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Graduates will have to take an obligatory placement test

As a requisite to enter College, all the students of the third year of high school from public , fiscomisional, municipal and private schools must take the National Examination for Higher Education (ENES). The head of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and...
Posted On 01 Feb 2014
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Candidate for councillor in Playas remains missing

The candidate for councillor for the political party Social Cristiano-Madera de Guerrero, Lissete Avilés Erazo, 24, disappeared in the canton General Villamil Playas a week ago. This morning, around 20 people armed with shovels, picks and machetes started looking for the...
Posted On 31 Jan 2014
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Blossoming of the Guayacan trees boosts tourism

The flourishing of the 40 000 hectares of the Guayacan trees (timber tree), occurs with the first rains of January and lasts until February 1. This natural event occurs in Zapotillo, and their border parishes Cazaderos, Bolaspamba and Mangahurco. Its inhabitants were prepared in...
Posted On 29 Jan 2014
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The Alleged murderer of Japanese tourist had been captured

Minister Jose Serrano reported that after the operation called “Sunrise” were arrested early this morning, five suspected gang leaders of express kidnapping in Guayaquil. Serrano declared via Twitter, “according to information of the rewards plan, we would have...
Posted On 28 Jan 2014
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Physical therapy carried out by a robot

The LokoMat is a team of Neurorehabilitation which simulates the walking of a patient through a mechanical system very similar to the legs of a robot. With continuous repetitions, this technology provides physical therapy in cases of stroke, injuries of the spinal cord, severe...
Posted On 28 Jan 2014
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Bullying in classrooms of Ecuador

Bullying is a worldwide phenomenon that occurs equally in public or private schools. In Ecuador, according to the national survey of childhood and adolescence (ENNA), 64% of school children, aged 8 to 17, said to have witnessed fights between pupils; 57% said that they would...
Posted On 27 Jan 2014
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Mobile phone companies will be evaluated by Conatel

According to the website of the Senatel, Ecuadorian mobile operators must apply quality parameters updated by the National Council of Telecommunications (Conatel for its Spanish acronym), since July of this year. Every parameters will have a form of measurement. To establish the...
Posted On 27 Jan 2014
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Some doctors claim that foreign physician will be non-specialised

The Secretary of the medical Federation, Carlos Figueroa, clarified that the doctors requested by the Government to replace Ecuadorian physician who leave the country, are not specialists as required. Last September it was officially reported that 1 000 doctors from Cuba and...
Posted On 26 Jan 2014
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Gangs of organized crime in Peru and Ecuador were dismantled with the support of Interpol

In an operation, called Alisuyo, were dismantled two organized crime networks engaged in trafficking of fuel and other objects in Peru and Ecuador. The operation involved police from both countries, reported on Friday the Interpol, in charge of the execution and coordination of...
Posted On 25 Jan 2014
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Heavy rains continue lashing Guayaquil

In the past week, Guayaquil’s weather has been the same: rains that begin at midnight until noon, sunny afternoon, and sky cloudy at times; a typical scenario of the winter season. Augusto Cazorla, of the National Institute of meteorology and hydrology (Inamh for its Spanish...
Posted On 25 Jan 2014
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