Members of four commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament) discussed today on issues of economic interest for the country.

The area of low pressure located over the central Atlantic became today the 13th tropical depression of the current cyclonic season, informed the Institute of Meteorology.

The traditional and moving ceremony for the roll call of the fallen in the Armed Popular Uprising of September 5, 1957, in Cienfuegos, began at Jose Marti Park, in this city, the main event for the 66th anniversary of the epic.

On the 66th anniversary of the uprising in Cienfuegos, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz recalled the heroes and martyrs who took part in that action in 1957.

Manuel Marrero Cruz, Cuban Prime Minister, highlighted today the work of the members of the Revolutionary Navy on the 60th anniversary of its creation.

Army General Raul Castro Ruz congratulated today the Revolutionary Navy on the 60th anniversary of its founding.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez met on Monday with Roberto Alvarez Gil, Dominican Republic’s Foreign Minister, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Two persons died and 23 were injured in a massive car accident Monday morning in a locality known as La Juanita, some five kilometers from the Cuban eastern province of Bayamo, Granma province.

A simple tribute to Fabio di Celmo, young Italian tourist victim of State terrorism against Cuba, was paid today at the Copacabana Hotel, in Havana, where he lost his life 26 years ago.

Roberto Alvarez Gil, Dominican Republic foreign minister, and Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Cuban deputy foreign minister, held official talks today.

The dawn of September 5, 1957 was a transcendental day in the armed uprising carried out in the city of Cienfuegos by militants of the 26th of July Movement, some officers and members of the Navy and the people in general.

Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Cuba's deputy foreign minister, welcomed today Roberto Alvarez Gil, foreign minister of the Dominican Republic.

The 7th National Workshop on the Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) will be held in this region(western Cuba) from September 18 to 23, to socialize experiences among experts and breeders on the management of these reptiles in the wild and in captivity.

In less than a year two hydrometeorological events hit Pinar del Rio(westernmost Cuban province) and caused damage to most of the educational institutions; but thanks to the will and collective effort, all of them opened their doors today for the new school year.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, recalled today the young Italian tourist Fabio Di Celmo, victim of a terrorist act in a Cuban hotel in 1997.