THE Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate’s court yesterday fined three men — a Malaysian national, a Brunei permanent resident and a local — in three separate cases of alcohol possession. Fan Chee Meng, 47, from Malaysia, was fined $1,800, or to serve two months’ imprisonment in default, for having in his possession undeclared alcohol. The court .
Jason Thomas BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI B are all set to face Malaysia in the opener of the Brunei Amateur Softball and Baseball Association (BASBA) Silver Jubilee Tournament at 9am today. Held in conjunction with the 10th ASEAN Softball Championship, BASBA expects one of its teams to finish on the podium at the four-day tournament .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN QAF FC knocked Jerudong FC out of the DSTGroup League Cup after beating them 2-1 in a tightly contested and noisy encounter at the Berakas Sports Complex last night. With both teams fighting for survival in the second round encounter, it was Jerudong who had the upper hand in the opening minutes .
HIS Royal Highness Prince Haji Sufri Bolkiah, President of the Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council (BDNOC) left for Hanoi yesterday to attend the 3rd Asian Indoor Games which will be held from Oct 30 to Nov 8. Accompanying HRH is Pg Bini Hajah Faizah binti Dato Haji Nasir. Present to bid farewell to HRH at .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN IT TAKES more than a two-time Malaysian national snooker champion to intimidate national pool player Ahmad Taufiq Murni. Ahmad Taufiq faced Patrick Ooi in the quarter-finals of this month’s 2009 Golden Break 9-Ball Invitational Championship in Kuala Lumpur, and though he lost 13-7, he was confident it could have been a different .
Jason Thomas BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN FABIAN DEL ROSARIO has identified three junior golfers to turn professional. Sixty junior golfers are registered to train with the national golf coach at the Pantai Mentiri Golf Course three times a week, though not all of them turn up regularly. But two boys and a girl have shown a .
8 receive diplomas at Convocation DENTAL hygienists cum therapists are being trained “to address the huge dental decay and gum disease burden amongst the population of Brunei Darussalam”. Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awg Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, Minister of Health (MoH), said this as he spoke at the Inaugural Convocation .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE moment that softball fans have been waiting for is finally here. In the books for a few months, the hotly-anticipated Brunei Amateur Softball and Baseball Association (BASBA) Silver Jubilee Tournament in conjunction with the 10th ASEAN Softball Championship kicks off at the Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien (SOAS) field in the .
World Sight Day celebrated THE leading cause of blindness in Brunei Darussalam is damage to the retina (Retinopathy) caused by a complication of Diabetes Mellius. It can eventually lead to blindness. To get a better picture of the diabetic Retinopathy situation, the Ministry of Health launched the National Diabetic Retinopathy Registration, and its findings will .
THE International Women’s Club Brunei (IWCB) yesterday presented its donation to the Philippines Relief Effort to aid victims of Typhoon Ketsana at the Philippine Embassy. IWCB President Ungku Patin Fanzah Ungku Osman presented to Philippine Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam Alexander B Yano the donation of $5,500. IWCB contributed $3,000 and $2,500 came from an anonymous .
