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Archive - May 23, 2011

Minister Dlamini Zuma to explore opportunities for cooperation with Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">21 May 2011. Home Affairs Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will today Saturday, 21 May 2011 depart for Havanna, Cuba where she is expected to hold exploratory discussions with her Cuban counterpart on civic and immigration issues.Minister Dlamini Zuma will be supported by a senior departmental delegation. Read More

Scarabeo 9 in September to drill the Jaguey prospect, Cuba, for Repsol

<p style="text-align: justify;">23.May.2011 10:07:00 [GMT+2:00]. It has been reported that Saipem-owned semisubmersible Scarabeo 9 is set to leave Keppel Shipyard in Singapore next month or July and arrive offshore Cuba sometime in September to drill the Jaguey prospect for Repsol in 5,300 feet of water. Topics: Energy &nbsp; Countries: Cuba, Industries: Oil and Gas, Reference: Company news item. Expiry Date: &nbsp;&nbsp; 18.May.2021 Read More

Mexico/Cuba Packages Could Open U.S. Travel to the Island

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Nick Verrastro. May 23, 2011. A joint project to develop tourism links between Cuba and Mexico could open the U.S. tour market to the Caribbean island in the form of vacation packages that combine Mexico and Cuba. The decision by Cuba and Mexico to work together to promote vacations that combine both countries was unveiled at Cuba’s recent 31st International Tourism Fair in Cuba (FITCUBA 2011). FITCUBA is Cuba’s annual international trade event, attracting travel agents and tour operators from 40 countries, including Western Europe and Canada – but not the U.S. Read More

Enlarged Meeting of Council of Ministers Held in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, May 20 (KCNA) -- An enlarged meeting of the Council of Ministers was held in Cuba recently with Raul Castro, president of the Council of State, attending.The meeting discussed the issue of implementing its 2011 economic plan. Read More

Cuba to host Trini-style carnival

<p style="text-align: justify;">Story Created: May 22, 2011 at 11:50 PM ECT. Cuba is paying tribute to the T&amp;T Carnival. This year Cuba's "Fiesta del Fuego" (Fire Festival) or literally translated as the Festival of Fire, would be incorporating Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival in their annual parade, which takes place from July 3 to 9.Derrick Lewis, founder of Island People, has already gathered 21 boxes of costumes and materials and would be formally presenting them to Humberto Rivero Rosario, Cuban Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, today. In advance of this last Friday, an informal presentation was made to representatives of the Cuban Embassy. The items are all locally made and include headpieces, costumes and fabric. Read More

Cuba Hosts International Course on Dengue Fever (OVER)

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Tomas Armenteros Crespo .Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has announced the 12th International Workshop on Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, hosted by the Pedro Kouri Institute for Tropical Medicine, will be held in August.The workshop is organized by the institute's Pan-American Health Organization/WHO coordinating center, and is dedicated to Professor Gustavo Kouri Flores, who until his death on May 5, was the founder and director of the institute. Read More

Vijender skips Cuba training trip

<p style="text-align: justify;">New Delhi: Newly-married Vijender Singh has decided to skip the upcoming training-cum-competition trip to Cuba where 12 other Indian boxers will compete as part of their build-up to the Olympic qualifiers starting in September.Vijender,who tied the knot last week, will instead train in Patiala during this period.- "I was supposed to go but I have decided that it would be better for me to train here. I will be training in Patiala only," the world number one middleweight boxer explained. Read More

Cuba: Most Represented Caribbean Country at UNESCO Forum Project

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.05.22 - 12:33:20 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Santiago De Cuba, Cuba.- Cuba is the most represented Caribbean nation in the Forum UNESCO-University and Heritage project of the Technical University of Valencia, Spain, which brings together over 2,500 members from around the world -specialists of various disciplines and professors and students of higher educational centers from 125 nations.In an exclusive interview with ACN, its director, Isabel Tort Ausina, highlighted the cooperation existing between her center and several Cuban institutions, like the Havana City Historian Office, the San Geronimo&nbsp; University in the capital, and the University of Oriente. Read More

Tax system to get complete overhaul

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Cuban government will completely overhaul the country’s tax system, Vladimir Requeiro, deputy chief of the Oficina Nacional de Administración Tributaria (ONAT), announced on state TV.The overhaul of the tax law of 1994 is occurring as the number of self-employed Cubans is skyrocketing. As of early May, more than 300,000 Cubans were licensed to operate small businesses, up from 130,000 in October last year, when the government began issuing self-employment licenses. Read More

Cuba offers help in the area of bio-technology

<p style="text-align: justify;">ISLAMABAD: Cuba offers cooperation to Pakistan in development of vaccines, training of doctors and paramedics and in the area of bio-technology. Jesus Zenen Buergo Concepcion, ambassador of Cuba in Pakistan said Cuba always considered Pakistan as an important state in the world and hoped the existing ties between the two countries would further be strengthened by enhancing links in higher education, particularly in the field of biotechnology, which would include exchange of scientists, joint research programmes and collaboration between industries in Cuba and Pakistan. Read More