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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 5, 2022

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 5, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 11:51 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Christmas in Lebanon

Christmas in Lebanon

Wael Hamzeh, EPA-EFE
Posted at Dec 05 10:22 PM

Despite the Christian population of only around 30% in the largely Muslim nation, Christmas is celebrated in Lebanon specially in commercial and tourist areas with western-style displays. Read more »

Cholera spreading 'rapidly' across Lebanon: WHO

Cholera spreading 'rapidly' across Lebanon: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 04:39 PM

A deadly cholera outbreak is spreading "rapidly" across Lebanon, exacerbated by a prolonged economic crisis and crumbling infrastructure. Read more »

Smoke rises from Beirut grain silos

Smoke rises from Beirut grain silos

Joseph Eid, AFP
Posted at Jul 29 09:40 PM

This aerial view shows smoke rising from the heavily damaged grain silos in Beirut’s port on Friday. Read more »

'Hundreds' of fake Lebanese degrees sold to Iraqis

'Hundreds' of fake Lebanese degrees sold to Iraqis

Agence France Presse
Posted at Nov 19 11:36 AM

The fake degrees, numbering in their hundreds, cost 'between $5,000 for a master's degree and $10,000 for a PhD', the official added. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 5, 2021

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 5, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 12:05 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Lebanese hold mass, protests a year after Beirut blast

Lebanese hold mass, protests a year after Beirut blast

Anwar Amro, AFP
Updated as of Aug 05 09:19 AM

Hundreds of Lebanese hold mass on August 4 to mark a year since a cataclysmic explosion ravaged Beirut. Read more »

Tokyo falls to world's 4th most expensive city for expats: survey

Tokyo falls to world's 4th most expensive city for expats: survey

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 27 07:59 AM

Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat topped the list, up from second, while Hong Kong slid to second after being last year's costliest city, Mercer's Cost of Living Survey showed, as countries continue to struggle with the economic, political and health implications from the novel coronavirus. Read more »

Vaccines for votes: Lebanon's oligarchs turn to COVID bribery

Vaccines for votes: Lebanon's oligarchs turn to COVID bribery

Bachir El Khoury, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 11:23 AM

Lebanon's cash-strapped leaders are bribing their base with free COVID-19 jabs ahead of next year's elections, in what observers say is the latest variant on an old corruption trick.  Read more »

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister threatens to stop running government

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister threatens to stop running government

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 07 01:11 AM

(UPDATED) - Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened on Saturday to stop performing his duties to pressure politicians to form a new government, citing an incident in which shoppers fought over milk to illustrate the parlous state of the economy. Read more »

Seafarer na biktima ng pagsabog sa Lebanon, umapela ng tulong

Seafarer na biktima ng pagsabog sa Lebanon, umapela ng tulong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 05:21 PM

MAYNILA - Umaapela ng tulong ang pamilya ng isang seafarer na naging isa sa biktima ng pagsabog na naganap sa Beirut, Lebanon noong buwang ng Agosto. Read more »

317 Filipinos from Lebanon back in Philippines

317 Filipinos from Lebanon back in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 07:57 PM

The 317 repatriates arrived in Manila through a special chartered flight as part of the Philippine government's twin repatriation and goodwill missions to Lebanon. Read more »

Beirut fire hits warehouse where food aid stored: Red Cross

Beirut fire hits warehouse where food aid stored: Red Cross

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 05:54 AM

BEIRUT - The International Committee of the Red Cross Thursday said its humanitarian operations risked serious disruption as a fire at the Lebanese capital's port hit a warehouse containing its food aid. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 10, 2020

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 10, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:57 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Massive fire hits Beirut's port area

Massive fire hits Beirut's port area

Anwar Amro, AFP
Posted at Sep 10 09:34 PM

Bystanders watch as Lebanese firefighters try to put out a fire that broke out at Beirut's port area on Thursday. Read more »

Huge fire at Beirut port weeks after deadly blast

Huge fire at Beirut port weeks after deadly blast

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 10 08:25 PM

A huge fire raged in Beirut port on Thursday, sparking alarm among Lebanese still reeling from a devastating dockside explosion that disfigured the capital last month. Read more »

How a massive bomb came together in Beirut’s port

How a massive bomb came together in Beirut’s port

Ben Hubbard, Maria Abi-Habib, Mona El-Naggar, Allison McCann, James Glanz, Anjali Singhvi and Jeremy White, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 10 08:55 AM

Thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, a compound used in explosives, was spilling from torn bags. In the same hangar were jugs of oil, kerosene and hydrochloric acid; 5 miles of fuse on wooden spools; and 15 tons of fireworks — in short, every ingredient needed to construct a bomb that could devastate a city.   Read more »

'No sign of life' in search for Beirut blast survivor

'No sign of life' in search for Beirut blast survivor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 06 07:35 AM

Rescue workers said Saturday there was no longer any sign of life in a collapsed Beirut building, dashing hopes raised by sensor readings showing a pulse beneath the rubble from last month's blast. Read more »

Remembering Beirut blast victims

Remembering Beirut blast victims

Bilal Hussein, AP
Updated as of Sep 05 12:23 PM

A man lights a candle near the seaport of Beirut, as people mark one month since the devastating Aug. 4 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Friday. Read more »

Philippine Airlines and DFA bring 361 OFWs from Beirut home to Manila

Philippine Airlines and DFA bring 361 OFWs from Beirut home to Manila

ANCX
Updated as of Sep 04 09:08 PM

PAL deployed its 370-seater Boeing 777-300 (RP-C7778) for the Manila - Beirut - Manila flight.  Read more »

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