by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 22, 2010 | Sports
Although the reasons haven’t been given, FIBA-Asia has decided to have Lebanon host the 2011 basketball qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics: Reelected Fiba-Asia president Sheikh Saud, secretary-general Dato Yeoh and deputy secretary-general Hagop Khajirian...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Interesting news from the Philippines concerning the International Basketball Federation Championships (2009 FIBA): Don’t count Lebanon out among the teams to contend with in the coming 2009 FIBA-Asia men’s basketball championship in Tianjin, China. The Lebanese...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 3, 2009 | Society
Having attended Sagesse High School, I witnessed first-hand discrimination kids inflict on one another. Even in what was largely a (sort of) diversified group of students, mostly returning Lebanese expats, discrimination was ripe. Mockery and disassociation was the...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 27, 2009 | Economy
Great news, right? Except they’re not for Lebanese: Thousands of jobs in Lebanon are already awaiting Filipino professional workers. The leader of a Philippine-Lebanese group said their country is now in need of Filipino workers to fill up vacancies on hotel,...