Ciego de Ávila will be represented by five athletes at the First Youth Pan American Games, which will have their official opening on Thursday 25 at the Pascual Guerrero stadium, the flagship facility of the Colombian city of Cali.
The acquisition of writing paper for the Braille System, contact lenses, magnifying glasses, telescopes, power strips, walking sticks of dissimilar sizes and sound toys for deaf and loss-hearing children are among the main effects of the imperialist blockade on Special Education in Ciego de Ávila, as in all of Cuba.
There are multiple challenges to achieve a sustainable model of agricultural production, transformations in the cultivation and commercialization processes, greater access to resources and adequate consumption habits, fundamental purposes of the Food Sovereignty and Nutrition Education Plan (SAN).
With a career as a partisan leader in several municipalities and based on the experience accumulated in Matanzas on the Popular Power management system, it was thought that he could be part of that body in the territory of Morón, although he never intended to be the President of the Municipal Assembly, according to their notes.
With the presence of Carlos Luis Garrido Pérez, first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in Ciego de Ávila, the Antonio “Ñico” García Sports Hall was officially inaugurated in the capital city of the province.
This week, after more than six months without face-to-face teaching, the Máximo Gómez Báez University gradually resumes its systematic work practices in its thirty-five careers.
Representatives of the AGRECOCARIBE International Project financed by the French Embassy in Cuba are evaluating in Ciego de Ávila the results and impacts of the efficient use of beneficial indigenous microorganisms.
When the Revolution triumphed, he wanted to be a doctor, but he was so imbued with the transformations that his dream was truncated, not because of a lack of opportunities, but because of the personal decision to accompany and serve during this process.
The renewal of monetary and exchange policy in the country benefited the Ciego de Ávila Raw Materials Recovery Company, by conceiving an exchange rate that stimulates export earnings.
If Dr. José Luis López González, deputy director of Epidemiology in the Provincial Directorate of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, maintains that “although a person who is admitted to the home for suspected patient of dengue should be monitored by the health system of their community, the goal is to go to a hospital or isolation center”, it suggests that the protocols are not fully complied with.
The Constitution of the Republic of Cuba endorses in its article 177 the responsibility of the Governor of the province to "report on his management to the National Assembly of People's Power, the Council of Ministers and the Provincial Council."
Perhaps as never before, the anniversary of the founding of the Antonio Luaces Iraola Provincial Hospital has been celebrated in a difficult context, mediated by the spiraling effects of Covid-19 and the challenge of gradually normalizing health services. However, getting here, with 70 years of history and work, has been enough for joy.
The facilities of Cubanacán Hotels Firm reopened their doors to nationals and foreigners at the beginning of the high tourist season, with the challenge of developing a more hygienic and safe tourism that enhances the leisure industry in the country.
Old and new players in the economy expand the portfolio of products to be marketed in Jardines del Rey (Photo: Ortelio)
Among the strengths of the Jardines del Rey destination, in the context of the opening of Cuba to tourist activity this November 15, we can find the contribution of the state and cooperative-peasant sectors that print a genuinely Cuban flavor, with the productive chain and the growing presence of agricultural products of national demand in that emporium. An area that saw imports decrease due to Covid-19 and the economic blockade policy imposed by the United States.
In line with the policies in the country, new prices will come into force, as of next November 22, in all establishments in the province of Ciego de Ávila, both state and private sectors, that intervene in the commercialization of agricultural products.
This Sunday, many cultural and recreational activities take place in all the municipalities of Ciego de Ávila. This province is ready to receive the new school year this Monday. Joy flooded its streets and parks.
After one year of efficient use of indigenous mountain microorganisms, School-Farm Los Hondones in the northern municipality of Chambas diversifies its 100 percent agro-ecological productions.
The first secretary of the Party's Central Committee and president of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, appears on national television to speak to the Cuban people about the new normality and other current issues. Cubadebate broadcasts this special intervention live through its social networks.
The presentation of the prose storybook "Daniela`s stories" by Dania Sorí stands out among the activities promoted by the puppet festival in Ciego de Ávila at the José Sirio Inda Hernández House of Culture.
Foundation of the Guitart Cayo Coco Hotel (current Colonial Hotel) by the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.
The group of workers at Colonial Cayo Coco Hotel commemorated the 28th anniversary of this facility, founded by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, on November 12, 1993, and initiator of tourism development in the northern cays of the province of Ciego de Ávila.
