By Ignatius Stephen, Asharuddin Ahanapiah & Shamsul DP Suni YOUNG Bruneians were given the opportunity to show their creativity and expression though art, recently. That was the aim of an exhibition held to mark the 10th anniversary for the founding of G4S, a security firm in Brunei. Outstanding art work, drawings and photography were done .
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By Lyna Mohamad CITIZENS and residents of the country have been instructed to put up the national flags and respective personal flags throughout next month beginning tomorrow (July 1) in conjunction with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam 63rd birthday celebrations. The Director of Information, Dr Muhammad Hadi Muhammad Melayong said .
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By James Kon DSO Jamaludin bin Ahmad has officially been appointed as the new Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of the Fire and Rescue Department in a ceremony held at the Fire and Rescue Training Centre yesterday. The former RSM, Station Officer Hj Hassan bin Hj Jamudin in his speech said, “The responsibilities and duties of .
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By Rohani Hj Abd Hamid THE two-day Asean NewsMaker Project started yesterday at Seameo Voctech Gadong. During the project students will utilise the NewsMaker software to produce video clips that touches on aspects of life in their country ranging from school life to history and food. They also learned to produce informative video clips that .
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By Arnie PDH Ishak THE IFNGO was created in 1949, with head offices in Shanghai and was re-launched in 1981, the Secretariat being then extablished in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The IFNGO has been active for the last 28 years and is a worldwide federation of NGOs, with substantive members in 40 countries. During these 28 .
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By Amin Hosni PREVENT1ON is better than cure. That was the primary message of the 23rd International Federation of Non-Government Organisations for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse (IFNGO) World Conference. The opening ceremony of the 1FNGO World Conference was held yesterday at the Empire Hotel and Country Club and was officiated by Her .
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By Danial Norjidi WINNERS of the “Red Bull F1 Time Trial” competition which took place at the International Convention Centre (ICC) on Sunday received their prizes in a ceremony held yesterday, at the same venue. Mr Valentine Hon, the GM of Kingston Beverage & Creamery Sdn Bhd, local distributor of Red Bull, presented the prizes .
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By Ignatius Stephen, Asharuddin Ahanapiah & Shamsul DP Suni IT MAY not be the new fashion item, but facemasks are proving a sellout everywhere in the sultanate. Many shops have emptied out their entire stocks of facemasks, indicating that the public is well aware of the dangers of Influenza A (H1N1). With the current growing .
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ROYAL Brunei Airlines, in a gesture of goodwill, is waiving rebooking and rerouting fees for customers who do not wish to travel due to concerns about the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic. The waiver programme is for RBA customers holding tickets that were issued on or before June 30, 2009 and are valid for travel before .
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By Azlan Othman A WINDOW was left shattered and a tree smashed into pieces when a terrace house in Kg Perpindahan Lambak Kanan, Berakas was struck by lightning at around 10.30pm, Sunday night. The impact was so great that parts of the tree flew about 10 metres away and hit the glass window of the .
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