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In the Insular and Coast regions, students of third year of high school (senior year) of public and private schools will take the National Exam for Higher Education (ENES for its Spanish acronym) on Saturday 27.  Students of the Highlands and the Amazon who did not take the exam...

To resolve in a friendly way the settlement of the bordering uncertainties in the communities of Las pavitas (between Pedro Carbo and Paján) and San Pablo de Pueblo Nuevo (border area between Santa Ana and Balzar), was the agreement between the Prefects of Manabi, Mariano...

This September 25, the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) and the Claro telephone service signed a connection agreement to implement the use of electronic money in the country. Mateo Villalba, Manager of the BCE, highlighted the agreement with Claro, because it...

The Ministry of Housing has launched an initiative aimed at extending social housing through loans of up to $ 30,000. The Minister Diego Aulestia met with representatives of credit unions to show them the proposal. Aulestia explained that for the housing project there is a budget...

The president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas demanded on the United Nations the end of the Israeli occupation and denounced its “war of genocide” in Gaza. “It’s time to end the occupation” of Palestinian territories, Abbas said at the...

The 53 students arrested by the protests outside the Mejía High School will continue in remand. That was the decision of the First Children Division of the Provincial Court of Pichincha. Judge Ana Intriago was responsible for announcing the decision on the night of Septembe...

Roberto Betancourt, head of the national negotiating team for the trade agreement with the European Union, said that the legal review of the document text will last at least until November. Francisco Rivadeneira, Minister of Foreign Trade, said yesterday that the publication of...

From September 29 the new reforms to the Checking Act are effective. Among the changes is the deadline for submission of payment, which will be within 20 days from the date of issue (in checks drawn on and payable in the country). To fill the new checks it will only be permitted...

The Creo Party leader Guillermo Lasso and César Montúfar of the Concertación party agreed on September 25 to make a popular consultation to prevent the indefinite reelection in Ecuador. They expect that other organizations join “to care of the democracy against a...

The National Police of Ecuador withdrew 21 uniformed from the institution for being linked to criminal acts. The Ministry of the Interior, José Serrano, signed the Ministerial Agreement to make effective the separation of the police officers. In this fourth depuration phase, 4 of...