With the presence of His Excellency Mr. John Geoffrey Gartshore, Canadian Ambassador to Cuba, the XI International Scientific Conference of the University of Holguín began this Wednesday, a keynote event for the academic community of this institution with more than half a century of experience in the training of professionals and the research.

After a two-year halt, Western Union (WU) has quietly resumed family remittance to Cuba through a pilot program with the hope of expanding its operations in the future, the company says, a much-anticipated step that provides Cuban-American families with a more reliable way to aid their families in Cuba.

The First Provincial Workshop on Comprehensive and Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) held this week in Holguín included six scientific conferences presented by experts from the Ministry of Public Health and professionals from this eastern city.