Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Havana, Nov. 12.- The President of the National Defense Council (CDN, by its acronym in Spanish), Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, highlighted the intense work being carried out in Granma and Santiago de Cuba in response to the effects of Sunday's earthquakes near Pilón; the work being carried out in Artemisa, Havana and Mayabeque to recover from Hurricane Rafael; and the work being carried out by the people of Guantanamo to erase the traces of Hurricane Oscar.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic led the CDN check-up via videoconference, which was also attended by members of the Political Bureau, Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister; Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee, and Salvador Valdés Mesa, Vice President of the Republic.
Given the current seismic situation, special measures have been adopted in Santiago de Cuba for this entire week, including the amplification of information to the population, in which, after gradually overcoming the psychological effect of the tremor south of Pilón, the perception of danger is decreasing, reported the first secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Party, Beatriz Johnson Urrutia, for whom it is still necessary to remain alert.
She explained that on Monday night an exercise of the management systems in the province was planned, in the face of a high-intensity earthquake.
She recalled that the National Center for Seismological Research (Cenais, by its acronym in Spanish) has registered more than 1,130 aftershocks since Sunday, more than fifty of them perceptible.
According to preliminary data, in Santiago de Cuba the houses affected by the earthquake exceed 230, in the municipalities closest to the epicenter. Damages are reported in some state, educational and health institutions, among others.
Regarding the situation in Granma, Jorge Luis Broche Lorenzo, a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, informed the CDN, highlighting the organized response that the political and government authorities of the province have given to the earthquake.
Regarding the situation in Granma, the member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, Jorge Luis Broche Lorenzo informed the CDN, who highlighted the organized response that the political and government authorities of the province have given to the earthquake.
He highlighted the work of the members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, the Ministry of the Interior, Public Health, the Electric Union and the rest of the institutions.
In Granma, he summarized, they have acted "with professionalism and speed" in the face of this sudden and large-scale event. (Text and photo: Granma Digital)
