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The Cabinet decision to surrender three Secretaries and discontinue the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) is mainly based on the four meetings held by the CoS between October 2 and November 27, which discussed two articles published by ENERTIA. The issue first came up through a letter from the Ministry of …
Read More »Banks still issuing threats to publish pictures of loan defaulters even after NA resolution says not to do so
The National Assembly on Monday, 1st December 2014 endorsed and passed the Human Rights Committee (HRC) report that recommended that Financial Institutions (FIs) should not publish the pictures of loan defaulters in the media. It says that the final decision to publish such pictures or not should be left to …
Read More »With increased kidnappings and recent violence MoHCA lists measures to secure Bhutan’s southern borders
India to restart escorting Bhutanese vehicles on Bhutan’s request In view of the spate of abductions, the people in Sarpang have been living under constant fear over the last two years. In addition to it, the recent death of an Indian national in Samtse has brought even greater danger from …
Read More »Joint sitting on NC Bill 2014 does away with 10 year experience requirement
Those committing breach of privileges against NC will get up to a 5 year minimum wage fine Coming to an agreement on disputed clauses between the two houses on the amendment of National Council (Amendment) Bill 2014, the joint sitting upon the recommendations by the Joint Committee passed the NC …
Read More »Govt looking into explosives sector after safety, transparency and conflict of interest issues dog sole private dealer Rabdhuen
Concerned with an Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) report against Rabdhuen, the sole private company dealing in explosives, and also a separate Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) report, the cabinet is looking into the possibility of the government taking over the explosives sector. The cabinet already met and discussed the issue a …
Read More »PDP’s much vaunted Code of Conduct for Ministers and MPs still in suspended animation
This is also in the backdrop of concerns over the performance of some of its MPs and some government decisions The PDP government came to power in July 2013 with a mandate of change, and one of the first things the party did was to come up with an …
Read More »His Majesty appoints Tshering Wangchuk as Chief Justice of Bhutan
His Majesty The King appointed Dasho Tshering Wangchuk as the new Chief Justice of Bhutan, in accordance to Section 4 of Article 21 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan, which states that: “The Chief Justice of Bhutan shall be appointed from among the Drangpons of the Supreme Court …
Read More »Government to soon meet its helicopter, power tiller, gewog bank and service center promises: PM
The service center will also buy farm produce from farmers One of the key points of the PDP’s manifesto that caught the imagination of the people, especially of the rural masses, was a promise of one power tiller per chiwog, two helicopters, a local bank for every gewog, and a …
Read More »347 suicide cases from 2009-2013
The tragic stories of school children committing suicide are on the rise. For a small country, like Bhutan, the number of suicide cases is disconcerting, to say the least. Mentioning the suicide cases in Bumthang and Dremetse, the Dremetse-Ngatsang MP, Ugyen Wangdi, asked the Education Minister on the measures taken …
Read More »A Companies Bill that protects shareholders and sets the business straight
Pointing out the many shenanigans of mining companies in creating subsidiary companies or businesses that took away the profits from the main company and hence minority shareholders, the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) had recommended legal provisions to protect them. The new Companies Bill 2014 is expected to address this lacuna …
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