DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

A total of 3647 graduates have registered with the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) to appear for the Preliminary Examination (PE) tomorrow of which 1962 are males and 1647 are females. It will be the sixth PE conducted since 2010. More than 60 percent of the candidates are appearing for …

During the monthly Meet-the-Press session held in Thimphu, the new Foreign Minister, Damcho Dorji, explained why the former Foreign Minister was replaced. He said “We all know that what happened to the Lhakhang Karpo case, the foreign minister Rinzin Dorje has been acquainted by the Haa Dzongkhag Court, in both …

Recent reports released by the Ministry of Health (MOH) states that at least 29 new HIV positive cases have been detected from December 1, 2014 to June 2015. It averages to almost 4 patients being detected every month. Although the number of HIV positive cases increase every year, however, the …

During the meet-the-press session held yesterday, the Health Minister Lyonpo Tandin said that in order to curb the doctor shortage in the country, the department has requested the Royal Civil Service Commission to waive the pre entry examination for the doctors and has also negotiated with Ministry of Education (MoE) …

The Ministry of Health has detected 29 new HIV positive cases from 1st December 2014 to June 2015.Of the 29 new cases 16 are female and 13 are male. As of now the total detected cases in the country since 1993 stands at 432 cases. 217 of them are males …

The Delimitation Commission of Bhutan has finalized the demarcation of 15 Dzongkhag Thromdes and 18 Dzongkhag Yenlag Thromdes. During the press conference held on 15th July in Thimphu, the Chief Commissioner of the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB), Dasho Kunzang Wangdi explained that delimitation is different from declaration of Thromdes …

The expenditure in providing free health services is escalating yearly, in line with the annual per capital health expenditure, as pointed out in the “Annual Health Bulletin, 2015”. Ministry of Health saw the spending for health increase to Nu 3965 mn in 2012-13 from Nu 3587 mn in 2011-12. The …

With 361 suicide deaths between 2009 -2013 suicide has become a major issue in Bhutan. To address the issue the Ministry of Health supported by other stakeholders has come up with a Suicide Prevention Plan to be implemented over the next three years at a cost of Nu 29 mn. …

In response to a question at the monthly meet the press the Prime Minister and Economic Affairs minister both said that the Eastern Development Initiative (EDI), a special initiative to develop the six dzongkhags of eastern Bhutan was already being implemented. Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk said, “EDI is a big umbrella …

The World Happiness Report 2015 which is one of results of the happiness resolution passed by the United National General Assembly in July 2011 ranked Bhutan at 79 out of 158 countries just two places above Pakistan. In response to a question on the issue the Opposition Leader Dr Pema …