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Written by Jorge Pérez Cruz

Published: 19 July 2024

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• National Rebellion Day
• Jesús Menéndez municipality

I didn't ask him, I said: “You are the construction manager”, and he replied: “No.” I insisted affirmatively: “The head of the brigade,” and he revealed to me with simplicity: “I am Dr. Héctor Arturo William Muñoz, general director of Public Health in the municipality of Jesús Menéndez.”

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Written by Elena Diego and Claudia Ligget

Published: 13 July 2024

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• 2023-2024 school year

A school year that comes to its end is the end of a notebook in which, for 10 months, all kinds of adventures were written, with pencils, crayons... and, above all, with study and perseverance. These days, that notebook is temporarily closed and its pages contain the best memories and knowledge. This is the case in these parts, where the education sector bids farewell to the teaching calendar with several challenges, but also with many successes.

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Written by Claudia Ligget Amado Barceló, Niria Isabel Cardoso Estrada, and Raudel Rodríguez Aguilar / Photos: by the authors

Published: 12 July 2024

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• pelota
• Las Tunas children's houses

Relatively recently, we have heard a lot more talk about the “casitas infantiles” (Children's Houses), following the opening of several in Las Tunas. According to education officials here, their existence has made a difference, and for the better, in several municipalities, meeting the unsatisfied demand for capacities for the little ones in the childcare centers.

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Written by Maryla García Santos

Published: 09 July 2024

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• Special Education
• Diagnostic and Guidance Centers (CDO)

Las Tunas has Diagnostic and Guidance Centers (CDOs in Spanish) that work together with special schools to attend to the educational needs of students. This effort is reflected in the recent accreditation of the Puerto Padre and Manatí centers, which achieved certification in the second-best category.