The Decree-Law 289, which will allow access to bank loans for private workers and those who practice other forms of non-state enterprises, comes into effect today.»

In individual sports the selected athletes were Yumari Gonzalez (cycling) and Serguey Torres (canoeing). Yumari was silver-medalled in Guadalajara Pan American Games and in the ALBA Games.  She finished 6th in the World Cup.»

The sculpture dedicated to Bola de Nieve (Snowball), artistic name embracing Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernandez, Cuban singer, composer and pianist, was inaugurated in Guanabacoa, his hometown, in presence of its creator, Sancti Spiritus artist Felix Madrigal.»

Although Sancti Spiritus baseball team was defeated by Ciego de Avila’s 4-3 in the Sunday game, Roosters won the three-game series 2-1 while maintaining the second position of the Western region in the 51st Cuban baseball national season.»

The 27th International Jazz Plaza Festival 2011 concluded on Sunday night at Havana’s Mella Theater with the performances of maestro Frank Fernandez and Joaquin Betancourt’s Jazz Band.»

Cuba and Venezuela will close here on Monday the 12 Intergovernmental Commissions with the challenge of achieving more efficiency and effectiveness in projects approved for the two countries’ development.»

President of the Cuban Council of State and Ministers, Raul Castro Ruz, received a delegation of the Holy See presided over by doctor Alberto Gasbarri, in charge of organizing international pontifical tours.»

With nearly 3700 tons of honey processed until December, Sancti Spiritus plant, in central Cuba, meets the annual plan set for 2011. The product destined mainly to exports grew in 840 tons when compared to the previous year.»

Golden hit by Yuliesky Gourriel in the 10th inning gave Sancti Spiritus victory over Ciego de Avila 4-3 in the Friday night game of the 51st Cuban Baseball Championship. Tigers took the lead in the very first inning by Rusney Castillo’s solo homer before Roosters’ ace Ismel Jimenez.»

Roosters will go for a run of good luck when they face runners up in the Cuban Baseball Golden Season: Ciego de Avila Tigers. The encounters are to be played in Sancti Spiritus soil, in the Jose Antonio Huelga Stadium, during the weekend. This is roosters’ 5th three-game series in the current championship.»