Telecom Ministry IEME Announces New Measures To Prevent Illegally Imported Devices

Telecom Ministry Jamal Jarrah tweeted a statement issued by the Ministry announcing new measures to prevent illegally imported mobile devices. Unlike the useless and ineffective decision taken few years back forcing smartphone users to register their devices, this one requires people to check the validity of their phones by entering their IEMEs . My understanding is that only those who bring in clone devices with invalid IMEIs will be affected, and not just anyone who…

Tom Young Grand Sofar Hotel Exhibition Debuts Sept 16

British artist Tom Young moved to Lebanon ten years ago and is a deeply committed artist who draws his inspiration from Lebanon’s heritage, mainly old abandoned houses and buildings. Young is famously known for being the first artist to exhibit his work at the famous 19th century Beirut Mansion "Maison Rose" between November 2014 and January 2015. This marked the first time the famous house was open to the public after decades, and was meant…

Fiber Optics Soon in Jounieh?

The ISF released a statement last week stating that part of the northbound Jounieh highway will be closed for four days in order to install fiber optic cables. The works included fiber loops, cleaning manholes and completing cable laying, and we should be expecting some high speeds in Q1 or Q2 2019. You can check out the FTTx & LTE-A Deployment Map on Ogero's website . Work is in progress which is good but I…

#SavingLoris: Animals Lebanon’s First Rescue Under the Animal Protection & Welfare Law

Lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates. They are highly endangered species that somehow made their way to a Lebanese pet shop, where they obviously don't belong. The pet shop was sharing pictures of the lorises on their instagram account and one of the pet shop staff informed Animals Lebanon that Loris teeth were to be removed, which prompted them to alert the Minister of Agriculture. If this had happened over…
Critiques

Is it ok for a Lebanese MP to have a Non-Lebanese Flag in his Office?

7 years ago
A picture was circulating last week of a Lebanese MP’s office where a Saudi flag was showing. the MP in question was Othman Alameddine and the office was indeed his. He ended up releasing a ...
Critiques

The Real Problem with Beirut’s Airport

7 years ago
August is the busiest month for traveling as airports are generally crowded and Beirut’s airport is no exception to that. The only problem is that no additional measures are taken during this month to ease ...
Lebanon

Divorced Lebanese Women To have Children Listed in Family Register

7 years ago
When a woman gets married in Lebanon, her name is removed from her father’s family register and added to her husband’s. However in the event of a divorce, the woman’s register is moved back to ...
Automotive

Car Accident Statistics in August: 473 Accidents, 40 Kills & 600+ Injured

7 years ago
A friend of mine compiled the TMC stats for car accidents during the month of August and shared them in a graph. The numbers are alarming to say the least and nothing much (as usual) ...
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