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Emapag decides the future of Interagua

So far, the Municipal Water Company (Emapag) has not decided yet whether to continue the contract with Interagua, when the term ended last Friday the latest extension granted for the concessionaire of water and sewerage services to certify the work done in the city. At any time,...
Posted On 26 Mar 2013
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Thousands of faithful catholics celebrated the start of Holy Week in Guayaquil

Catholics in Guayaquil city celebrated Palm Sunday visiting churches, adorning their crucifixes and acquiring traditional wax palm branches to be blessed. “It’s only once a year, we have to make an effort at our age to come to this special celebration in which we get...
Posted On 25 Mar 2013
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With violence ‘Mosquito’ controlled drug traffic in Quito

The police captured Oscar Alcantara Gonzalez, also known as ‘Mosquito’, on March 6 in the north of Quito. Mosquito would have been earning $ 50 a day to allow small-time dealers to sell illicit substances at the corners of La Mariscal, the pink area of the capital. Investigations...
Posted On 25 Mar 2013
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Prices for the Fanesca will be set next Tuesday

The prices of the ingredients used to prepare the Ecuadorian traditional dish fanescaduring the Holy Week, will be announced at the fair the upcoming Tuesday, which will be held in the Wholesale Market, in the south ofQuito. That day, traders will receive wholesale products like...
Posted On 24 Mar 2013
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The Daule Network requested collaboration to conserve water

Today is celebrated the World Water Day, declared by the United Nations in 1993, with the objective to search more efficient use of water resources. In response, Marcos Fioravanti, a member of the secretariat of the  Daule Network (a national collective that seeks to promote a...
Posted On 22 Mar 2013
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Carlos Serrano Wins the Photo Contest “National Award Ecuador”

Ecuadorian Photographer Carlos Serrano Proaño won the first place in the Competition “National Award Ecuador”, which is part of the Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) 2013, one of the biggest photography programs in the world. For this national artist, his work...
Posted On 22 Mar 2013
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Social Circus debuts today in Cuenca

Ecuador opens today the first Social circus tent in the city of Cuenca. This project, led by the vice presidency, seeks to rescue children and young people in vulnerable situations. About 19,000 children and young people of low resources that live on the streets or live in risk...
Posted On 22 Mar 2013
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Parents win judgement for their child to access a private health insurance

After an arduous battle in court, the parents of a child with Down syndrome, who was rejected by two private health insurance companies, achieved  that their son be insured in any of the plans of these two companies. The couple also got an order to amend the clauses in insurance...
Posted On 21 Mar 2013
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Faithful Catholics prepare for procession of Cristo del Consuelo

Catholic parishioners of all ages in Guayaquil, prepare for the traditional Good Friday procession, to be organized for the fifty-fourth time by the church of Cristo del Consuelo. Procession: This year will be held on March 29 and will maintain the same path of last year. The...
Posted On 21 Mar 2013
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Senescyt will give $ 475 million for improvements in Public Universities

Yesterday afternoon, the head of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (Senescyt for its Spanish acronym), Rene Ramirez, announced that in the next four years  $ 475 million will be destined to seven public universities in category “A”....
Posted On 20 Mar 2013
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