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After eating cake from Damphu town, seven people in Mendrelgang, Tsirang are hospitalized for food poisoning. The same cake earlier took its toll on 13 people in Damphu town. The Mendrelgang Basic Health Unit (BHU) confirmed the seven cases reported for food poisoning. Senior Basic Health Worker (BHW) Karma said …
Read More »Mine, not everybody’s business
Business puts its head, where more money lies but maybe not always. And Yangphel as a promulgator for successful ventures in many areas stands testament to it. Yangphel proved its acumen in unconventional areas of business like holding archery tournaments which now has become a massively nationwide popular event under …
Read More »Many chinks in the Gyelpozhing armor
The Prime Minister in a press release (full version on page 3) defended himself and his minister’s on the Gyelpozhing land grab case which is currently under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission. The Bhutanese, however, found that several of the arguments put forward in the press release did not match …
Read More »Trowa now valued at Nu 4.7mn
The total estimated value of the 19,500 sq ft land on which Trowa theatre stands according to the Chief Urban Planner of Thimphu Thromde and also one of the committee members of PAVA, Geley Norbu now stands or works out to about Nu 4.7mn. Following a cyclic carousel of buy …
Read More »Government’s Denchi defense falls apart
After The Bhutanese ran the story titled, ‘Denchi Land Compensation Scam,’ the Prime Minister’s office issued a press release to all media houses except this paper clarifying its stand. The Denchi land compensation scam saw cabinet ministers giving abnormally high compensation rates well above government rates of Property Assessment and …
Read More »Denchi Land Compensation Scam – II
New documents and evidences show that inspite of the government’s clarifications, the Denchi land compensation was an illegal act by the cabinet with a strong conflict of interest. The government went against the official recommendations of PAVA which was already aware of Denchi being declared a Thromde, didn’t follow the …
Read More »Two principals, two sides, two consequences
MoE refuted allegations but denied to share information on the DMSS principal’s case Doubts on equity and justice with regard to the two principals’ cases still remain unclear as exchange of allegations continue between parties and individuals involved. Kinley Tenzin was compulsorily retired from his post as Principal of Mindruling …
Read More »IFJ expresses concern over Media Freedom in Bhutan
The build-up to the private media’s concerns over the government’s recent policy shift on advertisement has been highlighted by the international Federation of Journalists (IFJ) with the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The federation expressed concerns over such a policy shift in an online post. IFJ is the world’s …
Read More »Lyonchhen defends his govt. against corruption allegations
The PM focused on Denchi, Education City, Trowa Theater, and Gyelpozhing at the graduates Orientation Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley made an impassioned defense of several alleged corruption cases against his government giving a virtual clean chit to himself and some of his colleagues. Denchi The PM said that the cabinet …
Read More »Election advertisement only for govt. owned Press
The ECB Circular in turn was based on a finance ministry circular In what could be the final nail in the coffin for the already troubled private media houses the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) circulated a circular yesterday saying that all election advertisement would be given only to Kuensel, …
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