Category: Media

In a recent press meet, the 12th episode of the elected government, Prime Minister Jigmi Thiney is said to have mentioned that media is the fourth branch of the government. The statement, if rightly quoted by the national newspaper Kuensel, stunned me. To my understanding, media is not part...

Speaker has the discretion to include media and public in the proceedings Live Coverage 25 April, 2011 – The proceedings of the National Assembly will once again be covered live on television, when the seventh Parliament session commences next month. “Discussions of bills are very important and people should...

Druk Yoezer 21 February, 2011- “Druk Yoezer”, a Dzongkha weekly, hit the stands on February 19, making it the country’s eighth newspaper and the second weekly in the national language. The newspaper, which at the moment has only two reporters, aims to gradually cover all 20 dzongkhags by travelling...

“We look at the media as having no different a role as the kind of role that each of the other three branches of government has. And that is the public service.” So Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley said, explaining to media experts and participants of the two-day dialogue...

2-day media dialogue finds fourth estate wanting insofar as its basic mandate goes Bhutanese Media 21 December, 2010 – If providing a common forum for different groups to deliberate on issues, involving them in decision making processes, is one essential role media should play, more so in a democracy,...

The private media sector is barely five years old. The notification from the MoIC concerning ad distribution based on circulation and the audit underway has raised not just eyebrows, but a feeling that the media is being prematurely judged The brouhaha encircling private media houses and the MoIC began...