Less than 3% of the Lebanese state 2024 budget was allocated to construction expenditures, compared to about half the budget to personnel costs, such as salaries, retirement and benefits.
Paying wages of ghost employees ranks above spending taxpayer funds on building shelters.
Lebanon's highest denominated banknote is now only worth $1, after the national currency dropped to a record low of 100,000 pounds per dollar.
The Lebanese pound is this year’s worst performing currency in the world, according to Bloomberg data.
الاعلام شاطر يضوي على ميشال حايك وتوقعاته بس باحث جيولوجي يكتب تغريدة عن محتمل حدوث هزة بمناطق معينة لشوووو شو بدنا فيه! منبعت توعية للناس بعد الصدمة..
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