The new raft of financial support measures continued to dominate the conversation on the airwaves for a second night running last night: Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 4:32), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 2:10 | 8:22), Ala Masouleety, Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 2:11 | 4:06), and El Hekaya all covered Saturday’s announcement by the president, which includes another hike to the public-sector minimum wage, another boost to pension payouts, and a wage tax cut.

Joining the talking heads to parse the details were:

  • Deputy minister of finance Ahmed El Said, who appeared on Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 12:19) and Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 13:42) to go over the details of the measures.
  • Pensions Syndicate Secretary Ibrahim Abu Al Ata, who appeared on Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 5:13 | 3:42) to talk about the pension hikes, as well as the higher bonus payouts for the elderly.

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Aid efforts in Libya: Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 6:41), Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 1:46), and Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 3:07) continued their coverage of the aftermath of the floods in Libya that left more than 5k dead and tens of thousands missing, and Egypt’s humanitarian efforts.

Uber tells Lamees “We’re sorry”: Kelma Akhira host Lamees El Hadidi talked to an Uber representative about the reports that customers had been hit with FX transaction fees for paying for rides. They told her viewers that the error was due to a technical glitch and that the company still accepts EGP for rides (watch, runtime: 1:51). We have more on this in this morning’s What We’re Tracking Today section, above.

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