LRC & AUBMC On New Year’s Eve: Don’t Drink & Drive

Every year, it is important to remind all party goers on New Year's Eve not to drink and drive. If you're planning on getting wasted, take a cab or just grab a ride with your friends. The Lebanese Red Cross & AUB Medical Center shared yesterday powerful videos to raise awareness on road safety and the dangers of driving under the influence. 2017 will end for everyone but 2018 will not start for everyone. This…

National Bakeries is Closing Down on Bliss Street

Quoting the AUB Neighborhood initiative: A sad day for our neighborhood: The National Bakeries on Bliss Street, where we got Manakeesh for decades, closed its doors today. I remember during the war when all AUB gates were closed during the night, we, the Architecture students specialized in our design overnights, used to throw stones at the National Bakeries shop front from behind the fence at 4am to get the guy out to take our manakeesh…

Ghobeiry Municipality Issues Statement, Says They Didn’t order the Killing of Stray Dogs

Following the horrendous video that was shared yesterday showing Ghobeiry municipality members poisoning and killing stray dogs, the municipality issued a statement today claiming they did not order the killing and that the act was a personal one and those found guilty will be reprimanded. We all want to believe that but I think it's a load of crap. The members were poisoning dogs in broad day light and filming and they threw the dogs…

How a Lebanese Woman Achieved a Zero-Waste Life With Little Effort

If you ever wonder whether a no waste life is possible in Lebanon, just watch this short video and find out that it's much easier than you may think. This woman lives a completely no waste life and is sharing tips on how he did so and it's not rocket science. She avoids plastic, brings her own bags to the supermarket or grocery store and even brings her Tupperware to the butcher. What she's doing…
Automotive

New Plans for a Highway Linking Dbayyeh to Okaibeh Passing Through Jeita & Adma

6 years ago
The Lebanese cabinet has approved a plan to build a highway from Dbayyeh to Okaibeh passing through several villages and towns in Keserwan, mainly Jeita, Antoura, Ain el Rihane, all the way to Adma and ...
Fun

There’s a MEGA NYE Party Taking Place in Beirut’s Iconic Nejmeh Square

6 years ago
If you still haven’t planned anything for New Year’s Eve and don’t mind crowded places, there’s a free party taking place on Nejmeh Square on December 31 starting 6PM. The event is organized by Beirut ...
Critiques

Number of Registered Syrian Refugees Drops Below 1 Million

6 years ago
The U.N. refugee agency (UNHRC) counted 997,905 Syrian refugees as of November 2017, marking the first time the number of refugees dropped to below one million since 2014. Back then, Lebanon became the country with ...
Technology

Who’s Getting Calls from Numbers Starting with 0079?

6 years ago
Is anyone else getting calls from international numbers starting with 0079? I got a couple in the last week but didn’t have to answer but it’s a good thing I didn’t because Techie Dad posted ...
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