Posted By
Najib
Jul 24, 2018 04:16
Lebanon's most dangerous drug dealer, with over 2,900 warrants out for his arrest, was killed along with seven others by the Lebanese army in the town of Hammoudieh in the outskirts of Baalbeck. More than 16 Lebanese and 25 Syrians were arrested during the raid and Zaid's bodyguard was also killed in the process. Ali Zaid Ismail was wanted for drug trafficking and dealing, arms trafficking, car theft, attempted murder among other charges. I am…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 22, 2018 07:31
The iPhone Photography Awards , a world wide competition aimed at recognizing photographers for their iPhone skills since 2008, revealed the 2018 list of winning photographers and photographs which included Lebanese Soha Ghandour. Soha is a self-taught photographer who was selected as a finalist of the Byblos Bank Photography Award back in 2016, after which she decided to become a full-time photographer. Ghandour's picture of Tyre was shot with an iPhone 5 and was awarded…
Baladi
7 years ago
The law stating that private sector companies must employ at least one person with special needs was enacted 18 years ago, but it hasn’t been enforced until now or at least that’s what the Minister ...
Animals & Wildlife
7 years ago
Despite efforts to enforce a new hunting law and force hunters to get new licenses, hunting crimes are still numerous in Lebanon and overhunting is undermining efforts of local NGOs. To make things worse, the ...
Critiques
7 years ago
When the trailer for “Beirut” came out, almost everyone wanted that movie banned and I remember a certain ministry wanting to file a lawsuit against it. There was even a hashtag to boycott it and ...
Baladi
7 years ago
Jacqueline Makari lost her son to illness and decided to open a restaurant and recruit only employees with mental health problems, to make Ozzy the first of its kind in Lebanon and send out an ...
Economics
7 years ago
A deteriorating economy, alarming unemployment rates, a crumbling infrastructure, an ever increasing corruption rate and on top of all that increasing consumer prices. In this recent BLOM report, all components of the Consumer price index ...
Hotels
7 years ago
Four years ago, I read that Beirut’s bullet-scarred Holiday Inn hotel was set to be auctioned in the coming months yet the hotel hasn’t found any buyers yet according to this recent article by LeCommerceduLevant. ...
Automotive
7 years ago
It appears that Chinese investors are interested in reviving the long forgotten railway between Tripoli and Syria while The Turkish General Directorate of Monuments and Museums has signed a collaboration protocol with the General Directorate ...
Baladi
7 years ago
A memo issued by Jbeil’s municipality has urged all supermarkets and retail outlets to replace plastic bags by eco-friendly bags by end of year. This is a great move from the municipality. I don’t have ...
