More than 65,000 students entering the public education

This 2014-2015 school year, the coast cycle will have 275.800 new applicants to the public education system. Of them, 65.900 corresponds of transfers from the private network to the Prosecutor, reported yesterday the Minister of education, Augusto Espinosa, to reveal the results...
Posted On 28 Feb 2014
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Ex director of Deportivo Quito is arrested

Fernando M. Director of the Deportivo Quito, was arrested along with four others (his wife Myriam R., and his son David M. and Lourdes D. Jorge S.), in the midst of a criminal trial for an alleged money-laundering. The financial analysis unit made several inquiries and...
Posted On 19 Feb 2014
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Galapagos will begin reproduction of pink iguana in captivity

The pink land iguana, will be introduced in a program of reproduction and raising in captivity in order to prevent their extinction. It is estimated that there are between 450 and 500 individuals of this species that measures 110 centimetres between body and tail – about 70...
Posted On 12 Feb 2014
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Nuns visit hospitalized people since 400 years

The Sisters of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Community, has visited the sick in the hospital Luis Vernaza, of the Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, for over 400 years. They are five sisters, nurse practitioners (some retired), carrying the spiritual medicine...
Posted On 11 Feb 2014
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Marijuana serves as a “bridge” to other drugs

Marijuana is a “drug bridge”, since the majority of addicts began the  addictive process testing, for fun, a joint of marijuana and a beer, thus expresses it by Dr. Fernando Valarezo Crespo, medical neuropsychiatrist and President of the Ecuadorian Association of...
Posted On 09 Feb 2014
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Archeological remains are exhibited in Rumipamba

The discovery of archaeological remains dating from 2,200 years before Christ (BC) which belong to the Quitu people, the first inhabitants of this city, can be observe in the ecological and Archaeological Park Rumipamba, in the Northwest of Quito. The finding was presented last...
Posted On 09 Feb 2014
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Since March, the IESS staff will assist calls for medical appointments

From the month of March, calls of members and retirees wishing to separate a medical appointment will be attended by staff members of the IESS, work previously performed by employees of the contracted company Recapt, from February 2012. In addition, the President of the Executive...
Posted On 07 Feb 2014
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4G Voice Service would reach the country in the coming months

According to Cesar Regalado, Manager of the National Corporation of telecommunications (CNT for its Spanish acronym), it is planned to implement the 4G (LTE) voice service between March and April. During the presentation of the book “Public Companies and Planning”, in charge of...
Posted On 05 Feb 2014
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Galapagos considered the best place to visit in the world

The web site www.10best.com place the Galapagos Islands in number one in the ranking of “The best places to see before you die”. The international competition, sponsored by the newspaper USA Today, brings together the most recognized places in the world. This web site...
Posted On 05 Feb 2014
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Inhabitants near Tungurahua affected after eruption

Since Thursday January 30 following the reactivation of the Tungurahua volcano, the few inhabitants left in the surrounding areas do not feel scared after the event. In the Puela parish between 2001 and 2010 the population was halved and those who stay do not want to leave their...
Posted On 03 Feb 2014
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