This Wednesday, by constituency 13 of the Popular Council of the City Center, the third process of accountability of the delegate to his electors began in Ciego de Ávila.
Until Sunday, November 14, the puppet festival will flood social networks in memory of Yosvani Abril Figueroa and for the 45th anniversary of the Hermanos Saíz Association in Ciego de Ávila.
More than 354,000 Ciego de Ávila`s citizens must participate in the third process of accountability of the delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of People's Power to their electors, which began this November 10 and will run until December 23, during which time 2315 meetings will be held in the 552 constituencies of the province.
This week, a critical assessment of the good practices associated with the local agricultural innovation system (SIAL) in Ciego de Ávila stars the coordinating group of the international PIAL project sponsored by the Máximo Gómez Báez university.
The Draft of the Family Code gains space in popular wisdom through exchanges held by members of the Union of Jurists of Cuba (UNJC) in the province of Ciego de Ávila with cadres and officials from political and social institutions.
Ciego de Ávila`s citizen Jeisser Sampson read the oath of the Cuban delegation
This Tuesday, the Active of Dignity of the Cuban representation of wrestling at the First Junior Pan American Games Cali 2021, was a hymn to hope in the José Martí Park in the capital of Ciego de Ávila.
Jardines del Rey, the first tourist destination in the cays of Cuba, free of illegalities on its beaches (Photo: Ortelio)
The process of reconversion of state buildings into homes and the eradication of illegalities in beach areas are among the priorities of the National Institute of Territorial Planning and Urbanism (Inotu), recently created by Decree-Law 42/2021, approved by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.
New commercial strategies will be implemented by the Provincial Storage Company in Ciego de Ávila, from the flexibility in the sales of agricultural products, with the purpose of improving its financial indicators and increasing customer satisfaction.
This weekend, the opening of the gastronomic centers of the province was completed, with the 292 units committed to raise the quality of services and comply with hygienic-sanitary protocols to avoid the contagion and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
To receive the more than 66,000 students who will return to their classrooms on Monday, November 8 and 15, the 390 schools from Ciego de Ávila have already secured facilities, food, teacher training and school supplies.
This November 7, next to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Recycling Business Group (GER), the Raw Materials Recovery Company (ERMP) of Ciego de Ávila, deserving of the status of Outstanding in the country, ratified the commitment to contribute with the social development programs promoted in the province.
The preservation of culture and historical memory has been the maximum in the evolution of 40 years of continuous work in the "Caonabo" Museum in the municipality of Morón, north of the province of Ciego de Ávila.
Information of social interest on the commercialization of basic necessities was given to the Ciego de Ávila press, in order to clarify doubts regarding regulated and released sales, prices, distribution mechanisms and the quality of services.
The institutionalism of Culture is vital for the integration of young creators in the cultural programming of the territory based on the formation of audiences.
For the first time, the Ciego de Ávila Bioplant Center ventures into the reproduction of medicinal plants based on local development.
The Recovery Business Group, close to turn 60, promotes new ways to collect raw materials, such as clean points ―places where resources are deposited in a classified manner―, located in schools, hotel and non-hotel facilities, and other spaces with influx of public.
With pride and gratitude, Health professionals, along with workers and labor groups from other sectors, continue to receive the deserved recognition for the contribution offered during months of incessant confrontation with Covid-19 in Ciego de Ávila.
On Tuesday, Carlos Luis Garrido Pérez, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in Ciego de Ávila, called on young creators from this central province in order to revitalize cultural services during the new normality.
After 45 years, Lorenzo Fernández Martínez constitutes a living memory of the founding process and the trajectory of the government system created by the initiative of the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, as a genuine expression of the democratic character of the Socialist Revolution.
With the latent commitment that we cannot stop doing everything in our hands for the good of our people, who are the sovereign, Ciego de Ávila`s delegates solemnly celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Municipal Assemblies of People's Power.
Photo: Zisy Bordón Fernández
The increase in admission capacities, with the opening of the A Pregnant Room, in the Roberto Rodríguez Provincial General Teaching Hospital, in the municipality of Morón, benefits pregnant women from the northern and central areas of the province of Ciego de Ávila, and favors compliance with the Maternal-Infant Care Program (PAMI).
Last April, the start-up of a dry dock has allowed the EPIVILA Industrial Fishing Company to recover three of the four iron-cement fishing factories located in Júcaro, in the southern area of Ciego de Ávila.
