Depending on the results of preliminary tests, the AN-2CX light aircraft that fell on the Escambray mountains due to an engine failure, might be able to take off this Friday. The plane fell on a completely-surrounded-by-hills area, but the pilot was skilful enough to get it landed over the only piece of plain ground.»
Three workers from the Air Service National Company (ENSA, in Spanish) travelling onboard an AN-2CX light aircraft, were unhurt after an emergency landing on Jibacoa, a location next to Topes de Collantes, in the Escambray mountain range.»
Sancti Spiritus Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA)’s Delegate Leonel Diaz Camero affirmed that local scientists give priority to the integration of researches to both the economic and service processes.»
Eight-million dollar savings were possible last year in Sancti Spiritus’s Raw Material Provincial Company, thanks to the results attained in the substitution of imports and the enhancement of local goods for exportation.»
Natural medicine is highly demanded in Sancti Spiritus, considered one of the island’s best producers. Sources from the natural medicine producing company said that the territory still lacks a proper program to make the useful properties of the less-demanded drugs known.»
On the eve of the 21st edition of the 2012’s International Book Fair in Sancti Spiritus, to take place from February 22nd to 26th, Cuba’s 4th founded village prepares facilities and programs to welcome the most important literary phenomenon celebrated in the island.»
Famous Cuban musician Adalberto Alvarez gave a concert on February 7th in Sancti Spiritus, a central province in the island, as part of a national tour initiated moths ago in the eastern region. “El Caballero del Son” (The Gentleman of Son) and his orchestra will also perform in Cienfuegos.»
An artificial river nearly as long as Cauto and two times the size of Zaza, is being drawn in the island’s belly in such a silent manner, that the magnitude of the work is hardly revealed, not even for those involved in the undertaking. The building works are scheduled to be concluded in 2022.»
Children, youth and workers from Yaguajay, a northern municipality in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, were protagonists in the homage paid to Commander Camilo Cienfuegos in the 80th anniversary of his birth.»
A significant increase in the number of prepay mobile phone users in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, is due to the initiatives and investments undertaken by the Telecommunications Cuban Company (ETECSA) all over the country.»
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