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The Way Ahead
contd.

23 July, 2007 - Druk Yellow Party,
which stood for the preservation of tradition and values, came out as the overwhelming winner. We all knew Yellow would win, because it had our unconditional support. Every true Bhutanese is for heritage. It is more than just important. We live with it. We live by it. We live for it.

Nu. 3.5 billion Punatsangchhu-I
23 July, 2007 - The government of India’s (GOI) UnionCabinet approved on July 20, the signing of the inter-governmental agreement between India and Bhutan on the Hydropower Project in Bhutan, according to a news release from the GOI’s Press Information Bureau.

A boy drowns

The swollen Wangchhu

23 July, 2007 - Ever so often Thimphu’s Wangchhu claims a child. This time it was a nine-year-old student Kencho Tshering.

ACC commissioner joins PDP

Dorji Choden

23 July, 2007 - The Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Dorji Choden, became the second ACC official to resign and join politics. After in the civil service for 22 years, Dorji Choden resigned last week to join the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Sarpang candidate no. 3

D B Rana

23 July, 2007 - Sarpang became the first dzongkhag to produce three candidates for the National Council.
The latest aspirant is Retired Major D B Rana from Gangatey village in Hilley. He said that the people in his village urged him to stand for the elections.

Yusipang livestock complex to help farmers

Ambassador Sudhir Vyas (left) with the agriculture minister

23 July, 2007 - The Indian Ambassador to Bhutan, Mr. Sudhir Vyas, and Bhutan’s agriculture minister, Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup, on July 19, inaugurated the National livestock Breeding Complex in Yusipang, which will house the office of the National Livestock Breeding Programme, the National Pig Breeding Centre, and the horse and dairy unit.

Until The Bitter End
23 July, 2007 - Tring! Tring! The alarm
went off, breaking the
Sunday morning silence. 6 A.M. Kinley groans, stretches and indulges herself for another hour in bed.

Two parties on the road to election

PDP’s secretary general, Lam Kezang receives a khadar from the party’s would be president Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup

21 July, 2007 - Bhutanese politics is evolving, spiced with speculation, assumptions, and allegations,
creating both excitement and concerns along the way.

With the Bhutan United People’s Party (BPUP) and the All People’s Party (APP) agreeing to work together under a new name two political parties are being formed, the People Democratic Party (PDP) having already been formed.

The ECB announced that registration began on July 1, and its rules say that the political parties should register within one month of their formation, but no party has registered yet.

But the recent weeks have seen many developments in the political scene.

National Council: No choice of candidates
21 July, 2007 - From candidates who want to
“pay tribute to the dynasty” to
others who want to “form the strongest democratic institution” Bhutan’s National Council will be formed in December.

“We are in dilemma”:Judiciary
21 July, 2007 - The enactment of the revised
Land Act of Bhutan 2007,
by the National Assembly last month, has led to people rushing to court to clear land related cases.

District courts in Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, and Gelephu are registering an average of five land related cases every day, according to judiciary officials.

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