A new rail bus has benefited since early this year ten communities of difficult access in the municipality of Banes, in northern Holguin, with the transfer of passengers and cargo, as part of the project for modernization of railways.

In the current cold season, which ends next February, the companies of the Agricultural Group (GAG) intend to plant 130,162 hectares (ha) of different crops, said Jose Manuel Martinez Rodriguez, head of the Agricultural Department of the GAG from the Ministry of Agriculture.

With the objective of surpassing the more than 9 million operations carried out through the different electronic payment channels in Villa Clara in 2023, the Banco de Credito y Comercio (Bandec) of the territory plans to successfully complete in 2024 the process of bankarization of the society.

Agronomist Francisco (Paquito) Hernandez Rodriguez -a farmer with extensive experience-, has developed an innovative project on the Isle of Youth to produce ecological potato seeds, whose conservation is based on the use of silica sand.

As the cities of Sancti Spiritus and Trinidad mark their 510 birthdays, the local Palmares extra-hotel company is boosting the improvement, renewal and upgrade of its services for clients during the current high tourist season.

Havana is reviving at the end of the year with the arrival of a British cruise ship with almost half a thousand tourists, in the second of the four visits planned to the island by that vessel.

Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz presided over the meeting to commemorate the Day of the Urban, Suburban and Family Agriculture Workers.

The celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution will precede the implementation, starting on January 1st, of new measures laid down in the Government’s plans to correct mistakes and boost the economy in 2024 through steps to incentivize the production of goods and services, which will contribute to national development and improve people’s quality of life, according to Alejandro Gil Fernández, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning (MEP), and Vladimir Regueiro Ale, Minister of Finance and Prices (MFP).

The Agricultural Production Cooperative (CPA) Calixto Sarduy, in the province of Las Tunas has just harvested its first-ever batch of Habanero chili pepper for export through the importing/marketing enterprise Agroint.

Boosting the Macroeconomic Stabilization Program will be a priority for Cuba in 2024 through improved pricing policies, the gradual de-dollarization of the economy, the reactivation of the exchange market, and changes to the foreign currency cash-flow management mechanism, according to Alejandro Gil Fernández, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning, in his words to the Second Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power, with Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and President Miguel Díaz-Canel present.

Cuba’s Gross Domestic Product is expected to grow some 2 percent in 2024 given the projections for different economic sectors.

Cementos Cienfuegos S.A., the largest factory of its kind in Cuba, is getting its production capacity back on its feet.