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Reforms to the Traffic Law were approved

The reforms to the Traffic Law were finally approved this December 29, after President Rafael Correa issued his observations. The changes will take effect in the next 48 working hours. One of the points to reform has relation with the mechanism to obtain the license for...
Posted On 30 Dec 2014
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CES received new curricula of administrative careers

Four universities with administrative careers submitted to the Council of Higher Education (CES for its Spanish acronym) the drafts of the redesigns of their curricula, according to the Ecuadorian Academic Network of Wide Field Administration Careers (Raeca). These are the...
Posted On 30 Dec 2014
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Claro and Movistar shall pay a fine and refund overcharged values to users

The Conecel company (Claro) shall pay to the Superintendency of Telecommunications around $ 40 million for the sanction imposed by the control agency in 1999, over the issue of rounding consumption time in calls, in which the company billed as one minute the seconds that were...
Posted On 30 Dec 2014
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Tropical storm and floods generate deaths in the Philippines and Malaysia

At least 30 people have been killed by floods caused by tropical storm that hits the Philippines two days ago, according to the latest official figures released this Tuesday, and another 10 people have lost their lives in Malaysia. Heavy rain fell upon fishing and tourist areas...
Posted On 30 Dec 2014
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Prefect Jairala delivers solution to the Guayas River dredging

The Prefecture of the Guayas seeks a comprehensive solution to the problem of the accumulation of sediments in the Guayas River. The provincial executive, Jimmy Jairala, considers it is necesary the formation of a committee involving his counterpart of Los Rios an...
Posted On 30 Dec 2014
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Scotland registers its first case of Ebola coming from Sierra Leone

Scotland today confirmed its first case of Ebola in a health worker who arrived last Sunday to Glasgow coming from Sierra Leone. The patient, who came to the Glasgow Airport on a British Airways flight after a stop in Casablanca (Morocco) and London, is isolated and under...
Posted On 30 Dec 2014
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President of Ukraine announces meeting with Putin for unclogging peace process

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko announced yesterday he will meet in January with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin, to unclogging the peace process in the east of the country, whilst ruled out an early entry into NATO. “My diplomat year will begin on January 15...
Posted On 30 Dec 2014
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Four bodies are recovered from ferry burnt down in Greek coast

The Greek Minister of the Sea, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, announced on Monday that four more bodies were recovered during the salvage operation of hundreds of passengers who were on the burnt ferry Norman Atlantic, raising the death toll to five. “The Italian authorities...
Posted On 29 Dec 2014
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Greece: Presidential elections shall be held early

In the third and decisive parliamentary vote held today in Greece, the candidate for President of Greece, Stavros Dimas, was not elected, by which the European country shall call to early elections. The former European commissioner and several times minister, 73, won the backing...
Posted On 29 Dec 2014
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Government will perform talks with the citizens on amendments to the Constitution

On January 19, in Montecristi (Manabi), the first panel discussion with the citizens will be held to analyze the draft amendments to the Constitution, the President of the Occasional Commission, Juan Carlos Cassinelli, said. According to the plan, the socialization of the...
Posted On 29 Dec 2014
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