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Guayaquil Samborondón new bridge cost $ 83 million

The new bridge linking Guayaquil and Samborondon, the contractor of the work must fund $ 55 million of the $ 83 million it will cost.   The company that wins the tender can get a credit with a public or private entity to cover that amount, said Jose Yunez Mayor Samborondón....
Posted On 22 May 2015
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CELAC seeks to combat drugs

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( CELAC) seeks a regional position on the fight against drugs for a meeting on the subject convened by the United Nations 2016 .   " We want to have a regional position that reflects the individual interests of each country,...
Posted On 22 May 2015
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Ecuador will provide assistance to Colombia by landslide

Ecuador offered its assistance to Colombia by the landslide occurred on Monday in the municipality of Salgar, which left 64 dead. The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, in a statement, on Tuesday expressed its solidarity with the neighboring country by the tragedy caused due to rains....
Posted On 20 May 2015
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Preliminary investigation against detainees for Severance Fund´s seat raid

The State Attorney General´s Office initiated the preliminary investigation against David Rosero, a member of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control and four teachers of Ibarra, who are accused of the crime of attack and resistance against the National Police....
Posted On 20 May 2015
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Unlicensed hotels will be regulated by the Ministry of Tourism

Lodging centers for tourists in Guayaquil are promoted through web pages, these are known as unlicensed hotels. “We will make a schedule in which we will identify these people and we will invite them to be regularized. If they do not abide the provision we will proceed to...
Posted On 20 May 2015
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Raid in the Severance Fund´s seat

David Rosero, a member of the Council for Citizen Participation (CPC), and four other people were arrested for impeding the entry of IESS officials to the seat of the Ecuadorian Teacher´s Severance Fund (FCME) in Ibarra. The fact occurred Monday afternoon when FCME teachers...
Posted On 19 May 2015
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Chikungunya spreads out in 19 provinces of Ecuador

8,000 cases of chikungunya were reported last week according to the Minister of Health Carina Vance. In its latest accountability report, The National Service for Control of the Arthropod Vector-Borne Disease (SNEM for its Spanish acronym) indicates that the proliferation of the...
Posted On 18 May 2015
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President Correa offers assistance to migrants

During his weekly address Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa condemned the refusal of Asian countries to receive in their ports migrants who remain in ships adrift on the high seas. “Not allowing the immigrants ship to dock at any port, leaving hundreds of people, children,...
Posted On 18 May 2015
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The suspended railway wil be called Air suspended Transport of Guayaquil

Mayor Guayaquil Jaime Nebot announced on Wednesday the existence of an agreement with the mayor of Duran, Alexandra Arce, to make viable the Airway project, with airborne buses. The suspended railway will have two routes: one that will depart from Samborondon and the other from...
Posted On 14 May 2015
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Minutes on Jaime Roldós´ accident were handed over to his family

On Monday Defense Minister Fernando Cordero handed over 5 sets of declassified records to relatives of the late President Jaime Roldós Aguilera. The documents were handed over to Leon Roldós Aguilera, and Santiago Roldós, brother and son of the former president respectively, in a...
Posted On 12 May 2015
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