After spending 16 days in jail the thing that pains Penjore, 55 the most is that despite serving in the government (1990 to 2012) in the Agriculture Ministry where he set up the Central Machinery Unit in Bumthang and also helped set up regional branches in Trashigang and Gelephu, and …

On the 16th of April evening Bhutan got a rude awakening when the first community cases were detected from Phuentsholing as a mother and son tested positive from the community and 3 frontliners on quarantine duty also tested positive. At the time Bhutan had 941 cases with only 64 active …

Meanwhile sample survey in Bhutan shows 95% have developed antibodies after the first dose The plan in Bhutan is to have the second dose eight or twelve weeks after the first dose. However, now even the maximum planned gap of 12 weeks which ends by the end the June looks …

On the 4th of May ‘Penjore Penjore’ put up a post on his Facebook page asking for the resignation of the current Attorney General in relation to a news story. Two days later Penjore Penjore was arrested by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) on 6th May and detained based on …

PM says no permission given to OAG to prosecute the case nor is any permission required The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in a press release issued on 6th May 2021 said that it has pursued ‘legal action’ against an individual with the alias ‘Penjore Penjore’ on social media. …

Many states in India have entered either full or partial lockdowns as the cases and deaths rise. There is also the possibility of a national lockdown in India on the horizon if the numbers there keep getting worse. For Bhutan, West Bengal and Assam which just came out of their …

After much delay, the World Health Organization (WHO) has finally recognized the aerosol or airborne transmission of COVID-19 and it has updated this in its latest brief on 30th April 2021. Aerosol is small but airborne matter produced by sneezing, coughing or even talking people which can remain suspended in …

Six customs officers and three referral patients had tested positive in Kolkata according to the Consul General Thinley Wangchuk. The CG said that the customs officers had tested positive around two weeks ago. He said one of them was more serious and required hospitalization but he has now stabilized and …

The government aims to revise rural and urban land taxes rates along with building tax rates through a Property Tax Bill drafted by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). This will replace the 1992 property taxation policy under which people currently pay very nominal land and property tax rates. Finance Minister …

The national capital was in high panic on 20th April as three staff, two females and one male, at a quarantine hotel in Lanjophakha tested positive but this was not the bad news as it was found that the male cook had violated the quarantine and containment protocol to slip …