By NIKO PRICE, Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY – Two weeks after the first known swine flu death, Mexico still hasn’t given medicine to the families of the dead. It hasn’t determined where the outbreak began or how it spread. And while the government urges anyone who feels sick to go to hospitals, feverish people .
TUTONG MUKIM Tanjong Maya has great potential to become the first ever manufacturer of virgin coconut oil (VCO) in the Sultanate. “In due course, with time and patience, Mukim Tanjong Maya, well-known for its coconuts, will become the first mukim in the whole of Brunei to have ever succeed in the extraction of VCO,” according .
By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press Writer RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israel’s previous government built or issued bids for some 9,000 homes for Israelis in Jerusalem and the West Bank, despite its promise to pursue a peace deal with the Palestinians, settlement monitors said Monday, summarizing Ehud Olmert’s three years as prime minister. The Israeli watchdog .
Faez Hani BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THIRTEEN teams have made their way to the final stage of the B-@ktif competition in which they will have two months, from June to August, to carry out their proposed projects which will focus on programmes for youth development. The announcement was made in conjunction with the launching of the .
BRUNEI-MUARA A UNIVERSITI Brunei Darussalam (UBD) exchange student has proposed the formation of a club to focus on improving understanding of entrepreneurship and its associated risks to accelerate economic diversification efforts. Brunei has many opportunities and benefits if entrepreneurship is enhanced as it cuts down on heavy government reliance and raises the country’s standard of .
Goh De No BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN SOME parents are still in the dark with the 21st Century National Education System (SPN21) at Chung Hwa Middle School’s (CHMS) briefing yesterday. Since the implementation of the system in January and more than one and a half years since it was announced, the Ministry of Education (MoE) and .
Junaidi Bahrum TUTONG A LOCAL co-operative, is seeking government support in their community venture in order to enhance production level and ensuring the sustainability of their efforts. The facilitator of the Economic Bureau of Tanjong Maya (MPM), said that the communal production of virgin coconut oil (VCO), a vital commodity in some pharmaceutical products, is .
By Ubaidillah Mash Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei’s focus on agriculture will prove to be an advantage once the global economic crisis recedes since agri-based food products will dominate the market, the Agriculture Secretary of Philippines said yesterday. In a brief interview with The Brunei Times, Arthur Cua Yap explained that the crisis is expected .
By Junaidi Bahrum Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei needs to ease restrictions placed on foreign business participation in the country, especially pertaining to land ownership. This view was expressed by some leaders of the business community, who feel that the present policy should also be restructured to encourage foreign direct investment (FDI) flow for reducing .
By Amin Hosni Bandar Seri Begawan – As Brunei has seen a significant number of patients going over to the Department of Ophthalmology for glaucoma, the Ministry of Health is in the process of providing full ophthalmic services at Primary Health Centres across the country to screen all patients for eye diseases that cause blindness. .
