Last night’s talk shows focused on developments in the Galala University bus crash that took place earlier this week, killing 12 and injuring 33. The bus was transporting students to their Ain Sokhna residence because of limited available on-campus housing, Galala University President Mohamed El Shinawi told Ala Masouleety’s Ahmed Moussa (watch, runtime: 21:02). Only around 4.7k students out of the approximately 12k enrolled are able to live on-site, El Shinawi told Moussa.

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The university is now looking to expand its facilities: Galala University is now in negotiations to establish a dedicated field hospital within the university, alongside a new upscale residential area that will add some 2.5k beds.

Improvements to Galala City infrastructure are also in order: Suez Governor Tarek El Shazly and the university have reached an agreement that will see improved emergency services in the city and add surveillance cameras throughout within the next month, Galala University’s student union president Mostafa El Ashram told Yahduth Fi Masr (watch, runtime: 3:14). El Ashram highlighted the issues students face with roads, lighting, and a lack of speed monitoring in the city.

ALSO- The appointment of a new intelligence chief got airtime from Moussa (watch,runtime: 2:38). We have the details in the news well, above.

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