New services and facilities are now available for those who prefer Trinidad-Sancti Spiritus tourism destination. According to Radio Trinidad web site, rooms and furniture have been renovated in Ancon and Brisas Trinidad del Mar hotels, on occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the liberation of this ancient village.»

Cuban primary school teacher Fernando del Toro Rodríguez was granted the Los Zapaticos de Rosa award, the highest recognition of the Jose Marti Pioneers’ Organization (OPJM). The over-60-year-old teacher works at Julio Antonio Mella special school in Cabaiguan, Sancti Spiritus, where he has also shared other responsibilities.»

Boxer Julio Cesar La Cruz and discus thrower Yarelis Barrios were selected Cuba’s Best Athletes in 2011 on Monday. La Cruz, world and Pan-American champion, and Barrios, winner of the Diamond League and Pan-American champion, won nearly all votes.»

The development of environmentally-friendly materials for construction, the national production of turbo fuel, and the studies on Cuban’s hydrocarbon potential, are the country”s scientific achievements during 2011.»

According to a report presented by Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero to the Cuban Parliament, the leisure industry also showed a rise in income and noted that Canada will reach new heights with one million tourists from that country expected to arrive in the island before the year ends.»

Ricardo Cabrisas, vice president of the Cuban Council of Ministers, arrived in Beijing on Sunday heading the island’s delegation to the 24th session of the Cuba-China Intergovernmental Commission for Trade-Economic Relations.»

Even when it is considered a degenerative and hereditary affection, retinitis pigmentosa does not translate into an ultimate doom, because many patients in Sancti Spiritus suffering from the disease have made it to slow its development.»

According to preliminary statistics, Sancti Spiritus ends December with positive results in the main indicators of its economy. In a general sense, entities in the Cuban central province went beyond the established programs and the mercantile production as well as the physical production reported a significant increment.»

Cuba will close the year 2011 with a 2.7% increase in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) “slightly below the planned 3%”, announced the Minister of Economy and Planning, Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez.  »

During the inauguration of the meeting, the parliamentarians agreed to double their efforts for the release of the Cuban antiterrorists who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States since 1998 for trying to prevent terrorist actions against the Caribbean nation.»