The 5th Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forest Technicians, (ACTAF) concluded on Tuesday in Havana with the participation of 300 delegates that discussed important issues related to gender, sustainable agro-ecology, youth in agricultural and animal production, institutional management model and cooperation projects.

The Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) is scheduled to begin offering three new Wi-Fi zones in the city of Santa Clara to strengthen national navigation for children and teenagers.

The people of Caguagua community, in the municipality of Quemado de Güines, are the first in Villa Clara having electric power generated by the sun from the start of a photovoltaic power station.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers, heads the Cuban delegation attending the central act for the 38th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, to take place today in Managua, Nicaragua.

The Juan Rius Rivera Solidarity with Cuba Brigade, arrived on Monday to Havana's Julio Antonio Mella International Camp where they paid tribute to Puerto Rican Revolutionary Independence fighter Julio Vives.

Cuban President Raul Castro received on Monday in Havana, his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos Calderon who is currently on an official visit to the Caribbean island.

The US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan-Pastors for Peace are currently visiting places of historic, cultural and social interests in Villa Clara where its members are exchanging with representative of political and grass roots organizations, workers and students.

Cuban President Raul Castro said on Friday in Havana that the country will continue developing the self-employment sector and experiment with the non-agricultural and animal cooperatives.

Young students and workers in the province of Granma reiterated on Thursday their support to the Cuban Revolutionary process in the town of Guisa in the eastern Sierra Maestra Mountains where one of the most decisive battles in the last stage of the struggle for national liberation was held.

The drought affecting Cuba since 2015 is delaying the sowing time of sugar cane in Villa Clara province above all in areas located north of the central province because it impedes the irrigation of the soil destined to this crop.

Personal objects that belonged to Cuba's National Poet Nicolas Guillen were donated on Thursday to the Ignacio Agramonte Provincial Museum in Camaguey where they will be better conserved for the enjoyment of future generations.

The 28th US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan arrived on Thursday to Havana to express their solidarity with the Cuban people and challenge the US travel ban.

Yolaine Ramirez, director of Granma Electric Company, said in this city that the territory is progressing in the construction of three photovoltaic solar farms, which should increasingly contribute to the saving of thousand tons of diesel.

Cuban lawmakers held a broad debate on housing problems in Cuba, as part of the third working day in standing committees, of the ninth regular session of the VIII Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power.

Cuban Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero reported to the People´s Power Assembly that in the first six months of 2017, almost 2.7 million tourists visited the island, for a 23.2 percent growth compared to last year.