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Municipal workers protest overdue state funding

Municipality employees from across the country gathered in Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square Monday to demand overdue funding from the state - a crisis they said has severely impacted their quality of life.A source from the premier’s office said they had “no confirmation” on the topic, while Baabda Palace could not immediately be reached for comment.

Palestinian camps in southern Lebanon observe general strike for Land Day

Shops and schools in Palestinian refugee camps in southern Lebanon closed their doors Saturday to mark Land Day, an annual commemoration of the killing of six unarmed Palestinians at the hands of Israeli forces in 1976.

From Ain al-Hilweh to Mieh Mieh, Rashidieh, Bass and Burj al-Shemali, thousands of Palestinian schoolchildren abstained from classes after the Palestinian Popular Committee in South Lebanon called for a national day of mourning and a general strike.

People with special needs, families protest center's closure

People with special needs whose rehabilitation center closed because the government failed to pay it staged a protest alongside their families in Downtown Beirut Wednesday morning, demanding that Cabinet back-pay the funds the state owes so the center can reopen.

A sit-in for potato growers in Akkar demanding their equity and protection of their production

نفذ مزارعو البطاطا اعتصاما رمزيا لهم امام مصلحة الزراعة في العبدة - عكار، في حضور النائبين وليد البعريني ومصطفى علي حسين، رئيس دائرة الاوقاف الاسلامية الشيخ مالك جديدة، وهيئات نقابية زراعية ورؤساء اتحادات بلدية ومخاتير.

West Baalbek shop owners protest Syrian competition

 Lebanese shop owners in West Baalbek blocked a main road between the villages of Beit Shama and Bidnayel Sunday to protest against competition from Syrian workers, the state-run National News Agency reported. Protesters carried signs calling for the government to control Syrian labor and close markets run by Syrians in order to reduce competition with Lebanese businesses and workers.

Ain Dara residents protest cement factory

Residents of Aley’s Ain Dara Municipality gathered outside the Industry Ministry demanding it revoke the license of a controversial planned cement factory Thursday.

Civil Defense Volunteers for decree installation

أعلن متطوعو الدفاع المدني عن "تصعيد تحركهم بالنزول الى الشارع وعدم العودة الى منازلهم الا بمرسوم تثبيتهم"، مشيراً إلى "تضحيات رجال الدفاع المدني وسهرهم الدائم من اجل الانقاذ والمؤازرة"، مطالباً الوزراء المعنيين بتوقيع المرسوم المتعلق بتثبيتهم.

Protests in Saida after a customs raid to confiscate goods smuggled from Syria

من قبل التجار ترافقت مع إقفال لمدخلها الرئيسي منعا لدخول او خروج السيارات والشاحنات بعد مداهمة قوة كبيرة من الجمارك بإمرة النقيب عمر غاريوس بهدف ضبط ومصادرة بضائع بندورة وتفاح وجزر وباذنجان مهربة من سوريا".

Hundreds march to mark women’s day

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Beirut’s streets Sunday for the annual International Women’s Day march, uniting under the slogan “For a just economy, we will march.”

The march - replete with signs and banners calling for equal rights and improved living conditions - began under Fouad Chehab’s Bridge and ended at Mina al-Hosn.

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