COVID-19 Update
- 23 new cases, 954 cases, 251 recoveries, 26 deaths
- THE HIGHER DEFENSE COUNCIL THANKS THE NEWS MEDIA FOR ITS COOPERATION: The Higher Defense Council passed a decision Tuesday afternoon to extend the general mobilization by two more weeks until 7 June. The Council paid a special thank you to the news media for collaborating with security agencies and the army and for encouraging the "crackdown on violations", urging it to continue on that footing.
13,000 teachers have not been paid in month
- 13,000: this is the number of private school teachers who have not been paid in months according to the teachers syndic leader Rudolph Aboud.
- Aboud also noted in a press conference that a number of teachers have also had their wages deducted under various pretexts.