DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) – Camera crews push past tycoons and government leaders to get a close shot of the unlikely star at Davos this year: a Swedish teen with long braids and a big message for the world. Greta Thunberg blinks into the cameras of the media throng as she emerges timidly from a closed-door […]

FIFTEEN Japanese university students will experience Bruneian hospitality during a two-day homestay programme with local families as part of the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) Outbound Programme 2018 for Judo Exchange. A homestay matching session was held at the Youth Centre yesterday. Seven foster parents will invite the Japanese students […]

AN appreciation dinner was held for the working committee and participants of the Aftercare programme last Saturday. Minister of Home Affairs cum guest of honour Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong presented certificates of appreciation to the Brunei Darussalam committee and six participants of the […]

Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah binti Pengiran Haji Salleh Ab Rahaman yesterday attended the 6th Brunei 100m Sprint Swimming Championships as Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Anak Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah binti Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Muda Mahkota Pengiran Muda Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah competed in three categories. More details […]

|     Lyna Mohamad     | THE Syariah Courts of the State Judiciary Department, Prime Minister’s Office held the 4th Annual Assembly for 1440H/2019 yesterday at the multipurpose hall of the Syariah Subordinate and High Courts building. Chief Syar’ie Judge Pehin Orang Kaya Paduka Seri Utama Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Salim bin Haji Besar, […]

|     Lyna Mohamad     | TEN Legislative Council (LegCo) members visited several agricultural sites in the Brunei-Muara District yesterday. The visits, organised by the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism (MPRT) aimed to brief LegCo members on the latest developments of agricultural entrepreneurship in the country. It also sought to expose LegCo members to, systems and […]

|     Lyna Mohamad     | HUKUM Syarak related to assets, particularly for child and spouse maintenance fees, are still not widely understood by the Muslim community, according to Chief Syar’ie Judge Pehin Orang Kaya Paduka Seri Utama Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Salim bin Haji Besar. Speaking at the 4th Annual Assembly of Syariah […]

|     Hakim Hayat     | BUSINESS representatives registered with the Ministry of Health (MoH) were urged to adhere to fair business practices as outlined in the Competition Order 2015 to ensure a conducive business environment that will drive economic growth. This was highlighted during an engagement session yesterday led by the Department of Competition and Consumer […]

HIS Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has consented to send congratulatory messages to Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia General Sir Peter Cosgrove and Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia Scott Morrison as well as […]

HIS Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has consented to send congratulatory messages to President of the Republic of India Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi as well as the […]

FIVE Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) students under the Faculty of Engineering and School of Computing and Informatics (SCI) left for Florida, yesterday, on a six-month internship programme under the UTB Experience PLUS in collaboration with Piper Aircraft Inc starting January 28. Teo Zhi Woang, Mohd Amin bin Haji Fauzul, Muhammad Faiq Syazwaie bin Sulaiman, Fatin […]

MINSK, Belarus (AP) – A court in the Ukrainian capital Kiev has found former President Viktor Yanukovych guilty of treason. Yanukovych fled Ukraine in 2014 as tensions in Kiev flared up following a deadly police crackdown on protesters calling for the president to follow through with an association agreement with the European Union. Yanukovych, who […]

BRUNEI Shell Petroleum Compa-ny Sdn Bhd (BSP) successfully conducted a volunteer program-me, entitled ‘90 Acts of Kindness’, at Muhammad Alam Primary School in Seria yesterday, as part of its 90th anniversary celebration. BSP Senior External Relations Advisor from Communications and External Affairs Department Haji Suffian bin Haji Zainal Abidin led a volunteer group comprising 20 […]

The Malaysian Minister of Defence Haji Mohamad bin Sabu, was hosted to a luncheon yesterday at the Malaysian High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan, as part of his two-day introductory visit to the country. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin

|     Bahyiah Bakir     | HIS Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, Minister of Defence and Supreme Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) received in audience Malaysian Minister of Defence Haji Mohamad bin Sabu at the […]

BRIRUT (AFP) – Kurdish-led fighters overran the last village held by the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Syria yesterday, confining its once vast cross-border ‘kingdom’ to two small hamlets, a war monitor said. It is the culmination of a broad offensive launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last September with United States (US)-led […]

