Lebanon National debt nears 4 trillion LBP

Lebanon’s budget deficit for 2010 slipped slightly by LL57 billion to reach 25.78 percent of spending, or LL4.405 trillion, compared to 25.99 percent, or LL4.462 trillion, in 2009, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. That's good news to start the day with. Our debt has increased by a tiny margin, smaller than last year's reaching "only" 4.405 trillion LBP and leaving the debt amounting to around 55$billion dollars. The Total government expenditures in 2010 reached LL17.89…

Back to Benihana’s lawsuit

As you probably read or heard, Mark who posts here on BlogBaladi and is behind the 248am blog in Kuwait is being sued for sharing his experience at Benihana online and critisizing few things. This issue has attracted a LOT of attention in the Middle East and even worldwide, to the extent that Benihana Inc. had to issue a PR to isolate itself from the incident. Having said that, I believe it is extremly important…
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Lebanese don’t care about the environment

15 years ago
Lebanon ranked the last country in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of volume of sustainable investments, according to the International Finance Corporation, the private arm of the World Bank. […] The IFC ...
Automotive

Gas Price drops 5000 L.L

15 years ago
It is almost official but not yet published that gas prices will drop by 5000 L.L as of tomorrow. At last, we got something positive out of the bickering between the two political parties ruling ...
Lebanon

Playing Lebanopoly

15 years ago
My younger brother got the Lebanopoly game I was telling you about during Christmas and we decided to give it a try during the weekend. The selection of the tokens is pretty interesting as they ...
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Annahar to issue Newspaper for the blind

15 years ago
The first newspaper page designed for the blind was launched on Monday by caretaker Social Affairs Minister Salim Sayegh and will be included in Annahar newspaper. “The page will look like a mini-magazine with all ...
Humor

Benihana new slogans

15 years ago
Few posters inspired from Benihana’s slogans and the disgraceful lawsuit they issued against Mark from 248am.com that I had posted about earlier today. Thanks N! ...
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Blogger sued over restaurant review

15 years ago
Mark from 248am.com is being sued by Benihana restaurant in Kuwait for having reported a bad experience he had at their restaurant. You can read here the court order here and read about it on ...
Humor

Safety first

15 years ago
Notice the gas tanks put unsafely and randomly on the pick up and notice the Christmas decoration that is still there. ...
Middle East

Torture of Children in Syrian School

15 years ago
I don’t know if this is really in Syria nor how old this movie is (It was only uploaded in September 2010), but this teacher must be jailed for life and beaten on a daily ...
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