Brunei News

After less than two years of teaching at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin College in Brunei Town, John Wilson, better known as the English novelist Anthony Burgess, nearly lost his mind.

A total of 370 Islamic youths from the Southeast Asian region will participate in the Islamic Southeast Asia Youth Conference held for the first time in Brunei Darussalam on January 12 to 14.

Brunei will be hosting the Asia-Pacific Islamic Youth Conference which will start on January 12 until 14 at The Rizqun International Hotel, Gadong.

Household items and kitchen appliances worth more than BND$15,000 will be given out as prizes in the first ever, "MaggiA Peraduan Brunei Kebangsaanku" contest organised by MaggiA in conjunction of the Brunei's National Day celebration.

The "Back to School 2010 Exhibition and Saks Promotion Fair" might be made an annual event to be held in all four districts in the Sultanate, a senior government official disclosed yesterday.

Lance Corporal 3541 Mohd Hannafi Awg Abas, who is attached with the Department of Investigation and Traffic Control, Royal Brunei Police Force, was yesterday brought before the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court on one count of corruption under Section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act .

The Jerudong Park Playground received more than 10,000 visitors during the Hijrah 1431 long weekend, when a majority of the Bruneian population enjoyed three non-working days last week.

The Guidance and Training Section of the Jame' Asr Hassanal Bolkiah Negara Brunei Darussalam recently organised a workshop on Azan Aqwal Wa af'al for muezzins from mosques throughout the country.

A Female Chinese national and a male Brunei permanent resident were brought before the Magistrate's Court yesterday on charges of allegedly soliciting a male person for the purpose of prostitution and making earnings from prostitution, respectively.

Recreational parks are becoming popular destinations for parents to take their children during this year-end holiday.

A Local man accused of outraging the modesty of a nine-year-old boy at a religious school in Brunei-Muara District pleaded not guilty before the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court yesterday.

A Malaysian man died and two Bruneians sustained injuries in a car collision which occured at the Telisai Highway area in Tutong District.

A 26-Year-old foreign man lost his life in a fatal traffic accident last Sunday night after a head-on collision with another vehicle around Jalan Telisai, Tutong.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei: Brunei's government is trying to curb drug abuse by urging addicts to voluntarily enroll in a state-sponsored rehabilitation program that will allow them to avoid a criminal record and heavy prison sentences, a news report said Monday.

Bandar Seri Begawan - The results for the 2009 Brunei Higher Religious Studies Certificate examination were released yesterday afternoon.

Thirty-Five youths from Tutong completed a firefighting course for volunteers hosted by the Tutong branch of the Fire and Rescue Department yesterday.

It is important to provide information to the public about historical aspects of Brunei and Malaysia as both are Malay countries that share friendly relations, said an Acting Senior Information Officer at the Information Department yesterday.

The Minister of Industry and Primary Resources, Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Awang Hj Yahya bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar and fellow delegates, recently conducted working visits to Kampong Bebuloh and Wasan Vocational School.

A Second series of a collection of commemorative stamps depicting Brunei Darussalams wild orchids was unveiled by the Brunei Postal Services Department yesterday.

Bandar Seri Begawan - The arrest of seven cross-dressers by Brunei police this week has sparked debate over the rights of the individual vs religious mores in the Islamic sultanate, observers said Saturday.