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The old cellar of Ecapag, located in Guasmo in the south of the city, is the scene where five floats are being build, at request of the municipality of Guayaquil. Thirteen people have been using iron, foam, cardboard and other synthetic materials for two weeks to create the...

Ana Maria Tamayo Cevallos was elected Queen of 2012 Carnival in the midst of a festive and colorful ceremony, thus inaugurating the carnival celebrations. “This is my dream, I promise to support young artists and publicize tourism because Guayaquil is beautiful,” she...

Tonight, one of the thirteen candidates for the Carnival Queen will take the crown. The candidates are: Ercilia Arroyo, Estefania Vallejo, Leslie Jacome, Andrea Sabando, Grace Alvarez, Maria Jose Gavilanes, Ana Maria Tamayo, Gema Fernandez, Karina Nazarene, Kiara Beltran, Ericka...

Soccer team Tecnico Universitario de Ambato faced this afternoon Barcelona Sporting Club in a match that ended in a dying tie. The first five minutes of the match, Barcelona defender, Jairo Campos managed to score an auto goal for Tecnico, after rejecting a move from Nestor...

This morning, the Holy Branch press office reported that the Ecuadorian Monsignor Marco Caicedo Perez was appointed as Bishop of Babahoyo, Ecuador by Pope Benedict XVI. Perez was named titular bishop of Maastricht, Netherlands and auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil on last...

Today the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School reported the presence of ash clouds and incandescent material near Reventador volcano, during Thursday night. “The observer reported that explosions are occurring or descending lava flow, or some other...

A seism of 5,6 degrees in the Richter scale occurred in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. According to the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School, the natural phenomena happened at 05:54 (GMT) in the morning in a dept of 45 km. The seism was registered at 55...

From tomorrow there will be available the integrated security service called ECU 911. This service will be connected with all response agencies that are coordinated by the National Risk Management (SNGR for its Spanish acronyms). Its headquarter is located in former shopping...

Tungurahua Volcano seismic activity was registered this morning again. At about 05:00 am (local time) there were moderate sized explosions causing a roar of about 5 minutes duration. It also reports slight drop below and fall of gravel grain size of rice in Baños city. At the...

Yesterday, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa together with the Ministry of Sport gave $6 million for the physical training to the 86 athletes who will represent Ecuador at the Olympic Games next July 27. As part of the High Performance 2012 Plan, the Ecuadorian representatives...