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Actors and actresses of the Polichinela children theatre company from Ciego de Ávila, the central Cuban province, are delighted to come home after having won three prizes at the 15th Mahogany Mask National Theatre Festival, with habitual venue in Santiago de Cuba.  

The Juan Tomas Roig Traditional and Natural Medicine Hospital in Holguin, will host courses and workshops for the 6th International Congress on Natural and Traditional Medicine and Bioenergetics, scheduled for July 9 to 12 in the eastern Cuban city of Holguin.

Workers at the high density polyethylene tubes factory in the eastern province of Holguin, have produced more than 500 kilometres of pipes for the water program in almost a year since its opening in July 2007.

In spite of the US economic blockade and other objective difficulties, the Cuban state guarantees the national production of a significant number of medicines needed by the country’s population with an ongoing program of investments.

New adjustments and restrictions need to be applied to the national economy for the second semester of 2008 and in 2009, said  Cuban Economy and Planning Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez. The measures are aimed at dealing with the impact of skyrocketing international prices for food and oil id that.

The director of the Havana-based Carlos J. Finlay Institute, Francisco Dominguez, announced on Monday that Cuba will assist Equatorial Guinea in a national vaccination program.

Cuba's Minister of Labor and Social Security, Alfredo Morales gave a detailed explanation during Tuesday's sessions of the Economic Affairs Commission of the National Assembly, on the main aspects of a Social Security draft bill that will be presented before the 1st ordinary session of the National Assembly's 7th legislature on Friday.

The actors Luis Alberto García and Jorge Perugorría received here the replica of the Angelote, the highest award given by culture in this eastern city.

About 135 works competed in the 21st Encuentro Nacional de Video (National Meeting of Video Artists) held in Havana from July 3-5, 2008. The categories in competition were Documentary, Promo Video, Fiction, Advertising, and Experimental Video/ Video Art.

Inspirada en la intensa biografía artística de Josefina Méndez, figura cimera del Ballet Nacional de Cuba y de la escuela cubana de ballet, Idania D Valle ha realizado el documental La bella cubana, producido por el Centro de Desarrollo y Comunicación Cultural del MINCULT, como parte de la serie Rostros de la Isla.

El destacado historiador José Cantón Navarro, vicepresidente de la Sociedad Cultural José Martí y profesor de Mérito del Instituto Superior Pedagógico, falleció recientemente en esta capital, a la edad de 73 años.

El centro histórico de la ciudad cubana de Camagüey fue declarado Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad, por la Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO).

Una contribución al perfeccionamiento del Sistema Meteorológico Nacional será la primera graduación hoy de Licenciados en la especialidad, en el Instituto Superior de Tecnologías y Ciencias Aplicadas (INSTEC).

Cuba muestra en lo que va de año una tasa de mortalidad infantil de 4,9 por mil nacidos vivos, inferior a la registrada en igual periodo del pasado año, con 11 fallecidos menos, no obstante que en estos primeros seis meses del 2008 se han producido 1 776 partos más.

Una gallina de la ciudad de Guantánamo, en el oriente de Cuba, puso un "superhuevo" de 171 gramos, un peso que la podría hacer acreedora del récord Guinness de la categoría, actualmente en poder de un ave de Lanzarote, en España.