Monthly Archives: December, 0

A motorable bridge over Kurichhu has been on the priority list of the people of Tsamang Gewog in Monggar for some time now. Having one would shorter the distance between the gewog and the district headquarters. It will also connect Tsamang with the neighbouring districts of Lhuentse saving time and distance.

Youth Peer Education Network or Y-PEER Bhutan officially launched its courses online. It means interested young people will now have better access to learn and advocate about adolescent reproductive and sexual health and other youth-related issues. Functioning under the education ministry, Y-PEER Bhutan is the largest youth network in the country.  

There was a time when the people of Sheley in Ruebisa Gewog of Wangdue Phodrang produced dairy products for income. Not anymore. Potatoes have now replaced the income source.

Dangchhu Gewog in Wangdue Phodrang has been seeing increasing number of livestock predation by wild dogs, locally known as Phaw. In the last two months, farmers in the gewog lost 12 cattle to wild dogs attack. Eight more have been injured. Most attacks were reported in Doongdong Nyelsa-Norbooding chiwog.

Every choice you make today is shaping your future. This couldn’t be truer for the villagers of Dagor chiwog of Shumar Gewog in Pema Gatshel. They chose not to tap resin from pine trees anymore. They have forgone one of their primary income sources for a healthier environment. 

All sports and games resumed in the country earlier this week. However, due to the high risk of COVID-19 transmission from the porous borders in Samtse, the District COVID-19 Task Force has put in place strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). The task force is also yet to allow a few indoor games and sports.

The education ministry’s New Normal Curriculum from this academic session has been one of the biggest reforms in ages in the education system. Using ICT infrastructure, the new curriculum aims to go beyond textbooks and classrooms, and also maintain uninterrupted teaching and learning. However, the change is not without shortcomings.

The road to recovery may be long but for the time being, the residents of Phuentshogling have a reason to heave a sigh of relief. The town did not record a COVID-19 positive case from the community for more than three weeks now. Even its isolation hospital is empty with all the patients recovered. 

To conserve the endangered White-bellied Heron, the Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN), is implementing a large-scale project titled Developing Ecosystem-based Solutions for Managing Biodiversity Landscapes in Bhutan. It is an environmental-based project that would provide social and economic benefits to conserve the critically endangered bird and help develop community livelihood at the same time.

Bhutan’s female shot put athlete at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games set a new personal best today. However, she failed to qualify for the next round. Positioned in a group with some of the best shot putters in the world, Chimi Dema threw a distance of a little more than five meters.