Judge reverses decision to close Beirut’s only public beach
A Beirut judge Sunday reversed a decision to allow private real estate companies to block entrances to Beirut’s only public beach. Beirut Judge of Urgent Matters Zalfa al-Hasan issued two decrees...
Environmental pollution infiltrates Batroun villages, families fear decision to incinerate medicaments in Holcim ovens and concerned municipalities refuse having their authority exceeded
The environmental issue is back to the forefront in Batroun and its surroundings, and this time the concern comes from Koura, particularly the town of Kefraya which is tightly linked to the...
Lebanon farms reel from shortage of Syrian laborers
In Lebanon’s southern border areas, where Syrian labor provides the backbone of the agricultural sector, landowners and investors are sounding the alarm, concerned that government restrictions have...
The streets were paved with algae: a greener material?
The process of surfacing a road isn’t complicated. Layers of asphalt, which is composed mostly of bitumen (a byproduct of crude oil distillation), are poured over an aggregate of crushed stone and...
Seeking suhoor in Beirut
Fasters and nonfasters alike have heard of iftar, the meal taken by Muslims at sundown during the holy month ofRamadan to break the fast. Here in Lebanon, when the sun sets at around 8 p.m.,...
In Lebanon, wide gap between fire codes and implementation
It has been one week since the Karout Grand Storeswarehouse in Hadath burned down, yet an acrid smell still hangs in the air, even several meters from the site. The 150-meter-long structure is...
Machnouk vows to resolve Naameh landfill crisis
Environment Minister Mohammad Machnouk Wednesday promised to do his utmost to address a looming garbage crisis, as the deadline for the closure of the Naameh landfill approaches with no decision yet...
Jumblatt urges Beirut to resist plans to privatize public beach
Beirutis have the right to resist a plan to turn the capital’s last public beach into a private enterprise, Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt said Wednesday, pledging his support to...
