This Friday, the National Civil Defense General Staff reported the death of two people in Havana and a disappeared victim in the western province of Pinar del Río due to the heavy rains recorded in Cuba.

Weather forecasts indicate that from this Saturday afternoon and throughout Sunday there will be intense rainfall in the province of Ciego de Ávila, although not as strong as those in the western region of the country.

Areas of heavy and intense rains and electrical storms have been affecting the western and central regions of Cuba with accumulations greater than 200 millimeters, which will continue for the rest of today and tomorrow, Saturday.

In the last twenty-four hours, the rains were numerous in the west and center, some in the east. These precipitations were intense in several locations in the west and center of Cuba, highlighting the highest report in the meteorological station of Punta del Este, Isla de la Juventud with 155 millimeters, followed by Isabel Rubio, Pinar del Río with 135 millimeters and Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud with 129 millimeters.

In the peak hours yesterday from 5:30 p.m., the service was affected due to a deficit in generation capacity, influenced by the departure in the morning of unit 4 of the CTE Diez de Octubre, the most affected at this time it was 45 MW at 6:00 p.m. Service was restored at 7:11 p.m.

The availability of the SEN at 07:00 hours is 1,998 MW and the demand is 1,810 MW with everything served.

The Directorate of the Electric Company reports that yesterday the A110, La Ofelia, La Piña, Sanguily, Chambas, Los Perros, El Puesto and Punta Alegre circuits were affected by a generation deficit, motivated by the departure of unit 4 from Diez de Octubre Power Company, the service being restored in its entirety at 7:04 p.m. with a duration of 1 hour 26 minutes.

The University of Ciego de Ávila, Máximo Gómez Báez (UNICA), carries out an internationalization strategy that seeks to raise academic and scientific quality with the active participation of the university community, to continue contributing to the development of society; with the signing, so far this year, of more than 10 international agreements that strengthen relations of exchange, collaboration and cooperation with educational centers in Latin America and Europe.

By launching the communication campaign Development begins here, in the territory of Florencia, the Municipal Capacity Building Program for Local Development (PRODEL) reinforces the purpose of making the inhabitants of 27 towns in the country the subjects of their own progress.

The wide zone of low pressures over the northwest of the Caribbean Sea and the Yucatan Peninsula, in recent hours has become better organized and has concentrated the clouds with strong activity of showers, rains and electrical storms to the east of the Yucatan Peninsula and in the seas south of the western region of Cuba.

The natural regeneration of hectares of mangroves and the restoration of marine fauna are palpable results on the north coast of Ciego de Ávila thanks to investments in hydraulic works in the Great Wetland of Northern Ciego de Ávila during the last two years.

Manuel Marrero Cruz, Cuban Prime Minister, today recalled the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Program for the Comprehensive Development of Mountainous Regions, better known as the Turquino Plan, an initiative created by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz in 1987.

The "forecasters" were right. The Mayabeque-Ciego de Ávila playoff, at least in the statistics, seemed to be one of the most even in the postseason of the 61st National Baseball Series, and after the victory of Ciego de Ávila this Wednesday (7x4) a sixth game will be necessary; no doubt up to a seventh. The fans of the José Ramón Cepero stadium left the stadium pleased after Tuesday's failure!

In order to make local development visible as a driver of progress, equity and sustainability, and to connect the actors who pay taxes in the municipalities to this end, the Center for Local and Community Development (Cedel) launched its communication campaign Development starts here in Florence.

That fan could not believe it… But, how did Ciego de Ávila lose that game? Moreover, a man responded with the lyrics of a song of yesteryear: "Just like water between the fingers." However, the best answer was the one that was heard a few moments later: “you have to die of something”.

An estimated deficit of 80 megawatts in the hours of greatest demand indicates that, in the late afternoon and early evening hours of this Wednesday, there may be interruptions in the electrical service, due to insufficient power generation in circuits throughout the country that they have them programmed for that moment of the day.

