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Tungurahua Volcano has Lowered Its Level of Activity

Patricia Mothes, from the Geophysical Institute at the Guadalupe Observatory  said that the Tungurahua volcano’s activity level dropped from strong to moderate with roars and emission of columns of two to three kilometers above the crater, mostly with steam and with little...
Posted On 18 Dec 2012
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Orange Alert Because of the Tungurahua Volcano explosions

The National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR for its Spanish acronym) was forced yesterday to change the alert level from yellow to orange in areas considered in high risk, due to the loud explosions of the Tungurahua volcano. The alert includes the provinces of Tungurahua...
Posted On 17 Dec 2012
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Palacio will not be able to leave the United States

Emilio Palacio, former chief of the opinion page of the Guayaquil’s Newspaper EL UNIVERSO, who sought asylum in the United States, announced that he can’t travel to Spain to receive his award for his work as a journalist granted  by the newspaper El Mundo,  since he has not...
Posted On 14 Dec 2012
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Ecuador fears that Pipeline Explosion Could be Worse than the U.S.

Due to the explosion of the gas pipeline on last Tuesday in the city of Sissonville, West Virginia (USA), which generated flames of over 30 meters high, burned houses and caused the blocking of that road for hours, also left without electricity and telephone services to more than...
Posted On 13 Dec 2012
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Municipality of Guayaquil offers electronic services

From today the City Hall of Guayaquil offers citizens new services through its website  www.guayaquil.gob.ec.  Through the project “Guayaquil Digital City”, inquiries can be made, and get for free a certificate that states that the person does not owe the Municipality, also...
Posted On 11 Dec 2012
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Galapagos National Park works to eradicate rats

Bahía Pingüino (Penguin Bay), a place with relatively low number of tourists in the Galapagos Islands, became the hub of a plan to eradicate rats and mice which is running for a month and a half. The boat Guadalupe River, from the Galapagos National Park (PNG for its Spanish...
Posted On 10 Dec 2012
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Guayaquil prepares to celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe, patroness of the Ecuadorian migrants

On Wednesday December 12, Guayaquil will pay tribute to the Virgin of Guadalupe, considered patroness of the Ecuadorian migrants, through a Mass which will be officiate by the Archbishop of Guayaquil, Mgr. Antonio Arregui, in the Cathedral, at 19:00. Father Romulo Aguilar, rector...
Posted On 10 Dec 2012
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Counter-narcotics chief denies ‘control’ of the Sinaloa cartel

While recognizing that anti-drug operations carried out in Ecuador could  involve Mexican drug cartels, the Sinaloa specifically, Counter-narcotics police chief, Juan Carlos Barragan, categorically denied that the criminal organization known by that name, ‘rules’ in...
Posted On 08 Dec 2012
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Sinaloa Cartel controls the drug in Ecuador

Drug operations in Ecuador have made it an ideal location to smuggle drugs to the United States, Europe and Asia. These statements were made by the Colombian magazine Semana, in a report titled “The Sinaloa cartel rules in Ecuador,” the text that was published...
Posted On 07 Dec 2012
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Children with Special Needs Presented Art Exhibition at ‘Luis A. Noboa Naranjo’ Museum

The Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum presented yesterday, for the fifth consecutive year, a pictorial exhibition called “Los Colores de la Naturaleza” (Colors of Nature), performed by 200 students with disabilities of the Hilarte Community Association. Patricia Tor...
Posted On 07 Dec 2012
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