Bhutan

Initial insurance assessment completed

Source: Kuensel Online

Thimphu :: Bhutan | updated Sat Nov 21 23:58:58 -0800 2009 | political-news

There are currently, 403 guest(s) and 20 member(s) that are online...Haa dzongkhag officials and local leaders has begun to assess the damage caused by the November 18 fire that gutted three houses and partially burnt another in upper Haa town....

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Suicide in Sarpang

Source: Kuensel Online

Thimphu :: Bhutan | updated Thu Nov 19 14:52:15 -0800 2009 | political-news

There are currently, 264 guest(s) and 10 member(s) that are online...A 25-year-old married woman from Chargarey, Samtse, committed suicide by hanging from a tree on the evening of November 15 near her house in Sarpang. The husband told police that...

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No live cast of parliament proceedings

Source: APFA News

Thimphu :: Bhutan | updated Thu Nov 19 07:46:45 -0800 2009 | political-news

Like in last session, the National Assembly has restricted Bhutan Broadcasting Service for live telecast of the parliament proceedings of the fourth session that starts Friday...However, the TV has been permitted for live telecast of opening and closing days and...

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Haa fire guts three houses

Source: Kuensel Online

Thimphu :: Bhutan | updated Thu Nov 19 22:24:38 -0800 2009 | travel-news

About 12 families living in upper Haa town were made homeless when a fire, which broke out yesterday afternoon, completely gutted three houses and partially burnt another...The three families living in the partially gutted house managed to salvage some of...

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Reconstituted as autonomous authority

Source: Kuensel Online

Thimphu :: Bhutan | updated Thu Nov 19 01:58:35 -0800 2009 | political-news

There are currently, 556 guest(s) and 38 member(s) that are online...Almost two years after it was established as a council, the tourism council of Bhutan (TCB) will finally function as a fully autonomous authority with nine new council members led...

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Only quake-insured house awaits compensation

Source: Kuensel Online

Phuentsholing :: Bhutan | updated Wed Nov 18 13:56:59 -0800 2009 | political-news

Their two-storied traditional house was the only one among 17 houses in Drametse insured specifically for earthquake, along with general rural insurance. Two walls of the house, which belongs to Wangmo, 37, came down during the September 21 earthquake.

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Misuse of power tops corruption pile

Source: Kuensel Online

Thimphu :: Bhutan | updated Tue Nov 17 21:41:10 -0800 2009 | political-news

There are currently, 584 guest(s) and 36 member(s) that are online...The anti corruption commission (ACC) received 418 complaints of corruption from October 2008 to September 2009, of which 77 qualified for investigation, according to its annual report for 2009.

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Deadly quake leaves 10 dead in Bhutan

Posted by: faisi

Thimphu :: Bhutan | updated Mon Oct 05 14:29:06 -0700 2009 | disasters

THIMPHU: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has killed at least ten people in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, officials have said. Ugyen Tenzing, the country's director of disaster management, said rescuers were searching for survivors under the debris of collapsed buildings in...

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Chhukha :: Bhutan | updated Fri Oct 16 00:23:41 -0700 2009 | odd-news

VERY SERIOUS INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO EACH OF US DO NOT POSTPONE TO READ THIS MESSAGE FIND TIME IT IS FOR YOU ONLY TO SAVE YOU FROM ANY UNDESIRED SITUATIONS TO FACE WITH. Be sure to read Scene 3 Quite interesting....

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