BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Monday, May 24, 2010 THERE were long queues at several petrol filling stations across Brunei-Muara District last night as motorists stock up on fuels in their last bid to avoid having to pay the commercial price when fuel subsidies are retracted for a day today. Because of the long queues, several filling .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Ministry of Religious Affairs’ (MoRA) five-year Strategic Plan underlines the ministry’s aspiration to achieve its vision in strengthening Islam as a way of life and to achieve His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam’s vision of Brunei becoming a Zikir Nation. The ministry’s strategic plan for 2010-2014 was .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN THE Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) will be organising a two-day seminar on “The media and the Law: exploring the Freedom and Limits of Expression” from tomorrow at The Empire Hotel & Country Club in Jerudong. The seminar will be attended by participants from Attorney General Chamber of Malaysia and Singapore, and local .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN A MAN was fined $150 after he was caught smoking in in a prohibited area outside a shop located at a commercial district in the capital. According to the statement from Ministry of Health (MoH) the man was charged under the Section 14 Tobacco Act of 2005. The ministry wishes to remind .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI reported three to five cases of the rare “simian” malaria over the past 10 years, which is just as dangerous as being infected with other types of malaria. In an interview with The Brunei Times, Head of the Environmental Health Division Dr Muhammad Hussein explained that simian malaria is transmitted to .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN SIX Crime Investigation Department (CID) officers accused of assaulting two thief suspects were acquitted by the High Court after the complainants dropped two of the charges against the defendants. The defendants, Insp Hj Harmi Asyran Hj Awg Tengah, Sgt Baha Damit, Sgt Johar Hj Sabtu, Corporal Hj Yusran Hj Dagang, Police Constable .
KUALA LUMPUR SMALL-TO-MEDIUM enterprises (SMEs) are the main source of industry in most developing nations, say panelists at the World Economic Forum (WIEF) session Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia’s capital yesterday. The main strengths of SMEs were outlined at the session entitled “Empowering SME’s: Turning size into a comparative advantage”, held on the second .
KUALA LUMPUR DURING the crisis in 1998, it was said that Asia had a heart attack, the recent one however, “the world had a heart attack”, said Managing Director of Malaysia’s Khanazah Nasional, Tan Sri Azman Hj Mokhtar during the Global CEO Panel at the sixth World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) entitled “The New Game .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN NAME-CALLING is a big issue. Especially in the business world. In a presentation to students from the Business School (Sekolah Perdagangan), Gadong, Pg Yussof Pg Mat Salleh, legal officer with the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC), said it was important for people to know how to register a business name. “When you want .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN GIVE people what they want and not what they don’t want. Words to live by for Norlela Hj Jambu, who has been selling ornamental plants at the Rimba Horticulture Centre for the past 20 years. Norlela said she tries to stick to these principles, when she tries to figure out what kinds .
