Posted By
Najib
Jul 10, 2018 10:45
What started as a simple survey of all quarries in Lebanon has shown how widespread they are and worst of all, that the overwhelming majority is located OUTSIDE of the areas designated by the National Plan of Sites Suitable for Quarries of the Ministry of Environment, as reported by Antoine Atallah. I am not sure how accurate the numbers are, but according to his survey, there are over 52.000.000 m2 of quarries in the entire…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 08, 2018 04:01
The owner of a dog shelter in Tripoli woke up today to find over 90 dogs poisoned and tens dead. The ones still alive are struggling and need medical assistance. The owner has been asking for help on Facebook since early morning in an attempt to rescue those still alive. All the dogs at the shelter were neutered and taken care of. This is not the first time people resort to poison to get rid…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 07, 2018 05:00
Update Sept 10 2018: Mona is set to be released after her prison term was cut to one year and suspended. Great news! This is crazy! A Lebanese woman called Mona el-Mazbouh has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in Egypt after she used profanities to describe her vacation in Cairo in a video she shared online. Obviously what she did is wrong but to jail her for 11 years is way too harsh…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 06, 2018 05:38
I've been wanting try this feature since January but it wasn't available in Lebanon . Basically The Google Arts & Culture app released an update few months ago that helps you find your fine art doppelgänger. All you need to do is take a selfie or a normal picture and Google will match your photo with a database of over 70,000 works. I gave it a try with Brian and the results were pretty funny,…
Critiques
7 years ago
In case you’re wondering on which planet our politicians are, we just launched our first EV charging station in Lebanon, dubbed “a good environmental step in the sector”, while half the country has been complaining ...
Critiques
7 years ago
Remember when we were promised 24/7 electricity in 2015? Then in 2017? Then before summer is here? Instead, the highest generator bills we paid this year were in May and June this year and the ...
Fun
7 years ago
I’ve been tempted to try the Ancestry DNA test for quite some time now, to have more information on my heritage, and the ethnic groups and geographic regions I originate from. I’ve looked online and ...
Critiques
7 years ago
A couple of years ago, I was reading an article on how the notorious Saida garbage mountain was being transformed into a Green Park following a rehabilitation project led by The United Nations Development Programme ...
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