Forest fire rages on with 200 battling it out Yesterday morning, a fire broke out at Mitsina under Bap gewog and spread to Talo gewog. Two hundred people comprising dzongkhag authorities, police, monks and villagers prevented the fire from spreading further though volunteers are still fighting the inferno. “The fire …

My appreciations to MP Sangay Khandu for the initiative of persistently taking this bill forward singlehandedly. Why aren’t the other MPs talking or doing anything about it, or have they succumbed to the money and muscle power of a few in politics today? Your efforts will be closely observed by …

I will be candid: There exist few intellectuals but more than a few intellectual snobs. Who are they? Books, you name it and they have read it (As for me, I did not even have the patience to go through Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children.” I thought it was “too heavy …

  Bhutan’s young media is currently at crossroads, with many signs pointing to different roads that should be taken. Each signboard has compelling reasons to take a certain road, but other signboards have equally compelling reasons to take their paths. Similarly, at one level the Bhutanese media seems to know …

Every so often someone asks me: “What’s your favorite country, other than your own?” I›ve always had the same answer: Taiwan.   “Taiwan? Why Taiwan?” people ask.Very simple: Because Taiwan is a barren rock in a typhoon-laden sea with no natural resources to live off of — it even has …

  Stealing is a crime. And it applies not only to money, possessions and spouses(!) but even to intellectual property. What is intellectual property? A creation of our intellect, our sweat and blood, our latent skills and talent for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized. Bhutan is a …

School upgraded to higher secondary Yadi Middle Secondary School was upgraded to higher secondary recently. This will benefit the students from the seven gewogs; Ngatshang, Chaskar, Thangrong, Shermuhoong, Balam, Dremetsi and Narang. The MP from Dremitse-Ngatshang constituency of Mongar, Ugyen Wangdi took part in the inaugural ceremony .  (Tashi Deki) …

The Anti Corruption Commission, investigation into the Gyelpozhing land grab, has found, that most of the facts in the initial media reports on Gyelpozhing are true. The Bhutanese talked to a few affected people in Gyelpozhing who lost land and plots to influential people. On the condition of anonymity, they …

6. Education This is another example of an area where the people and the government can work together, and make transparency legislation twice as powerful. Education is the fastest growing demand amongst most sections of society, but most especially amongst the weaker sections, and it is largely up to the …

As the wind of Democracy swept across Bhutan in March 2008, the day of voting was a solemn but hopeful day. There was hope and optimism that under democracy, everyone would be equal before the law, there would be accountability, abuse of power, nepotism and corruption would be curbed and …