Restoring electrical service, reestablishing regular water supplies to the population, and reopening schools are priorities for Cuban authorities, according to officials during the seventh meeting of the National Defense Council for Disaster Reduction, held yesterday, September 11, in Havana.

Cubana Airlines announced on Thursday the cancellation of its flights starting on Friday in the following informative note.

Washington - A visit to Cuba in 2016 and the concern about infant mortality rates in a Chicago community led US doctor Robert A. Winn to become interested in working with Cuban specialists.

With the aim of increasing pressure on the U.S. government to lift the criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba, activists and solidarity organizations are taking part in an a series of events entitled: “Tenemos Memoria. Solidaridad Vs el Bloqueo” (“We remember. Solidarity vs. The Blockade”).

After wreaking havoc along almost the entire northern coastline of the island as it traveled from east to west, Hurricane Irma began to move away from Cuba leaving a trail of material damage, the full extent of which is still unknown.

Havana, Cuba - Hurricane Irma continues to intensify, reported the Meteorology Institute in its Tropical Hurricane Advisory Number 8 report.