It was a quiet night for the talking heads last night. With Amr Adib, Sherif Amer, and Lamees El Hadidi still on their summer break, the remaining hosts honed in on gold imports, the latest updates on Saturday’s collision in the Suez Canal, and the first WFH Sunday for some public employees amid fuel shortages.

Egyptians have brought more than 600kg of gold into the country since 11 May, when the government relaxed customs rules in a bid to stabilize the gold market, Supply Ministry Advisor Nagy Farag told Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa (watch, runtime: 3:13). Nagy called for the initiative, which allows people to bring between 100-150 grams of gold into the country without paying customs fees, to be extended for another six months when it expires in November.

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is still trying to recover the wreckage of the tugboat that sunk in the canal on Saturday, killing one crew member, after it collided with Hong-Kong oil tanker Chinagas Legend, said TV host Lobna Assal (watch, runtime: 5:40)

The first WFH Sunday: Yesterday was the first Sunday that government employees were required to work from home where possible as part of energy-saving measures rolled out by the government last week. Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 3:16) and Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 5:21) had coverage.

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