute with Israel

24 April 2017 English

Washington will soon send a delegation to Beirut to resume discussions over the maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel, Energy Minister Cesar Abi Khalil has revealed. In an interview with the Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal magazine, Abi Khalil said he met during his recent visit to […]

Maronite Bishops Urge Fair Electoral Law, Timely Polls, Bigger Support for Army

4 January 2017 English

The Council of Maronite Bishops on Wednesday called on the new government to pass “a new and fair electoral law that ensures correct representation for all the components of the Lebanese society.” In a statement issued after its monthly meeting, the council also stressed that […]