Brunei News Archives

Mindanao's high quality sardines are making a crack at the international market with the planned opening of a production plant in Brunei Darussalam by Zamboanga del Norte-based sardine producers.

The head of security in charge of protection for the Sultan of Brunei said yesterday that Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah did not stay at a home owned by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra while here for the Asean Summit.

A Former Royal Brunei Armed Forces man who beat up a man using a baseball bat after finding out that the man had sent a `threatening and harassing text message to his fiance was hit back by the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court yesterday with a fine of $2,000 or a month behind bars for his action.

Loughborough University this week announced that a record number of students from Brunei have registered at the university this year.

Over 50 people attended the Pink Ribbon Awareness event held in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month yesterday, at the Health Promotion Centre in Berakas.

HUA HIN: The Group of 20 will not be a threat to Asean as its voice will still be heard by developed nations who are members of the group, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

Bandar Seri Begawan - Two members of the Brunei Speakers Club who will be competing in the District Level Toastmaster Club contest during the District 51 Soul-Annual Toastmasters Convention in Gelding Highlands, Malaysia this weekend, left for Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

A Corporal with the Royal Brunei Police Force was yesterday brought to the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court for allegedly tampering with a Police Record Book.

Some 50 students from the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education of Universiti Brunei Darussalam visited Pusat Ehsan Al-Ameerah Al-Hajjah Mary yesterday.

Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam on Friday concluded his official visit to the Russian Federation, seen here inspecting a Guard of Honour before departure.

Brunei-India ties has improved a lot after Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah visited India in 2008, the Brunei Times quoted Indian High Commissioner Riewad V Warjri as saying on Saturday.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as 25 years of Brunei-German bilateral relations in diverse areas of cooperation between the two countries.

A Former Royal Brunei Airlines cabin crew member pleaded guilty yesterday to abetting seven cabin crew members to submit fake medical certificates to the RBA management.

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei started an official visit to Moscow on Monday.

A Serial rapist who made love by force in a boat in midstream Brunei River was yesterday sent to 20 years jail and ordered 12 strokes of the rattan by the Brunei High Court.

The preparation of the Bandar Seri Begawan "Smart City" Master Plan is a challenging and unique task that could become a credible `benchmark' for other cities in the region.

In conjunction with Korean National Day, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Brunei Darussalam, Kim Dae-sik, hosted a reception at the International Convention Centre yesterday evening.

Korea is looking to further expand its economic cooperation with Brunei in various areas of great potential including Information Communications Technology , shipbuilding, renewable energy, as well as environment related industries.

A Brunei permanent resident was fined B$2,500, or serve four months' imprisonment in default, by the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court Saturday, after he pleaded guilty to having in his possession uncustomed alcohol inside a Toyota Corolla at the Rasau Toll Gati in Kuala Belait.

The literary circle of Brunei lost another writer, Pg Hj Sabtu bin Pg Hj Mohd Salleh, who succumbed to various illnesses just before Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Department of Electrical Services conducted what is termed as a "brownout" yesterday, to avoid the gas turbine generators from shutting down, by cutting power supply to certain areas in the Brunci-Muara district, and turning off two-thirds of the street lights from the Tetanal junction to Kampung Jangsak and along the ...