The General Customs Office of the Republic of Cuba (AGRC) in Holguin celebrated its 55th anniversary with an increase in detections related to the country's security, such as drug smuggling or people who tried to circumvent control, and confrontation with the political-ideological subversion. 
The province of Holguin currently has one of the highest enrollments of medical students in Cuba, with 9, 326 pre and postgraduate students. 
The impressive Mayarí Dam with 354 million cubic meters and the dam wall, unique in the country for its height and waterproof concrete front, distinguish the East-West Water Transfer as a mega-construction, the result of the country's technical capacity. 
To strengthen the military invulnerability and guarantee the sovereignty of the Cuban people is the main mission of the Eastern Army, a commitment reaffirmed in the military ceremony on the occasion of the beginning of the year of preparation for the 2018 defense, presided over by the Army Corps General Ramón Espinosa Martín, vice minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR). 
The title of Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba was awarded to Doctor in Technical Sciences Osmundo Héctor Rodríguez Pérez, professor of merit at the University of Holguín, with more than 40 years dedicated to teaching and scientific research in the field of Engineering Mechanics.