Lebanon raises private sector's minimum wage by 50 pct

BEIRUT, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese caretaker Labor Minister Mustafa Bayram on Thursday raised the minimum wage in the private sector by 50 percent to 9 million Lebanese pounds (about 84 U.S. dollars).

The minister said the transportation allowance will be 250,000 Lebanese pounds for each working day, the National News Agency reported.

"These increases will be reviewed constantly according to fluctuatio