Posted By
Najib
Apr 11, 2017 12:21
Globalfirepower published a list featuring countries ranked by their military budgets for the year 2015. The info is not 100% accurate but it pretty much gives you an estimate of where Arab countries stand in terms of global fire power. The United States obviously topped the list as its defense budget spending of around $581 billion dollars is almost as much as the next 14 countries put together. As far as Arab countries are concerned,…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 10, 2017 10:33
Mental disorders touch 25% of the Lebanese population according to reports and everyone of us is vulnerable to these mental health issues. We've seen plenty of awareness campaigns this year in regards to mental illness like depression, addiction to alcohol or drugs, or schizophrenia. More importantly, we need coverage for mental health and this is what Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani announced last Friday. Eight centers will be created by the ministry, "in addition to teaching…
Critiques
9 years ago
The Censorship bureau apparently censored Belly Dancer Elissar’s video clip because she was wearing white angel wings at one point which is disrespectful to religions. The dancer had to edit the video and opt out ...
Fun
9 years ago
Someone just sent me a picture of a Trump poster on Sassine Square (Following the attack on the Syrian airbase) which totally looked photoshopped. I pass by Sassine every day and I’m pretty sure there ...
Automotive
9 years ago
Every now and then, we hear about new innovative solutions to Lebanon’s worsening traffic problem, especially between Nahr el Kalb and Jounieh but it keeps getting worse and the solutions proposed eventually die out. The ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Byblos launched two days ago officially the “Byblos Bike Sharing System” and will soon introduce a dedicated bike lane in the city. NNA article says the lane will cover a 50,000 square meter area but ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Sergeant Chadi el Hajj died after being shot by car thieves last week in Nahr el Mott and another policeman, Lance Cpl. Afif Jaafar was shot in Ouzai while chasing a high-profile wanted suspect. It’s ...
Animals & Wildlife
9 years ago
Update [July 12 2017]: After a four-month long legal battle and with the help of the Lebanese government, a decision was taken to allow the tigers to be resettled in France and they were flown ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Here are the key points discussed during Ogero Head Imad Kreidieh‘s Live Facebook session today: Overall: ————— 1- There’s no magic wand to improve the internet speeds, unlike what Minister Sehnaoui (He didn’t name him) ...
Advertising
9 years ago
The month of April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Himaya, the local NGO working on child protection, is initiating an awareness campaign and asking people to break the silence and report child abuse ...
