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Yesterday, the Prefecture of Guayas and the National Water Secretariat (Senagua for its Spanish acronym) signed an agreement to carry out the dredging and hydraulic fill near the El Palmar, located at the mouth of the  Daule river. In its first phase, works will start between the...

Renowned paediatrician and former Health minister, Luis Sarrazin, defends the report submitted by the technicians of the Malaria Service, which does not recommend the use of the larvicide. Meanwhile, the current Health Minister, Carina Vance, rejected last week the criticism of...

Ecuador remembers and celebrates Ecuadorian painter Eduardo Kingman Riofrío for its hundred years of birth. Known as “the painter of hands”, the artist stands out in the history of national art for his legacy on social painting. Eduardo Kingman Riofrío, born in Loja...

The promotional video called “Yo descubrí cómo amar la vida en Ecuador” (I discovered how to love life in Ecuador), released by the Ecuador 2012 International Campaign of the Ministry of Tourism, summarizes the tourist attractions of the country with images of Quito,...

The Carnival is approching and Ecuador prepares his popular destinations for the holiday. The rich cuisine in San Pablo (Santa Elena) would be the first stop for the tourists, since the city has a wide variety of seafood, but it also has other attractions. In this holiday there’s...

The Metroexpress transport consortium, which is in charge  of operating the new Metrovia backbone of the July 25-River Duale (Bus Terminal), would begin its operation on February 16, almost two months after the initial deadline, once it has its 44 articulated buses and 45...

To Valeria Sanchez Jairala dance is everything in her life. She is only 14 and started dancing ballet since she was 3 years old. Currently she’s studying at the Russian Academy of Ballet in Guayaquil, directed by Ana Wieser and prepares hard every day to achieve her greatest...

Maria del Carmen Aguayo, principal of the Miss Ecuador Organization presented this week the sixteen candidates for the Ecuadorian crown during an open house in Guayaquil. The young representatives from nine provinces will compete this year to succeed Carolina Aguirre. The gala...

Thanks to a new international rule for patents’ flexibility, Ecuadorian government issued a compulsory license to replicate, without commercial intentions, a patented drug useful to fight AIDS. According to Andres Ycaza, president of the Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual...

This afternoon is the deadline granted to the consortium Metroexpress Guayaquil to bring 90 buses for the trunk 2 of the Metrovía. The resolution, adopted by the Fourth Civil Judge Margarita Rodriguez, was based in the injunction filed by the foundation Metrovía because carriers...