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The City Council requests the Government to authorize the dredging

  “Legal means” to concession the dredging the access canal (entirely) to the ports of Guayaquil from the sea buoy to buoy 90, 9.60 meters offshore, is in the hands of the Ministry of Transportation. The 10th of this month, Mayor Jaime Nebot sent a letter with...
Posted On 16 Jun 2016
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Rafael Correa gives details of referendum on tax havens

  Those candidates who are running for president in the elections of February 2017 would have a year to withdraw the investments they may have in tax havens and return them to the country. This was announced by President Rafael Correa, who is preparing a referendum, as part...
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Smuggling routes for pigs, cows, chickens and eggs

  Producers of pigs, cattle, chickens and eggs ask President Rafael Correa to militarize the southern and norther borders of the country to curb the smuggling that ruins their business. Daily Expreso spoke with farmers who indicated that smugglers are part of a mafia, that...
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The bodies of nine children who fell into the Napo River are sought

  The bodies of nine children who studied at an educational unit of the Santa Rosa parish, in El Chaco county (Napo), are sought by relief agencies in the waters of the Oyacachi river, where they fell Wednesday with the white truck in which they were traveling. Only the...
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Increase of closed stores in Guayaquil

  For three days Daily Expreso toured the main streets of Miraflores, Urdesa, the Machala and Los Rios avenues, Bahia, the center of the city and shopping centers, and found what is being said by businessmen: it is estimated that 40% of commercial premises are unoccupied....
Posted On 16 Jun 2016
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Supplier´s complaints are constant

  A group of professors from the Central University, suppliers of computer equipment and toiletries protested yesterday against the Ministry of Finance for payment of unpaid debts, according to them, since last year. Professor Santiago Coello said that since October 2015 he...
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Salary donation for earthquake victims annoys assembly members of Alianza Pais

  The controversy over the donation of 10% of the salary of the Assembly members for the earthquake victims inconvenienced the ruling party. Gabriela Rivadeneira, president of the legislature, made two statements about this. First she spoke of a “voluntary”...
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Reconstruction started at different paces in villages affected by the earthquake

  With an announcement posted on its Facebook account, the Municipality of Portoviejo started the process of granting permits for new construction outside the ground zero, as the downtown area that was the hardest hit by the earthquake on April 16 is known.   Last week requests...
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Petroamazonas borrows to pay arrears

  Petroamazonas closed last week financing negotiations with a foreign bank to catch up with its suppliers. Jose Luis Cortazar, manager of the state company in charge of exploration and extraction of oil, revealed to this newspaper that the arrears with suppliers of goods...
Posted On 16 Jun 2016
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Ecuador and the United States are confronted in a match to go the semifinals of Copa America

  Ecuador and the United States open today the quarterfinals of the Copa America Centenario. The match will start at 20:30 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.   Both with their pieces in optimum conditions hope to defeat in a duel which, according to records, favors Ecuador, but...
Posted On 16 Jun 2016
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