UBAIDILLAH MASLI TOKYO Thursday, February 9, 2012 DISASTER-STRUCK Japan welcomes any liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply that Brunei can spare to help the country cope with an estimated 10 per cent deficit in power supply it expects to face this summer, a senior official from the Japanese premier’s office told foreign journalists here yesterday. Deputy .
AL-HAADI ABU BAKAR BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Saturday, January 28, 2012 THE world’s first book that challenges players with puzzles associated with Brunei was officially launched yesterday. Selling at $10.90, the Brunei.Q Puzzle contains a total of 15 challenges ranging from Sudoku to visual logic to crossword puzzles in the context of the Sultanate’s geography, attractions, .
PUTRAJAYA Saturday, January 28, 2012 BRUNEI Darussalam is sending a youth delegation to participate in the 2012 National Youth Day celebration, scheduled from May 23 to 27. The Sultanate’s Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Laila Diraja Dato Seri Setia Hj Hazair Hj Abdullah (pic) said the move was to provide opportunities .
GOH DE NO BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Saturday, January 28, 2012 THE Monetary Authority Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) has reduced the rate of interest applicable to credit cards from the current rate of two per cent, to not more than 1.5 per cent on the total outstanding amount. For Islamic institutions, the administration fee on credit cards .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Friday, January 27, 2012 BRUNEI has been catching the attention of potential trade partners as a founding member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Oxford Business Group (OBG) said. In its latest economic update on Brunei that was posted on its website, OBG noted that the Sultanate is now on the radar screen .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Friday, January 27, 2012 MORE attention should be paid to exposing IT education opportunities, as opposed to training teachers how to use a computer and implement ICT into education, the national manager of an Australia-based ICT education consulting group, Expanding Learning Horizons, said. In an interview with the press at the THiNKBIG .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN WAITRESS in restaurants will soon be wielding iPads and iPods to take your orders as local startup Cubebox Solutions will soon be introducing this technology to Brunei next year. Based on state-of-the-art technology from the United States, the mobile point of sales (POS) system is an intelligent combination of cloud computing, wireless .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Friday, March 4, 2011 POPULAR Japanese cream puff chain, Beard Papa, is set to open its first outlet in the country tomorrow, brought in by a franchise holder which is also looking at East Malaysia. Tan Kheng Tong, operations manager of Beard Papa Brunei franchise holder, White Tangerine, said he and his .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Friday, March 4, 2011 Putting the country in a bad light A MEMBER of the Legislative Council (LegCo) yesterday scored the recent blackouts in the Sultanate, saying they result in damages and losses for business. Speaking at the Seventh State Legislative Council, Dato Paduka Hj Puasa Orang Kaya Seri Pahlawan Tudin said .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Friday, March 4, 2011 LEGISLATIVE Council (LegCo) members sought progress reports on projects by the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) at yesterday’s session. The three projects, namely the Pulau Muara Besar (PMB) project, the Telisai-Lumut highway and the National Housing Development project were highlighted during the morning session of the council meeting. .
