BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) yesterday received a delegation from Singapore Police Force (SPF), who is in the Sultanate for an official two-day working visit. Leading the Singapore Police Force (SPF) delegation was the Singapore Police Commissioner Ng Joo Hee, who was accompanied by SPF’s Director of Operation ACP Lim Kol .
RIYADH, March 31 (NNN-KUNA) — Suleiman Al-Jasser, Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), said here that the UAE and Oman are still welcomed to join the GCC Monetary Council. At the conclusion of the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the GCC Monetary Council here, Al-Jasser told the press that the .
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KHARTOUM, March 31 (NNN-KUNA) — Khartoum has denied Israeli press reports that Egypt is amassing troops on borders with Sudan to prevent smuggling of weapons to Hamas. “The Sudanese government is not sending weapons to any party across any other country, and this is not the policy nor the strategy of the Sudanese government,” presidential .
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GAZA, March 31 (NNN-KUNA) — Israeli army chief of staff, General Gabi Ashkenazi has said that recent confrontations in the Gaza Strip during which an Israeli officer and a soldier were killed, “reminds us that war on Gaza isn’t over and it is on.” Ashkenazi, cited by the Israeli army radio Tuesday, said the Israeli .
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GAZA, March 31 (NNN-KUNA) — Israeli army radars detected a number of “foreign” jetfighters penetrating Israeli airspace west of Haifa Tuesday afternoon, Israel’s Channel Two said. Israeli jets, after returning to base, determined that the foreign aircraft, which apparently approached the Israel coast from the Mediterranean, were not hostile, the channel reported. The TV channel .
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By Muin Abdul Majid DUBAI, March 31 (NNN-BERNAMA) — In a further sign of its commitment to addressing labour issues, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Labour Ministry has created a new unit focusing on combating human trafficking. The move is in line with efforts to promote a stable labour market based on the rule of .
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CAIRO, March 31 (NNN-KUNA) — Israeli policies have not changed since the Jewish state was created, the Arab League on the occasion of Land Day. Israel’s policies have been discriminatory and violating human rights, Assistant Secretary-General for Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Mohammad Sabeeh said in a statement here Tuesday. He praised the Palestinian people .
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE National Committee for His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam’s 64th birthday celebrations held its second meeting yesterday to discuss the format of the event’s proceedings and to ensure they are in order. The closed-door meeting was chaired by Minister of Home Affairs Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan .
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TUTONG OFFICERS from the Tutong District Office learned ways to improve the quality of public service delivery during a four-day workshop, which drew to a close yesterday. The Tutong District Office and the Civil Service Institute organised the workshop named “Menyusur Jalan Kejayaan” (Paving the way to success) for some 38 officers from the Tutong .
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE values and purpose of higher education had disintegrated and are now more motivated towards making profits, a professor from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) said yesterday. According to Prof Tan Sri Dr Mohd Kamal Hassan from the IIUM Department of Usuluddin and Comparative Religion, under the faculty of Revealed Knowledge and .