Donner Sang Compter is Sadly Shutting Down After 14 Years

After 14 years, 1,312 blood drives and over 104,679 blood units donated, Donner Sang Compter has decided to close down due to a lack of funds primarily but more importantly due to a lack of collaboration across the various stakeholders. The man behind this amazing initiative, Yorgui Teyrouz, left a heartfelt letter on Facebook reflecting on DSC's amazing journey and raising concerns regarding the work of blood banks, the related government agencies among others. I've…

Dr. Food Charged With “Manufacturing, Trafficking and Drug smuggling”

Mount Lebanon investigating judge Ziad Dagheedi had issued an arrest warrant in absentia against George Deeb, also known as Dr. Food, for the crimes of “drug manufacturing, trafficking, and smuggling abroad". The memo will be circulating across Lebanese borders and crossings and through Interpol as well. According to Al Shark Al Awsat, the investigation has been ongoing for 3 months now to determine whether Dr.Food was indeed smuggling drugs in his products. A Syrian citizen…
Lebanon

Beiteddine Festival Will Suspend Its Activities This Summer

2 months ago
The Beiteddine Art Festival’s president Noura Jumblatt issued a statement today and announced the suspension of all activities scheduled for this year. The reason for that is the situation in South Lebanon and the “ongoing ...
Baladi

Lebanese-British Farah Dakhlallah is The New NATO Spokeswoman

4 months ago
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has appointed this week Farah Dakhlallah as the new NATO spokesperson. Farah had worked before as a communications manager at the WHO and an Arabic spokeswoman for the UK Foreign ...
Lebanon

Lebanese Renowned Actor Fadi Ibrahim Dies at Age 67

5 months ago
One of Lebanon’s most prominent actors has passed away today at age 67. Fadi Ibrahim’s health deteriorated last year after a kidney failure and he later on had one of his legs amputated due to ...
Lebanon

Israeli Shelling Has Destroyed Over 40,000 Olive Trees in South Lebanon

8 months ago
Few months back, I was posting about the gold medal awarded for Darmmess, an olive oil proudly produced in the village of Deir Mimas located South of Lebanon. Today, the olive oil harvest in Der ...
Lebanon

Sprinter Aziza Sbaity Was Once Questioned Over Her Lebanese Passport at The Airport

10 months ago
Imagine being the country’s fastest female sprinter and one of its most celebrated athletes, and being interrogated at the airport by a security officer and questioned over the validity of your Lebanese passport. That’s what ...
Lebanon

Stray Bullet Shootings in Lebanon Kills & Injures at Least 23 People Yearly

10 months ago
According to a study by Information International, a Beirut-based independent regional research & consultancy firm, stray bullet shootings kill 8 people and injure 15 yearly in Lebanon. The numbers are based on data acquired from ...
Lebanon

Leading Lebanese Media Issue Powerful Joint Statement Against Hate Speech

11 months ago
LBC, MTV, Al Jadeed, Annahar, Nidaa Al Watan, L’Orient Lejour, Raseef22, Daraj, the Legal Agenda and other leading newspapers & media outlets in Lebanon issued a powerful joint statement yesterday condemning the “hate speech and ...
Lebanon

Riad Salameh Making Sure He Remains Untouchable

11 months ago
Lebanon’s former Central Bank governor left his office with a Zaffé and is nowhere to be found ever since. He’s supposedly still in the country given the travel bans imposed on him and international arrest ...
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