Brunei News

A total of 19 male and 17 female individuals participated in the semi-final National Youth Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran 2009 for the Brunei-Muara District held yesterday at the Silaturrahim Hall, Youth Centre.

Bandar Seri Begawan - A Forged Brunei $I00 note surfaced last Tuesday which was reported by the staff in charge of remittance at a bank, the police said yesterday.A Muara police station received the fake note bearing the number B/4 274547 and issued in 1990.

Bandar Seri Begawan a ' Swine flu claimed its first victim in Brunei today when a 12-year-old child died in the hospital this morning as the cases inched towards the 100 mark since the first outbreak here on June 20.

Bandar Seri Begawan - SMARTER Brunei's dream of having its own permanent and bigger centre might take a while to achieve but they came closer to fulfilling their dreams yesterday with a B$10,400 donation from committee members of the religious school leaders in the Brunei II area or JKPSSU KBII SMARTER stands for Society for the Management of ...

Royal Brunei Airlines and Malaysia Airlines will codeshare on flights between Bandar Seri Begawan and Kota Kinabalu as well as between Bandar Seri Begawan and Kuching effective 1 July 2009.

Parents Sunday expressed their concerns over sending their children back to schools, explaining that they were worried with the rising number of Influenza A cases and the lack of precautionary measures available at schools.

Muhammad Rodzaizam Hakim at the conversion ceremony. A personnel from the Royal Brunei Armed Forces embraced Islam yesterday afternoon at his residence at No 323, Kampong Burung Lapas, Jalan Bengkurong Masin, according to a press release by the Ministry of Defence.

MALAYSIA Airlines and Royal Brunei Airlines have agreed to code share on the Bandar Seri Begawan-Kota Kinabalu and Bandar Seri Begawan-Kuching flights from next month.

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam yesterday consented to send a congratulatory message to Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Republic of Djibouti, on the occasion of the country's Independence Day.

Preparations for various events nationwide are in the pipeline to celebrate His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam's 63rd birthday on July 15.

Four days and seven cases after Brunei announced its first confirmed case of Influenza A , a number of the Sultanate's public has started to question why the ministry has yet to issue travel restrictions to affected areas.

Brunei should look at establishing a one-stop centre to expedite its national e-business agenda, a forum heard yesterday after an interim committee declared it as a "required intervention". The creation of a facilitation centre that acts as a single window for e-businesses to obtain training, education and advice on legal and privacy issues, ...

In An effort to create awareness amongst youth on several health issues, the Health Promotion Centre is organising a three-day youth programme for secondary students in the Brunei-Muara District.

Two long-standing doctors have swallowed the bitter pill of separation as Brunei's oldest medical clinic chain, the Borneo Clinic partnership, has dissolved.

Two Bruneians have been found infected with Influenza A virus in Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Health said.

Brunei does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in human s, although it is making significant efforts to do so, stated an annual report on global human trafficking published by the US Department of State.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Awang Haji Alaihuddin bin Pehin Orang Kaya Di-Gadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Utama Haji Awang Mohamad Taha , Permanent Secretary at Brunei's Ministry of Communications, in his capacity as its Director of Broadcasting, and Dr Tan Chin Nam , the Chairman of Singapore's Media Development Authority.

Brunei weather for the next three months will be dry. This was the most recent prediction made by the Meteorological Department based on the experience of short spells of rain since the beginning of April 2009.

Reading should not only be restricted on school textbooks or magazines, but should also focus on Al-Quran and the study of religious knowledge, as well as other various resources in order to gain vast knowledge.

Dato Seri Setia Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman chairing the meeting on Influenza A H1N1 at the Ministry of Health yesterday.