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  “Engineering works in the Esmeraldas Refinery,” the “installation of 2 power converters,” the “purchase of cables” or the “construction of tanks,” are some of the justifications for the transfers made to the account of Girbra S.A....

Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli, former Minister of Hydrocarbons, says he is willing to help the Attorney General’s Office to clarify the case of alleged corruption in Petroecuador. He is investigated for the crime of bribery and, since yesterday, also for illicit enrichment. At...

The Council of the Judiciary ordered the opening of an administrative summary, which included the suspension of up to 90 days for the First Level Judge, Josafat De Jesus M.V., of the Criminal Judicial Unit with jurisdiction in flagrant crimes. The judge provoked incidents with...

The price of the banana box for 2017 generates controversy between farmers and exporters. The decision is in the hands of the Minister of Agriculture, Javier Ponce, once both actors did not reach a consensus. In 2016 the minimum support price of the 22XU banana box is USD 6.16....

To find out if former Judge Lorena C.L. was drugged with an unknown substance as she said in part of the video -in which she appears threatening police officers and told them that she was a judge and had power in the courts- the Public Prosecutor ordered the taking of blood and...

The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) today condemned an intense repression against an indigenous community that claims lands granted in concession to a Chinese mining company in the country’s Amazon. In a statement, the Conaie said that...

In the last three years, the Communications Regulation Council (Cordicom) has modified six times the regulation to evaluate and qualify communication projects in the framework of the public tender for the assignment of 1,486 radio frequencies, conducted by the Agency for...

The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) will add a fifth ballot in the electoral process on February 19, 2017. This was announced by Counselor Ana Paredes. This referendum raised by President Rafael Correa would prevent public officials or candidates for...

A total of 24 schools were visited through the Bayer Young Community Innovators (BYCI) program, which promotes innovative ideas to provide solutions to the essential needs of the population. BYCI received more than 70 projects nationwide, and the winner was David Sandoval, from...

The scandal of oil corruption, denounced by the press, has caused the protagonism war of three representatives of the State: the Attorney General´s Office, the Assembly, and the national Government The first closed yesterday, by law, the investigation of the bribery case, in...