by Jonathan | Feb 27, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 31
The Azuay Prefecture has a goal: planting a million trees every year to combat the effects of global warming. According to the Prefecture, the trees will all native fruit and ornamental plants that will be sown in parishes and cantons. And they will first be planted...
by Jonathan | Feb 27, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 31
An extensive area of grasslands and shrubs were consumed by a fire in the protected area of the Yanuncay-Irquis area, in the Victoria del Portete parish. According to the reports of the Fire Department, the burning happened at dusk last Tuesday, but due to the...
by Jonathan | Feb 27, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 31
A total of 60,000 cloth bags, to replace plastic ones, are being made in the Tres Marías Association, a guild that is part of the popular and solidarity economy that manages its own projects. In a workshop located in the Turi parish, 60,000 ecological cloth bags are...
by Jonathan | Feb 27, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 31
At a cost of nearly one million dollars, the José Carrasco Arteaga hospital of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS), has acquired 21 new pieces of medical equipment for use in 10 areas of the hospital. Among the new medical devices are a colposcope, an...
by Jonathan | Feb 27, 2020 | Volume 4, Issue 31
Prosecutors have filed charges against Marco Vinicio G., for his alleged participation in the offense of “offering to conduct influence peddling.” He was arrested after allegedly receiving money from a citizen in exchange for shortening the processing time of a...