More than 200,000 Ciego de Ávila citizens will participate in the parades for May 1st, International Workers' Day, and will confirm that Cuba also lives and works in the 10 municipalities of the province, after two years of celebrating the event virtually due to the effects of COVID-19.
Almost faster than the shutter of the camera, that is intruding its zoom in the city, the panorama of COVID-19 in Ciego de Ávila has been revealed. A flash and it shows one thing, another flash and it shows the same thing: the lack of perception is a fixed photo and not even all the bursts we have had have served to repair the sad album that some carry in their memory.
Among rumors, denials and certainties, the issue of Social Security for Cubans travels, a security that although it strengthens the family and the approved monetary benefits alleviate urgent needs, they are not exempt from difficulties nor do they fully solve the economic fragility of poorest families.
After two years without meeting due to Covid-19, cardiologists from the center of the country carry out in Ciego de Ávila the balance of the cardio-surgical network of the center of the country, "Everything with the heart", from the 6th to the 8th of this month.
The commitment of the Superior Organization of Business Management (OSDE) Water and Sanitation with the development of communication practices that benefit its entities and public throughout the country is made clear from the province of Ciego de Ávila, site of the first institutional communication workshop of that organism.
Los Búfalos debut in "almost new" house
If the new beginning of the Top League of Basketball finally materializes, the multi-champion Búfalos from Ciego de Ávila will make their debut in the competition in "an almost new house" when they receive a visit from Sancti Spíritus at the Giraldo Córdova Cardín Sports Center this Saturday.
The potato harvest in Ciego de Ávila shows an acceptable behavior to date, despite the use of a fertilizer without the ideal characteristics for its growth and development in part of the planted areas and limitations in the acquisition of phytosanitary products.
With the purpose of improving communication management in the Cuban Aqueduct network, from April 5 to 7, Ciego de Ávila will host the First National Workshop on Business Communication for Water and Sanitation.
She is more daring than the pine tree that grew isolated and 11 years ago gave rise to the name of her bar-restaurant, recognized among gastronomy in Ciego de Ávila, especially by customers who appreciate good Creole food.
In correspondence with the international and national epidemiological situation of COVID-19 and the levels of immunization achieved, it has been decided to make the following modifications to the requirements for entering the country as part of the International Sanitary Control.
Clothes, toys and other accessories are part of the donation received by the Foster Home in Ciego de Ávila, from students and teachers of the Ernesto Guevara Urban Pre-University Institute in the province.
The 61st anniversaries of the José Martí Pioneers Organization (OPJM) and the 60th of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) were celebrated last night with the cultural gala Vamos con todo in the central José Martí Park in this city of Ciego de Ávila.
The Cuban Railways Address in Ciego de Avila reports that work is being done to achieve vitality in the services and the reestablishment of the trains.
With satisfaction we welcome this April 4, the date on which the Union of Young Communists and the José Martí Pioneers Organization arrive at their 60th and 61st anniversaries, respectively, imbued with their optimism and energy.
Being young at 60 years old would be impossible, if we were not talking here about a political organization that has not let the years take its toll on it, no matter how much it has climbed slopes, steered curves and reinvented itself along the way.
The twelfth anniversary of the peasant quintet Cuerdas y Voces del Llano was celebrated this weekend with a unique party at the Barquito Cafe of the House of the Young Creator of Ciego de Ávila.
Idilexy (La China) Morales Fajardo, owner of the small company El Pino Atrevido, dedicated to gastronomic activity, became the first representative of the non-state sector in the province of Ciego de Ávila to receive the Culinary Friendship Plaque, awarded by the Federation of Culinary Associations of the Republic of Cuba.
May 1st flag in the hands of union leaders from Ciego de Ávila, headed by Niurka Ferrer Castillo, general secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Worker Central/ Photo: Sulema Véliz Pina
This Sunday, a volunteer work in sugarcane areas of the municipality of Primero de Enero, was the beginning of the tour of the May 1st flag that will be present in the activities of homage for the International Workers' Day, in the province of Ciego de Ávila.
Osmany Vicente Quintana, mayor of the Municipal Government of People's Power in Baraguá, highlighted that the approach to communities, systematized since October 2021, increases efficiency in serving the population and speeds up the solution to problems with housing, supply of water and the deterioration of the vials.
The peasant quintet Strings and Voices from the Lowlands celebrates its twelfth anniversary this year with multiple activities that include festivals, parties and binges.
