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Najib
Aug 07, 2017 10:14
A Wings of Lebanon charter plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Larnaca airport in Cyprus after the pilot's windshield cracked in mid-flight at 37,000ft. The company eventually rented a MEA airplane to send the 120 passengers safely back to Beirut. The plane was not owned by Wings of Lebanon but rented temporarily from Olympus Airways. I'm not a fan of charter flights to be honest but cracked aircraft windshields are not race…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 07, 2017 09:57
First Tunisia approves a new law that provides women with the measures ecessary to seek protection from acts of violence by their husbands, relatives and others, then Jordan's parliament finally votes to eliminate Article 308, a law that allows rapists to escape punishment provided they marry their victims. Meanwhile, and despite the numerous campaigns held in the past years, the Lebanese parliament has not yet abolished Article 522 of Lebanon’s penal code. The article protects…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 06, 2017 05:05
Mona Baalbaki, the previous head of Pharmacy in Rafic Hariri Hospital "has been sacked by the General Disciplinary Council for stealing a large quantity of health ministry-donated cancer medicines from the hospital and selling them for hundreds of millions of Lebanese pounds". The worst part, as per the same report, is that she was replacing stolen medicines with expired drugs given to a larger number of cancer patients, mostly women and children, without their knowledge…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 05, 2017 09:03
Instead of controlling the valet companies and fining those who are breaking the law , the Ministry of Interior & Tourism agreed in a joint statement to fix the valet service price at 5000 Lebanese Liras. Fixing the price sounds great on paper but it will not solve anything on the ground. What's gonna happen when the valet asks for more? Who are you going to call? The Tourism Police? Does the Smoking Ban Law…
Critiques
8 years ago
The Ministry of Telecommunications announced reductions on the mobile lines prices, including a significant drop in prices for the prepaid lines from $25 to $3.3. You can also get a new Golden number now for ...
Fun
8 years ago
I think we’re all aware that night clubs and beach resorts in Lebanon are not that affordable and there’s nothing wrong in complaining about that matter, but when you head out to a popular beach ...
Animals & Wildlife
8 years ago
Few months ago, I attended a dolphin show for the first time ever in Sharm el Sheikh and even though I had signed up for the full experience, I ended up not going (with Brian) ...
Baladi
8 years ago
CNN asked Lebanese-American food blogger Bethany Kehdy about her favorite Middle Eastern dishes and got inspired from Kehdy’s taste to list the top 20 Middle Eastern foods. Hummus came on top of the list, followed ...
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