Posted By
Najib
Apr 23, 2015 10:01
I understand people criticizing certain aspects of the new traffic law and how police officers will be penalized for breaking the law, but refusing the traffic law because the roads are bad and not lit, or because you saw a cop running a red light is absurd. I agree that the new law is tough when it comes to fines, but again that's not an excuse for not abiding by the new rules and becoming…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 20, 2015 05:03
I spotted posters on the Jounieh highway inviting locals to protest against the Zouk powerplant on Saturday the 25th of April at 3pm. I texted a friend, who happens to be from Zouk Mikhael, and asked him about the protest and whether he's going or not. He told me that he's definitely not going because the protest is organized by people he disagrees with politically . I asked him whether his party or whomever he's…
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