|     Fadley Faisal     | THE trial against the suspended judiciary couple has been fixed to run from March 4 to 30 this year, after the conclusion of its pre-trial conference yesterday. Ramzidah binti Pehin Datu Kesuma Diraja Colonel (Rtd) Haji Abdul Rahman, a Deputy Official Receiver of the Bankruptcy Office; and Haji Nabil Daraina bin […]

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Two cats are living large at a USD1,500-a-month studio apartment their owner rents for them in Silicon Valley, where a housing shortage has sent rents skyrocketing. The Mercury News reported the nine-kilogramme cats named Tina and Louise moved to the studio in San Jose after their owner moved away to […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he plans to reactivate an application for the Palestinians to have full membership in the United Nations, and his foreign minister said that will likely happen in a few weeks. Abbas made the announcement just before he took over as head of the key […]

JERUSALEM (AFP) – The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended or reduced aid for some of its Palestinian beneficiaries in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip due to funding shortages, an official with the organisation said last Sunday. Some 27,000 Palestinians are no longer receiving aid through the United Nations programme since January 1 in […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Iranian Boeing 707 cargo plane coming from Kyrgyzstan crashed yesterday while trying to land west of Iran’s capital, state media reported, with an emergency official saying only one person of the 16 on board was known to have survived. Fire immediately engulfed the aircraft after it skidded off a runway […]

HARARE (AFP) – Commuters were stranded in Zimbabwe’s two main cities yesterday as angry protesters, reacting to last weekend’s more than doubling of fuel prices, burned tyres and used rocks to barricade roads and blocked buses from carrying passengers. President Emmerson Mnangagwa last Saturday announced a more than 100 per cent rise in the price of […]

BEIJING (AFP) – Huawei said last Saturday it has fired a Chinese employee who was arrested in Poland on espionage allegations, as China’s telecom giant distanced itself from the case amid Western concerns that it could act as a proxy for Chinese security services. This week’s detention of Wang Weijing follows the December arrest of […]

SANAA (AFP) -Yemeni rebels yesterday boycotted a meeting chaired by the head of a United Nations (UN)-led ceasefire monitoring team in the flashpoint city of Hodeida, accusing him of pursuing “other agendas”. Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert is leading a joint committee, which includes both government and rebel representatives, tasked with overseeing a truce in […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Angered by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that Poland will host an international conference on Iran in mid-February, Iranian authorities yesterday summoned Warsaw’s top diplomat in the country and called off a Polish film festival. The moves followed a tweet by Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who denounced […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea Kang Kyung-wha hosted a lunch for former Korean Government Scholarship Programme (KGSP) students at the Anjung Saujana Restaurant at the Brunei International Airport yesterday. Six KGSP graduates, who studied in Korea for three to five years for their Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees, attended the lunch to […]

BRUNEI Darussalam is set to host the 10th Asia Youth Wushu Championships in August this year, following a signing ceremony yesterday. The ceremony was witnessed by Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin, the guest […]

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 and Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah binti Pengiran Haji Salleh Ab Rahaman attended the Celebration of Dance ballet recital at Tarindak D’Seni […]

LUCKNOW, India (AFP) – Two regional parties that were former bitter rivals announced an unlikely alliance yesterday to fight Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party in a looming general election. The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) – key players in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh – said […]

THE 9th series of the Command and Staff Course (CSC) commenced yesterday with an opening ceremony at the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Defence Academy, officiated by RBAF Commander Major General Pengiran Dato Paduka Seri Aminan bin Pengiran Haji Mahmud. This year, the course is joined by military officers from Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New […]

THE Imarah Section of the Mosque Affairs Department conduct its briefing in the Belait District at the Muhammad Jamalul Alam Mosque, Kuala Belait yesterday. Eleven leaders and head of mosque youth from the Belait District attended the briefing. Head of the Youth Unit of the Imarah Section of the Mosque Affairs Department Haji Yushli bin […]

HER Royal Highness Princess Ameerah Wardatul Bolkiah joined 80 Year 6 students in the year group production, R for Resilience. “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn”, said Her Royal Highness in one of the many scenes of R for Resilience.This line in particular held a strong […]

NIBONG TEBAL (Bernama) – Malaysian reporters were caught in a suspens when the hot air balloon they were in blew off-course, landing in the middle of a road yesterday. Relieved, the seven media men, including two Bernama representatives can chalk down the incidence as part of their experience during the prelude to the Penang Hot Air […]

APPROACHES to address the continued challenges faced by the country in 2018, especially with regard to the increase in unemployment among locals and the need to rapidly develop industrial sectors were outlined by Minister of Energy, Manpower and Industry Dato Seri Setia Dr Awang Haji Mat Suny bin Haji Mohd Hussein during the dialogue session […]

