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As of 5 November, Build Bhutan Project (BBP) has registered 3,621 unemployed candidates of which 1,349 are female. From the total registered, 2,076 opted for direct engagement program while 1,468 opted for skilling programs. In addition, as per the data from the BBP, 925 people have withdrawn of which 582 …
Read More »Candidates bring up pledges and social distancing in debate
Two Chhoekhor-Tang candidates, 42-year-old Dawa and 35-year-old Tenzin Norbu faced each other for a live debate on 29 October where they shared their commitments. Dawa said, “I see my participation in the by-election as a rare opportunity where we don’t have to worry about who becomes the ruling and the …
Read More »Both Chhoekhor-Tang candidates have a plethora of pledges
Dawa, representing Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) and Tenzin Norbu representing Druk Phuensum Tshogpa have made a common pledge in enhancing road connectivity in the constituency. Dawa made pledges in various sector but in the area of roads, he pledged to blacktop the 18 km Chhoekhor-Toed Gewog center to Narphel road, …
Read More »Bhutan’s LGBTQI community and the challenge of Cyberbullying
The social media has not been a quiet place or easy place for Bhutan’s new LGBTQI community and according to the members of the community, they are still largely vulnerable to cyberbullying. Pema Dorji, a member of the LGBTQI community said that the LGBTQI community mostly use platforms such as …
Read More »Banning outside food leads to cleaner and less crowded JDWNRH but faces difficulty in getting meat for patients and some complaints
When the first national lockdown was announced on 13th August, one of the safety measures that Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) put in place was to stop any food or other items entering the hospital building by the patients or their attendants to minimize the risk of virus …
Read More »MoH to launch mass testing for NCDs
Apart from public concerns and COVID-19 interventions, the Health Minister yesterday highlighted an equally extensive shared concern of the Health Ministry which is in terms of the number of Non-Communicable Disease (NCD), which have not shown any major differences as compared to the past statistics. She said that one of …
Read More »Tobacco use on the rise among the Youth finds STEPS Survey
Bhutan witnessed an increased burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) both in terms of morbidity and mortality. As per the Bhutan STEPS Survey, the rise of NCDs has been driven primarily by four major risk factors: tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity and unhealthy diets. Reducing these modifiable risk …
Read More »ECCD Evaluation Report has important findings
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the lives across the world and impacted the wellbeing of children and families. Particularly worrying is the unprecedented disruption of learning for all children, including preschool children, due to school and Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) centers closure. In Bhutan, ECCD centers have been …
Read More »51 Dantak and 30 IMTRAT people have tested positive so far
Of the 304 total national cases as of Friday IMTART had 30 cases while DANTAK had 51 cases. Most of these cases have been local transmission among them. A silver lining is that the spread has been mainly among them due to the contained nature of their campuses but the …
Read More »CFM Tshogpa says vegetable vendors are not animals to operate in the poorly ventilated and dirty MLCPs
The Tshogpa of Centenary Farmers Market (CFM) Dendup, said there are no proper facilities in the zones and the two Multi Level Car Parkings where the vendors can operate their business. He said that the vendors are not willing to move to the MLCPs where they are kept on the …
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