Yearly Archives: 2013

The evidence behind the Education City story

After denials earlier, DPT ex-ministers now admit to owning land near the Education City sites pointed out by this paper The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) through a press conference and several press releases are attempting to clarify on the facts of the Education City story done by this paper. After …

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PDP candidate in Samdrup Jongkhar wraps up common forum

Candidates of People’s Democratic Party in Samdrup Jongkhar yesterday concluded their common forum for the general round of election held last in Bangtar. The candidates covered five gewogs under Samdrup Jongkhar and discussed about the specific needs in different gewogs. More than 300 voters gathered in Karmaling High School to …

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Chukha candidates do their bit to attract votes

People of Chapcha-Bongo were treated to more or less the same scene enacted repeatedly across the other constituencies in the nation by different party candidates, when the two candidates from the constituency sang to the tune of conventional debate format with contents from manifestos and pledges. The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa …

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Villagers promised payment in exchange of support

People in Drujeygang and Tshangkha under Dagana are ever more of the view that in their over-zealous drive to campaign for Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), party workers are on verge of dividing households in the community. This, according to them, is happening through certain amounts being promised to individuals to …

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PDP files complaint with ECB against DPT’s ‘lies, defamation and irresponsible comments’ on media affiliation allegations

PDP President also asks DPT to prove its allegations or face a court case The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Tshering Tobgay refuted recent allegations made by the Druk Phunsum Tshogpa (DPT) president Jigmi Y Thinley and two DPT candidates at a press conference in Phuntsholing yesterday evening. The president …

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23 gamblers arrested by police for questioning

Gambling is considered a very serious offence in Bhutan, but with laws being lenient, gamblers tend to take advantage of the law, and it is going on rampantly in the capital. Under the Penal Code of Bhutan, the offence of gambling is classified under a petty misdemeanor. Thimphu police launched …

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The Denial Mode

  When the Gyelpozhing story first came out in the news, it was met with fervent denials from the incumbent government, along with pleas of innocence lead by the former Prime Minister. The unquestioning news coverage of those initial pleas of innocence by some major media houses lead many in …

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Letters to the Editor

Ex-Education Minister’s wife bought land near Education City site while Ex-PM Jigmi Y Thinley, Yeshey Zimba’s wife and Ex-Speaker Jigme Tshultim own land nearby DPT President and his Ministers flatly denied having land around the Education City. Then what is this then. Whether the land is in their or their …

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