off

GLBT groups requested the removal of political rights to Pastor Zavala

GLBT Representatives and representatives of the National Electoral Council (CNE) requested, by a hearing in the Electoral Tribunal, to sanction  Nelson Zavala, former presidential candidate for the Roldosista Ecuatoriano Party (PRE). GLBT’s defense  demanded the maximum...
Posted On 05 Mar 2013
, By
off

Saturday’s heavy rain could be repeated

According to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI), the heavy rains that occurred last Saturday were the result of local heating caused by the solar intensity of the previous days. After almost 12-hours of rain, several areas of the city were flooded,...
Posted On 05 Mar 2013
, By
off

Ecuador breaks Guinness Record in Salinas

A new Guinness world record in Ecuador was imposed on Saturday, by 684 citizens on Chipipe beach, located in Salinas city. The mark, surpassing the record set in Ireland on 2010, was achieved after 684 citizens were buried in the sand up to his neck. British Ralph Hannah,...
Posted On 04 Mar 2013
, By
off

Heavy rains leave casualties and flooded sectors

The heavy rains that endured Guayaquil from 17:30 on Saturday until early Sunday morning killed two people, to this was added the flooding of more than 15 sectors, the collapse of a bridge in New Prosperina and eleven houses also collapsed. Among the victims is Edwin...
Posted On 04 Mar 2013
, By
off

Ecuador will pray for a day for Benedict’s leaving

Today, the Catholics of Ecuador are carrying out a day of prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, convened by the Archdiocese of Guayaquil and the Diocese of San Jacinto of Yaguachi and Babahoyo, after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, announced on February 11 and...
Posted On 28 Feb 2013
, By
off

Fishermen and residents find new fish species in Galapagos

A rare species of fish, belonging to the “stargazers, Uranoscopidae family”, was discovered a few days ago by fishermen in the Galapagos Islands. This finding is the latest in a series of discoveries made by the inhabitants of the famous Ecuadorian archipelago, especially...
Posted On 28 Feb 2013
, By
off

Parents of arrested students read apology letter to the President

The parents of twelve students from the Tecnologico Superior Central, offered a public apology to the president, Rafael Correa, for the wreckage left by their sons during a  protest last Friday. “We feel very sorry for the acts perpetrated on February 22. As parents of...
Posted On 27 Feb 2013
, By
off

13.000 people refused to donate organs after death

During 2012, about 534,017 citizens obtained their identity cards in the Civil Registry of Guayas. Of this number, about 13,000 chose not to be organ donors, Despite the enactment of the Law on Donation and Transplantation of organs, tissues and cells, which states that...
Posted On 27 Feb 2013
, By
off

Tababela Airport, a challenge for pilots

The International Airport Mariscal Sucre recently opened in Tababela, located at 18 kms from the center of the capital, registered some drawbacks in security and mobilization of passengers. Its pros and cons are determined by the aviation pilot Commander Raquel Sviercovich, who...
Posted On 26 Feb 2013
, By
off

Spouses are imprisoned for having links with the mass escape from The Rock

The involved are Rebeca Fabiola Pilco Solis, head of Human Resource area and her husband, the dentist Miguel Angel Trivino Hoppe, were accused by the prosecutors for complicity in the escape of 18 inmates from the prison known as ‘La Roca’. Marco Gonzalez, Judge of the...
Posted On 24 Feb 2013
, By