When commemorating the 45th anniversary of the constitution of the organs of Popular Power, three of its founders donated a set of photographs to the local museum that evoke the momentous event in the municipality of Morón, in the province of Ciego de Ávila.
More than 20,000 convalescing people from COVID-19 will be immunized in Ciego de Ávila with the Soberana Plus vaccine from this Friday until Sunday, October 31, to guarantee their greater protection against the disease.
For a technology transfer that fosters production and service linkages, the Morón`s Local Development Project SERVTES signed an agreement with the company CEPIL and the Bioplant Center of the Máximo Gómez Báez de Ciego de Ávila University.
Camilo Cienfuegos had everything to be the endearing good-natured person to whom we continue to put flowers more than half a century later. To continue remembering with the prints of the hat over his long hair, the passion of his speeches, and the mystery of his goodbye.
On behalf of the more than 357,000 Ciego de Ávila people, the deputies to the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) for this province, ratified the determination to defend, make irrevocable Socialism in the Cuban nation and expressed during the Seventh Ordinary Period of Sessions, of the IX Legislature, of the supreme organ of the power of the State.
Based on principles such as political rationality, equity and social justice, the draft laws that will govern the operation of the Cuban judicial system will increase responsibility and bet on a more rigorous action by prosecutors.
Three teams, one from Canada, another mixed with participants from England and South Africa, and the host, compete in the eighth edition of the Jardines del Rey Big Game Trolling International Fishing Tournament, which will take place from October 26 to 30, taking advantage of the potential nautical and fishing in the north of the Coco and Guillermo cays.
On Monday, through a videoconference link with the Palace of Conventions in Havana, due to the epidemiological situation the country is going through, Ciego de Ávila`s deputies to the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) analyzed four law proposals.
As part of the activities prior to the Seventh Ordinary Period of Sessions, of the IX Legislature, of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), scheduled to take place between October 27 and 28. This Monday, deputies will study the four draft laws, presented by the Governing Council of the Supreme People's Court, in use of the exercise of the legislative initiative and in compliance with the Tenth Transitory Provision of the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba.
The workers of the leisure industry in the province of Ciego de Ávila will undertake the upcoming high tourist season with the commitment to ratify the safety of the Jardines del Rey destination, through strict compliance with hygienic-sanitary measures to face COVID-19.
The province of Ciego de Ávila implements public policies to address sociodemographic vulnerabilities related to the growing aging of the population, as there are 20 percent of the inhabitants aged 60 or over.
The face-to-face restart of the 2020-2021 school year at all levels of education and the implementation of policies related to prevention and social work were issues evaluated in this province by Vice Prime Minister Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella, who led the government team for a tour of the territory.
The "baseball", where Los Tigrecitos practice, in the provincial capital, is one of the best preserved in Ciego de Ávila
The rescue of the existing "baseball" fields in the country is one of the strategies conceived that contributes to keep alive the passion for baseball, which is cultivated from an early age, when children begin to throw the first balls.
Simultaneously on the calendar the celebrations for the Day of Cuban Culture with the inauguration of a new head office for the newspaper Invasor has been a happy coincidence to combine anecdotes and joys on October 20, when at last the commitment of years materialized with a comfortable and central building.
Although the Local Development Project Media Luna, now a medium-sized company, stole the start in the process of proposing and approving micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MIPYMEs), opened in Cuba since the end of September, four other Ciego de Ávila`s ventures already have the endorsement of the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) as new economic actors in the country.
With the motivation of becoming a small company, Delavida project, linked to artisanal cosmetology, from the municipality of Morón, in the province of Ciego de Ávila, is inserted in the local retail market by selling, through garage sales, various lines of natural soaps, intended for human health and beauty.
For next November 8, Ciego de Ávila is scheduled to start face-to-face classes at the Basic Secondary educational level, as part of the restart of the 2020-2021 school year, after the vaccination of the students.
Due to the improvement of the epidemiological situation in the country, the Ministry of Transportation and the Permanent Commission of Work to confront Covid-19, decided to reestablish interprovincial transportation as of November 1.
The integral functioning of the municipal assemblies in Ciego de Ávila corresponds to the feelings of the people, their needs and their problems for the sake of collective solutions. This Saturday, it was confirmed by Ana María Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly of People's Power in the conclusions of the parliamentary visit to the Government of Ciego de Ávila.
