Incinerators are Coming to Beirut and There’s Nothing We Can Do About it

Update August 2019: The government has approved several points of the waste management plan today, including setting three incinerators in various Lebanese locations and several landfills. Share all the documentaries and reports you want about incinerators being bad for the environment and for Beirut residents, they're coming to Beirut and there's nothing we can do about it. If anything, we should applaud the "comical" efforts being made by the authorities to portray these incinerators as…

#Lebanon Ranked Fourth Worst WorldWide in Electricity Supply

The Spectator Index tweeted a list of countries with the worst electricity supply for 2017 and Lebanon ranked fourth worst on that list, ahead of Yemen, Nigeria & Haiti. The tweet is based on the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index for 2017-2018 which ranks the quality of electricity supply on a scale from 1 to 7 . At this point, all we have to do now is notify the WEF about the new meters…
Critiques

Third Turkish Power Barge to Dock in Zouk Instead of Jiyye

7 years ago
Update: The ship has arrived but I asked several friends of mine and power outages are still. I thought we’re getting 22 or even 24 hours now. What happened? When the first Turkish power ships ...
Critiques

Pope Francis Declares Death Penalty WRONG in all Cases

7 years ago
Pope Francis has officially declared the death penalty to be inadmissible in all cases and enshrined his statement in an official Catholic teaching, a major shift in the church’s position that is likely to upset ...
Critiques

Can Lebanese Still Take a Joke?

7 years ago
I’m becoming more and more convinced that Lebanese can no longer take a joke these days. No matter how offensive or lame the joke is, someone will figure out a way to make a fuss ...
Critiques

Footage Showing Dog Being Cruelly Dragged Behind Municipality Truck in Fanar

7 years ago
Poisoning stray dogs or shooting them dead while everyone’s asleep is no longer needed in Lebanon. Some municipalities couldn’t care less what people think or about animal rights and are now exercising their savage methods ...
Critiques

Our Beaches are Not Clean but Stop Sharing Fake Videos

7 years ago
An online video shared by a page called “I love Lebanon” went viral last week showing a heavily polluted beach in the Ouzai area. I was reluctant to share it at first and I’m glad ...
Animals & Wildlife

Hunting Season To be Extended – No Official Statement From Environment Minister Denying it

7 years ago
Despite efforts to enforce a new hunting law and force hunters to get new licenses, hunting crimes are still numerous in Lebanon and overhunting is undermining efforts of local NGOs. To make things worse, the ...
Critiques

Ambulance Blocked by PM Convoy

7 years ago
This is not the first and definitely won’t be the last time an ambulance is blocked by an armored convoy in Lebanon, however it was PM Hariri’s convoy that blocked the ambulance in the below ...
Critiques

Lebanon’s Drug Law to Finally be Enforced Properly

7 years ago
The Lebanese online sphere has been abuzz with the exciting news about the Skoun-led initiative that led to Judge Samir Hammoud issuing a binding circular to all “neyebet 3amme” in Lebanon. First, allow me to clarify ...
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