James Kon (Borneo Bulletin) TO MARK the celebration of the 82′ anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the People’s Republic of China Embassy hosted a dinner reception at the Sheraton Utama Hotel The guest of honour was Brigadier General (U) Dato Paduka Hj Mahmud, Acting Commander of the Royal Brunei .
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Narissa Noor (Borneo Bulletin) “ACTION Today for a Sustainable Nation Tomorrow” is the theme for this year’s National Environment Conference that will be held at The Empire Hotel and Country Club on August 19. Now in it’s second year, the conference provides a much-needed platform for global experts and significant businesses and government agencies to .
Japai (Borneo Bulletin) THE Piasau-Piasau Primary School in Temburong held a school level spelling competition recently. The competition involved all the school’s Year Four, Five and Six pupils. Cikgu Michael was picked as the master speller, Cikgu Hanaffi as the time-keeper and Cikgu Waridi as the invigilator. The top three winners will be picked to .
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Norazriza Mohammad Noh (Borneo Bulletin) WORDS “I love Brunei” are used as a catchy slogan at the Asean Handicraft and Art show, to whip up interest among members of the public. The show started on July 24 at Complex Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. The objective of the show is to promote the local products .
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James Kon (Borneo Bulletin) TWO scout commissioners from the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association left the country yesterday to attend the Asia Pacific Regional Scout Workshop on Public Relations and Marketing in the Maldives. The two scout commissioners are Awg Abd Manan Abd Latip, Public Relations and Publication of PPNBD Head Quarters Commissioner and Awg Zainuddin .
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Azim Ghani (Boreno Bulletin) QAF Auto, b.mobile and Baiduri Bank will be conducting a two-day promotional booth exhibition on August 1 and 2 at the car park area of Panaga Club in Kuala Belait. The roadshow will be held in conjunction with the Velosi Golf Invitational Tournament 2009 that is going to take place on .
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Sonia K (Borneo Bulletin) THE Faculty of Science at Universiti Brunei Darussalam and Total E&P Borneo B.V (TEPB) yesterday held an event for students studying in the Department of Petroleum Geosciences at the university. The department is solely sponsored by Total E&P Borneo B.V and the objectives of the event were to bid farewell to .
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Liza Mohd (Borneo Bulletin) A CERTIFICATE presentation ceremony was held for 14 participants who completed the ‘National Train TheTrainers Workshop on Good Practices in the Refrigeration Sector’ at Jefri Bolkiah College of Engineering (MKJB) in Kuala Belait yesterday afternoon. The Acting Principal of MKJB, Awang Alias bin Hj Abu Bakar, presented the certificates to the .
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Liza Mohd (Borneo Bulletin) THREE officers from the Belait Immigration Law Enforcement Section led by the Senior Immigration Officer carried out an inspection at stalls selling corn in the area of Kg Agis-Agis, Sungai Liang in response to a public complaint on July 24. During the inspection, an Indonesian woman suspected of working on a .
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Liza Mohd (Borneo Bulletin) TO curb any illegal activities across the border, the Belait Immigration Enforcement Section spearheaded a joint roadblock operation with the Customs Intelligence and Preventive Section of Belait along Jalan Sungai Anam and close to the Sungai Tujoh Control Post in Kuala Belait. The operation codenamed `Bungkas 125′ aimed to foster closer .
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