NC also adopted the Tourism Levy and Exemption Bill The Tourism Levy and Exemption Bill of Bhutan 2020 has been adopted by the National Council (NC) with 17 Member of Parliament (MP) of National Council (NC) supporting the Bill, 2 MPs not supporting and 2 abstained from voting. Leisure tourists …

The Member of Parliament (MP) from Bardo-Trong, Gyambo Tshering, raised the issue of unemployment problem in the country during the National Assembly’s Question Hour session. The Labour and Human Resources Minister was asked to inform the House on the number of employment opportunities created thus far, and also the plans …

Although the Employment and Livelihood Corporation (ELC) is not in existence, however, the Labour and Human Resources Ministry expect that the Employment Responsibility System (ERS) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) council will deliver the mandate. During the question hour session in National Assembly, Nanong-Shumar MP, Lungten Namgyel, …

MFA also in touch with the Iraqi government The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has contacted 135 women who are currently working in Iraq. MFA is also working with the Iraqi government to bring back all Bhutanese workers there who want to return home. Foreign Minister (Dr) Tandi Dorji said …

The Legislative Committee of the National Council (NC) recommended that clause 213 and 214 on unnatural sex should not be removed from the Penal Code of Bhutan. NC was divided on whether to remove the clause or not. Half of the NC members supported the removal of the two clauses, …

Thirty-year-old Pema (name changed) worked in a local drayang in Thimphu for five years before leaving for Iraq to work in a beauty parlor last year. She left behind her two young daughters in hopes to earn good money and pay off her debts. Pema is a single mother and …

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) is working towards earning an accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), based in India, to ensure quality care. NABH is a quality council of India. All the hospitals in India are accredited by NABH. There are around …

With the introduction of radiation therapy, chemotherapy and other services in Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH), patients referred outside has reduced, especially for cancer patients. The patients with major diseases, like cancer, heart diseases including both adult and pediatric, and renal diseases including transplants were referred outside including …

Despite a lot of initiatives over the last 10 decades, cervical cancer is still the number one cancer among women in the country Bhutan has a high cervical cancer incidence of 20.5 per 100,000 women, and mortality rate of 5.3 per 100,000 women. In the last five years (2014-2018), there …

One and a half month of a comprehensive cervical cancer screening camp is on-going in Punakha, Bumthang and Monggar, starting from January till mid of February 2020. The health ministry expects to cover 16,000 women, aged between 25 to 65 years. The ministry is partnering with local governments, RENEW, NCWC, …