THE judiciary will undertake reforms to enhance the quality of the justice delivery system, with timeliness in the delivery of judgments to be prioritised and efficiency in the administration of the courts to become the norm. This was assured by Chief Justice Dato Paduka Steven Chong during the inauguration of the Legal Year 2019 at […]

|     Danial Norjidi     | MEMBERS of the Legislative Council (LegCo) conducted working visits to the Serasa Industrial Site, Pulau Muara Besar, JobCentre Brunei, and DARe (Darussalam Enterprise) yesterday. The LegCo members’ delegation was headed by Penghulu of Mukim Berakas ‘B’ Yang Berhormat Pengiran Haji Ali bin Pengiran Maon. According to a press release, the visits […]

|     Achong Tanjong     | A WOODEN house located at No 106, Kampong Pekan Lama, Kampong Ayer collapsed yesterday. The house residents, a Malay couple and two children, are unharmed. The cause of the incident is still under investigation, while estimated losses are yet to be determined. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (FRD), five […]

|     Danial Norjidi     | THE importance of developing downstream industry and attracting more foreign investment were highlighted by Minister of Energy, Manpower and Industry Dato Seri Setia Dr Awang Haji Mat Suny bin Haji Mohd Hussein in his remarks during the working visits by members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) to a number of industrial […]

SEOUL (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s surprise trip to China could herald a new round of summitry on and about the peninsula, analysts say, but may also be an attempt to pressure United States (US) President Donald Trump as negotiations between them falter. Discussions between Pyongyang and Washington over the North’s nuclear […]

BEIJING (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived yesterday on an unannounced visit to Beijing for talks with President Xi Jinping, as preparations ramp up for an expected second summit with United States (US) President Donald Trump. China is the isolated, nuclear-armed North’s key diplomatic ally and main source of trade and aid, and […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The United Nations (UN) Security Council has put off a planned session on Congo and its closely watched presidential election as the country continues waiting for delayed results. A council discussion initially set for yesterday was postponed to Friday after Congolese officials indefinitely postponed the release of the first results. They […]

KHARTOUM (AFP) – More than 800 protesters have been arrested in anti-government demonstrations held across Sudan since last month, a minister said on Monday, as hundreds gathered at a rally backing President Omar al-Bashir. Deadly protests have rocked Sudan since December 19 last year, when unrest first broke out over a government decision to raise […]

JERUSALEM (AP) – In what was billed as a “dramatic announcement”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a prime-time address on Monday to again dismiss a series of corruption allegations against him. Netanyahu said that it would be “unjust” for him to be indicted ahead of early elections called for April 9 without a chance […]

IN CELEBRATION of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on December 3 every year, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports through the Community Development Department yesterday organised a forum which peered into the various issues and challenges persons with different abilities (OKU) face in their lives, including equal employment. More details in […]

PARENTS and guardians are urged to register persons with different abilities (OKU) under their care with the Community Development Department to provide the best services for them. More details in Wednesday’s Borneo Bulletin.

AUTORITI Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) held a Doa Kesyukuran ceremony at the Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque in Kampong Perpindahan Mentiri yesterday, held in conjunction with the 8th anniversary of the establishment of AMBD. More details in Wednesday’s Borneo Bulletin.

LYON (AFP) – The highest-profile cleric to be caught up in a paedophile scandal in France went on trial yesterday charged with failing to report a priest who abused boy scouts in the 1980s and 90s. Archbishop of Lyon in southeastern France Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is accused along with five others from his diocese of helping […]

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Moshe Arens, a former Israeli defence minister and one-time mentor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died yesterday aged 93, officials said. Arens, an aeronautics engineer, was also known for having played a key role in Israel’s aerospace and military industries, including by pushing for the development of the Lavi Israeli fighter jet. Netanyahu […]

LIBREVILLE (AFP) – Soldiers in Gabon burst into state radio offices early yesterday and called on the people to “rise up”, in an apparent coup attempt as ailing President Ali Bongo is out of the country. Shots were heard the around state television headquarters in Libreville, capital of the oil-rich West African nation, at about the […]

IN efforts to lessen the burden of victims of a recent house collapse and fire incidents, a presentation of Zakat donation took place yesterday at the new building of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. A total of BND3,400.00 Zakat from the allocation of the Asnaf Fakir Miskin Zakat Fund was presented by Acting Secretary of […]

SOME 88 students from Year 7 at Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (YSHHB) Secondary School yesterday attended a briefing, which is part of an ongoing programme by the Information Department under the Prime Minister’s Office. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin