The Communications Ministry issued two resolutions this week to reduce the cost of cellphone messaging within Cuba and eliminate the charge on receiving phone calls. Other existing fees will remain unchanged: Sending SMS abroad will continue to cost 1.00 CUC, while receiving messages — both locally and internationally — will remain free.
Read MoreAt least three people died and six were injured in the partial collapse of a building in central Havana, Cuban state media reported Wednesday. Cuba has serious housing problems, due to the poor state of many buildings that have not been renovated for decades.
Read MoreThe introduction of agricultural education in all schools and teaching universities across the country is the focus of a three-day workshop taking place in the central province of Villa Clara.
Read MoreThe Sixth Cuban Conference on Education, Orientation and Sex Therapy will be held in Havana from January 24 to 27. The conference proposes a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of human sexuality, which is expressed in the integration of the social, psychological, spiritual and biological processes of the sexes.
Read MoreA group of Cubans living in Miami plan to celebrate the visit to Cuba of Pope Benedict XVI in March by organizing a flotilla in international waters off the island’s coast.
Read MoreAt least 4,900 Cubans applied for home improvement grants or loans from the government on Monday, the first day that this program began operation.
Read MoreThe first air link between Washington and Havana will begin on March 21, announced William Hauf, the president of Island Travel & Tours. Currently seven airports in other US states provide this service, while ten others have been allowed to establish air links with the island.
Read MoreCuba will host the Pan American Engineering Convention from April 9 to 13 at the Havana Convention Center. The conference will include seminars on the environment, earthquake resistant structures, energy and vulnerability to weather-related disasters.
Read MoreDilma Rousseff, the president of Brazil, will travel to Cuba on January 31, which is why the foreign minister of that South American country is currently on the island. The foreign minister is expected to meet today with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, in addition to tour the redevelopment of the western port of Mariel to assess the $800 million Brazil-funded project presently under construction.
Read MoreSpanish entrepreneur Sebastian Martinez Ferrate will be released “on humanitarian grounds” after having been held in Cuba since July 2010. Using a hidden camera in 2008, the businessman produced a report on child prostitution on the island, which was broadcast by on Spanish television.
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