Posted By
Najib
Oct 21, 2021 06:02
The only way to solve Lebanon's power crisis is to have the right people in the right place, but unfortunately we've had incompetent and/or corrupt people managing this sector for the past decade or more, and the outcome is what we're witnessing right now: A total collapse of the whole sector costing the economy an estimated $5.5M dollars DAILY! However, and despite all the financial and logistic challenges that this sector is facing, there are…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 20, 2021 04:03
What's stopping the Lebanese authorities from calling Beirut an arms-free city? What's the purpose of having so many heavily armed groups and individual in the capital? Why can't we let Lebanese live peacefully and end once and for all all these militia activities? Since all the political sides are backing the Lebanese Army to do its job, then let them keep their armed people outside the capital or restrict their presence to guarding headquarters or…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 20, 2021 03:42
The new minister of Telecommunication Johnny Corm suggested today during a TV interview that he's considering selling user data to private companies in order to increase the ministry's revenues. When asked if this data will be confidential or not, he stated that he has set up a committee to make sure they're not violating users’ privacy and security. However, this committee cannot be trusted and as suggested by SMEX, we need a legal committee to…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 17, 2021 10:04
The Lebanese National Football Team secured their first win last Tuesday in the final round of the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers by defeating Syria 3 to 2 in Amman. Lebanon's qualifying chances are very slim still though as they only have five points from four matches. If you're wondering why Lebanon played its home game in Amman, it's because our pitches are in such a deplorable condition that the national team was forced to…
Critiques
4 years ago
I am still trying to understand the rationale behind the intense smear campaign against Judge Bitar, the Lebanese judge in charge of the probe into the August 2020 Beirut port blast. Did he break any ...
BeirutBlast
4 years ago
When Judge Sawwan was removed by a Lebanese court from the Beirut Port probe, the move didn’t come as a surprise as the judge was backing down and throwing the ball in the parliament’s court. ...
Lebanon
4 years ago
How many working days do you need to afford Apple’s latest flagship phone? Picodi.com publishes every year the iPhone Index that gather net wages and compare them to the published iPhone prices in each country. ...
Baladi
4 years ago
Volunteers from various NGOs and organizations teamed up today to give back to Hamra some of its glow by cleaning up the area between Rome & Sadat street. This activity was organized by Clean Beirut, ...
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