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Najib
Mar 12, 2016 07:57
Picture via Ramez Dagher The cabinet convened today at the Grand Serail to discuss the garbage crisis and came up with a temporary solution for the next four years. Here's what they announced so far: - The Cabinet approved to establish two landfills in Bourj Hammoud and Nahr Ghadir area. - Naameh landfill to reopen for 2 months only. - Beirut's trash will be distributed to Costa Brava, Bourj Hammoud and the Sidon incinerator. -…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 12, 2016 11:38
This is an old interview with an AUB student talking about a garbage crisis at the time , and asking people to wrap their garbage properly and not throw them in the streets randomly. Funnily enough, the journalist is asking him if burning the garbage can help them and he answers that there's no need to as long as the garbage is being collected every day and dumped in the sea! You can't really blame…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 11, 2016 07:43
Not only did they include Hekmeh twice in the Lebanese Basketball League table, but they mistakenly took out Riyadi and put Hekmeh in the lead. On another note, what's up with the total at the end? Who cares about the total of games and point played? Good job Mustaqbal! You made every Hekmeh fan's day. Come to think of it, that's the only way Sagesse will ever get to the top of the league this…
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Najib
Mar 11, 2016 02:19
The Week Middle East featured our PM Tamman Salam on its cover page with the title "Is Lebanon Sinking?" in reference to the ongoing garbage crisis. I tried looking for the magazine but couldn't find it at Virgin or anywhere so I looked it up online and bought the issue as a souvenir haha! The article on Lebanon's garbage crisis is on page 6 and it says "River of Rubbish: Lebanon's inability to act". It…
Critiques
9 years ago
An Online campaign shedding the light on women rights in Arab countries. International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 in Lebanon and around the world every year. It is a a global day celebrating ...
Humor
9 years ago
Here’s a hilarious sketch by CHINN’s Abbass Jaafar on the Lebanese passport, the countries that we can fly to without a visa and the tons of documents that we need to prepare to get a ...
Information
9 years ago
I am not really sure if it’s profitable to produce and use 1000 LL counterfeit bills but there are plenty in circulation apparently. I don’t think I’ll ever bother to check if a 1000 LL ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Making good use of open manholes The majority of municipalities in Lebanon are to blame for the garbage crisis as much as the Lebanese government is. They’ve been doing very little to manage and recycle ...
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