Without Fuel, Expect an Internet Blackout Soon in Lebanon

The fuel shortage has already caused a severe power outage across the country and is forcing a lost of businesses to shut down or reduce their working hours. As far as the internet is concerned, Ogero stations need electricity to operate and if they run out, expect an internet outage in several areas. As far as fiber optics are concerned, you can forget about them as the government won't be funding this project anytime soon.…

Neshan Going to Court for Insulting Turkish President is a Scandal by itself!

Lebanese-Armenian Neshan TV Host is set to stand trial in October after having called Turkish President Erdogan “a malignant Ottoman,” in response to a tweet from an ignorant viewer who labeled Neshan as a refugee. Apparently, a Lebanese lawyer called Mohammed Ziad Jaafil filed a lawsuit against Neshan, citing “offending a sister country, violating national unity, and stirring sectarian and racist strife", which prompted the Lebanese Foreign Ministry to take legal proceedings against the TV…
Critiques

Tourism Minister & Agri-Culture Minister Must Resign

5 years ago
Tourism Minister Ramzi Msharrafieh: A video documenting the assault on prominent activist Wassef Harake led to the arrest of at least six people, who were monitoring his moves using one of the Tourism Ministry’s cars, ...
Automotive

Beirut’s Traffic Lights Stopped Working, Accidents Up by 120% in June (vs. April)

5 years ago
Traffic lights have stopped working in Beirut as there’s no money to renew for the company in charge of up-keeping them. As a result, we’re witnessing a spike in car accidents, as “figures shared by ...
Critiques

We Shot Ourselves in the Foot By Going After Sonatrach

5 years ago
Up to 85% of the fuel provided to Lebanon is by Sonatrach, yet the Lebanese authorities and specifically Judge Ghada Aoun decided to go after the state-owned Algerian oil company despite not having any alternatives ...
Critiques

We Don’t Want to Grow Our Own Food, We Want Our Money Back!

5 years ago
Lebanon may be famous for its food, but we’re better at preparing stuff than producing it and this applies to everything. We import everything, including 85% of our food and this will not change overnight, ...
Critiques

Diab Should Have Resigned After 100 Days in Office

5 years ago
Hassan Diab’s government was never meant to achieve anything. It was a mere “passe-temps” while those in power agree on the next government. However, and as expected by all politicians who take charge, this government ...
Critiques

Lebanese Authorities Still Stalling After 6 Weeks of IMF Negotiations

5 years ago
The latest from the IMF-Lebanon ongoing negotiations: an ex-MP, jokingly or not we’re not sure, asked the IMF if we could get money without reforms. Meanwhile, two members of Lebanon’s negotiating team have already quit, ...
Critiques

Lebanon is Not an Affordable Country (Yet), it’s a Failed State & Bankrupt Country

5 years ago
We’ve seen a lot of politicians, journalists and analysts claim recently that we should be promoting Lebanon as a touristic destination now that the lira has devaluated and the dollar is worth four times (as ...
Critiques

Lebanon Wants to Sell Its FireFighting Helicopters

5 years ago
A day before the October Revolution started, Lebanon was ravaged by fires that went out of control. Meanwhile, the incompetent authorities had just found out that their fire-fighting helicopters weren’t working. Why? Incompetence and negligence ...
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