Between non-compliance with tax obligations and the crime of tax evasion there is a short path that, at the end of 2021, nine taxpayers traveled in Ciego de Ávila, after the National Tax Administration Office (ONAT) exhausted legal and enforcement resources, without results.
Another rebound of COVID-19 in Ciego de Ávila
Next Monday, when Dr. Francisco Durán, National Director of Epidemiology, will analyze at the end of week 13 of the year, he will say that Ciego de Ávila is the province with the highest incidence of COVID-19 in the country. He will mention it and all the numbers will confirm the rebound that is already being, also, national.
We don't say it, history says it: when the Cuban people, using their will and strength, undertake a goal, they don't give up until they achieve it.
(Photo: ETECSA Ciego de Ávila)
The Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) in Ciego de Ávila continues with the investment plan in 2022 to contribute to the computerization process of Cuban society.
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, affirmed today on Twitter that the Cuban Revolution would continue to resist, create, overcome adversities, grow and perfect our democratic and fair work.
This month we arrive at the 21st anniversary of the transcendental words pronounced by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz in the Open Forum on March 31, 2001, at the Eduardo Saborit Sports Circle, in the Havana municipality of Playa, in which the leader of the Revolution contributed fundamental concepts about what it considered to be the largest mass mobilization in the history of our country, which began with the demand for the return to the country of the child Elián González.
From the allocation of more than six million 250 thousand pesos for repair and maintenance in family doctor's offices (CMF), the province of Ciego de Ávila foresees improvements in 61 of these primary health care institutions (PHC), during the current year, to offer a higher quality service to the population.
When this journalist approached Lázaro Padrón Pereira, General Director of Upper Secondary Education in the province, to ask him about the results obtained by Ciego de Ávila in the Higher Education entrance exams, she had to wait a few days, since he was engaged in deep analysis.
The program of the noble task of donating blood to save lives corresponding to the first quarter of the year 2022 was fulfilled in the municipality of Majagua with more than twenty contributions above what was planned.
Morón Undertakes
Since last Monday, when the Morón Undertakes expo-fair was being organized on the upper floors of the Haydée Santamaría Cuadrado culture house, Yunet Pérez Pérez, co-owner of Delavida, a project dedicated to the artisanal production of soaps, advised one thing: “we have to start thinking on collaborations".
This Monday, the creators of the Cuban anti-COVID-19 vaccines received the Medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization for Inventors, in the presence of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
Basketball squads for Superior League
Los Búfalos and Las Sirenas teams, which will take part in the Superior Basketball League, scheduled to start on April 2, were flagged at the José Martí Park in the provincial capital.
While Calendario, under the logic of the condensation of short series, reaches its climactic moment -it says goodbye next Sunday, so there will be an opportunity to assess it in all its length and complexity-, Tú, the current Cuban soap opera, keeps good part of the television audience alert.
Máximo Gómez Báez University of Ciego de Ávila (UNICA) will open its doors on April 18 and is already preparing for the enrollment process.
With the longest trova, the seventeenth National Meeting of Young Troubadours, Trovarte 2022, of the Hermanos Saíz Association in Ciego de Ávila, ended this Sunday.
The creators of the Cuban anti-Covid-19 vaccines Soberana 01, Soberana 02, Abdala and Mambisa will receive the Gold Medal for Inventors here on Monday, conferred by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Seen from below, where it begins to be born, one imagines that the first bioelectric plant (BE) built in Cuba has claims of eternity, and even seems to possess a certain mysticism. Stored mounds of marabou biomass that appear and hide, some very high places where men tied to security tapes once worked like ants; thick, insulated steam pipes, a generator that vibrated during the first tests; two boilers enclosed in a metal building 42 meters high by 14 wide… a persistent hum.
For Yamilé Santana Blanco, head of the Population Assistance Department of the Provincial Government of People's Power (GPPP) in Ciego de Ávila, there are three words that define success in assistance to citizens: perseverance, dedication and love.
The conclusion of the first stage of the local development project (PDL) Humedal Grande Park-Laguna de La Leche, in the municipality of Morón, will favor the tourism sector in the province of Ciego de Ávila by incorporating other offers to the sun and beach that takes place in Jardines del Rey.
Public lighting revitalized in Ciego de Ávila
The inventiveness and effort of workers from the Electric Company in Ciego de Ávila made possible the search for alternatives to revitalize public lighting, actions that are among those with the greatest impact for innovators in this sector.
