Posted By
Najib
Jan 21, 2018 08:00
Lebanese fathers are currently entitled to one paternity day while maternity leave was extended to 70 days a couple of years ago. The government has recently approved extending the paternity leave to three days but it still needs to be approved in the parliament. This is definitely an improvement but it's still not enough, and should be at least a couple of weeks in my opinion. The first few weeks after a baby is born…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 20, 2018 08:57
Lebanon has scored for years now the lowest rates in terms of women political empowerment and I'm not expecting a major change in the upcoming elections simply because there's no willingness from most political parties to promote the role of women in Lebanese politics but any improvement on the current number will be more than welcome. The last three governments only had two female ministers and the current Lebanese parliament has four women out of…
Fun
7 years ago
This year seems to be a repeat of 2014 when it barely snowed and ski resorts were closed most of the time. Mzaar Ski resort has announced that it’s doing its best to open the ...
Fun
7 years ago
The last thing you’d expect during an armed bank robbery is for an employee to stand up to the thieves and try to talk them out of it. Masked armed men robbed the Lebanese Swiss ...
Critiques
7 years ago
Fire Fighters have old fire trucks, old equipment, no substances to fight the fires and sometimes barely any water. They are not properly funded nor trained to do their work and the government has yet ...
Information
7 years ago
Even though the news has been out for over a month now, Virgin Megastore has officially announced yesterday that its flagship branch at Beirut’s Opera house is closing down in an emotional FB farewell message. ...
Business
7 years ago
Debt is not necessarily a bad thing when governments borrow to fund spending on infrastructure or hospitals and schools, which is clearly not happening in Lebanon. Still though, we have an increasing debt-to-GDP ratio at ...
Automotive
7 years ago
Improvement works for the Salim Salam tunnel are expected to start on Monday 15th of January and take around two months. According to the ISF, the tunnel, which is one of the most vital links ...
Lebanon
7 years ago
Can someone explain to me why the Lebanese teams are so eager to take part in Dubai’s tournament? Is it worth investing that much in foreign players to take part in a friendly tournament? As ...
Critiques
7 years ago
I was asking around if there’s any avant-premiere events for Spielberg’s latest movie THE POST which features Tom Hanks & Meryl Streep but I was surprised to hear that the movie apparently didn’t pass censorship ...
