By James Kon TWO locals, aged 19 and 21 years old, were reportedly remanded by the Royal Brunei Police Force for their alleged involvement of a brawl in a department store on Monday evening. Two foreigners, who were the alleged victims of the brawl and believed to have sustained injuries, were sent to RIPAS Hospital .
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RAKUGO, better known as Japanese sit-down comedy or comic story telling, has a history of about 400 years where performers sit in front of audience and act out stories comprising conversations among several characters. More than 150 audiences consisting of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) students, ambassadors and the public witnessed the Rakugo at the Chancellor .
BRUNEI DPMM FC have to settle for a 2-2 draw against Tampines Rovers FC in yet another controversial game in the Great Eastern Yeo S League at Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium last night. However, the point came at a costly price for Brunei DPMM FC when Safari Wahit received a second yellow card on the .
THE corruption trial against former development minister Pg Indera Wijaya Pg Dr Hj Ismail and Managing Director of Ted Sendirian Berhad Wong Tim Kai will resume on Thursday while the High Court decides today whether or not to resume without defendant No 2. As a result of yesterday’s hearing due to Wong’s absence, he was .
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BRUNEI Shell Petroleum is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year and to commemorate this significant milestone, a special 20-page supplement “Securing Future Energy Needs” featuring BSP’s achievements comes complimentary with your copy of the Borneo Bulletin today. Read about how the company not only pioneered the oil and gas industry in Brunei Darussalam but has .
HIS Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has consented to send a message of condolence to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Republic of the Philippines following the loss of lives and damages resulting from the tropical storm Ketsana. In the message, His Majesty expressed his deepest condolences to President Gloria Arroyo and .
Waleed PD Mahdini, Aziz Idris and Danial Norjidi DESPITE the major inconvenience suffered by members of the public affected by the six-hour power outage on Monday evening, the general public has rallied behind the thankless job of the Department of Electrical Services (DES) in praising them for professionally resuming services to normal as soon as .
Gas fuel control systems caused power outage ALMOST 24 hours after the first power outage, some parts of the capital and the Brunei-Muara District suffered another power blackout, a day after large parts of the Brunei-Muara, Tutong and Belait Districts experienced disruptions to power supplies that began at half past seven on the evening of .
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Farah Ahmadnawi & Danial Norjidi A delegation of officers from the Public Relations Department in Thailand, accompanied by officers from the Information Department, Prime Minister’s Office paid a visit to the Information Department and Radio Television Brunei (RTB) yesterday. The delegation is in Brunei as a part of the “Programme of Cooperation in the field .
Rosli Abidin Yahya The literary circle of Brunei lost another writer, Pg Hj Sabtu bin Pg Hj Mohd Salleh, who succumbed to various illnesses just before Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Better known as A S Isma, he received the coveted Southeast Asia (SEA) Write Award from Thailand royalty in Bangkok, Thailand in 1996. He was the .
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