Jbeil To Ban use of Plastic Bags by End of 2018

A memo issued by Jbeil's municipality has urged all supermarkets and retail outlets to replace plastic bags by eco-friendly bags by end of year. This is a great move from the municipality. I don't have much details on how it will be implemented but if anyone can pull this off, it's Jbeil's municipality. Let's hope other towns and cities will do the same.

A New “All-Year-Long” Cluster Coming to Beit Mery in 2019

Food clusters are still the hottest trend in Lebanon and the latest addition to them is an exciting cluster opening in Beit Mery. The project, which is set to open next summer, promises to be an "all-year-long" attraction in an area that usually attracts crowds during the summer, and will feature a gourmet version of “Le Charcutier”, fourteen different restaurants and pubs, the biggest climbing wall in Lebanon as part of the kids entertainment offering…
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ESIB USJ is Now a Smoke-Free Environment

6 years ago
USJ’s Engineering faculty (ESIB) has announced on Facebook that the ESIB campus will become smoke-free as of Tuesday June 26th and that the smoking ban should apply to both closed & open spaces. Those who ...
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National Geographic Lists #Lebanon on its 2018 Best Summer Destinations

6 years ago
National Geographic listed #lebanon as one of the top destinations this summer. The list contains the likes of Iceland, Southern Indonesia, Masai Mara, Mongolia and aPapua New Guinea. Here’s what the article said about Lebanon: ...
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LibanPost Wins 2018 “World Post & Parcel Award” in The CSR Category

6 years ago
The World Post & Parcel Awards, often regarded as the Oscars for the mail & express industry, offer mail and express organisations from around the world the opportunity to showcase innovation and creativity. Back in ...
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Discover The Magic of Jezzine

6 years ago
The Jezzine region is one of the most beautiful regions in Lebanon, with its unexplored natural landscapes, mountain peaks and gorgeous pine forests and of course its one-of-a-kind waterfall. I always recommend Jezzine to anyone ...
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Brigadier General Maroun Hitti Appointed Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire

6 years ago
Retired Brigadier General Maroun Hitti became the fourth Lebanese citizen to be awarded the Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) award during ceremony held at the British Ambassador’s residence in Beirut. ...
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Ali Wehbe Sets New Guinness World Record for Fastest Crossing of Lebanon on Foot

6 years ago
The first time I wrote about Ali Wehbe back in 2014, he was running Lebanon for 12 days in 12 different marathons to raise and support the Lebanese Austism Society (LAS). This year, Ali Wehbe ...
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LAU’s Dr. Lina Abirafeh Among The World’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy

6 years ago
Lebanese-Palestinian Lina Rafeh, director of the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University, was included on the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2018, a ...
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Make Way For The Biggest Phoenician Ship Built Out of Plastic Bottles

6 years ago
LAU students with the help of the environmental NGO Chreek have built the biggest Phoenician ship made out of plastic. The Phoenician-shaped trireme is 13 meters long, 4 meters wide, is made out of 25,000 ...
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