Accidents Dropped 40% During the BlackBerry Outage

Looks like something good came out of the Blackberry outage even though I am a bit skeptical of those statistics. In fact, there's no mention as to how many accidents occurr on a daily basis or how many occurred during those 3 days. Moreover, 40% seems like a huge percentage, but if we are talking about 6 accidents instead of 10, that's nothing. Officials in the country are reporting that traffic accidents plummeted 40 percent…

Who’s killing innocent people in Lebanon?

Two days ago, the body of a middle-aged man was found in the garbage in the Maameltein area. The body was burned and ISF were unable to identify it. Yesterday, two middle-aged men were found shot dead under the Antelias bridge and in Jisr al-Wati Sin el Fil. Early investigations did not show any link between the two murders but I must say I don't recall hearing about such crimes in Lebanon in the past…
Lebanon

3 HSBC branches closed

13 years ago
News about HSBC closing down branches came some 3 weeks ago, and today it was announced officially that 3 HSBC branches in Beirut were closed. You can read more about it [Here]. ...
Critiques

Nadine Njeim on Tony Baroud’s “A7la Jalse”

13 years ago
I saw few minutes of Tony Baroud’s new show on LBCI called “A7la Jalsse” and Nadine Njeim, Miss Lebanon 2004, was among his guests. During one part of the show, they asked all guests to ...
Information

Minimum Wage raised to 700,000

13 years ago
On Tuesday, the cabinet increased the minimum wage to LL700,000 from LL500,000. It also raised by LL200,000 the wages of workers earning less than LL1 million. As for those who earn between LL1 million and ...
Automotive

Fight erupts at Beirut vehicle inspection center

13 years ago
Why did the fight erupt? Because some guy’s car did not pass inspection even though “the broker, identified as Mohammad Ali Khatoun, had asked clerks at the center to “allow” the car of Habib Jaafar ...
News

R.I.P Steve Jobs

13 years ago
Apple’s Steve Jobs dies at 56. ...
Fashion

Lebanese Danielle Salamouny Miss Teen Supermodel 2011

13 years ago
Lebanon World Supermodel- Danielle Salamouny and Pacific Islands Miss Teen Supermodel- Mickaela Swamy were crowned the winners of this year’s Miss Teen Supermodel and World Supermodel Pageant at the Amanuca Island Resort yesterday. [Link] This ...
Lebanon

Protests against electricity grid in Mansourieh

13 years ago
Mansourieh residents are peacefully demonstrating against the installation of high-tension electricity grids in their region and the “Panthers” unit is sent to disperse them?? There are families, women and children in this protest. Why the ...
Lebanon

Purse snatchers drag woman

13 years ago
This was broadcasted on MTV last night. It’s appalling… [YouTube] Thanks Omar ...
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