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Last Wednesday the director of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (INEN for its Spanish acronym), Agustin Ortiz, said that on next September his office will begin the hiring process for the purchase of equipment intended for 13 new laboratories of product quality...

Philip VI was proclaimed King of Spain in the House of Representatives, preceded by a military parade. From his perception of  how should be the Crown, the king now offers “a renewed monarchy for a new time”, as mentioned in his speech. The need for a democratic...

The new Law on Water Resources would be no more an institution divided into two entities, the Agency for Regulation and Control of Water and the Public Water Company, to be a Strategic National System of Water Resources. This will have a national head: the Single Water Authority...

Posing complaints to international bodies was yesterday proposed by José Mujica, Uruguayan President, following the decision of the U.S. courts to condemn Argentina to pay 100% of a debt with hedge funds. Upon being consulted about the subject, Mujica said, “Today or...

On Wednesday the mayor Jaime Nebot announced that as agreed with the National Transit Agency (ANT for its Spanish acronym), from next July 1, the Municipality of Guayaquil shall be responsible for reviewing and registering vehicles. However, the mayor revealed that a resolution...

In the framework of the placement of $ 2,000 million in the international market at a 10-year term and with an interest annual rate of 7.95%, President Rafael Correa yesterday justified the action stating that this resources will cover the fiscal deficit and the investment for...

Since July, the mortgage loans for housing of the Biess (Bank of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security) could be processed in the offices of Guayaquil, said Eduardo Moreno, manager of the entity. The credits are currently managed in Quito, the document´s reception and the...

The New York Post reported that actress Meryl will play the celebrated soprano Maria Callas, the legend of Bel Canto, in a television film for HBO, which will be directed by Mike Nichols. This is not the first time that Streep works along with Nichols, they previously did it in...

`Fire Phone´ is the new smartphone launched by Amazon, the U.S. website renowned for internet shopping. This new device will compete directly against other tech giants: Apple and Samsung. Jeff Bezos, founder of the company, during a presentation in Seattle, West of the United...

On Wednesday, the environmental group YASunidos, whose goal is to call a referendum to prevent the oil drilling in the ITT fields of the Yasuni National Park, presented an appeal before the Electoral Crime Tribunal (TCE for its Spanish acronym) against the decision of the...