Locals from West Bekaa towns took the streets today in protest at the new tax hike, and blocked the road of Qasr Naba for 30 minutes, National News Agency correspondent reported on Friday. Meanwhile, civil activists observed a sit-in in Meneyh, voicing rejection of the […]
NNA – Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Kanaan, on Thursday could not help but wonder how some sides were depicting the endorsement of the salary scale as a “huge crime” at the time that the matter had been thoroughly discussed by the joint parliamentary committees that […]
A new debate erupted at the legislative session regarding the proposal to impose a fee of LBP 5 thousand on those who travel by land between Lebanon and Syria. The debate included the political position concerning the issue of the bilateral agreements related to […]
Students from the Lycee Franco-Libanais School in Ashrafieh met with a number of politicians to ask them questions. When they were unable to access the parliament, MP Hady Hbeish met them outside the building and answered their questions. Afterwards, they moved to the Grand […]
Deputy Speaker Farid Makari on Thursday adjourned a legislative session due to a lack of quorum and accused “those practicing obstruction” and Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel of jeopardizing the fate of the long-stalled new wage scale. Makari said he adjourned the session to […]
protester holds up an Arabic placard that reads: “I only will pay the travel tax because I will leave and won’t come back,” as other wave Lebanese flags during a protest against the newly approved taxes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 16, 2017. BEIRUT: Lebanon’s […]
The title of the March 14 dinner of the Free Patriotic Movement was “transparent funding, a free decision.” An annual dinner organized to raise funds and donations for the Free Patriotic Movement Party, attended by nearly 1,700 people. It had been said that some people […]
Army Commander General Joseph Aoun received at his office in Yarzeh Slovenian Military Attaché, with talks reportedly touching on means of bolstering military cooperation relations between the armies of both countries. General Aoun also met with former Minister Abdullah Farhat on top of a delegation […]
Member of Parliament, Alain Aoun, eulogized the heatedly debated salary scale via twitter on Wednesday evening, warning that it is currently in danger of being “hit by snipers who have taken their positions amid the ongoing parliament session.” “The wages scale has been thrown in […]
The parliament on Wednesday approved hiking the value-added tax (VAT) and other taxes as part of measures aimed at funding the long-stalled new wage scale. The VAT was raised from 10 to 11% as other taxes on financial transactions were also hiked, state-run National News […]
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