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Yesterday, at 19:04, an earthquake of 4.2 degrees in the Richter scale shook the capital. The epicenter was located 17.3 km in southeast Quito, in Sangolquí. The quake, which according to the Geophysical Institute was 12 km depth, was felt in different sectors of the capital city...

The death of ten children inside the Ycaza Francisco Bustamante children’s hospital, in less than a week and for still unknown reasons, is a mystery. Yesterday, experts from the Department of Criminology of the Guayas Judicial Police revealed details of what they found...

About two thousand college students between 18 and 19 years old will participate in the second phase of the program “Mi primer trabajo” promoted by the Ministry of Labour Relations. Students of public and private Ecuadorian universities will be placed and evaluated in...

The proclamation of country’s flag bearers and flag escorts in private, charters, and state schools will change for the next academic year 2011-2012. Now the designation will be made in tenth basic education year (known before now as third year) and not in seventh (known...

The Ministers of Tourism, Freddy Ehlers, and Heritage Coordinator, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, inaugurated the 13 miles stretch of the train that runs along “Nariz del Diablo”, and had already begun to operate 2 weeks ago. With around a hundred of local people, as well...

The mobile operator Porta, a subsidiary of America Movil in Ecuador, announced today that it will operate under the brand name Claro since the second quarter of 2011. In a statement the company said the change “does not imply any modification to the users in services,...

UNE denounced the lack of regulations to implement the Education Law. Vice-president of the Educators Union, William Pazmiño, disagreed with the decisions taken by the Secretariat of Education. Pazmino states that, within the Education Act, there are no regulations for its...

An increase that ranges between 2 and 20 dollars in registration and tuition payment of Guayas private schools was approved by the Board of Regulatory Costs for Private Education for the school term 2011-2012. The new costs are given according to the educational options offered...

More than 5 meters long and 15 centimeters diameter will measure a corviche to be prepared this Sunday by Humboldt Workers Association, who aims to be the largest in the world and to be recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. Since last Wednesday the 38 members of this...

The Municipality of Guayaquil began yesterday a social campaign called “Jóvenes ejemplares” which consist in rewarding the best students from first, second, and third year of high school from Guayaquil’s state schools, the best students will be rewarded with 250...