Today, by designating Ciego de Ávila as the national venue for activities for World Environment Day, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) recognized the results of that province in the implementation of the State Plan to Confront the Climate Change (Life Task).

The province of Ciego de Ávila obtained the venue for the national event for World Environment Day, reported today Odalys Goicochea Cardoso, general director of the Environment of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), at a press conference held in the capital of the country.

The graphic artist from Ciego de Ávila, Michel Moro Gómez, won the first prize in the Humor Drawing category at the XVII edition of the World Press Cartoon (WPC), one of the most important graphic humor events held in the world.

In accordance with the National Plan for Economic and Social Development until the year 2030, the Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) continues to expand and modernize its infrastructure in prioritized sectors of the province of Ciego de Ávila.

As a result of the Demographic Dynamics Attention Program, thirteen mothers, with three or more children and housing needs, benefited in the first quarter of the current year with the delivery of homes that provide greater security and quality of life in Ciego de Ávila.

The Provincial Government of People's Power in Ciego de Ávila conferred the distinction of Illustrious Son on Mayda Pérez García and Ubaldo Pereira Benítez, directors of the Historical Archive and the Telecommunications Company (ETECSA), respectively, for relevant merits, work results and the conduct of integrity for the benefit of society.

As expected, the Tigres from Ciego de Ávila made a reality —and with a wide score of 9x2—, the victory against the Hurricanes of Mayabeque, when yesterday Friday, the sealed match, corresponding to the quarterfinal playoff between both teams, resumed; which is now tied for success in the postseason of the 61st National Baseball Series.

When Raúl González disappeared the ball in the first inning, one of the members of the Ciego de Ávila support commission at the Nelson Fernández stadium said: "This is how Raulito marches, the Ciego de Ávila team will go in these playoffs." In addition, he was right, at least until the game was sealed due to rain at the end of the seventh inning.

The will to immediately correct the indications of the recent integral visit of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party to the province of Ciego de Ávila was ratified by the highest authorities of Ciego de Ávila during the Provincial Council.

With the purpose of recovering backlogs with the commercialization of liquefied gas, the CUPET management in Ciego de Ávila will provide such a service on Saturday, May 28, at four points of sale in this municipality.

Las Aguas Mil Artistic and Literary Contest

Ziluen Poveda Espinosa, in décima and Yans González García, in poetry, were the winners of the IV Las Aguas Mil Artistic and Literary Contest, convened by the Book Center and the Clotilde Agüero Racial Commission of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba in Ciego de Ávila.

Fairs in Ciego de Ávila: to look at and to take away

This Friday, the fairgrounds of the capital city will host, once again, an exhibition fair that will allow old and new actors to arrange a space for the productive chain.

Several months still separate us from the month of December —the date on which the 2022-2023 school year is expected to begin throughout the country. However, in Ciego de Ávila, directors, methodologists and teachers prefer to get ahead of themselves and are already getting down to work with the preparations for a teaching calendar that faces the challenges of continuing to raise the quality of teaching and retaking many of the spaces and processes that COVID-19 forced to transform, in an effort to return normality, little by little, to the classrooms.

The Grand Muthu Cayo Guillermo hotel, belonging to the Jardines del Rey tourist destination, in the province of Ciego de Ávila, obtained the Travelers' Choice 2022 distinction, awarded by the specialized travel website TripAdvisor, due to the number of favorable opinions on gastronomy, customer service, quality of services and care for the environment.

The will to advance in the transformation of the energy matrix, achieving a better use of renewable sources, with the aim of minimizing the impacts of climate change and favoring local development, was made clear during the exhibition fair organized by Cubasolar in Ciego de Ávila.

In a meeting of the Council of Ministers, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said this Wednesday, in relation to the instability in the national electricity system, which "we are going through a complex situation that fundamentally affects the population, which causes discomfort in the population and paralyzes an important part of economic activity.

