Cold front brings about drizzles in Holguin



Maceo and Frexes street. Holguiín city. Foto: Amauris Betancourt.

The Cuban city of Holguín had a rainy dawn today due to the weather conditions as a result of a cold front announced by the National Institute of Meteorology. After a warm climate last night and sporadically rains, umbrellas in different colors paint the morning scenery above the head of people moving from here to there like busy ants.

Frexes street. Fotos: Amauris Betancourt.

 

Frexes street. Foto: Amauris Betancourt.



Crowned Britney Miss Glamor Holguín 2011

By Amauris Betancourt.

Finalist participants.

Britney, from Holguín, was crowned Miss Glamour Queen Holguín 2011 in the 2^nd edition of this competitive event of transformism developed successfully last July 8 and 9 in the Holguín’s Salón Benny Moré.

 The contest, under the auspices of the CENESEX and ARTEX Holguín, was attended by participants from Villa Clara, Santi Spíritus, Guantánamo, Las Tunas and Holguín.

Miss Glamour is a gay beauty contest whose first edition was held in 2003 at the provincial headquarters of the National Center of Sexual Education (CENESEX) when local rep Grettel la Mare won the crown.  

There was a classificatory and a finalist night seasoned each by musical and performing varieties in addition to the competitive activities.  

Brenda from Villa Clara and Moraima Picasso from Guantánamo, were declared First and Second Lady, respectively.

Sierra del Cristal, 80 years Protecting Nature

By Amauris Betancourt.

Sierra Cristal, Northeast in Holguín province, has turned officially 80 years old last Monday April 12 as a Natural Park, since 1930. The Park shelters the flora and fauna species that favor the human being's existence.

The Natural Park, known at present as Pico Cristal Natural Park after the name of its highest elevation (1 231 meters), hosts natural treasures in biodiversity and is a resourceful means to protect the environment.

Natural parks help regulate the climate and work as biological controllers and as shelters to animal species. Pico Cristal spreads over four municipalities ( Mayarí, Sagua of Tánamo, Frank País and Segundo Frente ) and two provinces ( Holguín and Santiago de Cuba ). Pico Cristal Natural Park makes one of the 253 Protected Areas all over the country. The Cuban scientific community and people interested in environment topics payed a visit to the Park yesterday to honor the Park´s birthday.

Hotel Villa Don Lino: Beach, Sun and Quietness

By Amauris Betancourt
amauris@radioangulo.icrt.cu

Villa Don Lino hotel stands out among the most attractive options to spend vacations in Holguín's beach resorts. The environment tinges the coastal north's blue beaches where this seaside resort lies.
Its architecture bears a resemblance to the houses Cuban Indians lived in when Admiral Christopher Columbus arrived in this archipelago over 500 years ago. These frame-houses can still be seen in Cuba’s today countryside. Its 36 rooms have sea sight and there is direct and close access to the beach from the hotel located in the municipality of Rafael Freyre, some 47 km. away from Holguín city and approximately 57 from Frank País international airport.The three star Villa Don Lino is a property of Cuban Islazul hotel group and has competent and attentive staff at the service of clients. It includes swimming pool, bar, restaurant and the sale of organized tours to visit the nearby Holguin city and the distant city of Santiago of Cuba, as well as the tour to Bahía Naranjo's aquarium for the famous dolphin-swimming, a unique attraction in this area of the country.
The entertainment service offers shows where Cuba's idiosyncrasy stands out, mainly in the field of music and dancing.
Don Lino, as it is better known in Holguín, has the ingredients for a leisure destination appropriate to tourists from Canada and Europe flying away from snowfalls and low temperatures during this time of the year.

Baseball Starts Spectacularly in Holguín

By Amauris Betancourt.

Holguín's baseball team, alias the Pups, played yesterday the first match as Home Club against Metropolitanos in the currently Cuban National Baseball League.

