Posted By
Najib
Mar 24, 2023 04:22
The World Happiness Report released its annual ranking of the happiest & unhappiest countries in the world and Lebanon was ranked at the bottom along with Afghanistan. The report uses six key factors to measure happiness including GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and corruption. I guess we don't need to explain much as to why Lebanon is so poorly ranked, despite the numerous displays of "fake" happiness we see on…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 23, 2023 03:47
A memorandum was issued today by the Lebanese government to postpone Daylight Saving Time, which was set to start on Sunday March 26, until April 21 which marks the end of the Ramadan month. In other words, people fasting during the holy month of Ramadan won't need to do so for an "additional hour". I wasn't aware that one can postpone daylight saving especially when all our phones, laptops, servers and systems switch automatically now.…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 20, 2023 01:24
I've never been to Wazzani but I've known for years that there are tens of unlicensed restaurants and cafes there open right on the river. Wazzani is an area right next to the blue line that separates us from Israel and a complaint was made in 2013 by the UNIFIL to the Lebanese Army that ducks raised in these resorts are crossing the blue line and somehow posing a "security" threat. The Lebanese government, and…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 18, 2023 11:46
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded "officially" in Lebanon? The answer is -23 degrees Celsius on January 20th 1964 in the town of Yammoune according to Lebanon Weather Forecast. The page referenced the Directorate General of Civil Aviation Lebanon, Meteo.gov.lb as well as مرصد كسارة as sources for this piece of information. I tried looking at the above websites but didn't find any related information. I also looked at other websites that contain weather…
Critiques
1 year ago
You’d expect luxury goods imports to decrease dramatically when an economic crisis hit a country followed by a dramatic currency collapse, but that doesn’t appear to be the case in Lebanon where caviar imports, as ...
Critiques
1 year ago
News were circulating last week that TotalEnergies might delay its offshore gas exploration in Lebanon due to security reasons, but they turned out to be rumors yet I wish they were true. In fact, no ...
Critiques
1 year ago
BDL added a footnote to its latest bi-monthly BDL balance sheet where roughly 16 billion dollars was added to the public debt owned by the Lebanese state to the Central Bank. The reasoning behind it? ...
Baladi
2 years ago
The Christmas spirit is unfortunately missing this year again in Lebanon but one has to find a reason to be cheerful and thankful, even for the little things, during this time of year. Here are ...
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