Canning Industry in Ciego de Ávila
Despite the limitations of chemical fertilizers and more suitable varieties of crops in the agricultural sector, the Canning Industry of Ciego de Ávila keeps its mills active in tomato processing, of which they have already used more than 4,000 tons.
Regulated products are expanded
An agreement of the Government Council in Ciego de Ávila seeks to curb the hoarding, resale and speculation of basic necessities, by including disposable diapers, wet wipes and sanitary pads for retail sale in CUP of the Caribe and CIMEX store chains.
Cuban anticovid-19 vaccines
A recognition of relevance constitutes the decision of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to award its "Medal for Inventors" to the authors of four Cuban anticovid-19 vaccines.
With the presence of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CCPCC), Miguel Díaz Canel Bermúdez, the Provincial Balance Assembly of the Communist Party of Cuba met in Ciego de Ávila.
Taking into account the existing epidemiological situation in the Ciego de Avila province, the decision was made to postpone the Piña Colada Festival 2022 scheduled to take place from April 1 to 4.
With seven hotels in the Jardines del Rey destination, distributed between Coco and Guillermo keys, the representation of the Gran Caribe hotel chain in the province of Ciego de Ávila is committed to a greater presence of the domestic market in its facilities.
It is an extraordinary commitment to hold our assembly 127 years after the signing of the Montecristi Manifest, considered the political platform of the Necessary War, organized by José Martí, and on the same day that, eight years later, Julio Antonio Mella saw the light, founder of the First Communist Party of Cuba.
A gala on partisan balance
In a succinct synthesis of the cultural mosaic that characterizes the City of Portals, the gala was held last night on the eve of the Balance Assembly of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba in Ciego de Ávila.
Assembly of the PCC in Ciego de Ávila
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC by its Spanish initials) and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, chairs the Provincial Balance Assembly of the Party, which began this morning in Ciego de Ávila.
It is a fact that the Juan Antonio Márquez bookstore, in the main city of Ciego de Ávila, upon reopening its doors on March 24, after several months of remodeling, will embark on the path to become an athenaeum desired by book lovers and local literature.
The members of the Council of State approved two new decree laws that contribute to the strengthening of aspects of the economic and social life of the country and analyzed important issues on the national agenda, in the extraordinary session this Tuesday, headed by the President of this body, Esteban Lazo Hernández, and with the participation of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz.
In Ciego de Ávila, a joint project of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the European Union is progressing, consisting of the installation of photovoltaic solar systems with two kW of power (2,000 watts) in 167 homes isolated from the electricity grid in the northern part of the province, affected by Hurricane Irma in 2017.
All the years of abandonment and deterioration that the Apolo cinema theater took on, began to unravel since a group of enthusiasts wanted to convert it into the House of Music.
Illegalities in Health system are analyzed in Ciego de Ávila
Political, governmental and administrative authorities agreed in Ciego de Ávila on the need to act rigorously against the illicit sale of medicines and increase control over the path that drugs follow until they reach patients.
Trovarte 2022
With a concert by Eduardo Sosa and Rachid López, the National Meeting of Young Troubadours, Trovarte 2022, of the Hermanos Saíz Association in Ciego de Ávila, begins this Wednesday.
The need to increase food production, among other important issues, will occupy the center of the debates of the Balance Assembly of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba in Ciego de Ávila, which will be held this Friday, March 25, with the presence of 150 delegates and about 50 guests.
Assembly in Ciego de Ávila
With the Balance Assembly of the Provincial Committee of the Party in Ciego de Ávila, this March 25, concludes a balance process that has been taking place since November throughout the territory.
Ciego de Ávila Culture Week
With the traditional parade from Alameda de los Locutores to the central José Martí park, the celebrations began in Ciego de Ávila for the Week of Culture, dedicated on this occasion to the 145th anniversary of its municipality.
Frutávila reopens its doors
With a renewed image, after a capital repair process, the Frutávila market reopened its doors, belonging to the Ceballos Agro-industrial Company, located on Honorato del Castillo street, corner of Bembeta, in the heart of the city of Ciego de Ávila.
UNICA convenes Scientific Convention
Under the motto “The 2030 Agenda and the University for Sustainable Development”, the University of Ciego de Ávila Máximo Gómez Báez summons professors, academics and specialists from all over the world to the UNICA 2022 International Scientific Convention, from October 17 to 21 to promote the "exchange of experiences, knowledge and popular knowledge in the academic and research sector".
