Lebanese Photographer Akl Yazbeck Wins 2021 Dakar Rally Émilie-Poucan Award

Sports Photographer Akl Yazbeck has won the 11th edition of the Émilie-Poucan Award at the 2021 Dakar Rally that was held in Saudi Arabia. The jury this year exceptionally chose two photos for the award, one for Akl and the other for Charly Lopez shown below. 31 photographers took part in the contest. Emilie Poucan was a press attaché on the Dakar until 2010, when she was a victim of a plane crash on the…

World Bank US$246 Million Aid To Be Distributed in LBP At New Rate

I am still trying to wrap my heard around this news. Basically, the World Bank announced that it will provide a $246 million loan assistance to the Lebanese government, that will be paid to families in need in LBP at a new exchange rate set at LBP 6,240. In other words, The Central Bank or commercial banks keep the fresh dollars and give out aid in LBP hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens living in…
Automotive

EV-ELECTRA RISE: First 100% Lebanese Car To Launch in February

3 years ago
In the midst of all the issues and obstacles Lebanon has faced, EV-ELECTRA, a Lebanese manufacturing company has announced the launching of the first 100% Lebanese made electric vehicle. Company owner, Jihad Mohamad, announced its ...
Critiques

Lebanon Has Not Yet Signed a Contract with Pfizer for COVID-19 vaccines

3 years ago
A lot of countries have started administrating the COVID-19 vaccines, with “Israel”, our sworn enemy, leading the way in the doses administered per 100 people, followed by the UAE, Bahrain, USA, UK, Denmark, Russia & ...
Automotive

Why is Lebanon Spending 16 Billion LBP on Railways in 2020?

3 years ago
Lebanon’s German Embassy shared a post on its Facebook page highlight an excerpt of the 2020 budget law where 16 billion Lebanese Pounds are allocated to railways. As it appears, the ambassador is a huge ...
Critiques

COVID-19: Five Scenarios You MUST Avoid To Prevent The Spread!

3 years ago
It’s never too late to stop the virus spread even if cases are surging and the authorities are helpless and/or incompetent. Hospital ICU bed capacity is nearing 100% in Lebanon as PCR testing sites are ...
Critiques

About The New Iskan Housing Loans …

3 years ago
I was looking for information regarding the new subsidized housing loans that were announced a week ago and I found this great informative video by Jad Ghosn. To sum things up quickly, we got $165 ...
Lebanon

MEA Might Start Accepting “Fresh” Dollars Only

3 years ago
MEA Chairman told Reuters yesterday that “if MEA wants to ensure its stability, we will reach a time when we will need to have sales in ‘fresh dollars’, which means that very few people will ...
Critiques

Lebanon To Allow Parties, Apply Social Dis-Dancing

3 years ago
The country’s COVID-19 measures were revised today ahead of the holidays, whereas the nighttime curfew is now set at 11:30PM instead of 11PM and businesses will be allowed to open until 10:30 pm instead of ...
Critiques

Who Should be Interrogated Over The Beirut Blast?

3 years ago
The answer is quite simple: Everyone in charge since 2013 from Presidents, PMs, Ministers, Heads of Parliament, Army Generals, officers,, Heads of Customs, Port officials, etc. Up until today, Judge Sawwan’s work as lead investigator ...
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