A friend sent me this video of the lights and poster that were put on Nahr el Kalb's entrance to welcome the Pope during his 3-day visit that ended on Sunday. I wonder what went through their mind when they set up the flashing lights; I bet they were like "This is a very dangerous turn where loads of accidents happen every year so let's blind the drivers for a couple of days, yostoflo kermel…

I was going through the Yasa website when I noticed this piece of news: A 14 year old young man, called Mehdi Hamdan, was killed yesterday after he lost control of his car on the Nabatieh-Zebdeen highway. His father heads the Sayyid Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah social services bureau in Nabatieh. While one cannot but feel sorry for his parents' loss, the victim is only 14 years old and was driving around without a permit on…

Don't Text & Drive is a new campaign by YASA and Touch aiming at raising awareness among the youth on road safety and the need to respect traffic rules and regulations.