Core objectives, related to food production and meeting the needs of the people, have been those projected by the Food and Agriculture Commission of the National Assembly, which participates in the parliamentary visit in Ciego de Ávila.
The integral functioning of the municipal assemblies in Ciego de Ávila corresponds to the feelings of the people, their needs and their problems for the sake of collective solutions. This Saturday, it was confirmed by Ana María Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly of People's Power in the conclusions of the parliamentary visit to the Government of Ciego de Ávila.
As part of the parliamentary control of the National Assembly of People's Power in Ciego de Ávila, the exchange with the delegates at the base prioritizes the tasks related to the accountability process.
A detailed analysis of the preventive measures that are implemented at the Máximo Gómez Báez de Ciego de Ávila University with a view to restart the school year focused on the exchange of teachers and students with the Doctor of Science Martha del Carmen Mesa Valenciano, President of the Commission of Education, Culture, Science, Technology and Environment of the National Assembly of People's Power.
The insurance entities of the high tourist season in Jardines del Rey work, intensively, in the creation of conditions that guarantee the enjoyment of customers in the hotel and non-hotel facilities of the second most important sun and beach destination in the country, located north of the province of Ciego de Ávila.
A call to revive the commerce and gastronomy sector, with services that are distinguished by quality, variety and stability in the offers, adequate customer service and strict adherence to hygienic-sanitary protocols, transcended during the parliamentary visit to the province of Ciego de Ávila, which verified the business improvement process in that body.
The oldest people in La Clementina say “more than 20 years ago” and they know that this has been a long time waiting for the water to finally lead to the town. For this reason, although some leaders now speak of concluding the work on November 11th and others say 30th, for most of them 20 days "are nothing" because they have been "pulling water" from a neighbor's well for decades.
The completion of the civil works and the beginning of the work to set the identity circuit represent progress in the construction of the Humedal Grande Park, a local development project of the municipality of Morón that combines economic, social, cultural and environmental interests in a Ramsar site declared area since 2002.
Since this month of October, international airlines such as Air Canada, Westjet and Olasun gradually increase their operations at the Jardines del Rey`s Ciego de Ávila International Airport.
The analysis of the execution of the State budget during the first semester of the current year and the fulfillment of the main proposals of the voters centered the debates of the XXIV ordinary session of the Municipal Assembly of People's Power in Morón.
The Temporary Working Group is currently focusing on the debates associated with the vaccination process as a guarantee of epidemiological stability in order to confront COVID-19 and decision-making in relation to the socioeconomic development of Ciego de Ávila.
One year after we began to design the de-escalation and we repeated the mantra of “learning to live with COVID-19”, the biggest pandemic of this century still resists being dominated, although there are already those who believe they have it in their fist . The real victory, however, is that we are more cautious.
In the early morning of October 10, 1868, the bell of La Demajagua sugar mill rang out and the slaves met in the square with free men, peasants and people from the city and together they heard the owner of the farm, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, talk of war against Spain, of independence, of Homeland, but what those humble men understood the most was that they were free and could participate or not in the independence struggle, to which many joined.
On October 9, 1967, the man died and the symbol was born. The turning point may have been an overly blue photo, showing him disheveled and with dried blood on his ribs. The cold and lost gaze, as thoughtful and not already dead, over the laundry tub. Next to him, a man smokes as if nothing was happening, and another one, very young, stares at him absorbed.
At the close of statistical week 39, Ciego de Ávila is experiencing a paradox: the incidence of COVID-19 decreases and the dengue fever increases. Have diseases agreed to "manifest themselves" and keep us out of breath? Not quite.
Once again, the young creators in Ciego de Ávila virtually prepare their day Todo X el Arte, dedicated on this occasion not only to the Day of Cuban Culture and the 35th anniversary of the Hermanos Saíz Association, but also to the tenth anniversary of Personal Motives and the fifth of Curenta Megas.
This Monday, Ciego de Ávila`s group of Santa Massiel Rueda Moreno and its girls from Personal Motives participated in the virtual tribute to the Chilean singer Violeta Parra. Other Latin American singers joined the tribute such as troubadours from the Hermanos Saíz Association, including representatives from Argentina, Brazil and Chile.
Just over 3,300 students from the terminal grades of Secondary Education will return to the classrooms this October 4, when the presence of the 2020-2021 school year is resumed in the province in almost all educational centers, with the exception of three: the two pedagogical schools (Ciego de Ávila and Morón) and the Ramón Paz Borroto Polytechnic Center (Venezuela).
