Posted By
Najib
Apr 03, 2019 05:30
The hot topic at the moment in Lebanon is the proposed plan to reform the electricity sector which has been pending for over 9 years now. A ministerial committee was formed to study the plan and following three meetings, they appear set to approve it after making few amends. What's the plan? Lorient LeJour shared an article last week highlighting the major milestones which include: - A 180 percent increase in Electricity du Liban's tariffs…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 01, 2019 04:17
Killing stray dogs is unfortunately quite common in Lebanon, despite being barbaric and ineffective. There are several ways to handle stray dogs, one of them being building local shelters or contacting animal services to some professional help. Barbara municipality was among the first to set an example for others to follow by rescuing and adopting the dogs, and now Chouf municipalities have opted to handle this matter in a civilized by setting up a big…
Baladi
7 years ago
I honestly don’t know if the below is a recent stunt or an old one, but I thought of sharing it to shed light on the Adopt a Cedar campaign and hopefully encourage more people ...
Business
7 years ago
In 2018, Lebanon’s national debt increased by $6.6 Billion Dollars, which amounts to almost $12,500 every minute. This year, the debt is expected to increase by $11 Billion Dollars, which means that that it will ...
Baladi
7 years ago
Unlike other useless challenges, the internet’s newest trend the “Trash Tag Challenge” is encouraging people to protest the environment by cleaning up a place where trash has accumulated, then taking another picture of the spot ...
Information
7 years ago
The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. The report is produced by the United Nations ...
Critiques
7 years ago
Last Thursday, pictures and videos emerged of an old building’s facade collapsing in Burj Hammoud. Fortunately, the cracks were spotted ahead of time, leaving the municipal police time to evacuate the residents and set up ...
Advertising
7 years ago
Almaza’s ads have almost always been brilliant for all occasions. This year’s Mother’s Day ad was quite awesome but I tracked down their ads since 2014 and I still prefer the 2017 one more. Which ...
Health
7 years ago
There are roughly one billion smokers in the World of which 70% think of quitting, 40% actually try to quit but ultimately only 5% succeed. This is mainly because of two reasons: will power is ...
Health
7 years ago
March 21 is celebrated as Mother’s Day in Lebanon but it’s also World Down Syndrome day. For this sake, the Lebanese Down Syndrome Association released a powerful awareness video to shed light on this cause ...
