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97 Schools Postponed Classes in the Coast of Ecuador

In some cases, students and parents went to schools and found out that the institutions were still occupied as shelters, however they did an opening program, they sang the National Anthem and heard speeches, then students had to return home. In other places it was impossible to...
Posted On 17 Apr 2012
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Five Former Police Commissaries will be Investigated by Guayas District Attorney

The Guayas District Attorney in charge, Paul Ponce Quiroz, ordered a criminal inquiry against the five police former commissaries who resigned their post last week, following complaints of alleged irregularities. The public reports of possible acts of extortion and bribes were...
Posted On 16 Apr 2012
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Ecuadorian School Year is Postponed for April 16

The Deputy Minister of Education Management, Monica Franco, stated that after analyzing the situation that the heavy rains are causing several schools of different provinces, classes in the coastal region of Ecuador are now postponed until April 16. (AV) The official explained...
Posted On 15 Apr 2012
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EXCLUSIVE: Training for Health with Josh Fabia

“If you can control your body you can be a better athlete,” Josh Fabia. Josh Fabia has been physical trainer for more than ten years. Josh learned from his grandfather Juan Fabia, a Filipino survivor of the Bataan Death March. Military tradition stayed in his family since then....
Posted On 13 Apr 2012
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14 E-Category Universities Were Suspended Across the Nation

Fourteen universities and polytechnic schools of the 26 E-category institutions nationwide were suspended since last night on Wednesday by the Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation National Institute (Senescyt). The released information was confirmed early last...
Posted On 12 Apr 2012
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Commissioners Resigned Due to an Alleged Corruption Network

Yesterday morning, a press conference was held at the Interior office of Guayas, where the Police Commissioner, Jacqueline Hurtado Valdez, announced her resignation and also the resignation of her four partners Cesar Hurtado, first deputy, Lorraine Alarcon, second; Estela...
Posted On 12 Apr 2012
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National Court of Justice Passed Sentence in ‘Filanbanco Case’

After being given the judgment in Filanbanco case, Xavier Castro, Roberto and William Isaias brothers’ lawyer, claimed this morning that there is already a sentence against the former directors of that institution. The National Court of Justice (CNJ) stated the sentence is...
Posted On 11 Apr 2012
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Ecuador’s National Court Issued a Final Judgment in Filanbanco Case

The National Court of Justice confirmed, at noon, the announcement of the judgment against the Isaias Dasum brothers, Roberto and William. The sentence is 8 years in prison for each of the brothers, explained the main...
Posted On 11 Apr 2012
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Critics to Correa due to his Decision of not Attending the Summit of the Americas

Two newspapers in Peru and Venezuela yesterday devoted their editorial to examine the decision of President Rafael Correa, of not attending the Summit of the Americas in Colombia. El Comercio from Lima and El Nacional from Caracas assessed the decision made by Correa, who in...
Posted On 05 Apr 2012
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Luisa Cuesta Presents a Photogenic Guayaquil

“The moment that I met the free photography I fell in love with it, and not just with the composition and the ‘decisive moment’ of Cartier Bresson, but also with the experimental and scientific part.” In the beginning the approach of Luisa Cuesta to the photography was while she...
Posted On 31 Mar 2012
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