Monthly Archives: December, 0

Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay clarified that the government’s plan to corporatise the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu was never to make Bhutanese people pay for the health services.

In absence of proper check and balance system in budgeting process, there are chances of misusing public funds. And since the Local Government is decentralised, such corrupt practices are highly likely to happen. So, during the recently held Gewog Administrative Officers’ (GAOs) symposium in Monggar, some 58 GAOs from Bumthang and six eastern districts were familiarised on maintaining check and balance system of their budgets.

Monggar District Court sentenced 12 men to prison term ranging from two years to life imprisonment for the offence against Ku, Sung, Thukten or Zung. The judgment was pronounced on November 30.

Built on the UN’s decades of work in the field of disability, the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) advances rights and well-being of the disabled. If Bhutan ratifies it, the lives of many living with different kinds of disabilities might change for good.

Sixteen participants took part in the one-and-a-half kilometer wheelchair race organised as part of activities to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities yesterday.

More than 600 final year trainees of Samtse and Paro Colleges of Education underwent Basic Unit Leader Training (BULT) course recently.

The border town of Phuentsholing is rabies endemic. The porous border that it shares with neighbouring Jaigoan makes it more vulnerable to rabies outbreaks. In such situations, it’s the cross-border mass dog sterilisation that helps.

The National Assembly (NA) unanimously endorsed the ‘Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Bill 2017’ with a majority vote today. Most members had no issue with the changes recommended by the council on the amended bill.

The National Council adopted the Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Substance Abuse Amendment Bill 2017 today.

As Bhutan marked the World Aids Day today, the health ministry urged the public to come forward to avail HIV testing and counselling services to find out their HIV-status.