The Office of the Attorney General on 3rd June issued a 3-page press release titled ‘Freedom of Speech and Rule of Law,’ giving its view on freedom of speech, defamation, the Penjore case and its own powers. The highly legal language of the release soon had many people scratching their …
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NA Human Rights Committee to review the case In a clear statement the Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering said that as far as he knows Penjore has not done anything against or defamed the government, the cabinet ministers and their agencies. Lyonchhen also made it clear for the second …
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A total of 90 children who are COVID-19 positive in eastern dzongkhags and in Phuentsholing are doing fine, and most of them are asymptomatic and are in non-hospital isolation. Currently, there are two toddlers below one year who are COVID-19 positive, eight children aged between one year to three years, …
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The Bhutanese in a telephonic press conference asked the US State Department Coordinator for Global COVID-19 Response, Gayle E. Smith, about what had happened to Bhutan’s request for around half a million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, when it’s FDA would approve its 60 million AstraZeneca doses for export and …
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His Majesty The King graced the Opening Ceremony of the 5th Session of the Third Parliament on 27th May 2021. Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen also graced the ceremony, accompanied by Her Royal Highness Princess Eeuphelma Choden Wangchuck and His Royal Highness Prince Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck. Following the official opening of …
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After spending 16 days in jail the thing that pains Penjore, 55 the most is that despite serving in the government (1990 to 2012) in the Agriculture Ministry where he set up the Central Machinery Unit in Bumthang and also helped set up regional branches in Trashigang and Gelephu, and …
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On the 16th of April evening Bhutan got a rude awakening when the first community cases were detected from Phuentsholing as a mother and son tested positive from the community and 3 frontliners on quarantine duty also tested positive. At the time Bhutan had 941 cases with only 64 active …
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After a deadlock within the Joint Committee of the National Assembly (NA) and National Council (NC) the ruling party members of the committee are having a meeting on their position on the bill while the opposition is expected to do the same. The ruling party and opposition are largely on …
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After spending almost a month in the south, His Majesty The King returned to Thimphu on 17th May and entered 7-day facility quarantine. His Majesty The King visited the southern Dzongkhags to oversee containment measures during lockdown in the high risk areas. Before embarking for Thimphu, His Majesty met with …
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Meanwhile sample survey in Bhutan shows 95% have developed antibodies after the first dose The plan in Bhutan is to have the second dose eight or twelve weeks after the first dose. However, now even the maximum planned gap of 12 weeks which ends by the end the June looks …
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The Bhutanese Leading the way.