Posted By
Najib
Sep 04, 2017 06:56
I had a flight today at 8:30AM so I got to the airport at 5:10AM to be on the safe side, especially after seeing what happened last week. Unfortunately, it was chaotic to say the least and we only got to the boarding gate at 8:35AM! It's a good thing the flight got delayed otherwise we wouldn't have made it. Starting with the traffic, there was the usual traffic at the army's checkpoint before the…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 01, 2017 04:04
The Municipal Council of Beirut City is set to plant about 7000 trees, within a year from this date. The types of trees that are expected to be planted are Barakititium, Jacaranda, Olive, Albizia, Magnolia, pine, Ficus, and Chorisia which were selected based on a study that showed their aesthetic value and diversity of colours. It's not clear where the new trees will be planted and while this is a good initiative, Beirut is in…
Critiques
8 years ago
Here’s an extra reason why the new taxes law should be revisited. The invoice tax was increased from 100LL to 250LL, which means that we need to put a 250LL stamp on invoices instead of ...
Critiques
8 years ago
The Constitutional Council has just ordered a suspension of the new tax law following an appeal led by MP Sami Gemayel and ten other MPs. This means that the new taxes won’t be implemented pending ...
Critiques
8 years ago
Choukran Trump? Not really but it’s good to hear the convoy of Islamic State fighters that were given a safe passage to an ISIS-held territory near Iraq was stopped. Other airstrikes targeted militants racing to ...
Critiques
8 years ago
The Lebanese General Security is now accepting credit cards in its centers and they’re letting everyone know through billboards on the highways. Basically they teamed up with a local bank and deployed POS machines in ...
Critiques
8 years ago
The Lebanese Army declared a cease-fire with the Islamic State earlier this morning at 7AM and stated that the truce had been intended to allow negotiations for the recovery of its captive troops. Later on, ...
Critiques
8 years ago
It’s been almost a week now and the fire in Chouwan (Janneh) is still raging and is now threatening homes. There’s apparently a new fire today and Jabal Moussa’s FB page issued a statement earlier ...
Critiques
8 years ago
I have no idea what gives MTV Lebanon the right to issue a warning to all Lebanese to avoid going to a specific area and spreading misleading information all over its social media networks. A ...
Critiques
8 years ago
The new taxes were approved and the laws were published Monday as a special appendix to the Official Gazette, which means that they are already in place as we speak. What are these new taxes? ...
