The Trash Economy: Scavenging for Survival
2024-05-02 09:14 - Reading : less than a minute
Scavengers in Beirut are striving to survive by selling recyclables amidst numerous challenges.
Lebanon
Six People Arrested on Charges of Rape of Minors
This Is Beirut 2024-05-01 22:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Wednesday that they had arrested six people accused of soliciting children for sexual purposes. In a press release, the ISF explained that “several minors had filed complaints with the public prosecutor's office about rapes committed by members of an organized gang.” According to the statement, ...
Maronite Bishops Dread International Desire to Keep Displaced Syrians in Lebanon
This Is Beirut 2024-05-01 15:56 - Reading : less than a minute
Maronite bishops rejected on Wednesday an apparent desire by certain international powers to keep displaced Syrians in Lebanon, stressing that their protracted presence poses fateful dangers on Lebanon’s entity and its existence as a state. At the end of their monthly meeting headed by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai, the Maronite bishops ...
Beirut Fire Brigade: 'Our Work Is Based on Evidence Not Speculation'
This Is Beirut 2024-05-01 15:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Beirut Fire Brigade declared on Wednesday that it tasked two expert officers to investigate the cause of the fire that devastated Pizza Secrets restaurant in Beirut a day earlier, in which nine people died. The officers "will be inspecting the scene and collecting evidence to reveal the causes of the fire, upon the orders of Beirut Governor, ...
Séjourné: French Roadmap Guarantees Implementation of 1701
2024-04-30 23:31 - Reading : less than a minute
In Lebanon Roads Turn Into Rivers
2024-04-30 23:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon continues to experience rain and floods for the second consecutive day. On Tuesday, heavy rainfall particularly affected the Keserwan region, where roads turned into rivers due to the flooding. In Jounieh, water flooded the entrances of several buildings, including that of Notre-Dame Hospital. According to videos widely shared on social ...
Inauguration of the Naameh Water Pumping Station
2024-04-30 22:43 - Reading : less than a minute
The newly rehabilitated Naameh Water Pumping Station was inaugurated on Tuesday thanks to a grant from the European Union (EU) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) during a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Energy and Water, together with the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Establishment, the EU, the AFD and UNICEF. The Naameh ...
Children in Lebanon Pay Heavy Price for Conflict According to UNICEF
2024-04-30 22:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The conflict between Hezbollah and Israel has “taken a devastating toll” on the well-being of thousands of children in southern Lebanon, where over 70 schools have closed, according to a new report from UNICEF, which calls for an “immediate ceasefire.” According to the report titled “Caught in the Crossfire: The Impact of Six Months of ...
Poland Probes State Refiner's Reported Hezbollah Links
2024-04-30 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Polish prosecutors said on Tuesday that they were investigating the Swiss unit of state-controlled refiner PKN Orlen for reported links with Hezbollah. The announcement came a day after Polish media reported that the former head of Orlen Trading Switzerland (OTS), Samer A., was connected to the Iran-backed movement – accusations he ...
Explosion in a Beirut Restaurant, Owner Arrested
2024-04-30 19:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The public prosecutor at the Court of Appeals in Beirut, Judge Zaher Hamadeh, ordered on Tuesday evening, the arrest of the owner of Pizza Secret restaurant, where nine people died by asphyxiation in a fire caused by the explosion resulting from a gas leak. Two other people were injured, according to a statement from the Civil Defense. “A unit ...
Brevet Exam Cancelled, Secondary School Exams Adjusted
2024-04-30 18:16 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Education Abbas Halabi announced on Tuesday the cancellation of the nationwide Brevet exam. Instead of Brevet, students will rely on school-assigned grades. During a press conference, Halabi also announced that the Secondary School Diploma exams will be held within the framework of a program taking into account the situation ...
Municipal Elections: Extension Is yet Another Forced Slaughter of Democracy
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-04-30 17:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The extension of municipal councils and mukhtars’ mandates for just one year, under the pretext of the country's political circumstances, implies that the current councils are nearing their tenth year in office, portraying an authoritarian regime that has no consideration to democracy. While security conditions in the South prevent holding ...