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HOY Newspaper will become 100% digital

According to the director of HOY Newspaper, Jaime Mantilla Anderson, through a statement, next Sunday June 29 will be the last time the journal presents a print edition. The statement states that the newspaper, founded on June 7, 1982, will keep its digital version and they are...
Posted On 28 Jun 2014
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El Niño phenomena is highly likely to occur

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), has issued a statement, ensuring that the probability of an El Niño phenomena between October and December to occur, is between 75% and 80%. The possibility of occurring in the third quarter of this year is 60%. “It is expected...
Posted On 27 Jun 2014
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Ministry of Health ensures that strange new fever outbreak has not reached Ecuador

Last Wednesday through a statement, the Ministry of Public Health reported that in Ecuador there are no new recorded cases of the rare fever called chikungunya. The disease causes similar symptoms to those of dengue: fever, severe joint pain, headaches, nausea, fatigue and rash;...
Posted On 26 Jun 2014
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TCE denied appeal from YASunidos

Last Friday YASunidos environmental group, which seeks to call a referendum to prevent oil extraction in the Yasuni National Park, received a notification from the Electoral Crime Tribunal (TCE for its Spanish acronym) which denied the appeal filed by the group compared to...
Posted On 24 Jun 2014
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TCE accepts processing YASunidos’ appeal

The Electoral Crime Tribunal (TCE for its Spanish acronym) has accepted to process the appeal filed by the YASunidos group and has also placed an order to the President of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), Domingo Paredes, so that within two days, he...
Posted On 20 Jun 2014
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YASunidos presents appeal before the TCE

On Wednesday, the environmental group YASunidos, whose goal is to call a referendum to prevent the oil drilling in the ITT fields of the Yasuni National Park, presented an appeal before the Electoral Crime Tribunal (TCE for its Spanish acronym) against the decision of the...
Posted On 19 Jun 2014
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Municipality takes control of car registration from July 1

On Wednesday the mayor Jaime Nebot announced that as agreed with the National Transit Agency (ANT for its Spanish acronym), from next July 1, the Municipality of Guayaquil shall be responsible for reviewing and registering vehicles. However, the mayor revealed that a resolution...
Posted On 19 Jun 2014
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INEN will have 13 new laboratories

Last Wednesday the director of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (INEN for its Spanish acronym), Agustin Ortiz, said that on next September his office will begin the hiring process for the purchase of equipment intended for 13 new laboratories of product quality...
Posted On 19 Jun 2014
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YASunidos would not have met the deadline for appealing at the TCE

So it was stated on last Tuesday by the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), Domingo Paredes, who said the environmental group YASunidos did not submitt an appeal to the Electoral Crime Tribunal (TCE for its Spanish acronym) within the three...
Posted On 18 Jun 2014
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600 indigenous would have been subjected to blood draws

U.S. scientists extracted without authorization at least 3,500 blood samples from 600 indigenous of Ecuador with unique genetic characteristics. Parts of the samples were sold, according to a research made by the Ecuadorian government. Rene Ramirez, head of Senescyt, told state...
Posted On 17 Jun 2014
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