TOKYO HONDA MOTOR CO, Japan’s No 2 automaker, forecast a small profit for the current year as it cuts costs to counter plunging car sales and a strong yen, surprising analysts who were expecting its first annual loss. Carmakers everywhere are being hammered by an acute downturn in demand brought on by the worst financial .
ASIA tightened its already strict measures to keep swine flu from spreading across the region yesterday, after the World Health Organisation warned of a significant increase in the risk of a pandemic. Most countries in the region have already increased airport checks to screen passengers arriving from affected areas and advised against non-essential travel to .
JOHOR BAHARU NINE people, six of them Pakistan nationals from one family, drowned while a boy from the same family was rescued after a boat carrying them capsized in waters off Teluk Ramunia near here yesterday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Southern Region Enforcement Chief First Admiral (Maritime) Che Hassan Jusoh said the agency was .
PUTRAJAYA THE Federal Court has been tasked to determine the validity of the conversion of children of a civil marriage into Islam by one parent without the consent and knowledge of the non-converted parent. The Court of Appeal yesterday referred the Shamala-Ridwan custodial rights case to the Federal Court for determination of five constitutional questions. .
KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will be arriving in Brunei today on a two-day inaugural working visit. He will be accompanied by wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, cabinet ministers and senior government officials. During the visit, Najib is scheduled to have an audience with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang .
SANGO, JAPAN SHINSUKE Takasaki’s son Sota is too young to understand that his mother might still be alive if 18 hospitals had not denied her treatment when she complained of headaches during labour. The question of how this could happen still baffles his father, as well as medical experts in Japan, one of the world’s .
YANGON THE party of detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met yesterday to decide whether to take part in controversial elections planned for next year by the ruling junta. Dozens of plainclothes policemen stood guard as members of the National League For Democracy (NLD) gathered at the party headquarters in the commercial hub .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN OVER $146 million has been allocated by the Ministry of Development for the Public Works Department (PWD) projects which include repairs and maintenance of sewerage and drainage, as well as roads and water works in the Brunei-Muara District. A total of 36 areas in the district has been identified for maintenance and .
Hana Roslan BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN EVIDENCE-BASED research has stated that the Picture Exchange Communication System (Pecs) is the best method of eliciting better communication for individuals diagnosed with autism. This was justified by Amanda Reed, the senior consultant from Pyramid Educational Consultants of Australia Pty Ltd in an interview during the last day of the .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN RADIO Television Brunei (RTB) has called upon radio listeners in the country to join in the celebration of its 52nd radio anniversary by taking part in a radio quiz that will be broadcast live on all four RTB radio channels beginning May 1 to June 5. The state broadcaster, in cooperation with .
