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Najib
Aug 21, 2018 05:20
Lebanese Champion Ray Bassil & Alain Moussa clinched the first gold medal for Lebanon at the 2018 Asian Games that are taking place in Jakarta. Ray & Alain won the Gold in the Trap Mixed Team event and Ray added another medal by winning the bronze in the Trap Women event. Lebanon has 28 athletes taking part in the 2018 Asian games and is currently ranked 13th in the medals table with 4 medals.
Posted By
Najib
Aug 20, 2018 07:01
According to the Beirut municipality FB page, Sioufi and St Nicolas gardens in Achrafieh will be renovated soon with the works at Saint Nicolas already underway. I was going through the blog's archives and Saint Nicolas' garden was supposed to be renovated four years ago but it never happened. Telecom Ministry also bragged about installing free WIFI in the garden but it never worked, at least not with me. In all cases, it's good to…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 19, 2018 06:09
Rmeile Municipality produced the longest Zaatar Man2oushe in the world during its summer festival, breaking the previous record by over 10 meters. The Man2oushe was 44 meters and 92 cm. Back in 2015, Choueifat produced a 32 meter long Zaatar man2oushe and entered the Guinness Book of records. Even though I'm not a fan of such records, I don't see any harm in organizing such events as part of summer festivals, as long as food…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 18, 2018 05:40
Update August 2019: The government has approved several points of the waste management plan today, including setting three incinerators in various Lebanese locations and several landfills. Share all the documentaries and reports you want about incinerators being bad for the environment and for Beirut residents, they're coming to Beirut and there's nothing we can do about it. If anything, we should applaud the "comical" efforts being made by the authorities to portray these incinerators as…
Beirut
7 years ago
Avocado bars have been trending for quite some time now worldwide and Beirut is finally getting its first Avocado bar, a restaurant that features fresh avocado in all its dishes. The place is called L’Avo ...
Critiques
7 years ago
The Spectator Index tweeted a list of countries with the worst electricity supply for 2017 and Lebanon ranked fourth worst on that list, ahead of Yemen, Nigeria & Haiti. The tweet is based on the ...
Baladi
7 years ago
Akkar Trail shared a 7-minute video showcasing Akkar’s green treasure which occupies 20% of Akkar’s total area. The forests in Akkar are among the largest and most bio-diverse in Lebanon and there are several protected ...
Baladi
7 years ago
A lot of children are forced into child labor in Lebanon, and the authorities have made little progress to reduce child abuse. In fact, things have worsened ever since the Syrian crisis began whether thousands ...
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