Posted By
Najib
Sep 12, 2018 11:26
A week ago, a Druze minister fired a pro-Aoun employee in the education ministry, after which two Aounist Minister fired two Druze employees from their respective ministries. Twitter was on fire yesterday with both sides throwing accusations and insults at each others, but the fact remains the three people supporting three families if not more, were treated as scapegoats irrespective of their competencies and importance. The "Aounist" fired had a high ranking position as the…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 11, 2018 09:47
Waste Less Lebanon has recently launched its BYOB initiative in an attempt to reduce plastic bags use and replace them with reusable bags. The NGO is selling LAL tote reusable bags at Fahed Supervalue on the Nahr el Mot highway for LL8,000 each or LL20,000 for three, which is a bit pricey to be honest and might discourage customers from purchasing them. Even if that's the best price they were able to get, they should…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 11, 2018 09:27
After seven years, Red Bull Car Park Drift regional finals are coming back to Beirut and will take place on Sunday the 23rd of September, starting 12:00, in the Parking lot adjacent to Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square. The last edition took place at the Forum de Beirut and was epic, and I expect this one to be even better. Fourteen Drivers from 11 countries will be competing for the “King of Drift” title and thousands of…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 10, 2018 03:44
Ain el Rihane is apparently starting some zero waste project, which is great news, but some people don't seem to understand what that means. Zero waste doesn't mean you put zero waste in the recycling bins and leave them all outside!! While I understand that such projects need awareness campaigns, it doesn't take much effort to understand that the trash has to go INSIDE the bins, and that these bins were not designed to handle…
Business
7 years ago
The Consumer Price Index is still on the rise in Lebanon, standing at 7.6% in July which is the highest recorded level in the past five years. Food and non-alcoholic beverages prices rose by six ...
Lebanon
7 years ago
The famous French director behind the “Don’t go to” web series visited Beirut and shared some misconceptions often told around our country. I’m not sure if this is the final video or he will be ...
Baladi
7 years ago
Following my article on the lack of outdoor playgrounds in Lebanon, I received an email regarding an award-winning initiative undertaken by two landscape architects Zeina Kronfol & Pamela Haydamous who redesigned the old Karantina public ...
Fun
7 years ago
When supermarkets decided to axe plastic bags in Australia, one fed-up customer decided to put the entire shopping kart and take it back home. When interviewed by a local channel, he welcomed them “the Lebanese ...
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