The completion of the synthetic hockey field in Ciego de Ávila is almost a reality. The first vice president of INDER Raúl Fornés Valenciano stated this during his visit this Tuesday to the long-awaited facility.

When the dances and music began in the Martí Park, after the floral offering and the moment of remembrance of the National Hero, it was as if the wave of energy contained in two years of pause was unleashed.

“From my time as an athlete I learned that rivals are not chosen. One has to be prepared to face whoever touches him. When it is said that this one suits me better, you show that you are more afraid of the 'other'. We transferred that philosophy to the boys from the first moment we got the ticket”.

The cows do not give milk, you have to milk them, and for that you have to get up at dawn, go to the fields, walk through paddocks and pens full of excrement, tie the tails and legs of the animals, sit on the stool, place the bucket and make the appropriate movements for milking.

This damn inflation hits us hard, prices that rise through the roof day by day and that seem like they will never stop, it is enough to drive anyone crazy.

The renewal of the rural registry base concluded in two municipalities of Ciego de Ávila (Venezuela and Bolivia) and shows progress in Primero de Enero, Ciego de Ávila, Majagua, Ciro Redondo and Baraguá, which represents a guarantee for the planning of economic and social development, and territorial ordering.

A new stage in the management of science and innovation in favor of the production of goods and services begins for the University of Ciego de Ávila (UNICA) Máximo Gómez Báez, after it was approved by the Ministry of Economy and Planning , the constitution of the Science and Technology Interface Society of the University of Camagüey "Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz" (UCETID S.A.), which will also bear the seal of the academy with a shareholding of 20 percent.

"The Analysis of the Health Situation (ASIS) is not a new document, although these annual exams are currently required to achieve a greater role for the population in solving their problems," the young doctor Juan Carlos Lazo Bernabé , from the Doctor's Office Number 21, in the community of Orlando González, in the municipality of Majagua, who has a master according to the current demands of its 790 patients, distributed in 310 family nuclei, says.

During the second day of the popular exercise Meteor 2022, practical activities of emergency treatment, first aid, light rescue, and other procedures for the protection of the population and their property were carried out in the province of Ciego de Ávila, in correspondence with the risk studies made.

The benefits ​​of the productions of the local development project (PDL) Delavida, dedicated to artisanal cosmetology in the municipality of Morón, were recognized by Joel Queipo Ruiz, head of the Economic-Productive Department of the Central Committee of the Party (CCPCC), during the visit of the secretariat of that political organization to the province of Ciego de Ávila.

Although various actions are carried out in the province to control prices, they must be much deeper because the effectiveness is not what is desired when citizens express their discomfort, rightly so, in the face of its unbridled rise. It emerged from a meeting of the authorities linked to the topic with officials of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba as part of the recent visit of that body to Ciego de Ávila.

Much had to be longed for that turnaround that the Book Fair gave to the streets and the routine spring after spring in Ciego de Ávila, until it finally arrived this Thursday, May 19 and until Sunday, May 22.

The most intricate places in this province became for four days a small country where residents, directors, officials, militants and non-militants of the partisan organization worked closely together, in accordance with the precept defended by Army General Raúl Castro to remain always with his ear glued to the ground, in direct connection with the people.

Of the 1,130 hectares of potatoes that were planted in Ciego de Ávila, there were barely 173 left to harvest this Wednesday, but the rain prevented the harvest and increased the rotting of the worst harvest in memory in the last 20 years.

A few days before May 19, 1895, the Spanish Colonel Ximénez de Sandoval, who was in the Plaza de Palma Soriano, learned about the landings of Máximo Gómez, José Martí, Antonio and José Maceo and organized the operations to confront them with a strong column of Cuban cavalry, infantry and pilots.

With plans to set up three state-owned micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and ideas of setting up another two, the municipality of Bolivia, in the province of Ciego de Ávila, plans to strengthen the local economy by diversifying economic actors.

