May 24, 2013
Vote for us: Party workers distribute pamphlets to voters after the common forum in Mongar A week before P-Day, and most locals did not know the number of parties in the fray
Poll day for the primary round is a week from today yet, in the remote village of Kengkhar in Mongar district, the electorate did not know how many parties are contesting.
That is why more than 300 people attended the common forum for Kengkhar-Weringla constituency at Kengkhar gewog yesterday. But some voters were disappointed, because the parties had sent representatives [... Read More]
May 24, 2013
All together now: Leisure time after the common forum and lunchFollowing in the footsteps of some NC contestants, the rivals here kept things civil
Parties contesting the primaries have a lot more to learn from the eight candidates of the four political parties in Trongsa.
In going from one chiwog to another for common forums, they spend a lot of time together, travelling, sharing meals, enjoying hearty conversation, helping each other put up banners, and take them down after the events, and rendering moral support to one [... Read More]
May 24, 2013
Although not many, it is a number stillWhich, though low, is far better than how many showed up for the NC show – zero!
Perhaps the least, as compared to other gewogs in the dzongkhag, only around 20 voters showed up to attend the Samdrupjongkhar throm common forum held at the primary school auditorium yesterday.
But this turnout is a slight improvement, if compared to the National Council election common forum organised at the same venue last month, where not a single person appeared.
It [... Read More]
May 24, 2013
Wangduephodrang dzong (Photo: Felicity Shaw)The Wangduephodrang Dzong – the Fortress of Conquest – is one of the five great dzongs of western Bhutan.
Built in 1638 upon a strategic hilltop, resembling the trunk of a sleeping elephant at the confluence of two rivers – Punatsangchu and Dangchu – its main purpose was to bring under control the enemy forces resisting the consolidation of Drukpa power in Wangdue valley.
The dzong is encircled by many monasteries and temples. To its east are [... Read More]
May 24, 2013
Chamkhar team celebrate a kareyVillagers had to seek the election commission’s permission to play the traditional match
Even with the election fever on, people of Bumthang did not miss playing their traditional archery match called Chog Dah on May 20 and 21.
The match is played between two villages and believed to have a spiritual impact on the villages. The villages had to seek permission from the Election Commission of Bhutan to play the match. Although, they were asked to postpone, [... Read More]
May 23, 2013
Starting point: Election officials leave Goenshari for Lunana on May 20
(Photo: Dorji Wangdi, Electoral registration officer)Election officials, who are walking to the northern frontier gewog of Lunana in Gasa, to conduct the primary round on May 31, are expected to cross Mount Gangjula today.
Gangjula, which is 4,900m above sea level, is the second highest peak along the walking trail to Lunana.
The Gangjula pass is partially open, and the team should be able to cross over, if it does not snow. The weather as of last evening was reported to be [... Read More]
May 23, 2013
They’ve been asked not to submit their CVs to private contractors, who misuse them
Engineers, architects and surveyors employed by the armed forces, corporations, financial institutions and hydropower projects are to refrain from providing their curriculum vitae (CV) to contractors.
They have been given a month’s notice to refrain from such practices by the Construction Development Board (CDB), following complaints from the Anti-Corruption Commission.
“It’s been found that most contractors have been using the CVs of already employed [... Read More]
May 23, 2013
Presentation done: PDP president interacts with a villagerHaving been fed with speeches from all four political party presidents, many voters in Mongar now claim to have a better idea on whom to vote for on the primary’s poll day on May 31.
After attending the last of the president’s campaigns, which was that of People’s Democratic party’s Tshering Tobgay, where over 200 people showed up, people said each president tried to woo voters in the best way possible.
“But we’ve decided on the best,” [... Read More]
May 23, 2013
Some of the 50 filled LPG cylinders and 250 empty ones that were seized yesterday Customs officials, together with Phuntsholing police, caught a non-Bhutanese driver at the main gate driving a truck filled with 50 filled LPG cylinders and 250 empty cylinders.
The cylinders, belonging to Damchen Petroleum, were being ferried to one of the depots in India for re-fill.
However, the driver was carrying 50-filled cylinders for which the procedure in place was that he was required to inform customs officials.
For failing to do so, while the cylinders were returned to [... Read More]
May 23, 2013
For sale: Used cars in the absence of new ones
A quadrupling of such agents best indicates this boom in the used car sales business
Asset brokers, who deal in the sale of used cars in Thimphu, are on the rise, figures, maintained by the regional department of trade and industries, show.
From six licensed and operating brokers in 2011, the number has today increased by four times to 24. The year 2012 alone saw an inclusion of 15 brokers.
Regional director with the department, Dungtu, said, while [... Read More]
