Several articles of authentic Cuban crafts will distinguish in Holguín the first edition of the Art Fair for Dad, which on the occasion of Father's Day, which is celebrated every year on the third Sunday of June, organizes the branch of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets (FCBC) in the City of Parks.

The commercial sample will remain open between the seventh and fifteenth of the current month, said Yamile Escalona Arias, communication specialist of that entity, noting the event is an opportunity for the promotion of creators and products designed especially for men.

Ceramics, jewelry, glass, textiles, wax, as well as imitation jewelry and footwear will be found at the Holguín fair, which will be presented with attractive proposals of the Provincial Book Center and the Company of Artistic and Literary Promotions of Cuba Artex SA, highlighted the communication specialist.

The event will include around 50 exhibitors from seven provinces of the country, including Santiago de Cuba, Havana, Granma and Villa Clara, whose exhibitions for sale to the public will be held at the Holguín Expo Center, as the main center, and also in other areas of the capital of Holguin.

The collateral program to the fair activities includes expo sale of plastic arts items, male fashion shows, exhibitions, contests, as well as recognitions to artists and outstanding parents of the FCBC and other institutions of the so-called Cuban city of parks, added Escalona.

The Holguín branch of the FCBC is recognized nationally for its results and the important contribution to national culture, which also have among its social objects, the promotion of other commercial events such as the Ibero-American Crafts Fair, inserted in the agenda of the Festival of Ibero-American Culture, which attracts artisans from different parts of the world.

Rolando Navarro, deputy general director of Cuba’s Railways Union, described as very positive the technical-commercial tests carried out this Thursday to the new cars acquired by the Island from China for passenger services in the Havana-Eastern national train, after accomplishing the journey from the Cuban capital to the city of Holguín.

The journey, which lasted that day from seven in the morning until almost mid-night between both points in an irregular itinerary, allowed to go correcting those details of necessary follow-ups with the specifications of this service that will soon come into operation.

The tests will be extended until next Sunday with a trip between Holguín and Guantánamo, then from this city to Santiago de Cuba and then continue through Bayamo and Manzanillo until its return to Havana, Navarro told the press at the end of the tour between the Cuban capital and the city of Holguín.

At the meeting, the deputy director general of the Railways Union commented that during this first testing session no worrisome technical problems arose in the new equipment, as the details observed they will be progressively evaluated by the specialists of this branch.

The long journey, he said, included stops in several provincial capitals and in each one was very stimulating the reception by the population that was concentrated in the railway stations to appreciate the new equipment with an excellent comfort in all-inclusive service for travelers.

The technical tests were carried out both in checking the cars on the tracks and through the operations of train entrances and exits on the platforms of the terminals, said Navarro, pointing out that there are journeys with different geographical characteristics, such as the specific cases between San Luis, in Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo, then from Bayamo to Manzanillo.

The director also highlighted the consecrated work of the workers and their leaders in the conditioning of the terminals and other areas of the railway sector to improve working conditions and care for the population after the approval by the Cuban State of the investments in the acquisition of new cars to contribute to the integral improvement of passenger service in this way.

This will be a first class service, with air conditioning and television, and there is also second class with fans and windows; each car has 72 capacities for a total of 720 passengers, which in the specific case of Holguín, as the origin and destination of the train, departure schedules will be every three days.

Upon arrival of the train to this city, there were many people who were waiting to see especially the new cars, as was Rosalba Calzadilla, resident in the Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood, who said that she is ready to buy her ticket as soon as this service starts, which has been interrupted between the eastern city and Havana for about 14 years.

The meeting with the crew aboard this imminent passenger service between the so-called Cuban city of parks and the Cuban capital, was attended by Ernesto Santiesteban Velázquez, first secretary of the Provincial Committee of Cuba’s Communist Party in the eastern territory, among other political and governmental leaders.

The sulfuric acid plant of the mixed Company Pedro Soto Alba - Moa Nickel S.A., in Moa, has achieved millionaire savings for the country by import substitution, since it was launched in mid-2016.

This modern plant efficiently produces and delivers to the factory such raw material, which historically was imported for its use in the process of extraction of nickel plus cobalt to lateritic minerals.

For each ton of sulfur obtained, one can get three of that chemical agent, hence imports were eliminated with its operation, which amounted to more than 55 percent of the sulfuric acid consumed by the industry, and it saved a thousand dollars a week.

The industrial facility, which draws one’s attention for its majesty from the entrance to "Pedro Sotto Alba", is technically equipped to guarantee the flow of production for which it was designed, with a total capacity of two thousand tons per day, affirmed factory managers.

Workers give an essential guarantee to this industry, which is currently impacted by the enforcement of Title III of the extraterritorial Helms-Burton Law, mainly in terms of the acquisition of liquefied gas and elements for mining trucks, according to the reports.