PRINCETON – Hamas’s brazen and vicious attacks within Israel have rightly drawn condemnation from around the world. If this is a war, as both sides agree it is, then Hamas’s deliberate targeting of civilians counts as a major war crime. But the brutality demonstrated by Hamas did not emerge in …

Recently there was hue and cry over the National Medical Services applying the BCSR rule 20.3.1.6 to delay the resignation of around 50 nurses by six months. The decision was taken to prevent a collapse of the health system and allow a seamless transition in which time new nurses can …

One of the most frequent visitors to this newspapers office are people not happy with court judgments. However, in most cases the paper advises the litigants to appeal to higher courts or the relevant appellate authorities. This is because it is important to respect and trust the judiciary and it …

PRINCETON – It seems that 2023 will be another dismal year for democracy. There have been several coups in Africa. Tunisia – long touted as the Arab Spring’s one democratic success story – has seen the consolidation of an authoritarian (and xenophobic) regime. And Donald Trump appears on course to …

GENEVA – At the upcoming second United Nations High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, the world’s governments are expected to adopt a new set of commitments focused on accelerating implementation of UHC. No resolution will be complete without the explicit inclusion of comprehensive cancer services. Cancer causes an estimated ten …

The life of Namgay Dolkar being squeezed out of her by an angry partner, a young woman being gang raped by two students of the prestigious Paro College of Education, a teacher in Lhamoizingkha molesting 7 school children, a father raping his own underage daughter and trying the same with …