29 September 2017

Russian company will sign 1.8 billion Euros contract to restore Cuban railways

Russian business group RZD intends to modernize Cuban railway infrastructure, for which it will sign a contract of 1.8 billion euros, local media reported today.

29 September 2017

Internet at home service expanded through all Cuba

As part of its intention to taking Internet services to Cuban homes, the Cuban Telecommunications Company (Etecsa), as of September 29, will continue to commercialize the Nauta Hogar service, incorporating it gradually, and until the month of December, to all the provinces of the country.

28 September 2017

Cuba celebrates 57th Anniversary of the Largest Mass Organization

Cuba commemorates today the 57th anniversary of the founding of the largest mass organization in the country, known as the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).

28 September 2017

In Camagüey, 12th grade students are formed as future professionals of the Magisterium

With the purpose of relieving the professorial deficit and ensure better preparation in the exercise of the educational instruction, the University of Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz opened its doors to some 35 students from 12th grade, who at the end of the current school year will opt for teaching careers.

27 September 2017

Production of construction materials intensified in Camagüey

Authorities in this province have taken steps to expand production of construction materials, key to repairing hurricane damage to housing as quickly as possible.

27 September 2017

Priority will be given to the short-cycle crops in fields of Camagüey

Executives of the Camagüey´s affiliate of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) take preservation measures for the sustainable management of land and promote the planting of short-cycle crops, with the aim of mitigating the negative effects of hurricane Irma in this province.

27 September 2017

Camagüey assesses damages to ecosystems after Hurricane Irma

Experts and technicians from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) in Camagüey conducted a preliminary assessment of the environmental impacts caused by Hurricane Irma in the north and south coastal areas of the territory.

27 September 2017

Half of Cuban youngsters suffer from allergies

Allergy, an immunological disease, considered one of the epidemics of the 21st century, affects 45% of the adolescent and young adult population in Cuba, studies show.

27 September 2017

Septeto Santiaguero happy for nomination to 2017Latin Grammys

Septeto Santiaguero's nomination for the 2017 Latin Grammy Awards is the one that has the most merit because it is due to the first phonogram of the group produced entirely by a Cuban record label, said today Alden González, the group´s manager.

27 September 2017

US blockade cost Cuban agriculture over 260 million dollars in 1 year

From April 2016 to March last, the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba caused economic damages to the agricultural sector amounting to more than 260 million dollars.