The education of the Cuban population in the use of energy sources was the core of presentation Wednesday at the 5th International Encounter on Renewable Energy, Saving and Energy Education, underway in Havana. Read More
The French company Vergnet has planned the assembly of more eolian parks in Cuba, similar to those of the Canarreos, Isle of Youth, located to the southeast of this capital, said an expert of this company. Read More
Cuba is successfully testing new technologies in the field of communications, such as IP Telephony, digital TV, and different phone and electric connections for data transmission.
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Back in 2004, more than 400 poultry farms located east of Havana were battered by Hurricane Charlie, destroying the facilities and killing a large number of hens. However, according to specialists from the National Poultry Company, that situation has changed for the better and now the facility is able to turn out some 90 million eggs every month. Read More
Cuba reiterated its commitment to confront HIV AIDS and affirmed that, after 20 years, prevalence in the 15 to 49-year-old bracket fell to 0.1 percent, which is the lowest in the Americas. Read More
Cuba has begun a gradual upgrading of Havanas urban transport network, but many of the buses imported from countries with colder climates come with sealed windows. Now, the COMEG metals business in Guanajay, south of the capital, has started a conversion program to increase ventilation and improve passenger comfort.
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Cuba's civil defense system, the main objective of which is to save people's lives, is forcefully returning to a rustic, auxiliary, low-cost, multipurpose construction, known among Cuban farmers as "vara en tierra" (a yard-high shelter). Read More
Important Cuban ports will be restored this year as part of a program to last till 2010, to modernize those facilities and increase their efficiency, announced Transportation Ministry authorities. Read More
With the world well into the new information age, close to 1.2 million Cubans have benefited from a range of courses offered since the Youth Computer Club program was initiated. With more than 600 facilities in place across the country, expectations are that another million students can be trained every four years. Read More
Even though the climate this winter was completely adverse, urban agriculture could maintain its production targets in the first trimester of this year of harvesting 375,396 tons of vegetables and fresh condiments, 6% higher than that planned. Read More