The fourth day of the integral visit of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party to our province begins.

A phrase said by Jorge Luis Brooch Lorenzo, member of the Secretariat of the PCC Central Committee and Head of its Department of Social Attention, could summarize his first day of check-ups and visits in the municipality of Venezuela.

In order to face the economic recovery with optimism and creativity, he convened the integral visit of the Central Committee of the Party (CCPCC) in dialogue with directors and workers of the Agricultural Supply Company of Ciego de Ávila (ESACA), an entity with a complex financial situation.

Joel Queipo Ruiz, head of the Economic Productive Department of the Central Committee of the Party (CCPCC), urged to take advantage of the favorable socio-political climate in the municipality of Morón ―created around the celebrations for May Day and confirmed during the integral visit of that organization― to promote economic and social development.

With an infant mortality rate of 3.2 per 1000 live births, the Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola Provincial General Teaching Hospital improves its indicators in the Maternal and Child Program.

Issues related to productive efficiency, such as the payment of profits and the optimization of the labor force, were debated with the workers of the business sector by Jorge Félix Lazo Mesa, an official of the Agri-food Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health, after analyzes carried out jointly with several responsible entities in this regard, made the decision to allocate the second anti-COVID-19 vaccination booster to people 50 years of age and older —a range previously conceived from the 70s—, at the starting point that it is possible to streamline the immunization process throughout the country.

Today, the Government of the United States announced several measures, positive ones but of a very limited scope, with respect to Cuba in terms of visas, regular migration, flights to provinces, remittances and adjustments to regulations for transactions with the not state sector.

At 81 years old, Margarita still makes cheese in an artisanal way and ensures the continuity of a centuries-old tradition by sharing the "secrets" of making a distinctive product for its aroma, flavor and texture, recognized as family heritage.

A team of journalists is touring the Ciego de Ávila`s geography, together with the members of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, who began a comprehensive visit to the province on Monday.

The role of party and union organizations in the implementation of the 43 measures aimed at promoting the development of the business sector was highlighted during the comprehensive visit of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party (CCPCC) to the municipality of Morón.

The quality of life in rural communities and the diversification of recreational options for the population are other topics of interest in the comprehensive visit to Ciego de Ávila by the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party and its auxiliary structure.

Under a persistent drizzle that, at times, threatens to become intense, five teams from the Invasor Newspaper are touring the Ciego de Ávila`s geography, together with the members of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, who will begin a comprehensive visit to the province on Tuesday.

At noon this Monday, the comprehensive visit of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CCPCC) and its auxiliary structure began in Ciego de Ávila, which will cover the 10 municipalities and will last until the 19th.

Despite the limitations of inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides, the diesel deficit, the current difficult economic scenario and the impact of illegalities, the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) in Ciego de Ávila generates more than 70 percent of the food for the population of the province.

This Sunday, the deputies to the National Assembly of People's Power (parliament) of Cuba approved the Law of Penal Execution, in order to complete the deep procedural and judicial reform of the country.

As simple as having a mobile device or computer capable of connecting to the national network, it is now possible to validate a copy of a university degree for graduates of the University of Ciego de Ávila Máximo Gómez Báez (UNICA). Since last January, it became enabled the UniLegal platform, which comes to simplify a procedure that, finally, sometimes ended up being a real headache for many.

The field hockey family in Ciego de Ávila could celebrate another great triumph in a few days: this Sunday, it dawned with the news that the specialists in charge of installing the synthetic layer in what will be their new training and national and international competitions “headquarters”, are already here.

This Monday, May 16, the application of the second dose of the polio vaccine in the current campaign begins, to children between 30 days and two years of age, in addition to the reactivation for nine-year-old infants.

The lights of my country

The strength of a country is measured by its affections. There is no greater nobility of spirit than the union of a feeling, especially in dark times and collective mourning.