In these times, a person, with the habit of more than 40 years of writing about the sporting events of the province, must deal with issues that have nothing to do with champions, fight for a medal, and training and preparation days.
I can already imagine the expressions of any citizen of this planet when they know that seven players from the Cuban team, who participated in the third edition of the U-23 Baseball World Cup, left their team with the dream of playing in the Major Leagues (MLB) from the United States.
In recent weeks, the relative control of SARS-CoV-2 allows that the main services to the population are reactivated from this October 1st. in the municipality of Morón.
The first population intervention in Cuba with the natural product Curmeric, with proven antibacterial action, began to be administered to suspected patients and contacts of COVID-19 positive cases in the five health areas of Ciego de Ávila.
The effects due to lack of electricity will decrease in the rest of the day, with an availability of the National Electro-energetic System (SEN) higher than demand, the Electricity Union reports on its Facebook page.
Works to bring water to residents of a high area of the city of Ciego de Ávila (Photo: Ortelio González Martínez)
El Viejo Espigón, La Grúa, la Piñera, Llega y Pon, Las Yaguas, Sao Palma, Vallina, like other neighborhoods in the province, were born to the rhythm of the night.
Measures approved by the Government in Ciego de Ávila that will take effect from Friday, October 1, given the favorable epidemiological situation in the province.
A donation of personal hygiene products, food and means of protection, made by the solidarity aid group El Corazón de Morón, benefited the isolation center located in the Rafael Morales Pedagogical School, in the Rooster`s City, where they treat infected patients with COVID-19.
Since in June of this year Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MIPYMES) entered the ecosystem of economic actors in the country, the Ministry of Economy and Planning has offered detailed information on their definition, operation, tax treatment and necessary procedures.
The reopening of vital services and the delivery of new work objects favor the quality of specialized medical care at the Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola Provincial General Teaching Hospital in Ciego de Ávila. The inauguration of the Human Milk Bank confirms the excellence of the neonatology services, at the same time that it weighs the nutritional and immunological values of breast milk.
INDER authorities check the work, whose investment process is long overdue
The investment process for the construction of the synthetic hockey field, adjacent to the Giraldo Córdova Cardín sports hall, in the capital city, has been full of setbacks, immobility, justifications and dates of unfulfilled deliveries.
The completion of the leadership structures at the base constitutes one of the main challenges of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) in the province of Ciego de Ávila to improve the work of the mass organization.
Under strict health protocols to avoid possible infections with COVID-19, the pre-selections (m) of the two fighting styles train in this province, a sport that is preparing to do a good job in the First Junior Pan American Games Cali-Valle 2021, which will be held in Colombia from November 25 to December 5.
About twenty houses will be delivered at the end of this month of September to residents and victims of La Puya and Palmarito communities, located in the coastal town of Júcaro, south of this central province of Ciego de Ávila.
This Tuesday, the highest political and government authorities in Ciego de Ávila visited towns and communities of vital socioeconomic importance in the municipality of Venezuela.
The organization recognizes the performance of the young CDR members.
The popular participation in the confrontation with the COVID-19 pandemic was weighed by the Provincial Directorate of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) in Ciego de Ávila, recognizing the work of its members to face the health crisis and its effects in the economy and society.
The permanence in the confrontation with the COVID-19 pandemic for 19 months - since the beginning of the disease in Cuba, in March 2021 - make him one of those practically anonymous heroes, sometimes difficult to distinguish after the outfits that assure his protection during the perennial struggle for life.
Workers from all unions in Ciego de Ávila multiply blood donations on a voluntary basis to increase the availability of the vital liquid in health institutions, as part of a day called Contribute your drop to save lives.
Aware of their role in pandemic circumstances, 303 students of Medical Sciences in Ciego de Ávila received the title that accredits them as Doctors of Medicine, after six years of study, trainings and confrontation with COVID-19.
The search for alternatives to produce and commercialize food constitutes a perennial challenge for the more than 160 farmers affiliated to the Ignacio Agramonte Credit and Services Cooperative (CCS), from the municipality of Morón, who face the deficit and increased cost of inputs; however, persist in minimizing the impact of these problems on consumers' pockets.
During the early hours of the morning of this Wednesday, the funeral took place on behalf of José Aurelio Paz in the City Park, where his ashes were deposited in a clearing of water.