DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

As events heat up toward an approaching 2013, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) will have to enforce election rules to make them cut and dry especially for those who will predictably attempt to tread on the gray lines or slip one past the loop holes. Section 300 of Election …

“Corruption not only destroys the moral fabric and the core value structure of the society, it is also a pervasive threat to the rule of law. It erodes the spirit of democracy,” pledged Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) an aspiring political party against corruption by signing the ACC pledge book yesterday …

Two Indian teachers in Trongsa teamed-up to batter a 19 year old student of Sherubling Higher Secondary School (HSS) whose offence was entering a classroom to study. In a follow-up move that was very Bollywood-like (Indian film), the school authorities attempted to buy-out the silence of the victim’s mother with …

A 35 year old man despite serving almost 23 years in the prison for burglary was once again caught red handed by the Paro police for burglarizing a house and has been sentenced for three years and three months prison term on 13th December by the Paro dzongkhag court. On …

The Department of information and media (DOIM) conducted a 12 day workshop on “Film making” which ended yesterday with the awarding of certificates to the participants. There were 40 participants in total and most of the participants were from the Motion Pictures Association of Bhutan (MPAB) who are well known …

The seven-point contract also the DNT manifesto prominently outlined ‘economic strategy’ to be the USP of its manifesto After brainstorming its ‘seven-point contract’ with the grassroots people and stakeholders of democracy Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) will unveil its manifesto which the party calls ‘a contract with the people’. The Chief …

Druk Phuensum Tshogpa will suggest six new polling stations in urban centers for the ‘convenience’ of civil servants for 2013 elections. Critics says this is to prevent civil servants from influencing rural voters. The government of the day has plans to suggest to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) to …

All the mudslinging, the laser-focused nitpicking of acts or remarks against one another and the mission for defamation which easily does not figure into the list of democratic pleasantries, all these aside, aspiring and serving politicians, political observers and media experts harmoniously agree that there is always room for good …

Much in contradiction to its theme of ‘Giving Youth Opportunity to realize their Dream’ the 10th National Job Fair left young jobseekers confounded with a picturesque less than encouraging future. If for nothing the fresh graduates found the job fair very informative but information could take them only so far …

After making headlines and being a much talked-about name and issue among election affiliates, the response to the Druk Meser Nazhoen Tshogpa (DMNT) has been lukewarm from the democratic circles and society. The Chief Election Commissioner suggested the newly formed youth organization DMNT either to ‘lean on supports of a …