The Bhutanese Leading the way.
Come the 23rd of April and the nation will once again go to polls to elect the second batch of 20 National Council members. The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) announced this on Sunday in its notification where April 23 is the fixed date for the NC’s Poll day and …
Read More »ACC’s 2013 Message: Don’t practice electoral corruption or vote for corrupt candidates
The Anti Corruption Commission has started its advocacy program on political corruption targeted for the upcoming 2013 general elections. The main features of the ACC’s advocacy are three advertisements broadcast after the, 7 pm, 8 pm and 9 pm news with a gap of three to five days starting from …
Read More »The ECB sends out NC election alerts
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) announced that ‘His Majesty will be pleased to issue the Royal Decree Calling elections to the National Council of the parliament of Bhutan on 9 March’. This Press Release from the ECB is in accordance with the Election Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, …
Read More »Government ‘Meet’s the Press’ to further elaborate its last five years
During the Meet the Press session of the government with the local media, the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers addressed media queries which majorly revolved around the theme of ‘how things have wrapped up’ at the end of five years. “The JYT Phenomenon” The Prime Minister in response to …
Read More »Maintenance of Law and Order, a tough fight to reduce the numbers
The state of affairs in the area of law and order was highlighted in the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley’s state of the nation address to the parliament on Monday. Lyonchhen’s presentation underlined that the government has provided the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) every possible assistance and support including …
Read More »Bumthang’s third for the NC seat to review government actions without fear and favour
Karma Wangchuk from Gyamshong Village under Tang gewog, Bumthang will be the third National Council (NC) aspirant to declare his intentions for the upcoming elections. The 41-year old Punjab University graduate of 1997 was running his own family business up till now. Karma Wangchuk said “I am interested to serve …
Read More »A political aspirant who aspires ‘true’ well being
Many political aspirants have run the ‘people will choose’ line one too many times, but this National Council aspirant really wants to be the chosen-best for the people. And in the event that he is not the one, he is already underway in thoughts and action to ensure the right …
Read More »DCT’s approach to ‘Promotion of economic development’
Should the party come to power, the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) has plans for several strategic interventions to promote equitable and balanced development,. These include five key areas of action drawn from its 25 areas of action recognizing the current socio-economic challenges. This is what was discussed in the recent …
Read More »Mongar’s new National Council contender
With the strong support from the people of his village and his family members, Tshering Wangchen, 33, is determined to contest for a seat at the National Council from Khalong village in Mongar. He is the third candidate from Mongar to announce his candidature to contest the upcoming National Council …
Read More »National Council thanks His Majesty in its concluding session
The nation’s first democratically elected National Council (NC) concluded its 10th and the last session yesterday. The House of Review thanked the Druk Gyalpo and attributed the title of ‘Unifying force’ upon him. While paying their tribute to His Majesty, the NC members acknowledged His Majesty’s contributions in all spheres …
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