The Major General Calixto García stadium, its headquarters, was sold out. The fans wanted to see the Olympic sub-champion star Luis Miguel Rodríguez pitch but the outstanding supersonic sub-world champion Aroldis Chapman did instead, though both are pillars in the team.
The game fulfilled expectations for followers of the provincial selection with only one defeat in six matches. The main course, the left-handed pitcher Chapman's 10 strikeouts; the best, the two homeruns by Leris Aguilera that helped score seven out of eight runs.

Leris Aguilera's first home run.

Pitcher Rolando Mella closed spectacularly and Holguin is glad with the team’s winning string.
Luis Miguel Rodriguez is expected today at the pitching hill.

The Báguano's Count, as they call him too, was granted before the game started, the Dignity's Microphone (micrófono de la Dignidad), an award from the Provincial Radio Stations Board in Holguín to personalities from different fields.

Born Swine with Elephant Trunk

Text and photos: Amauris Betancourt
amauris@radioangulo.icrt.cu

A swine with an elephant trunk was born last Wednesday afternoon in Los Almacigos, a village from the municipality of Calixto Garcia, 31 km east from the city of Holguin.

The swine, last of the three born pigs, died ten minutes later while the others remain still alive.

Mireya Morales Rojas, the animal owner, came to Radio Angulo Digital to show the curiosity to the world.

Jazz piano player Vic Vogel, shows solidarity with Ike Hurricane’s victims

Text and Photos: Amauris Betancourt.

The Canadian piano jazz player Vic Vogel, stands out among the best nowadays.

He flew earlier over to Cuba, Holguín, to offer solidarity with Ike hurricane’s victims and to pay back a debt with his friend, the interpreter Alfredo “Chiquitín” Morales who had played many times in Canada invited by Vogel.

The jazz language is universal and its existence comes out of a personal harmonious experience enriched by the world cultural wealth. Vic Vogel has it clear. He showed it in a very humble but convincing way at La Periquera History Museum in the city of Holguin.

Vogel, on behalf of Canadian artists, donated medications to the Vladimir Ilich Lenin hospital, and said there would be more contributions.

Vic Vogel, depicts the Canadian jazz heritage.

Jazz Singer Sophie Lapierre's voice seduced accompanied by Vogel at the piano. The bolero interpreter Alfredo "Chiquitín" Morales, played host to the concert, in the same way percussionist Jose angel Palomino, Bass player Tony Pérez, trumpetist Gastón Allen and guitarist Misael Pino.

Yesterday, a most versioned piece from Paul McCartney, was interpreted by Sophie and Chiquitín.

Vic Vogel, awarded with the Angelote Distintion, granted only to personalities of the national cultural scope and to solidarized visitors with the Island, stated: “… it is much more important for me than the Grammy, because I know it is given heartfelt”.

Vic Vogel, the Architect of Jazz of Montreal, announced that he will come back to Cuba with an Canadian artists's delegation for next May Pilgrimages.

Antilla Town Brought Down by Ike Hurricane

Text and Photos: Amauris Betancourt.
amauris@radioangulo.icrt.cu

Antilla, Holguin.- the smallest and less inhabited municipality in Holguin province, was almost totally razed by Ike hurricane's strong winds.Antilla, bathed by Nipe Bay, the biggest bag bay in the world, was founded in 1906 when Mr. Van Horne, administrator of Cuba's Railroad Company, settled down there.
Its houses, for the most part wooden made after US southern arquitectural style, were majestic and strong, but they have been severely worn out by time.
The town's 3040 houses could not do much off to face the strong Ike hurricane that caused partial or total damages in 3025 of its dwellings.

But Antilla is recovering and its dwellers are recycling part of the survived materials as they wait for the Government's supplies distributed gradually with all the necessary building materials for the houses' reconstruction.In spite of all that people from Antilla keep up their pride, optimism and happiness prevails on the streets, what could be felt by the warm welcome given to the artistic brigade that is touring the areas pattered by Ike.

Something curious: Ike hurricane hit Antilla by accident 400 years after the discovery, according to the legend, of the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre by three fishermen who found Cuba's Saint, in the waters of Nipe Bay. A school in Antilla had several damages in its books.