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Rene Ramirez: I did not know my brother was applying for Yachay

Rene Ramirez, National Secretary of the Secretariat for Higher Education, Science and Technology (Senescyt), defends the work carried out by members of the Management Board of the Yachay University, Jose Andrade, Ares Rosakis and Guruswami Ravichandran, and calls for time to be...
Posted On 05 Aug 2015
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Yachay, the tip of the iceberg

By Monica Mancero for Gkillcity.com   The pitiful scandal that has sparked this week the interview of the former rector of the Yachay University is merely the confirmation of what many scholars had warned : a project conceived without sufficient foundation, without anchors...
Posted On 04 Aug 2015
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Minister Rivera reaffirms there will be not be a de-dollarization

  Rumors about an alleged bank holiday and exit of the dollarization circulate on social networks, for that reason Minister of Economic Policy Patricio Rivera reiterated that this is “absolutely ruled out,” and recalled that the 2008 Constitution prohibits the...
Posted On 10 Jul 2015
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Pope Francis gave an outdoor mass in Quito

With the hymn “Ecuador, Ecuador, open the doors to the Redeemer…” the same that was intoned when John Paul II came, began the outdoor mass at the Bicentenario Park in Quito. One of the liturgies was preached in Kichwa. During his sermon, he referred to the...
Posted On 08 Jul 2015
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Pope Francis fulfilled an arduous agenda in Guayaquil and Quito

Monday July 6 Pope Francis began his agenda in Ecuador, coming to Guayaquil to visit the Divine Mercy Sanctuary, after which he officiated the outdoor mass in the Samanes Park and had lunch in the Javier High School with the congregation of Jesuits and his friend, Father Paquito....
Posted On 07 Jul 2015
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Pope Francisco arrived to Ecuador

  At 14:44 the plane of Pope Francis arrived at the Tabavela Airport, in Quito. His visit to Ecuador marks the beginning of his pastoral tour through Latin America.   He was greeted by a group of children waiting for him dressed in Indian costumes he blessed, as well as...
Posted On 06 Jul 2015
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Manabi deacon will be commissioned to proclaim the Gospel at outdoor Mass in Guayaquil

Jorge Luis Sornoza, deacon and student of the San Pedro de Portoviejo Seminary, will be responsible to proclaim the gospel in a sung way in the outdoor mass Pope Francis will hold Monday in Guayaquil. Manuel Cedeño, vicar of Portoviejo, confirmed that Sornoza was appointed by...
Posted On 06 Jul 2015
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Mayor of Guayaquil: Protest has surpassed such laws, is against a host of abuses

In an interview with El Universo newspaper, Guayaquil Mayor Jaime Nebot explained his reasons to take to the streets. Nebot says it is a hoax the temporary withdrawal of Inheritance and Capital Gains bills by President Correa, who will submit them again. He said the situation has...
Posted On 24 Jun 2015
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Ecuadorian wins iPhone photography prize

Fabio Alvarez won the first place in the Lifestyle category, in the PPI Awards 2015, the iPhone photography awards. The condition of this competition is that all images have been taken with an Apple device, iPhone or iPod, and to be edited in the IOS system. “I was enjoying...
Posted On 22 Jun 2015
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Galapagos volcano erupts

On Monday morning, guides of the cruise company ,Celebrity Cruise, reported the eruption of the volcano Wolf, located on Isabela island in the Galapagos, reported the  Galapagos National Park (DPNG) ofice. On its Twitter account, the DNPG reported that they will do a fly-over...
Posted On 25 May 2015
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