#BREAKING
The $122 million contract signed between #Lebanon and a private consortium to build a new terminal at Beirut airport was cancelled today following public outcry over the deal after decades of reckless spending of public funds by the state,
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commonly involving lucrative infrastructure contracts awarded to companies with political connections.
minister of Public Works and Transport, @alihamie_lb announced on 20Mar2023 the construction of a new terminal at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport,
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which is set to welcome annually around 3.5 million.
The lack of the tender process stirred up a storm of backlash from civil society groups and some MPs arguing that the mutual agreement bypassed the Public Procurement Law which took effect July 2022
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The international community has made the implementation of the approved procurement law a condition for unlocking much-needed financial aid to cash-strapped Lebanon.
Public Procurement Law was prepared by @IOFLebanon and their team and took approximately 3 years of hard work
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#Lebanon
Why did the 2 arrogant officials decide to play with the #DaylightSavingTime
📌 TO DISTRACT THE LEBANESE FROM: 1- Awarding the airport project by mutual consent disregarding the Public Procurement Law prepared by @IOFLebanon & passed by the Parliament June 2021
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This law is one of the main laws demanded internationally, particularly in the context of the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund that ends previous corrupt practices. 2- Obstructing negotiations with @IMFNews since 2020 Despite the urgency
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for action to address Lebanon’s deep economic and social crisis. Delaying implementing reforms within the framework of the initial agreement with the IMF only increase the costs to the country and its population. 3- The multiple exchange rate with BDL circulars establishing
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#Lebanon
URGENT call : @MawlawiBassam
1• A circular to all Lebanese governorates should be issued to conduct a survey on exact number of displaced Syrians & announce it officially.
2• Ask @UN to locate a safe area in the 185,180 km² area of #Syria to return the displaced
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to their country,
3• The safe area can be under the @UN supervision. They can take care of the displaced social, medical and education needs and keep their communities safe from violence and harm,
4• @UNHCRLebanon@Refugees must listen to the country hosting the displaced
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and be guided by their choices.
All stakeholders must work to collectively address the difficulties and problems of hosting the displaced and its affect on #Lebanon
This should be based on cooperation between host countries, the Government of Syria @Refugees and the @UN
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#London
A unique story of love and devotion from the United Kingdom!
Dr Margaret McCollum, a general practitioner, has been visiting the Embankment station each day since her husband’s death in 2007.
Margaret was married to Oswald Laurence, who had recorded the ‘Mind the Gap’
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announcement for the northern line in the 1950s.
Margaret visits the Embankment tube station every day, just to hear her late husband’s voice.
The chime of ‘Mind the gap’ is quite well-known in the UK,
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however, nobody fathomed that the depth of the voice meant a lifetime for Margaret. ‘Since he died I would sit and wait for the next train until I heard his voice,’ and explained how the recording helped keep his memory alive,”
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A Special Salute to #SaharFares on International Women's Day!
Aug4, 2020 at 17:55 @beirutfirebriga received a call alerting them of a fire at port of Beirut.
A team of 9 firefighters & 1 paramedic got into a firetruck and raced to the site, unknowingly heading to their death.
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She video-called her fiancée from the ambulance, signaled to him she’d talk later. She left the truck to get a better view of the fire,. He saw her at a loss, looking from side-to-side, not knowing what to do. Their signal was lost, and that was the last time he saw her.
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At 6:07 pm, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in the world took her life, along with her 9 colleagues and 223 innocent lives. #SaharFares beacon of light is so bright that the world will continue to see it shine long after that devastating day #AlwaysInOurHearts
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#علم_الفساد عند الطبقة الحاكمة في لبنان؛ 1- لا تكن وحدك, فالفساد عمل جماعي يتطلب مشاركة الفاسدين وتوثيق الصلة بهم 2- ابحث عن الرجال الذي يقال عنهم إنهم فوق القانون واشتر شراكتهم بغالي الاثمان، فهؤلاء يعلمونك مهارات لايمتلكها غيرهم فيختصرون عليك الزمن في صعود سلم الفساد المفيد
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3- ترتكب خطأً جسيماً إذا كانت قطعتك من 'الكعكة' أكبر من قطعة من هو أعلى منك، فقسمة كعكة الفاسدين لا تكون بالتساوي. 4- كن كريماً واجعل شعارك "ربي ارزقني وارزق مني" ففتات الفساد الذي توزعه على الفاسدين الصغار سيشجعهم لاتباعك لاحقاً وطلب المزيد من الكاتو
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5- ان الفاسد المحترف لابد أن يكون قانونيًا.
المختلسون البدائيون يذهبون إلى السجن أما المحترفون فيصفق لهم الناس ويكرمون أمام عدسات المصورين. 6- لا بد من ان تتعلم كيف تخفي أدلة فسادك وتغرقها في أقرب مجرى للسيول, فإغراقها أسهل من دفنها.
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#Tribute #27Jun1927 95 years ago, #NasriChamseddine a Lebanese singer and actor was born in the village of Joun, south of Chouf mountains.
He performed with Fairuz from 1960 until the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War in 1978 #نصري_شمس_الدين
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He suffered a heart attack shortly before a concert in Damascus in 1983.
Chamseddine later collapsed and died on stage during the performance
Chamseddine is a #LebaneseLegend with a unique voice that has no equivalence #LegendsNeverDie #NasriChamseddine
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