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Mintel works on finding alternatives to solve network failures

Ecuadornews:     The two internet companies Telconet (Netlife) and TVCable, which on Saturday reported irregularities in their service, said they will compensate their customers for the inconvenience caused. The damage occurred due to problems of the international...
Posted On 06 Jun 2017
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GPS system will control everything buses in Guayaquil

Ecuadornews:     A technological platform will allow controlling the speed of the city’s urban buses, the routes, the compliance with the established stops and the opening of doors only in the allowed places. For this purpose, the Municipal Transit Authority (ATM)...
Posted On 06 Jun 2017
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Business Roundtable expects to generate $ 240 million

Ecuadornews:     With an investment of $ 230 mill, the Business Roundtable 2017 will be held today and tomorrow at the Convention Center of Guayaquil. 180 buyers from 34 countries will attend the meeting. The European Union (41) and the United States (26) have the...
Posted On 06 Jun 2017
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The ruling party and the opposition request a trial against Comptroller

Ecuadornews:     Both the ruling party Alianza PAIS as well as the political opposition have requested the political trial against the State, Carlos Pólit, as well as the appearance of officials in the case of bribes of the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The Alianza PAIS...
Posted On 06 Jun 2017
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Minister of Finance announces cuts in capital expenditure

Ecuadornews:     In the next seven months, the new Finance Minister Carlos de la Torre will have to solve four fiscal problems. The main and most urgent is to find financing to pay the outstanding obligations with a series of creditors. But the Treasury also faces...
Posted On 06 Jun 2017
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Labor Minister: ‘It is not necessary to return to fixed-term contracts’

Ecuadornews:     Short interview with Labor Minister Raúl Clemente Ledesma Huerta. Ledesma has developed his career in legal counseling, agricultural business administration and has held different positions in the public sector. – What policies will you apply to...
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The National Audit Office determined that the funds ‘allocated’ to earthquake victims were used in other areas

Ecuadornews:     The finding of stored aid kits, expired donations or unjustified expenditures are some of the novelties the National Audit Office found in seven state agencies after the earthquake occurred in 2016. The report examined the spending of USD 45.59 million...
Posted On 06 Jun 2017
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Ecuadorian tuna entrepreneurs support the UN 2020 Traceability plan

Ecuadornews:     The Tuna Conservation Group (Tunacons), made up of the Real Industrial Business, Eurofish, Jadran Group, Servigroup and Trimarine tuna companies, have expressed their support to the United Nations World Economic Forum for the 2020 Tuna Traceability...
Posted On 06 Jun 2017
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Transgenics: under the shadow of doubt

Ecuadornews:     It was a presidential decision and therefore it will be under its full control: the research on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is free in Ecuador following the presidential veto, but the agricultural sector awaits the regulation to apply it. With...
Posted On 06 Jun 2017
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Moreno insists on his call to the Church

Ecuadornews:     Not everyone accepted. Nine of the 13 summoned to form part of the Front of Transparency and Fight against the Corruption were appointed by President Lenin Moreno. Carlos Rabascall, Tatiana Hidrovo, Xavier Zavala Egas, Larissa Marangoni, Pablo Dávila...
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