Posted By
Najib
Jan 29, 2019 02:56
Lebanon has been in a rubbish crisis since 2015 and as expected, the cabinet failed to come up with a long-term plan to solve this issue. Instead they expanded a couple of seaside landfills and started dumping garbage into the water. Four years later , a new crisis is looming and there's nothing the authorities can do to stop it, except set up new landfills or expand existing ones. Why is that? because of instead…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 29, 2019 02:17
Koura locals are planning a major protest against the cement factories on February 4. This is not the first protest of its kind as they've been demanding for years the government to ban cement exports over health concerns. The protest coincides with World Cancer Day as organizers are calling it a "National Day for Cancer Martyrs". I hope their voices will be heard this time. They're claiming over 1000 people died from cancer due to…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 28, 2019 06:43
There's nothing wrong with forbidding beggars or shoe cleaners from roaming the streets in Beirut, but there's a way to do so especially when the majority of these people are usually kids. Last week, a Syrian boy called Ahmad who worked as a shoe cleaner in the streets of Beirut was being chased down by #Beirut municipality officers for allegedly stealing a Zakat donation box when they lost track of him and left the scene…
Posted By
Fred
Jan 27, 2019 01:40
On January the 23rd, while Capernaum was still freshly celebrating its nomination for the Academy Awards, the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma in France decided for its 44th edition to nominate it for a César, the equivalent of the Oscars in France, during which the best "French" films of 2018 will be honored. Since it's been held in 1976, never has a Lebanese film nominated before for this award, in the "Best Foreign Film"…
Health
6 years ago
In a very welcome initiative, Hotel Dieu de France is turning into a tobacco-free hospital starting this January with a new campaign. Smoking was already forbidden inside the hospital but people still smoked on balconies or ...
Critiques
6 years ago
The Fnaydek municipality has issued a statement yesterday banning alcohol in the Kammou3a area and asking the municipal police to enforce this decision. This decision comes after and I quote “تفشي ظاهرة شرب الخمور في ...
Critiques
6 years ago
Yes we do have a beautiful country where one can ski and swim, party and enjoy some great local dishes, but the quality of every day life in Lebanon has been deteriorating for years now, ...
Critiques
6 years ago
A 12-meter long art installation representing a flag made of black smoke was placed in Beirut yesterday next to the site of the planned waste incinerator. The flag that was raised symbolizes the black landscape ...
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