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The Government prepares plan to reactivate the reconstruction

Ecuadornews: From January to September 2018, the State has saved $ 222.6 million for the implementation of measures to optimize the quality of public procurement, informed Tuesday, October 16, Economy and Finance Minister Richard Martinez. He said this in the context of the...
Posted On 17 Oct 2018
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Use of presidential aircraft cost $ 2.76 million annually in the Government of Rafael Correa

Ecuadornews: Former President Rafael Correa welcomed the start of an audit of the trips of the presidential aircraft, announced last July by the Comptroller’s Office. “So they can confirm how many hours a day we worked for the country and how even the food on board...
Posted On 16 Oct 2018
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Wikileaks announces that Ecuador has restored communications of Assange

Ecuadornews: The government of President Lenin Moreno has decided to partially restore communications for the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, as reported by the organization in a statement issued this morning. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador has not informed it...
Posted On 15 Oct 2018
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National Court authorizes former agent Diana F to declare in the Assembly

The National Court of Justice authorized that Diana F., a former police officer, one of the four people prosecuted for the kidnapping of politician Fernando Balda, may appear in the National Assembly, but only by videoconference. The request for an appearance was made by...
Posted On 15 Oct 2018
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Ecuadorian customers on alert for withdrawals on their bank accounts

Ecuadornews: His phone rang and when he answered a male voice offered him dental insurance. Ricardo said no. Months later he received a deposit of $ 360 and when he withdrew he only had $ 348. In his bank he was informed that he was charged $ 12 for that dental insurance and that...
Posted On 15 Oct 2018
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Another ‘dark’ oil contract

Ecuadornews: Another affectation to the state pocket. The negotiation between Schlumberger and Petroamazonas to provide services to the Auca field reveals irregularities that harmed national interests. The Ecuadorian oil company did not present previous studies to fix the prices,...
Posted On 15 Oct 2018
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Plan of austerity reduces the fiscal deficit by 57%, according to Finance

Ecuadornews: The projection of Finance is to close 2018 with an overall deficit of 4.1% of GDP. The expenses incurred by the entities are evaluated “line by line”. Cuts in capital expenditures and in the Annual Investment Plan, plus the increase in tax revenues, would...
Posted On 15 Oct 2018
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ILO is committed to strengthening social security in Ecuador

Ecuadornews: Designing strategies to improve affiliation processes and develop new collection and collection management mechanisms are the objectives of an agreement signed this Friday, October 12 between the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Ecuadorian Institute of...
Posted On 15 Oct 2018
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About $ 1,300 million more will lend public banking

Ecuadornews: The public bank will provide productive credits of six entities of public banking for an amount of $ 1.300 million, through a series of products that were presented yesterday at a special government event aimed at entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of mypimes and banks,...
Posted On 12 Oct 2018
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Presidency must pay $ 6 million to Gama TV for broadcasting of 150 “sabatinas”

Ecuadornews: The Secretary of Communication, Andrés Michelena, announced on Thursday that the Presidency of the Republic should pay to the media seized Gama TV a total of $ 6 million for the transmission of 150 Saturdays ordered in the Government of Rafael Correa (2007-2017). The...
Posted On 12 Oct 2018
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