Monthly Archives: December, 0

A 55-year-old woman, working as caretaker at a gewog centre in Paro, was reportedly battered by her superiors. The incident occurred on September 16. The victim was reportedly manhandled by the Administrative officer and the Gup of Naja Gewog.

The Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative (SJI) is implementing a project called "Climate change mitigation through reduced use of fuel wood and waste management".

Bhutan Football Federation is training 18 school coaches, including local football enthusiasts, to become grassroots coach educator. After the completion of the training, they will be teaching basic football skills to the children between six to 12 years. Bhutan Football Federation has been organizing such trainings in almost all the dzongkhags.

Thirty out-of-school youth completed a five-day life skills training conducted by the Youth Centre in Phuentsholing. The training concluded yesterday. The youth were taught conflict resolution, coping with stress, decision-making and volunteerism. The participants were a mix of degree, class twelve and ten graduates.

A good representation of Parliamentarians and Senior Civil Servants is what the ongoing DeSuup Training programme has. From adjusting to time, respect for others and taking off their titles during the two-week programme, it has been both a challenging path, as well as a rewarding experience for the most.

The distribution of domestic LPG will be now streamlined through the LPG Consumer Card System.

The discussion for retirement benefits and other entitlements for the local leaders continue as the Local Government Entitlement Bill awaits endorsement. The local leaders of Tsirang are concerned about retirement benefits more than other entitlements.

Travel Allowance and Daily Subsistence Allowance is one of the most discussed issues among the civil servants, these days.

The members of the Multi Sectoral Task Force in Bumthang are conducting various activities to raise fund to create awareness on communicable and non-communicable diseases. The MSTF members in Bumthang say that they are not able to conduct advocacy programme as per the plans due to lack of fund. Members said earlier they used to receive funds from many donor agencies but now most of the donor agencies have withdrawn their support.

Bhutan Postal Corporation Limited introduced city bus service in the capital in 2002. Since then, it has been steadily providing service to the people. Although, the people admit that city bus service is a cheap mode of transportation, they suggest for an increased number of city buses in the near future.