{"id":630832,"date":"2018-03-04T04:11:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T04:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/03\/04\/insurance-for-private-sector-workers-media-crackdown-and-supreme-courts-ruling-on-tiran-and-sanafir\/"},"modified":"2018-03-04T04:11:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T04:11:13","slug":"insurance-for-private-sector-workers-media-crackdown-and-supreme-courts-ruling-on-tiran-and-sanafir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/03\/04\/insurance-for-private-sector-workers-media-crackdown-and-supreme-courts-ruling-on-tiran-and-sanafir\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance for private-sector workers, media crackdown, and Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on Tiran and Sanafir"},"content":{"rendered":"

The official launch of insurance policies to cover non-government workers was one of several topics on the brains of the nation\u2019s talking heads last night <\/strong>(We have full coverage in Speed Round, below), who were also preoccupied with the media crackdown and the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling yesterday upholding Egypt\u2019s agreement with Saudi Arabia over the sovereignty of two Red Sea Islands.<\/p>\n

The success of the certificates will determine whether they\u2019re extended beyond their original tenures<\/strong>, National Bank of Egypt (NBE) Deputy Head Yehia Aboul Fotouh told Hona Al Asema\u2019s Lamees Al Hadidi. He confirmed that all bank branches will process requests as of today and reassured Lamees that interest rate fluctuations will not affect the payment scheme in cases of death (watch, runtime: 49:33<\/a>). Misr Insurance Company will be in charge of handing out the payments, deputy head Ahmed Fouad Selim explained to Lamees (watch, runtime: 4:21<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Labor Ministry will attempt to create a tally of seasonal, private-sector workers, <\/strong>who will be able to register through the ministry's 467 outlets across the country, the ministry\u2019s Mohamed Abdel Rahman said. He placed the figure of seasonal workers across the sectors at 12-13 mn (watch, runtime: 6:30<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Surprisingly enough, Kol Youm\u2019s Amr Adib was once again the voice of reason, preaching against the crackdown on the press. <\/strong>He argued that the arrest of two journalists reporting on Alexandria tramway and recent investigation into charges of spreading false news levelled against talk show host Khairy Ramadan are detrimental to Egypt\u2019s global image. Adib urged authorities to drop the case and dedicate their time fighting those really plotting against the state (read: terrorists) (watch, runtime: 4:08<\/a>).<\/p>\n

On the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on the islands of Tiran and Sanafir <\/strong>(watch, runtime: 2:16<\/a>), Lamees urged the authorities to release those detained for protesting the agreement since the verdict sealed the debate and invalidated any previous legal challenges to its validity (watch, runtime: 2:18<\/a>). Al Hayah Al Youm\u2019s Tamer Amin agreed, saying the ruling has \u201cclosed the door on any further talk about the case (watch, runtime: 7:05<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As for concerns over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),<\/strong> Lamees urged the Foreign Ministry to clarify rumors suggesting that Cairo has received Addis Ababa\u2019s plan to fill the reservoir behind the dam over five years (watch, runtime: 2:19<\/a>). Kol Youm\u2019s Amr Adib hosted Irrigation Minister Mohammed Abdel Ati to discuss GERD\u2019s impact on Egypt\u2019s Nile water supply (watch, runtime: 4:26<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Also on the airwaves last night:<\/p>\n