REFORMS
BAABDA PALACE
Government makes series of appointments, approves military aid
CABINET MEETING
Cabinet approves $1.3 million for recruitment of 1,500 soldiers
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SAGA
A state asset trust fund. Extensive decentralization: The price of Bassil’s support for a Frangieh presidency
LOAN
Public Works Ministry grants CDR $22 million for road maintenance
WEATHER
Ramco and Hamieh squabble over responsibility for recent flooding
GOVERNANCE
Designed to succeed: Research finds politically connected firms get bigger infrastructure contracts
PORT SILOS
Kataeb party proposes bill to protect port silos
LOANS
Preparations underway for relaunch of Housing Bank real estate, home restoration and solar panel loans
BEIRUT PORT BLAST
Beirut's silos to remain in place, for now
CABINET
Cabinet proposes postponing municipal elections to May 31, 2023
TRASH CRISIS
A strike by Ramco workers floods the streets of Metn and Kesrouan
WASTE CRISIS