by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 27, 2014 | Looks Like Beirut
I never expected to come across “looks like Beirut” when it came to a discussion on gender inequality and discrimination! I must say this is one of the most unusual use of the phrase that I have seen. Maureen Rush is among the first female police officers...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 7, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Kingston, Jamaica Inspector Victor George Henry, a Jamaican cop, has had his share of brushes with death – 8 to be exact. Inspector Henry describes his most defining moment to Stabroek News. Flashback to April 2000: “I was the operations manager at CCN at...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 11, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Carmarthen, UK According to these two Welsh locals, William Brewer and Mark Wayne, when packing for a trip to Beirut, make sure you bring money, sunscreen and knives for protection: TWO Carmarthen men carried knives to the town’s Park Hall estate — described as...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 24, 2009 | Security
Maybe because I smile at them, but it seems I always get “pulled over” by Customs as I try to make my way out of baggage claim at Hariri International where they proceed to frisk my luggage and stare blindly into its contents while asking me what’s...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 21, 2009 | Security
Our boys in grey and white are heading to the US to (hopefully) learn something from the boys in blue: The Oldham County Sheriff’s Office will host 35 officers from the Middle East country of Lebanon Saturday for an event that will “raise awareness for law enforcement...