For a more democratic vote of the nominees for Cubadisco 2022, its Organizing Committee exchanges with musicians and specialists from all the provinces of the country.
The Audiobook of the new Family Code, prepared by a group of journalists and other professionals from various branches inside and outside Cuba, is now available on Infomed.
Cuban Worker Central and its National Unions summon all our people to a massive day of mobilization to celebrate International Workers' Day, presided over by the motto Cuba Lives and Works, an expression of the firm and unconditional decision to continue consolidating our Economic-Social Model of Socialist Development.
The productive linkages between the Gran Caribe Hotel Group and the new economic actors in the province of Ciego de Ávila make it possible to reduce the cost of tourism operations in the Jardines del Rey destination and maintain quality standards in five-star category facilities.
A voluntary work dedicated to the planting of around six hectares of cane on land belonging to the Sabino Pupo Agricultural Production Cooperative (CPA), in the municipality of Baraguá, constituted a propitious space to greet the upcoming celebration of the Provincial Balance Assembly of the Party. Besides, the launching of a call to the Ciego de Ávila labor movement to participate in the parade on May 1st. in squares and streets not carried out in the previous two years due to the incidence of COVID-19.
Specialization in the management of animal mass allows Monte Los Rusos Poultry Business Unit (UEB) in Majagua, municipality of Ciego de Ávila, to maintain favorable indicators in the reproduction of turkeys of the Barrados breed, through artificial insemination.
The III Communication Workshop "Development begins here" became a participatory exercise, an opportunity to contribute to the design of the Communication Strategy of the Municipal Government of People's Power (GMPP) in Florencia and the campaigns aimed at the Local Development, Food Sovereignty programs and Nutritional Education (SAN).
The Cuban Vice President, Salvador Valdés Mesa, appreciated the capacity of the new economic actors of the province of Ciego de Ávila for the production of goods and services that satisfy local demands and strategic sectors, during the Round of Opportunities and Business "Future With everyone".
The availability of a new advanced technology for hemodialysis treatment in Ciego de Ávila allows the guarantee and quality of one of the most expensive medical services in the world, despite the economic crisis that the Cuban nation is going through after two years of pandemic and in the midst of a tightened imperialist blockade.
What we affirmed in a previous note, related to the non-exploitation of the gold deposit known as Gaspar-El Pilar, regarding illegal mining to the East of Ciego de Ávila, could be modified in just a few months, and if the prospecting project materializes, led by the Australian company Antilles Gold Ltd.
A note from the Cuban Embassy in Mexico indicates that in the states of Veracruz and Monterrey there were two tragic events associated with the irregular smuggling of migrants.
There are projects that never find their moment of grace, and this certainty shapes the history of the children's installation located in the City Park and crowned with giant figures of Elpidio Valdés and Captain Plin, which were luxury and exclusivity in the design of the space.
The I Workshop Guidelines for Communication and Visibility of the International Coastal Resilience Project will meet in this central province of Cuba, on March 22 and 23, with a view to gain experience in the matter.
The Round of Opportunities and Businesses that will take place on March 18 and 19 in the province of Ciego de Ávila, with representatives of different forms of economic management, will expand the possibilities to raise the quality of services in the facilities of the tourist destination Jardines del Rey.
When, until March 14, 1,535 affiliate assemblies have been held in Ciego de Ávila, as part of the political process of presentation and information of the 2022 Economy and Budget Plan, the workers continue to express their commitment to comply, at the same time that they speak out for the search for initiatives and options to achieve that goal.
The new proposals of the Family Code Project, which correspond to the existing family diversity in our country, were the center of the debate held by the voters of District 19, of the Enrique Varona Popular Council, of the municipality of Chambas, as part of the consultation process to which the document is submitted throughout the national territory.
Representatives of the Macfrut Fair, the main European event for the marketing in the fruit and vegetable sector, toured agricultural and industrial areas in Ciego de Ávila, during a working visit after the presentation of the 2022 edition of the fair, where Cuba has already confirmed its participation.
According to Lázaro Padrón Pereira, general director of Upper Secondary Education in the province, the tenth and twelfth grades of Pre-university will work on the main subjects during the six shifts of the morning session, while the eleventh will do so in the afternoon. Complementary activities will be scheduled in the opposite sessions.
