Candidates of Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) used the public debates platform to make a series of promises and at the same time pulled at party faults to up one’s own positions in the constituency. The public debate sessions in Tashichholing constituency of Samtse finished on …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

  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 …

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 …

As far as enthusiasm goes, there seems to be aplenty of it among voters in Thimphu waiting for the general election poll day on July 13. A few factors, however, present themselves as a deal breaker to their anxious wishes. A taxi driver Sangay said, “All us taxi drivers thought …

Granting full employment for the youth will be very challenging as increasing number of job seekers flood the job market every year. But, the south Thimphu candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Tandin Wangmo said nothing is impossible for Bhutan, given its size and composition. This was also promised by …

The voters that reside in Thimphu are physically and mentally prepared for the poll day, some are determined to travel to their constituencies to cast their one vote in support of the candidates and parties of their choice. While some voters have decided to go by manifestos to judge parties, …