With the visit of the Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes Menendez, vice prime minister ,as part of a tour of Villa Clara, began today the start-up of an aggregates plant in this municipality, which will also benefit with construction materials to two municipalities in the province.

Some technical breakdowns in Cuban power plants have led to an energy contingency in the country affecting the residential and state sectors, which is expected to be solved over the next hours, said the island’s Energy and Mines Minister Livan Arronte.

Women keep being overloaded with house duties according to a recent research by the Center for Studies about Women.

The Official Gazette publishes three regulations that complete the legal framework for Local Development in Cuba.

Antonio Rodríguez Rodríguez, president of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INRH), spoke of the drought affecting Cuba in the midst of the pandemic, for which he insisted on saving and rational use of water in homes and centers of production and services.

The Cuban Journalist Association, UPEC, denounced virtual and physical aggressions against professionals of the sector over the past few weeks.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez lamented today on Twitter the decease of the president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, Higinio Vélez Carrión, due to COVID-19.

 In order to go out less often, Delvis Ladal González, 64, decided to get rid of the bushes around his house and plant yam, sweet potato, pumpkin, okra, cucumber, onion, garlic, radish and lettuce in his backyard for the family's own consumption.

The chambers of commerce of Cuba and Suriname held on Wednesday a business forum focused on trade exchange opportunities with the participation of companies from the agri-food and health sectors of both nations, also in support of Caricom's inclusive strategy.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla ratified on Wednesday the guarantees that show respect for freedom of religion in this Caribbean nation.

Cuba is one of the countries in the world with the highest number of nurses per capita, with 84,977, which means 71.9 per 10,000 inhabitants, and this has allowed it to provide medical assistance from all fronts during the confrontation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Havana, May 12 (ACN) Antonia Quesada was one of the many Havana citizens who received the shot of a Cuban vaccine against COVID-19 as part of a health intervention that kicked off Wednesday in the city capital.

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, May 12 (ACN) With the aim of contributing to Cuba’s food self-sufficiency and reducing food imports, the Sugarcane Research Station (Etica Centro) in the province of Villa Clara promotes the development of protein plants as animal feed.

The online International Colloquium The United States in José Martí's pupil starts today in honor of the National Hero and Apostle of Cuba's independence on the 126th anniversary of his fall in combat.

Deputies to the National Assembly's Health and Sports Commission will verify the implementation of the income policy for athletes, trainers and other sports specialists, according to a videoconference held today at Havana’s Capitol Building, the institutional headquarters of the legislative body.