Farah Ahmadnawi & Rohani Hj Abd Hamid (Borneo Bulletin) In conjunction with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam’s 63rd birthday, The Empire Hotel and Country Club organised a three-day celebration event. The event consists of activities open for members of the public from July 24-26. Over 29 carnival games including hoola .
Danial Norjidi (Borneo Bulletin) Twenty-seven officers from the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) were yesterday invited aboard the TLD Tunas Samudera from the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) for a short sail around the Brunei Bay. The officers, 11 of whom were newly commissioned, were led by RBN Commander Colonel (L) Abdul Halim bin Haji Mohd Hanifah. .
Jason Leong & Azrol Azmi (Borneo Bulletin) His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, yesterday granted a farewell audience to John Donald William Saville, the outgoing British High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam. The audience took place at the Istana Nurul Iman. Mr Saville has been the British High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam .
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James Kon (Borneo Bulletin) The Nissan GT-R has finally touched down in Brunei Darussalam following a stylish official launching ceremony yesterday-hosted by Boustead Sdn Bhd, the main distributor of Nissan vehicles in Brunei Darussalam. Present to officiate the ceremony was Mr Hashimoto ltsuo, the Japanese Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam. Also present were Dato Paduka Lim .
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Renowned film and advertising director Yasmin Ahmad died here at about 11.25 pm Saturday night. Her death was confirmed by Media Prime Group Chief Operations Officer Datuk Seri Ahmad Farid Ridzuan, who was at the Damansara Specialists Hospital, when contacted by Bernama. Yasmin, 51, collapsed while presenting a working paper at Sri Pentas, the headquarters .
James Kon (Borneo Bulletin) EIGHT students with two instructors from the Bake and Pastry course of Youth Development Center attended the Indra Baking and Cooking demo session at the Le Apple Bakery yesterday. Conducted by famous pastry Chef Ibu Vonny, the students obtained tips and recipe for making donuts, cakes, puddings, cookies and many others. .
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Farah Ahmadnawi (Borneo Bulletin) Being the winner of YouGotSnapped snapshot competitions, Group 51 have walked home with $500 during the prize presentation ceremony held recently at the iCentre in Anggerek Desa. Meanwhile, second place went to Group 37 with 507 votes, winning themselves $200 and Group 17 came in third place with 389 votes winning .
Achong Tanjong (Borneo Bulletin) Roadside fruit vendors who had been operating their business illegally under the Muara-Tutong Highway bridge near Jerudong beach were asked to evacuate and stop their business operation immediately yesterday. The move came during the joint operation to the area conducted by Enforcement personnel from Enforcement and Licensing Section of Brunei-Muara District .
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M K Anwar Immigration Enforcement has upped the ante in efforts to curb immigration offenders in the country with the setting up of a new permanent branch for the Tutong District. The new permanent branch is another milestone for the Immigration and National Registration Department as it marks the 51st anniversary this year. Currently the .
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(Borneo Bulletin) The IET Brunei Network recently conducted a course on the new IEE 17th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS7671) which came into effect on July 1,2008. The objective of the course was to provide updates and for the participants to be conversant with the content of the BS7671 and harmonisation with IEC 60364 especially the .
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