Transportation Sector Stages Strike, Demands Cabinet to Cap Gasoline Prices
The transportation sector staged on Wednesday a strike to protest the soaring fuel prices and demand the cabinet to cap rising gasoline prices.
“We will hold on to our rights,” head of the Transportation Drivers Union Marwan Fayyad told protesters.
He pointed out that the union will escalate its measures if the cabinet failed to meet its demands.
The union is demanding a price cap for a LL25,000 ceiling on 20 liters of gasoline and LL20,000 on diesel.
The weekly update of fuel prices issued on Wednesday witnessed no change in gasoline prices, while the diesel prices dropped by LL100.
The price of 95-octane rated fuel now costs LL35,900, while the 98-octane rated fuel is selling at LL36,600.
The union of taxi drivers decided on Tuesday to stage a strike after discussions with Finance Minister Mohammed al-Safadi over ceiling gasoline prices reached a deadlock.
However, the protest was boycotted by taxi drivers association in the north that accused the union of having hidden political agendas.
over 11 years
untrue! in the European country I live in, the price is updated on a weekly basis. It's even more sensitive to fluctuations in the US of A.
over 11 years
Not true--in the US while most prices change on a Tuesday, there are times when they fluctuate daily at times. In fact, in the US, prices will change from one brand to another and even those a few blocks away may be different.
over 11 years
Drive electrical cars you fools :)
over 11 years
And how would you recommend you charge the Electric Cars ?
With Bassil's new power plants ? With Bassil's awesome power Boats ? or With the Mafia neighbourhood generators backed by our Mafia politicians ?
In Lebanon, electricity would be more expensive than the cost of fuel. In European countries you refer to, cost per Liter is over 1.3 euros well above our prices over here ... this makes electric "affordable".
over 11 years
Ya FT, every idiot with a 500$/month wage is probably "forced" to drive a car, because of our great and reliable public transport system, you know FARGO buses, wa7ad 3a jounieh... The day most of the middle class and probably some of the upper class will switch to public transport, will be a great achievement. Because our idiots at the helm of the country do not realize that, and even see how much money it can generate, this will unfortunately remain as is for a long time. BTW, have you been on one of those buses?
over 11 years
Too many taxis out there anyway--I saw a report saying that there were 10x as many cabs/vans as were licensed. If they want to cap prices, then the authorities should have the authority (better yet, give an outside company this authority) to do extensive background searches in return for getting subsidized fuel.
In other news, another day, another strike trying to get something from this morally and monetarily bankrupt government.
over 11 years
who doesn t want to improve the transportation systems? the MPs... they have share in private businesses...
hariri once wanted to revive the railroad system and tramways... who said no? MPs! even from his own camp...
so yes people have the right to shout out loud because the gvt is inefficient and corrupted to the bones...and do not care of improving lebenon as long as it hinders their businesses...
another source of income here would be to stop distributing gallon tickets to the army personnel who resell them....
over 11 years
yes! he did... but the parliament refused for the reasons said above... he even wanted to create a railway from north to south... but everyone refused to keep their businesses running despising once more the benefits of the citizens..thats why they dismantled everything for money and business!
inform yourself!
over 11 years
"Prime Minister Rafik Hariri wanted to establish a modern train network and efforts were under way before his assassination in 2005."
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/Jun/29/Neglected-railway-system-exemplifies-unfulfilled-promise.ashx#ixzz29a6SDZCo
and saad hariri also started to discuss it with the french...
what about M8? .... nada
the project started in 2001...
over 11 years
other sources are available if you do not trust daily star! just inform yourself....always denying facts which are easy to verify just to prove that he is right... poor thing.
over 11 years
water projects were not stalled as you pretend.... many projects are underway with the help of the EU but not known to the public!
over 11 years
it was a huge project to link lebanon with the gilf countries and syria... why has the project stopped?
"Lebanon is among the 13 signatories of the UN Economic and Social Council for Western Asia's (ESCWA) 2003 Agreement on International Railways in the Arab Mashreq, which entered into force in 2005 after being ratified by five countries."
so before being blinded by your hatred of hariri inform yourself instead of spitting your FPM propaganda everywhere!
over 11 years
who is saying fpm stalled the project only in your biased mind? learn to read... maybe aoun wasn t in power but i repeat what i have already written which you did not read on purpose to sell your soup, many of your friends were in power, many PM that were with hariri stalled the project...
buy yourself glasses instead of spitting your propaganda as usual just to play the victim...
over 11 years
who is saying fpm stalled the project only in your biased mind? learn to read... maybe aoun wasn t in power but i repeat what i have already written which you did not read on purpose to sell your soup, many of your friends were in power, many PM that were with hariri stalled the project...
buy yourself glasses instead of spitting your propaganda as usual just to play the victim...
over 11 years
Peace, thanks for your comments, but as you can see, some people are paid to come here and post anti-Hariri propaganda, anti-M14 propaganda, and anti-western propaganda. No matter what you say, you cannot reason with them. For me, it is a waste of time. Although it is good that you provide information that sets him in his place, it still leads him to post more nonsense.
What we need is an "ignore" button, to block certain commenters on this site. Just hit the button and "poof" their posts disappear. They would only disappear for the person who hit the ignore button, not for everyone, and the propagandist wouldn't even know that he is blocked by those who hit the ignore button.
FT is such an important business person that he spends 24/7/365 on an M14-leaning site, which he criticizes continuously, posting pro-Iranian, pro-Assad propaganda. The only time he isn't posting is when he takes the bus to the internet cafe.
this is the only country with weekly updates of fuel prices...what a disgrace..in other countries fuel prices increases once a year or maybe twice...