The 10 standing commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) began their sessions at the Havana Convention Center, where the evaluation of the results of the previous Legislature is the first item on the day's agenda.

Forty-three percent of the polluting load generated in the province of Las Tunas, annually, is thrown into the environment, without having received prior treatment by the corresponding entities.

On Sunday, June third, the working sessions of the Commission charged by the Cuban Parliament with the drafting and presentation of the Preliminary Draft Constitution of the Republic began at the Palace of the Revolution.

Cuba and Turkey are working to strengthen their trade relations, with the aim of expanding cooperation and economic exchanges, which exceed 28 million dollars a year.

The Correos de Cuba Business Group and the United States Postal Service agreed to permanently implement, on direct flights, the exchange of postal mail between the two countries.

The First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, Army General Raul Castro received on Thursday at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, the President of the Council of Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez who returned from an official visit to Venezuela.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro presented on Wednesday the Libertadores Order to Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Cuban Council of State and Ministers, in his first class in Caracas.

Specialized crews of the Union of Cuban Railroads are working on the evaluation and gradual solution to the interruptions in the railways in the provinces of Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de Avila and Camagüey, that were consequence of the heavy rains in those places, the Union of Cuban Railroads reported today in a press release.

After concluding the work of the Special Session of the National Assembly of People's Power next Saturday, the deputies will meet on Sunday, May 3, in the plenary session of the Havana´s Conventions Center as part of their preparation for the best performance of their duties.

The ship Destint, stranded with 29 thousand tons of rice at the entrance of the bay of Cienfuegos, was already launched and anchored today by experts from the Practicos del Puerto Centro Sur company.

Although the recent rains in the capital did not cause as much damage as in other territories in the west and center of the country, they did have an impact on the deteriorated housing fund, with more than 100 partial collapses reported.

Cuba´s president Miguel Diaz-Canel paid tribute today in Caracas to Simon Bolivar as part of his official visit to Venezuela.

The Temporary Working Group in the province of Sancti Spiritus evaluated on Tuesday preliminary damages caused by the intense rain of recent days mainly in homes, roads and agriculture.

Cuba was elected to the Presidency of the Latin American Immunology Association for the 2018-2021 period for its outstanding results in the field.

Over 24 thousand people remain evacuated in Villa Clara province, mainly in homes of family members, friends and evacuation centers due to the persistent rains in their residential areas.