Photo: Juan Pablo CarrerasThe Nickel Mechanical Company (EMNi), located in the mining region of Moa, in the province of Holguin, develops technological solutions destined to imports substitution and increasing the availability of inputs.
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The Celestino Short Story Prize will return to the city of Holguín from June 15 to 18, under the auspices of Ediciones La Luz, seal of the Hermanos Saíz Association, which will dedicate its XXIII edition to the 110 years of the Cuban poet, narrator and playwright Virgilio Piñera.
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Photo: Taken from Radio AnguloThe fact that there is not today in Cuban hotels the typical activity that characterizes them due to the disruption caused by COVID-19 to global tourism, does not mean that the development of the so-called "smokeless industry" in Cuba remains on standby.
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Some 605,000 people were self employed in Cuba in late May 2019, the Minister of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Margarita Gonzalez, told MPs on Tuesday.Speaking in the debate on the behavior of this non-state form of employment (private entrepreneurship), which has grown after the process of economic updating, Gonzalez said that women make up 35 percent of them and young people, 32 percent.
Havana (capital), Matanzas, Villa Clara, Camaguey, Holguin and Santiago de Cuba have the highest number of people working in this modality with 65 percentage points.
In the analysis of the Economic Commission of the Cuban parliament, the MP referred that food production and sale, passenger transport and cargo and housing, room or space renters remain the most representative activities.
MTSS data reflect some 128 activities licensed for self-employment in Cuba.
Since this Monday, the 10 permanent commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power, assembled in the Havana Convention Center, are analyzing essential issues for the progress in Cuba. /PL
The health system in the province of Holguín strengthens epidemiological surveillance in vulnerable communities with the aim to prevent the proliferation of diseases common in the summer months.
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