Ripoff Report: Lebanese-Jordanian Amer Hazime

According to the report, Amer Hazime lived in the Platinum Tower in Beirut I got this link today from a reader. It's a report about a certain Lebanese businessman called Amer Hazime who's been ripping off people by pretending to invest in gold and stocks. Ripoff Report is a worldwide consumer reporting Web site and publication, by consumers, for consumers, to file and document complaints about companies or individuals. There's no guarantee that the reports…

Bikeathon 2013: Bike for peace

Bikeathon Association Lebanon and Baldati.com are organizing the Bike for Peace event on April 14, 2013 in an attempt to promote cycling in Lebanon, create awareness to alternative transportation methods that reduce traffic and demand a friendly-cycling road environment. A Press Conference will be held on March 5 at ABC Achrafieh to discuss further details of the event. I found out about this event by mistake on the Ministry of Tourism's website and there was…

More on the Match-fixing scandal that hit Lebanese Football

Mahmoud al Ali - Football Player part of the National Team and one of the masterminds behind the match-fixing scandal Few days ago, 24 Lebanese Football Players and two officials were charged of involvement in the match-fixing scandal that has been ongoing since 2006. The charges varied from a life-time ban and a $15,000 penalty to 1 season ban and meager penalty of $2000. Having said that, I still believe the charges aren't harsh enough…
Humor

Hala Issam Fares won the French Lottery

12 years ago
Lebanese Hala Issam Fares was reported yesterday to have won the French lottery worthy over 160 million euros. That’s great news as she can buy herself now a private jet plane, a castle, an apartment ...
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Tourist numbers still in freefall in 2013

12 years ago
[High-Res] – Via ZiadKamel The number of total arrivals for the month of January 2013 dropped 15% when compared to last year’s total, noting that the 2012 total had also dropped by 2% from 2011 ...
Events

Miss BAB (Big Arabian Beauty) Pageant on LBCI

12 years ago
[YouTube] Miss BAB (Big Arabian Beauty) contest is happening tonight on Ahmar bel Khat el Arid. I tried googling “Big Arabian Beauty” and the finds on the first page were either irrelevant or highly inappropriate. ...
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Woman dies after Self-Immolation in Tyre

12 years ago
That’s pretty messed up. A 38-year-old woman died Wednesday after setting herself on fire in south Lebanon, security sources told The Daily Star. The woman, the wife of a municipality policeman from the southern town ...
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