A burst water pipe at a bridge in Tutong Town located just after a set of traffic lights created a “water fountain” that reached a height of about 10 to 15 metres. A police official was seen in the area, controlling the traffic to prevent any mishaps along the road. Views :302
Brunei Darussalam has recorded a steep rise in the number of dengue cases this year, which has led to calls for awareness and measures to eradicate Aedes mosquitoes, the reason behind the spread of the disease. To put the figures in perspective, the whole of last year Brunei only saw 37 cases of dengue. But .
GOH DE NO BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Thursday, April 29, 2010 TOURISM alone is not likely to preserve Kampong Ayer and the cultural heritage it stands for. The development of Brunei’s village on stilts has to factor in economic value that create incentives for its residents to stay on and keep alive what has become a .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN TRILOGY Communications, an international supplier of voice communications technologies for the defence sector, has been selected as a key sub-contractor to provide the complete voice communications element of the recently announced Joint Operations Centre (JOC) command and control capability for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF). “We are absolutely delighted to have .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Sungai Akar Recreation Park Project will be completed on schedule by the end of the contract in June 2011, according to the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) which oversees the project. Julian Fung, head of BEDB’s Infrastructure Development Division and assistant chief executive officer, said: “We are currently on schedule to .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN TEACHERS must be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to identify students with learning difficulties to ensure that these students can have a “normal education” through intervention programmes and meet Brunei’s aspiration to provide inclusive education for all. Lynn Berresford, a psychologist at New Zealand’s Indigo and Counselling, said that educators .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN A DELEGATION comprising members from the Bangkok-based Asia Pacific Development Centre on Disability (APCD) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are in Brunei for a three-day visit to explore the possibility of establishing a collaboration with the Sultanate within an Asean-level network. “Without the participation of Brunei, we cannot think of a .
BRUNEI-MUARA SEVENTEEN firemen of the Airport Fire Service were promoted in a ceremony yesterday after completing a 12-week basic firefighting course. On hand to present the rank insignia and certificates of completion of the course to the recipients was Hj Omarali Hj Mohd Ja’afar, Director of Civil Aviation. “Safety and security are important factors and .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN ARABIC school students were urged yesterday not to limit their knowledge and to equip themselves with the “weapon”, which is religious knowledge and worldly knowledge. “It is not enough to learn only according to what is taught in school,” Minister of Religious Affairs Pehin Jawatan Luar Pekerma Raja Dato Seri Utama Dr .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN A FAMILY of eight from Kg Peramu, Mukim Peramu in Kg Ayer will soon have a home to call their own as the construction for their new house started yesterday. Hj Umar Hj Serudin, 57, was overjoyed at the prospect of having a new home as his old dilapidated house was deemed .
