Food Prices Under Strain: A pork price board circulating on Facebook shows pork cuts at about 1,400 CUP per pound (with lard higher), underscoring how meat is becoming a luxury as incomes lag. Retail Innovation in Crisis: In Granma, the Agroindustrial Grains Company (Granmax) is training staff to launch Bayamec.cu, a virtual store for cereals and grains while state markets stay empty. Labor Law Update: Cuba’s new Labor Code (Law 189) modernizes rules for remote work and the non-state sector, but keeps the strike ban and union monopoly, leaving workers without key rights. Power Sector Theft Crackdown: Granma’s electric company says some workers are implicated in stealing dielectric oil and components from photovoltaic installations, promising penalties and tighter controls. Energy Transition in Telecom: Holguín’s ETECSA reports progress adding solar systems to keep landline and Nauta Hogar services running during fuel shortages. Sanctions Hit Construction and Mining: The U.S. expands sanctions to Cuba’s Ministry of Construction and state firms tied to mining/metals/foreign trade, plus ICAP-linked officials, as Cuba protests that sanctions block the private-investment opening. Education Pressure at Home: As the school year starts Sept. 1, Cuban mothers say they may keep children out without electricity, food, and basic conditions, citing widespread power cuts and missed school meals. International Solidarity: Namibia’s Kavango West Regional Council pledges support to Cuba via a “Namibians in Solidarity with the People of Cuba” campaign.