Who Should be Interrogated Over The Beirut Blast?

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 of the Beirut blast has been heavily criticized for all the right reasons, and it's not clear what he's trying to pull by selectively charging here and there, but if those getting charged have nothing to hide or are confident…

Buy Local: 15 Alternatives to Nutella in Lebanon

Nutella is no longer affordable or even available in Lebanon due to the dollar crisis. As a result, people are looking into Lebanese-based alternatives and surprisingly, there are many. In fact, our friend Bassam Karam found fifteen locally produced chocolate spreads and reviewed three of them already: 1- ChocoDoux 2- Munchies 3- Ted Lebanon 4- Eshmoon 5- NuCrema 6- GTella 7- Sevilla 8- Chic&Choc 9- Chocola Tia 10- Gardenia 11- Chocowoo 12- Equia 13- Bader…
Critiques

Where Did the Bank Deposits Go?

4 years ago
Between end of 2018 and February 2020, 98,885 accounts were closed in Lebanese banks, the majority holding between 5 and 30 Million Liras. $21.3 Billion Dollars is the total amount of cash withdrawn from banks ...
Lebanon

A Brilliant 22-Minute Documentary on Lebanon’s Financial Meltdown

4 years ago
How did we get here? What went wrong? Why is the “All means all” right on the money? Megaphone News produced this amazing 22 minute documentary to explain how Lebanon ended up in this deep ...
Baladi

Shop Local These Holidays

4 years ago
Holidays are around the corner, our economy is hanging by a thread, the majority of businesses are struggling big time and need our support to survive. For that sake, consider shopping local this month and ...
Critiques

Get Ready for The COVID-19 Vaccine Fiasco

4 years ago
If you thought the way this government handled the pandemic was a mess, wait till they get their hands on the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines. According to this LBCI report, we’re only getting the ...
Lebanon

Lebanon recovers against Iraq after dismal start to qualify for the FIBA Asia Cup 2021

4 years ago
After starting in a very chaotic, selfish way, with a game lacking any strategy whatsoever during almost the first 2 quarters of the match, it was a different Lebanese team that showed up in the ...
Lebanon

Lebanon demolishes India in the second window of the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifications

4 years ago
After comfortably topping Group D in Window 1 of the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifications, with 2 wins over Iraq and Bahrain last February, Lebanon’s national team is back on track for Window 2. In ...
Lebanon

Dima Sadek joins MTV Lebanon, a year after quitting LBCI

4 years ago
After being a news anchor on OTV for 4 years, between 2007 and 2011, then on the LBCI for 8 years, until 2019, including hosting the Miss Lebanon Pageant in 2014, 15, 17 and 2018, ...
Critiques

Ogero Contract Ends on Jan 2021

4 years ago
The government hasn’t renewed yet Ogero’s contract and hasn’t paid Ogero a penny in 2020. This means that Ogero can no longer operate legally next year, and is already missing cables, spare parts and essential ...
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