Approaching distant and vulnerable communities to learn about problems and speed up the search for solutions continues to be a work priority in the province of Ciego de Ávila, according to the balance of the work results of the Population Assistance System during the year 2021.
When this March 14 marks the Day of the Cuban press and the 130th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of the Patria newspaper is remembered. The Ciego de Ávila`s union will have already celebrated and looked back on the results of last year's work, because this Saturday a commemorative act served as a celebration and motivation for those who, from the various platforms and media, fulfill the commitment to inform, give opinions and interpret reality.
The first theatrical event for adolescents and young people, Somos Abril by Guiñol Polichinela, will take place in Ciego de Ávila from March 15 to 19.
“Letters in the city”, name of the Saturday book space in the city of Morón, began this March 12, accompanied by various options and with the aim of establishing itself as one of the main cultural events in the town.
An ASTOC-ICRT brigade from Santiago de Cuba is finalizing construction details of a technical-artistic nature in the new dramatic studio of the Provincial Radio Network in Ciego de Ávila.
The destruction caused by Irma as it passed through the coastal community of Punta Alegre, north of the province of Ciego de Ávila, in the municipality of Chambas, was one of the reasons why Coastal Resilience also focused its attention on Punta Alegre.
The best news that could come with the cool March has arrived: 100 % of the agricultural areas of cold season were planted, which is usually the most fertile stage and the largest extensions in the territory.
The railway sector in Ciego de Ávila resumed the route from the rural community Limones Palmero, in the municipality of Majagua, to the capital city, after six years of paralysis, which is a guarantee of safe transportation for those who use this service.
It seems that, after so many months of silence, music will be conjured up on Ciego de Ávila stages in March, and this is confirmed by the celebration of the IV Jazz Center festival, from the 23rd to the 27th of this month, a luxury event that always brings the best and most innovative of this genre in the country.
When Jorge Ariel Ferrer Buchillón extends his right hand to indicate the extent of the sea with the push of the winds and the swells caused by Hurricane Irma, as it passed through the coastal town of Punta Alegre, in the province of Ciego de Ávila. It is understood the magnitude of the phenomenon, but nothing is comparable to the experience.
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez warned this Monday that an offensive military siege has been established against the Russian Federation. “For decades there has been a consistent effort by the United States to expand its military and hegemonic dominance, through the continued expansion of NATO towards the countries of Eastern Europe,” he wrote on his Twitter account.
It is not great that someone comes to tell us "congratulations" this morning because that's what the calendar dictates, and that when one, clueless, asks why, they answer that because we are "beautiful flowers and we give life and we are the heart of the home".
The international project "Building coastal resilience in Cuba through natural solutions for adaptation to Climate Change (Coastal Resilience)", advocates for the rights and empowerment of women in four coastal communities in the north-central region of the country.
The increase in the planting areas of root crops and fruit trees planned until 2024 will position the province of Ciego de Ávila in better conditions to meet local demands and meet delivery commitments to the country's capital.
The new school year 2021-2022 begins this Monday in Cuba for Basic Secondary, Pre-university, Technical and Professional Education, the Pedagogical Training of all teaching organizations and the education of young people and adults.
One of the main agricultural production poles in the country continues to develop in Ciego de Ávila, made up of La Cuba Agricultural Company and its neighboring productive bases of the cooperative and peasant sector.
Even with the incorporation of the Primero de Enero sugar factory to the current sugar harvest since last February 21, repaying the debt of 38,572 tons (t) of sugar with respect to the province's plan will require a greater effort, once it is possible to have of the planned industrial capacity.
For the voters of District 8, of Zone 10, in the Western Popular Council of Morón, the changes that led to the current Family Code Project were correct and necessary. That could be interpreted from a popular consultation where there were no interventions.
With the publication on the website of the Ministry of Economy and Planning of a new group of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), Ciego de Ávila has already approved 37 of these new economic actors, at the end of March 3.
The infestation of the Dengue-transmitting mosquito in Ciego de Ávila remains above the permissible levels due to the risk of an epidemic, the public health authorities alert the population to intensify the fight against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.
The new school year will begin next Monday, March 7 for all teachings, except primary education, which will begin on the 14th due to the difference in the vaccination processes during 2021, reported Ena Elsa Velázquez Cobiella, Minister of Education of Cuba.
In the afternoon of March 1, 2022, the Border Guard Troops detected a speedboat that approached the north coast of Cayo Coco, Ciego de Ávila, and picked up a group of people, after which it headed northwest.
