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Scouting celebrates 100th anniversary Seattle Post Intelligencer - Aug 1, 2007 While observances took place from the Kingdom of Bhutan to Ecuador, the symbolic focus was on Brownsea Island, off the coast of southern England. …

Face-off

18 August, 2007 - What should the Bhutanese voter expect in 2008?
The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa and the People’s Democratic Party formally applied this week to register as political parties to contest the 2008 elections. In the absence of any other parties being formed, one of these parties will form the first elected government and the other will sit in opposition.

India celebrates 60

Their Majesties the Queens, Her Royal Highness, the Prime Minister, and Ambassador Vyas

18 August, 2007 - India is touched by the warmth of Bhutan’s friendship. This year this warmth was conveyed in a special gesture by His Majesty the King, who presented a cake to the Indian embassy on August 15, the 60th anniversary of India’s Independence Day.

Engineers in limbo
18 August, 2007 - The 15 government
engineers whose
promotions were revoked two months ago by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) have still not been able to find out why it happened.

Engineer, contractors sentenced
18 August, 2007 - Two contractors and a
dzongkhag junior engineer
have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from six months to two years 11 months for their involvement in the fraudulent tendering of the Buli-Tshaidang farm road, in Zhemgang.

Bridging differences
18 August, 2007 - Sociologists, psychologists, and all the other experts tell us that we all have multiple identities. For example, we are Bhutanese citizens, we are fathers or mothers, wives or husbands, professionals or technicians or farmers, we are youth or middle-aged or old, and so on.

Two killed in construction accident

Pasakha:17 August, 2007 - Two temporary workers employed by the Bhutan Ferro Industries in Pasakha were killed on August 13 when a section of the truss being placed atop a factory building broke off and fell on them.

Software, palm oil and copper top exports

17 August, 2007 - Tax sheltered industries and its sister concerns continued to figure prominently in Bhutan’s trade statistics and have, in recent years, pushed exports to new levels.

In 2006, for example, exports grew to Nu. 13.8 billion up from Nu. 7.9 billion in 2005. These figures do not include the export of electricity to India, Bhutan’s main export item, which was around Nu.4.9 billion.

Culture industries to generate employment and income

17 August, 2007 - Youth unemployment is one of the major concerns that the country is grappling with today.
Despite several government initiatives, like encouraging school leavers to take up vocational training and providing collateral free loans for students completing vocational trainings, for self-employment, the rate of youth unemployment has only been increasing over the years.

Residents frustrated with scant vegetables

Is there anything left?

17 August, 2007 - Green vegetables are hard to come by in Zhemgang. It is so scarce that Zhemgang residents rush to the vegetable market on a Sunday before dawn at 4 a.m. carrying a flashlight, come rain or shine, or cold, to grab whatever little green vegetables they can. It’s literally the early bird catches the most worms.

Is eating meat un-Buddhist?

Sikam

16 August, 2007 -
Legs and torsos of cows and pigs dangle on a hook. On a bloody table is a skinned goat, stomach cut open, teeth bared. Pieces of meat are stuck on the hands, arms, shirts, and pants of the butcher with the carving knife. Inches away from the table are the hordes of Thimphu residents, their mouths in waters, waiting in line to get their hands on the best meat, which are usually the thighs because it has less fat.

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