“After eight months paralyzed by serious difficulties with imported raw materials, the start-up of the 50th anniversary Creole dry feed factory, located in the capital city of Ciego de Ávila, constitutes a significant step towards the return of pork in the province”. Statement made by Melvys Martín Jiménez, director of the Authorized Food Base Business Unit (UEB), belonging to the Pig Company (EP) of Ciego de Ávila.

The painful search for the victims of the accident at the Hotel Saratoga has ended. All Cubans were as one in pain during six days. Solidarity marked every second around the victims and their dear relatives again, and as so many times in our history.

Although there are no reported cases in Cuba or Ciego de Ávila at the time this note is being written, the health system maintains epidemiological surveillance to detect in time and prevent the transmission of the so-called Acute Hepatitis in Children, Dr. José Luis López González, deputy director of Epidemiology of the Provincial Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, said.

On the occasion of the deep pain of our people in the face of the unfortunate accident that occurred at the Saratoga Hotel on May 6, in which 44 compatriots and one Spanish citizen have lost their lives to date, and after the rescue actions were completed, the President of the Republic of Cuba agreed to decree an OFFICIAL MOURNING from 06:00 on May 13 until 12:00 at night on May 14.

For Liván Izquierdo Alonso, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in the province that the pineapple reigns again in Ciego de Ávila fields is a priority. Photo: Osvaldo Gutierrez

Two local development projects that strengthen ties with the community in which it is located and another that seeks to diversify pineapple production today mark the course of the Máximo Gómez Báez University of Ciego de Ávila (UNICA), for which it continues to be a challenge to contribute more to the socioeconomic development of the province.

 After two years without the biggest book and literature festival touching Ciego de Ávila soil, from May 19 to 22 the joy of inked pages will return, with the inauguration here of the XXX Book Fair, which will put authors to dialogue with the public and will make the promotion a space for common enjoyment.

At the beginning of the Round Table program, the Minister of Internal Trade, Betsy Díaz Velázquez, expressed condolences on behalf of her organization to the relatives of the people who died in the explosion at the Saratoga hotel, which occurred on May 6.

Inaugurated in 1960 and recognized among its kind in Cuba, the Camilo Cienfuegos Base Business Unit (UEB), located in the main municipality of Ciego de Ávila and distinguished by its commercial name, Muebles Lídex, today concentrates most of its efforts in four projects with local tourism, without neglecting its state orders with other sectors.

Family farming is promoted in Morón

With 3,092 yards and 242 active plots, Morón advances in small-scale food production, as part of the municipal self-sufficiency strategy, which places the initiative of families at the center.

When Decree 35/2021, on the Marketing of Agricultural Products came into force, we already knew of empty squares, debts and defaults, food lost in the furrow and a marketing system that sometimes left the peasant in a bad position.

The repair of several educational institutions, with emphasis on those of the Primary educational level located in rural areas, is one of the priorities of the Municipal Directorate of Education in Morón, together with the economic plan of that territory.

"I bring the fraternal and supportive embrace of the Cuban citizens to the beloved Venezuelan people," the member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz, upon arriving this Monday in the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on an official visit that will last until next May 11, said.

The preliminary ideas for the elaboration of the Policy for digital transformation in Cuba and the Cuban Digital Agenda 2030 were analyzed by the members of the National Innovation Council (CNI), at its meeting corresponding to May.

A beautiful and somewhat mystical coincidence wanted that on May 9, 1920, when Mother's Day was celebrated for the first time in Cuba, that "rebellious" girl who would be maternal protection of the nation.

The grayish stream of water that comes out of the pipe looks like liquid cement, but in reality, it is water from the Chambas River that will end up in the water table as waste from the water treatment plant that is "halfway" between the pumping station of Los dogs and the people of Punta Alegre.

The XL edition of the International Tourism Fair, FITCuba 2022, recently concluded at the América Convention Center Square, in Varadero, in the province of Matanzas, constituted an opportunity for the socialization of experiences between managers and specialists of the Cubanacán Hotel Group.

