CUBAN ECONOMY

The Economic Plan and State Budget for 2013 have been drawn up in tune with the country’s current economic reality, said deputy Finance and Price minister Rogelio Martinez.»

The Cuban government assessed compliance with the Guidelines of the 6th Congress of the Communist Party (PCC), which govern the transformation of the economic model of the country, reported Granma newspaper on Monday.»

The National Association of Cuban Economists and Accountants  in Sancti Spiritus have contributed largely to solve the socio-economic problems of the territory.»

Cuba will implement as of December 1 an economic system where premises may be rented by the self-employed in the gastronomic sector.»

With the presence of Army General Raul Castro, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, began on Monday in Havana, the 9th Regular Session of the Seventh Legislature of the National Assembly of the People’s Power.»

The Cuban state provides with free or subsidized products and additional food more than 5 100 residents in Sancti Spiritus province with chronic diseases, low weight and size and other pathologies.»

Women from the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus welcomed the International Women’s Day with the satisfaction of accounting for the 47,5% of the state civilian labour force in the territory.»

Self-employment, an option recently eased by the Cuban state as part of the economic restructuring undertaken in the island, is exercised at present by over 15 740 residents in the country’s central province, Sancti Spiritus.»

Salvador Valdes Mesa in Sancti Spiritus: “Unions need to persuade, challenge, guide, convince and be felt in order to be more credible, otherwise they lose their prominence “»

More than 8 000 cubic meters of aggregates have been processed during the first two months of the year in the Algaba Quarry in Trinidad, southern  Sancti Spiritus, which reports an increase in the production capacity of the plant.»