Ramlet el Baida Construction Works Halted by Lebanon’s Shura Council

Update : Shura Council has once again ordered all constructions works to stop on Ramlet el Baida after a new construction license emerged. Lebanon's Shura Council issued a decision today to halt temporarily construction works of a luxury resort on the Ramlet el Baida beach, following a request for review that was submitted by Green Line Association and Legal Agenda three months ago. Several violations were highlighted in the review in an attempt to annul…

Lebanon’s Energy Ministry Blames Electricity Problems on Refugees

The easiest thing to do these days is blame everything on Syrian refugees and the Syrian crisis. Air pollution? Syrian refugees. Increase in crime rates? Syrian refugees. No 24/24 electricity? Syrian refugees. There's no doubt that we're suffering economically from the 1.5 Million refugees in Lebanon but to claim that we would have had 24/24 electricity if it weren't for them is surreal. If The Energy Ministry truly conducted serious studies to back this claim,…
Critiques

WTF is Happening in Kaslik?

8 years ago
Prostitution rings, fist fights, gun fights outside nightclubs, I have no idea what’s happening in Kaslik these days and I had no idea there are so many people who go party there still. Check out ...
Critiques

Marine Le Pen Refused to Cover Herself Up To Meet Mufti

8 years ago
I wasn’t really surprised to hear Le Pen refused to cover herself up when she went to meet Lebanon’s Grand Mufti today. Some will interpret it as a disrespectful act while others will claim that ...
Information

Why Lebanese Parents Need to Register Their Children

8 years ago
Believe it or not, there are a lot of Lebanese parents who forget to register the birth of their children. Some of them don’t do it out of ignorance, neglect or simply failing to get ...
Lebanon

Financial Times Take on LBC’s “Take Me Out” (Na2ashet) Show

8 years ago
It’s pretty surprising to find an article on FT.com on LBCI’s controversial show “Take me out” but it’s a good take on the show and a polite bashing of the conservatives and bigots who want ...
Automotive

Red-Light Enforcement Cameras Installed in #Beirut

8 years ago
The Traffic Management Center (TMC) is teaming up with Sensys Gatso Group, the leading provider of traffic safety solutions delivering systems, to install the first Red-light systems in Beirut. The red-light cameras were first tested ...
Critiques

Sagesse Basketball Club Back on the Right Track?

8 years ago
Sagesse Basketball Club has one of the largest and most loyal fan-base in Lebanon but the team hasn’t been able to perform well in recent years due to poor management and a lack of sponsors ...
Critiques

They Beat Him Up Because They Thought He was Syrian

8 years ago
Paul is a Lebanese young man from Bcharreh who got severely beaten by a group of young men in Blat (Jbeil) because he refused to show them his ID card and they “thought” he was ...
Beirut

Learn to Love #Beirut

9 years ago
So a French astronaut shows interest in our city which he happens to find beautiful, and we just take this opportunity to roll out all our anger and negativity. A foreigner shares his fascination with ...
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