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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Levantine Christians look forward to this trip with hope, to ensure that Lebanon remains a powerful model for the East and the world.” President Michel Aoun departed Wednesday morning to the Vatican. He arrived with the Lebanese first Lady Nadia al-Shami Aoun, and the accompanying […]
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil warned Tuesday that rejecting a proportional representation system that allows political minorities to be represented in the political system would lead the country into “civil war and disintegration.” “Whoever rejects proportional representation would be rejecting the other and the […]
Minister of Information, Melhem Riachi, said on Tuesday that “the efforts exerted to protect freedom and ethics of the media aims at maintaining this profession and its respect for listeners, viewers and readers.” Riachi made these remarks at the end of his meeting with the […]
Progressive Socialist Party sources on Monday lashed out at the latest electoral law format that was proposed by Free Patriotic Movement chief Gebran Bassil earlier in the day. “It does not lead to correct and fair representation and it rather meets the FPM’s ambitions, […]
Fourteen million Americans would lose medical insurance by next year under a Republican plan to dismantle Obamacare that would also reduce the budget deficit, a nonpartisan congressional research office said on Monday, throwing President Donald Trump and Republicans on the defensive as they press forward […]
What the CBO sees ahead for the GOP health care bill March 13, 2017 at 6:50 PM EDT An analysis of the Republican health care bill was released Monday by the Congressional Budget Office, offering best estimates on cost, coverage and other issues. Among the […]
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