Posted By
Najib
Aug 16, 2019 06:16
UNDP shared yesterday a powerful poverty stunt where bank cardholders were only able to withdraw $4 or its equivalent LL6000 from ATMs. When the bank's officer showed up to listen to their complaints, he asked them if they needed more than $4 to survive the day, which obviously took the customers by surprise. According to 2018 stats, 30% of the Lebanese population live on less than 4$/day or 120$/month and around 300,000 are considered extremely…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 16, 2019 05:27
I posted recently on Lebanese movies available to watch on Netflix and Capernaum wasn't there. I saw someone post on Facebook today that it's there so I checked again and found it! If you haven't seen Nadine Labaki's masterpiece yet, here's your chance to do so.
Posted By
Chadi
Aug 15, 2019 09:38
The Lion King was the first-ever movie I bought as a videocassette. I even bought the booklet and collected all the stickers back then. Even though it's been released some 25 years ago, I still enjoy watching it from time to time especially with my nephews and nieces. This being said, Disney has recently released a remake of the original one, practically a carbon copy with a shift from animation to reality and I finally…
Posted By
Chadi
Aug 14, 2019 04:33
Over the past few years, congestion in and out of Beirut has been a major issue. Over 600,000 vehicles access Beirut from the North, South and East regions. Some solutions have included public transport but as Ziad El-Nakat, Senior Transport Specialist at the World Bank, stated: "The available public transport in Lebanon is of low-quality and people are reluctant to use it", which comes as no surprise. According to Nakat, developing more roads is not…
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