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May 21, 2013
Jigmi Y Thinley makes a strong defense of his govt.’s record Primaries With four political parties participating in the primary round, Druk Phuensum Tshogpa president Jigmi Y Thinley reminded people to be cautious when choosing the right party. “Remember all the political parties dream of taking previous ruling party’s seat,” he said. “So you’ll hear many allegations on the previous party on corruption and that the party isn’t good.” This is how the DPT president, speaking in Lhotsamkha, started off his speech to the gathering of [... Read More]
May 20, 2013
Samtse hospital yesterday referred the lone survivor of the mushroom poisoning case to Thimphu referral hospital for further tests, and to be on the “safer side.” The man, neighbour to the family that died of mushroom poisoning, was admitted to Samtse hospital on May 11. The family, comprising the husband in his 30s, his 33-year-old wife, their 10-year-old son and the seven-year-old wife’s brother, had eaten the mushroom on May 11 evening. They were from Mujuar (Tharpaling) village in Ugyentse (Nainital) gewog. The funeral expenses [... Read More]
May 18, 2013
Heavy rain the night before the forum, growing fatigue of it and language barriers were some reasons Whether it was because of the rain, or growing fatigue of the common forum, the last held yesterday for Yoeseltse-Ugyentse constituency in Samtse saw poor audience turn out. After waiting more than two hours, the common forum began with less than 100 people attending it, unlike the number they expected, like during the National Council election forum. The gewog has 2,276 eligible voters. One of the villagers who [... Read More]
May 16, 2013
Claiming they wanted to learn more about the party this time, unlike in 2008, some voters showed up to hear People’s Democratic Party president on his campaign trip in Samtse. Villagers attending the campaign in Sipsu yesterday said while they knew the party candidates in their constituencies were competent, they wanted to know more about what the party had to offer. “But that doesn’t mean we’ll not attend other party presidents’ campaigns,” a villager said. But in trying to win hearts of those who turned [... Read More]
May 15, 2013
The BAFRA office relocation has created a doubt about this vital citadel against disease With the landowner asking Bhutan agriculture and food regulatory authority (BAFRA) office in Phuentsholing to move, officials are wondering if Phuentsholing will now have a plant and animal quarantine station. This is because the new land identified by Phuentsholing thromde for BAFRA, for which documentation is still under process, can accommodate only the administrative block but not the quarantine station. Without a quarantine station, the chances of inflow of live [... Read More]
May 15, 2013
Only about 30 of the 700 eligible voters of the throm turned up to lend a ear If the turnout at the common forum in Samtse yesterday is any indicator, then the people of Samtse thromde had probably made up their mind which party to vote for. For although the returning officer, micro observer and four party candidates waited until 10am and delayed the forum by more than 30 minutes, only about 30 people turned up at Samtse high school’s multipurpose hall yesterday for the [... Read More]
May 13, 2013
The Phuentsholing police have released two non-Bhutanese men who were detained in connection with 63 metric tonnes of sugar gone missing from the Food Corporation of Bhutan godown. The men were detained on May 8 following a complaint by an official stationed at the FCB depot in Phuentsholing on 630 quintals of sugar gone missing while he was on leave between February and March. The men work at the FCB depot. The shortfall was detected when the quantity of sugar imported did not tally with [... Read More]
May 10, 2013
An unclaimed body of a 67-year-old man that has been at the Phuentsholing general hospital for more than a week was cremated yesterday by a group of volunteers. The volunteers from Yurung and Chimong gewogs from Pemagatshel living in Phuentsholing volunteered to cremate the body of late Pema Dorji for despite several attempts, they couldn’t contact his family. Monks and lam from Phuentsholing dungkhag dratshang performed the funeral rites. One of the volunteers said the deceased was admitted to hospital on May 2 by an [... Read More]
May 9, 2013
FCB and RMA officials will be on hand to facilitate the new system for Indian bidders A point of sale (POS) facility has been set up at the FCB auction yard in Phuentsholing to encourage Indian merchants, who come to buy vegetables, to make payments through ATM cards instead of cash. This comes at the time when a potato auction season is just around the corner. The decision to have such facility came after FCB explained they cannot conduct the auction if they have to [... Read More]
May 8, 2013
Popular, profitable venues in the past, theatres now see dwindling viewers and revenue COVER STORY The curtains slowly parted, the lights dimmed and a hushed silence took over the chattering. Then a beam of light emerged from high up on the back wall, lighting up dust particles, as it travelled to the big white screen in front, unleashed the fantasy everyone was waiting for. What followed was at least two hours and a half of melodrama, with an intermission in the middle, of the good [... Read More]
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