According to the political authorities of the province and the management of the Roberto Rodríguez Provincial Hospital in Morón, in the coming months more than 50 companies and budgeted units such as Emprestur and the Food Industry will deal with the repair of rooms and services of the institution of health.

As part of the political movement "Beating for the people, without losing a day", state companies, organizations and new economic actors pool resources and efforts for the systematic repair and maintenance of the general provincial teaching hospitals of Ciego de Ávila.

After two years without being able to enjoy the biggest book and literature festival in Cuba, the 2022 International Book Fair revived the joys for the authors and the public, who experienced the typical agitation of this event in the capital, official stop before embarking on his tour of all the provinces of the country.

In Cuba, unlike other countries, “there is no trend towards multiple employment,” even though since 2009 it has been legalized as a work alternative.

Until Saturday, April 7, the Cuban Fund for Cultural Assets of Ciego de Ávila will be held the “Art for Mom” Fair at the House of the Young Creator of the Saíz Brothers Association, in order to celebrate Mother's Day next Sunday.

The second edition of the Pío Leyva In Memoriam Festival, with festivities inscribed within the framework of the Culture Week of the municipality of Morón, will take place in the province of Ciego de Ávila with the aim of rescuing the son tradition in this territory.

The Júcaro Marine Fishing Fleet UEB stops paying in other ports for stays (Photo: Ortelio)

Pulled by a powerful winch and a thick, resistant steel cable, the ship climbs two rails that sink to the bottom of the sea. The pulley screeches as the hull advances towards the mainland, distills water and reveals itself, rusty and battered for so long at the mercy of the depths.

Cuba does not report any case of acute childhood hepatitis of unknown origin that circulates in the world, but health authorities are already alert and vigilant in the face of this outbreak, the national director of Public Health Epidemiology, Francisco Durán García, said on Monday.

The governments of Popular Power in the municipalities of Florencia and Chambas will have a new technological tool to project progress in mountainous areas, upon delivery of the connectivity management plans belonging to the Bamburanao Special Region for Sustainable Development (REDS).

When it finally seemed that the Covid-19 gave a break to education in Ciego de Ávila so that students and teachers could return to the classrooms protected by the new "normality", the current situation with urban and inter-municipal transport, given the instability with fuel, has put on a tightrope the presence of those who reside in communities far from the student centers and set off the alarms for those responsible for guaranteeing the quality of the teaching-educational process.

Ciego de Ávila woke up this Sunday with the news: Tigres greet May 1^st at the top of Cuban baseball, the local press highlights.

The pause imposed by COVID-19 in Ciego de Ávila was broken on May 1^st by a massive, colorful and enthusiastic parade, which filled the streets and the Máximo Gómez square, as if two years had not passed since the last time.

The last time that the Revolution Square was seen crowded was on May 1, 2019. The world always looks strangely at the parade that takes place in Cuba for International Workers' Day. Perhaps because in all latitudes people do not live the same. The last photo of the entire country walking through the squares, with flags, posters, with music, without masks... was that May 1st, 3 years ago.

Just a few hours before the start of the World Proletariat Day, the celebrations have already begun in Ciego de Ávila. In the Popular Council of Ceballos, in the municipality of Ciego de Ávila, as in other communities in the province days before the date, the people took over the streets and squares with their colors and allegorical initiatives.

In mid-April, Ciego de Ávila concluded the popular consultation process for the Family Code project, which, according to the provincial electoral authorities, was carried out as planned and with good results.

This Thursday, workers from the different unions of this central province of Cuba participate in days to beautify their workplaces to wait for May 1^st, when all gathered together will say yes for the Revolution.

Expanding studies on historical and cultural heritage drives the International University of Andalusia (UNIA) and its Antonio Machado headquarters in Baeza (Jaén, Spain), and the University of Ciego de Ávila Máximo Gómez Báez, which recently reactivated the exchange relationship, collaboration and cooperation.