Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández explained that the conditions are currently being created for the design of legal norms, which still implies a conciliation process.
The Cuban government approved an increase in the pensions of veterans of the clandestine struggle and of the Rebel Army retired by the General Social Security Scheme, and of combatants who have suffered partial disability while carrying out their missions. The measure benefits more than 13,000 combatants, who will see an increase of 1,528 pesos in their pensions as of August, Cubadebate reported. https://twitter.com/DiazCanelB/status/1405469788634243072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1405469788634243072%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fgobierno-cubano-eleva-pensiones-a-los-veteranos-de-guerra%2F In addition to the 12,379 former members of the Rebel Army and the clandestine struggle retired by age, the increase will apply to another 4,288 combatants who did not have this benefit from Social Assistance, the source indicates. Another 3,691 pensioners from the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and the Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT), who suffered disability while carrying out missions, most of them international, will also receive the pension increase of up to 1,528 pesos. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel highlighted “the justness of a decision in favor of Cubans who have given the best of themselves to the nation.” At the government meeting, it was stressed that these people have “an extensive military and revolutionary trajectory,” because they are combatants of the Rebel Army, of the clandestine struggle, of the “fight against bandits,” of...
Likewise, Cubans who want to travel abroad after June 20 and are going to return through these terminals, must reserve this type of packages and show them to the airlines, according to the Cuban authorities.
Telecommunications Engineer Ernesto Velarde, one of the project leaders, pointed out that hearing tests are carried out in the island’s maternal hospitals with otoacoustic emission equipment, which are imported.
Designed by the Cuban Credit and Commerce Bank (BANDEC), this product is initially aimed at international travelers not residing on the island, is for exclusive use in the national territory and is valid for two years, a note from CADECA reported.
The law and order forces attended more than 1,050 complaints about illicit economic activity, hoarding, infractions of the regulations on consumer protection and traffic of currencies, mainly in the capital of Sancti Spíritus and in Jatibonico, according to the local press.
The aid, valued at $65,000, arrived this Saturday at the Frank País International Airport, in Holguín, on a flight from Toronto, and consists of syringes, disposable needles, pulmonary ventilation equipment, endotracheal and endobronchial catheters for pediatric ages, among other inputs.
Now, in the 15 months of the pandemic there have already been 157,708 detected cases, while with the 12 deceased reported this Sunday, the death toll from COVID-19 in Cuba stands at 1,087.
The measure, announced on the Mesa Redonda television program, applies to both foreigners and Cuban residents abroad.
On the measure announced this Friday by the Cuban government to temporarily suspend the acceptance of USD in cash in the island’s banking system.
This is the second highest figure since the pandemic began and the highest in June. On May 14 there were 1,383 cases.
The tests were approved by the island’s regulatory authority, the Center for the State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED) and will consist of a two-phase “sequential, open, adaptive and multicenter” trial, according to the information released in a statement.
Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas and main negotiator of the island’s foreign debt, and Emmanuel Moulin, general director of the treasury and president of the Paris Club, met this week in the French capital, where these new conditions were presumably agreed.
When announcing the decision, the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) affirmed that it is made “in view of the obstacles imposed by the economic blockade of the United States so that the national banking system can deposit abroad the cash in USD that is collected in the country.”
The eight deaths correspond to four men and the same number of women, aged between 34 and 75 years and residing in municipalities of Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Matanzas, Cienfuegos and Granma.
The distribution of Cuban masks will begin with health workers, while their commercialization will be carried out in establishments in freely convertible currency and in others in Cuban pesos (CUP) “at very affordable prices.”
The contagions produced in Cuba by the SARS-CoV-2 virus remain above 1,100, something confirmed this Thursday after the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported 1,158 cases and 12 deaths in the report of the last 24 hours. Most of them are due to autochthonous transmission (1,115), 1,057 were contacts of confirmed cases, and 43 were imported, which, with the exception of three foreigners, correspond to Cubans from Russia (31), Spain (eight), United States. States (three) and the Dominican Republic (one). https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1402994345360257034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1402994345360257034%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fcuba-contagios-debido-al-coronavirus-se-mantienen-por-encima-de-los-1100%2F The 12 deceased were eight women and four men between the ages of 39 and 102 and residing in municipalities of Havana, Matanzas, Ciego de Ávila, Artemisa, Sancti Spíritus and Santiago de Cuba. One of the victims is a 71-year-old Russian citizen, reported from Ciego de Ávila. She was hospitalized for five days. With the day’s deceased, the death toll from the coronavirus on the island now stands at 1,057. Of these, 92 have occurred in the first nine days of June, a period in which there were 10,255 infections. By age group, 166 cases were under 20 years of age; 359 between 20 and 39; 410 between 40 and 59; and 223 over 60, which represents 19.3%. With...
The meetings between the authorities were reported on by the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
Resolution 132/2021, published in the extraordinary Gaceta Oficial 46, indicates that national travel agencies are the only ones authorized to carry out procedures such as the issuance, reception and service of tourists, the representation of foreign tour operators, and the design and marketing of tourist packages.
The team will participate in the preliminary phase of the Gold Cup, in the United States, as of July 3, when it will face French Guiana in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Of the total number of infections, 1,131 are due to autochthonous transmission, 1,072 were contacts of confirmed cases and the number of those who were infected abroad decreased to 30, all Cuban travelers.
Local authorities reported this Sunday that the Cubans remain at the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, 45 kilometers south of the city of Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname, although there is no data on why and how they ended up in that South American country.
An increase to 6,034 was reported in confirmed active cases. There were 1,031 discharges.
The MINSAP reported 1,185 infections, 13 deaths and 173 patients in ICUs.
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