Law 174 *caused* a revenue increase of +3%

Law 174 - No Smoking Lebanon Facebook Group proudly posted today that the latest research conducted by Dr. Jad Chaaban has revealed that the "the indoor smoking ban that went into effect in September 2012 has *caused* a revenue increase of +3% for the sector". The full research was not published yet but I do hope that they are only considering restaurants that applied the non-smoking law because no one seemed to care about this…

Tripoli Clashes: Now and Then

Clashes in Beb el Tebbane in 1975 If you thought the Tripoli clashes are recent ones and due to the situation in Syria, check out these old pictures from the 1970s and 1980s posted by NakedBana2. I guess we will never learn. Tripoli 1976 Tripoli Clashes in 1985 The civil society is rallying to protest against the killings and clashes in the city and an ongoing campaign entitled "Tripoli, a weapons-free city" has been launched…

Quick Review: Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung Lebanon were kind enough to lend me the new Samsung Galaxy S4 to try it out for a couple of weeks and return it. Even though I only got it on Monday, I've been experimenting on my friend's S4 for the last week or so and have few things to say about this latest addition to the Samsung's popular S series. First of all, let me just say that even though I've been an…
Critiques

Minister Marwan Charbel on Syrian Refugees

12 years ago
Syrian refugees in Lebanon: A humiliating situation Check out what Marwan Charbel said today on the Syrian Refugees issue: Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel admitted on Tuesday that the authorities had miscalculated in not building ...
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Thank You Alfa!

12 years ago
Update: The 10% extra MBs are only for one month to compensate the loss due to the outage that occurred the day before. (Source: Alfa) That’s probably the only good news that ever came out ...
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Red Bull King Of The Rock 2013

12 years ago
Picture from Last Year’s Final I’ve been playing Basketball for more than 10 years now and I remember going to the Streetball challenges that used to be held long time ago at the Forum De ...
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Abou Salim Jump on Splash

12 years ago
[YouTube] I didn’t watch Splash’s first episode but I was told Abou Salim, Aka Salah Tizani the Comedy legend from Tripoli, made a 3 meter jump which is quite impressive for an 85 year old! ...
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