Sarpang dzongkhag in the National Council (NC) elections went for 33 year-old Dhan Bahadur Mongar from Dekidling gewog and voted him as their representative for the upper house. Dhan Bahadur Mongar secured total votes of 4,131. His EVM votes count is 3, 695 and Postal Ballots amounted to 436 votes. …
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Trashiyangtse elects Tashi Phuntsho
A 40 year old, Tashi Phuntsho secured 2,717 votes through Electronic Voting Machine while the other contender Karma Gyeltshen secured 637 votes through postal ballot. The two contenders received high votes in different voting schemes. While Tashi Phuntsho got high votes through EVM, Karma Gyeltshen secured high votes through postal …
Read More »Police refuse to register harassment case
The Woman and Child Protection Unit (WCPU) of Phuentsholing police station refused to register the harassment case of a 27-year old on 18 April. Yangchen (name changed on request), is an employee with a private firm based in Phuentsholing. She reported to the Phuentsholing police station after she received numerous …
Read More »Samdrup Jongkhar brings back the incumbent
The voters of Samdrup Jongkhar elected Jigme Wangchuk, 33 as their choice yet again. He secured 5,213 votes including postal ballot. The two other contestants Kinga Dorji and Sangay Lhendup secured 2,434 and 1,784 votes respectively. As he thanked the voters Jigme Wangchuk said the promises he made during the …
Read More »Man detained for rape he claims was consensual
The Zhemgang police detained 33-year old man after he was accused of raping a 19-year old girl in her house on the afternoon of 16 April. The incident took place in Zhemgang and the complaint was filed by the victim’s father who during the time of incident was out for …
Read More »Kaka Tshering Wins Paro
Former school principal and 2008 PDP candidate Kaka Tshering from Paro edged a victory over his four other rivals in Paro with 2,422 votes of which the Electronic Voting Machine votes 2,190 and the Postal Ballot votes were 232 votes. The others who were not were far behind were Kinley …
Read More »Samtse NC Sangay Khandu says screening out bad laws is a priority
This former Samtse Chimi and DPT member who is believed to have had an influential role in the 2008 elections won with a landslide majority even though he had to go up against six other candidates. Sangay Khandu won in Samtse with 9,907 votes of which 9,144 was from EVM …
Read More »Incumbent candidate who introduced own RTI bill wins Gasa
In Gasa incumbent NC MP Sangay Khandu (34) won by securing 603 votes of which 565 votes is from EVM and 38 votes are from Postal Ballots. He said, “First I am happy that I will be able to serve for another five years and I wonder if I can …
Read More »Nima Gyeltshen to represent the capital
Nima Gyeltshen, 29 nominated from Chang Gewog secured the most votes in Thimphu Dzongkhag. 2,250 people voted for him, of which 137 were postal ballots. After the elections, Nima said “people have shown faith and trust in me. They really understood whatever I said during the common forums.” He worked …
Read More »Response to, ‘Ministry’s ignorance of machine breakdown threatens lives of HIV patients’
This article has overlooked key points:(1) Patient’s confidentiality has been breached by exposing his medical records. Patient’s information is never given out to the public. The author is reminded hereby that it is a gross misconduct from medical-journalism point of view. (2) A diligent compliance to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) by …
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