DAMASCUS (AFP) – A car bomb shook the Syrian regime’s coastal stronghold of Latakia on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen others, state news agency SANA reported. Authorities found a second explosive device in the same place and defused it just before it was due to blow up, it said. The […]

|     Danial Norjidi     | THE Ministry of Education (MoE) in collaboration with DST Communications Sdn Bhd (DST) and Mach Telecommunications Systems Sdn Bhd (MachTel) will offer a short messaging service (SMS) notification service for the soon to be released Brunei-Cambridge GCE ‘O’ Level and IGCSE October/November 2018 examination results. In a press release, the MoE […]

|     Daniel Lim     | AN 80-YEAR-OLD woman is currently recovering in hospital after being attacked by a crocodile on a riverbank in Kampong Sungai Teraban, Kuala Belait. According to the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), the elderly citizen is in a stable condition at the Suri Seri Begawan Hospital, where she was rushed on Monday […]

|     Lyna Mohamad     | MINISTER of Home Affairs Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong yesterday officiated the launching of new mobile apps for the payment of building taxes. Held at the Bandar Seri Begawan Municipal Department in Jalan Perdana Menteri, the introduction of the mobile […]

WASHINGTON (AFP) – United States (US) Senator Kamala Harris announced yesterday that she is running for president, joining an already-crowded field of Democrats who are making or considering bids to take on Donald Trump. “The future of our country depends on you and millions of others lifting our voices to fight for our American values. […]

LYON (AFP) – Two people died yesterday and 14 more were injured, four seriously, in a major fire at the ski resort of Courchevel in the French Alps, officials said. The pre-dawn blaze forced the evacuation of some 60 resort workers, including foreigners, from a three-storey accommodation building. Firemen found the two bodies in a […]

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) – Congo’s Constitutional Court early Sunday declared the election of Felix Tshisekedi as president, rejecting challenges to the vote by runner-up Martin Fayulu, who had alleged fraud. Tshisekedi, son of the late, charismatic opposition leader Etienne, is now set to be inaugurated tomorrow. The declaration came shortly after the African Union in […]

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del (AP) – A solemn procession. A long salute. A chaplain’s prayer. United States (US) President Donald Trump travelled to Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base last Saturday to pay his respects to the returning remains of four Americans who were killed last week in a suicide bomb attack in Syria. The […]

KUCHING (Bernama) – A group of political secretaries of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) led by Alexander Asing lodged a police report yesterday against DAP member Dr John Brian Anthony relating to a Facebook posting which they claimed defamed the coalition. The 32-strong group lodged the report  against John Brian, who is also Bintulu Port Authority Chairman, […]

THE Belait Police District yesterday held a walkathon and cycling expedition as part of activities for the 98th Police Day celebration. The event commenced and concluded at the Belait District Police Headquarters in Panaga. Commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Mohd Jammy bin Haji Muhd Shah Al-Islam was the […]

THE E-Government National Centre (EGNC) marked its 10th anniversary with the EGNC Charity Walk, Run and Cycle at the Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien in the capital on Sunday. More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin

BEIJING (AP) – China minced no words yesterday as it rejected an accusation by Canada’s foreign minister that its detentions of Canadians pose a threat to all countries. “I think your foreign minister may be in a hurry, and can’t help speaking without thinking,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in response to a question […]

BEIJING (AP) – A senior North Korean official arrived in Beijing yesterday, reportedly en route to the United States for talks ahead of a possible second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Yong Chol, a former spy chief, arrived at Beijing’s airport and was booked to leave on a […]

DEARBORN, Mich (AP) – An oxen gunpowder container made in 1757 and stolen more than 60 years ago from a Detroit-area museum has been returned. The FBI turned the Nowlin Powder Horn over on Tuesday during a ceremony at the Dearborn Historical Museum. Authorities tracked the powder horn down in November to an estate auction […]

LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) — More than four months after Missouri became the first United States (US) state to regulate the term “meat” on product labels, Nebraska’s powerful farm groups are pushing for similar protection from veggie burgers, tofu dogs and other items that look and taste like real meat. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin

THREE students received prizes at a lucky draw award ceremony at CfBT Education Services on January 11.  First prize winner Nazhatulmiza binti Nordin (Pengiran Jaya Negara Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar Secondary School) received a Galaxy Tab A followed by Faizatul Afrina binti Anuar (Sayyidina Abu Bakar Secondary School) and Md Adib Izzuddin bin Jasmale (Berakas […]

His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, yesterday received in audience newly appointed Brunei Darussalam envoys and newly appointed foreign envoys to Brunei Darussalam in separate audiences. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin