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…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 12, 2018 03:04
Few days ago, I was arguing that "we don’t need McKinsey to clear garbage from the streets and recycle, we need competent ministers who are convinced that burning garbage is bad for our health and dumping garbage in the sea is a crime" and I'm just reading now that the Lebanese Cabinet has approved a plan to manage the solid waste crisis, which involves the expansion of the Costa Brava landfill near Beirut! Instead of…
Critiques
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Earlier this year, I posted on how “Lahon w Bass” was a much better show than Adel Karam’s and I still think it’s much better mainly due to its host Hisham Haddad, but something changed ...
Critiques
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A Lebanese man & Uber driver named Tariq H was arrested following the murder of Rebecca Dykes, and he confessed few hours back to killing the British diplomat. The driver picked up the victim from ...
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Lebanon’s cabinet was celebrating yesterday the passing of the petroleum decree and our Energy & Oil Minister announced afterwards that Lebanon will start exploratory drilling off the Lebanese coast in 2019. Obviously this is big ...
Critiques
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We’re all outraged by Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the Lebanese government has fiercely condemned it, and we’re all in favor of protesting peacefully near the U.S. Embassy ...
Critiques
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Human Rights Watch issued a 67-page report on Lebanon’s waste crisis and the health risks of burning waste. They found that “Lebanese authorities’ lack of effective action to address widespread open burning of waste and ...
Critiques
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Almost every year for the past decade or more, we’re faced with a series of events or an unprecedented crisis that undermines our independence and leaves us wondering on why we’re celebrating this day in ...
Critiques
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Beirut’s Criminal Court issued the verdict in the case of George al-Rif killing, sentencing the accused Tareq Yateem to death and acquitting his friend Lynn Haidar. Yateem was arrested after stabbing George el Rif 15 ...
Critiques
8 years ago
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants announced yesterday unofficially that over 85,000 Lebanese registered online to vote in the upcoming elections. The minister seemed proud about the number but I think it’s a very ...
