International rating agency Moody’s Monday downgraded Lebanon’s issuer rating from Ca to C due to the country’s enormous financial and economic woes. In the expected move, the agency also downgraded the senior unsecured Medium Term Note (MTN) Program rating to (P)C from (P)Ca and affirmed the other short-term rating at ... Read More »
Ministry of Health Confirms 132 New Coronavirus Cases
The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 132 new Coronavirus cases were recorded in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that 120 were locally transmitted whereas 12 cases were recorded among the returnees. LBCI Read More »
Abdel Samad Meets Green Hand President, Journalists’ Delegation
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, met Monday at her ministry office with chairman of Green Hand Organization, Zaher Radwan, with whom she discussed an array of environment-related affairs. During the meeting, Radwan explained to his host his development strategy for the region of Aley. Abdel Samad later welcomed a ... Read More »
Abdel Samad, UNDP Delegation Broach Strategic Plan Of Information Ministry
Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Monday discussed with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative in Lebanon, Celine Moyroud, and Arkan El-Seblani, the Project Manager and Chief Technical Advisor of the UNDP’s “Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Arab Countries” (ACIAC), the importance of revamping the Ministry of ... Read More »
Hawat, Abdel Samad Seek Means To Boost Coordination Between Ministries Of Communications, Information
Telecommunications Minister, Talal Hawat, on Monday welcomed at his ministerial office Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, who visited him in the company Information Ministry’s General Director, Dr. Hassan Falha. “We’re here to coordinate efforts between the two ministries in light of the great technological development that has occurred ... Read More »
Information Ministry Employees To Undergo PCR TESTS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY
Information Ministry is to arrange for PCR tests to be conducted for its employees, as requested by Information Minister Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, upcoming Wednesday as of 10 a.m. NNA Read More »
Report: Abdel Samad during the Curbing Fake News Forum “Fake News are More Dangerous than the Pandemic”.
Organized by the Lebanese Ministry of Information “Curbing Fake News Forum” was held under the auspices of Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday July 15, at the Grand Serail in Beirut. The Forum was diffused on Tele Liban, on the ministry of information’s Facebook as ... Read More »
Ministry Of Information Cancels Panel To Discuss Media Law
Due to the resurgence of coronavirus, the Ministry of Information has called off the discussion panel that was scheduled to take place on forthcoming Wednesday at the Grand Serail, devoted to tackle the new media bill. NNA Read More »
Ministry of Health confirms 168 new Coronavirus cases, 4 deaths
The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that 168 new Coronavirus cases were recorded in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that the new cases were distributed as follows: 152 among the residents and 16 among the returnees. Four deaths among the Coronavirus patients were recorded ... Read More »
Ministry of Health confirms 175 new Coronavirus cases
The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 175 new Coronavirus cases were recorded in the country during the past 24 hours. The ministry added that the new cases were distributed as follows: 144 among the residents and 31 among the returnees. LBCI Read More »