Posted By
Chadi
Mar 31, 2019 03:23
Unlike other useless challenges, the internet's newest trend the "Trash Tag Challenge" is encouraging people to protest the environment by cleaning up a place where trash has accumulated, then taking another picture of the spot to immortalize it with a before/after post. That's what a group of volunteers in Tripoli along with a couple of municipal members have done by cleaning up an area that was recently acquired by the Municipality. After a long day…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 30, 2019 02:19
Update: Turns out it's a LADA campaign. Bad taste or Hilarious? It didn't make me laugh to be honest because this tendency to thanking neighbors and foreign countries is becoming sickening. I wonder when this mentality of kissing everyone's a$$s is going to stop in Lebanon. Saudi Arabia gives us some money, we thank them with billboards and a new avenue. Qatar's Emir attends the Arab Nation, posters and flyers are all over the capital.…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 30, 2019 03:19
The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. The report is produced by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network in partnership with the Ernesto Illy Foundation. The rankings are performed based on data collected from people in over 150 countries. Each variable measured reveals a populated-weighted average score on a scale running from 0 to…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 29, 2019 02:14
On April 17 and for the third year in a row, The Chain Effect is organizing a Bike to Work event under the Patronage of the Ministry of the Environment, with the support of the Municipality of Beirut and made possible through the sponsorship of the Embassy of Switzerland and the Lebanese American University. You can use your own bike, or rent one from participating bicycle shops to beat the traffic -- and enjoy free…
Critiques
6 years ago
AUB students and activists interrupted a lecture by the World Bank’s Vice President to protest against the Bisri Dam. I wrote about this topic a month ago and was curious as to why the World ...
Critiques
6 years ago
Update: It looks like Marc’s concerns were finally heard. [link] Back in December 2018, three lawsuits were filed through Legal Agenda against the state for disrespecting its obligations in matters of accessibility of public spaces. ...
Automotive
6 years ago
I heard rumors about this acquisition few months back and it looks like it’s finally happening. According to Bloomberg, Endadget and several other sources, “Uber is set to announce a $3.1 billion cash-and-share deal to ...
Critiques
6 years ago
Last Thursday, pictures and videos emerged of an old building’s facade collapsing in Burj Hammoud. Fortunately, the cracks were spotted ahead of time, leaving the municipal police time to evacuate the residents and set up ...
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