Posted By
Najib
Oct 14, 2025 01:55
It’s astonishing how health-related matters in this country are consistently handled with a lack of transparency, leaving room for speculation and rarely reaching proper resolution. Yesterday afternoon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health decided to announce via a Facebook post that the Tannourine water company must cease bottling operations and withdraw its products from the market within three days, after tests reportedly showed bacterial contamination. One would expect the Ministry of Health to first reach out…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 28, 2025 03:54
According to statistics from Lebanon’s state tobacco authority, also known as La Régie Libanaise des Tabacs et Tombacs, household tobacco sales reached nearly 16 tons last year. That’s an average of around 337 shishas per person . These figures do not include wholesale sales to restaurants and cafés, as well as teenagers, which suggests that overall consumption is likely much higher. This is a deeply alarming statistic, yet it’s disheartening to see that the relevant…
Baladi
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Health
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Art
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As part of Pfizer’s #WorldCancerAwarenessMonth2022 campaign, Tony Maalouf (Interior Architect & Kick-ass Illustrator) produced this powerful animation to illustrate how a supporting network can make all the difference in a cancer patient’s life. This support ...
Health
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Critiques
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