REPRESENTATIVES from Brunei Darussalam received five Merit Awards in three different categories at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) held in Guangzhou, China from October 8 – 13. More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin

A MINI carnival was held at Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien, Bandar Seri Begawan yesterday during the Bandarku Ceria programme from 5am to 11am. The carnival, in conjunction with the World Eye Sight Day 2018, was organised by Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Centre of the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital. More details […]

|     James Kon     | WITH its 10th shipment of 25-tonne containers laden with locally caught skipjack tuna to Japan expected to be completed by October this year, all seems well for Yamako Pacific (Brunei) Sdn Bhd, a local company established to process Brunei-caught tuna into value-added tuna products through a state-of-the-art Japanese processing facility. Spending […]

|     Azlan Othman     | HIS Royal Highness Prince ‘Abdul Malik, Chairman of the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Committee of Governors visited the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Complex in the capital yesterday. His Royal Highness’ visit reflected his concern over the ongoing efforts of Yayasan in addressing developments and issues relating to Yayasan including […]

|     Lyna Mohamad     | HER Majesty Duli Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha binti Al-Marhum Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Haji Mohamed Alam consented to grace a birthday celebration in Her Majesty’s honour organised by the Association of Wives of Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Deputy Permanent Secretaries and its affiliated members. The event […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Italy’s prime minister is visiting Eritrea to support its surprising new peace with neighbouring Ethiopia as the world waits to see what happens next in one of the world’s most closed-off  nations. Premier Giuseppe Conte said yesterday’s visit was aimed at backing the peace process, not to make any specific requests. Eritrea […]

WINDSOR, England (AP) — Princess Eugenie married executive Jack Brooksbank in a solemn ceremony at St George’s Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle yesterday. The 28-year-old bride, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, is ninth in line to the British throne. She wore a gown by British designers Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos and […]

PANAMA CITY (AFP) – Search and rescue teams yesterday faced a second day of sifting through the ruined landscape left by furious Hurricane Michael as it devastated coastal communities in the Florida Panhandle. With the death toll at six, Michael, now a tropical storm, sped east over Virginia and was close to reaching the Atlantic. […]

|     Azlan Othman     | BRUNEI Darussalam’s passport is now the 20th most powerful in the world, according to the Henley Passport Index for 2018, after improving two places from last year’s report. The Sultanate enjoys visa free/visa on arrival access to 165 destinations. The index – compiled by Henley and Partners, a global residence and […]

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, yesterday evening left Denpasar, Bali, the Republic of Indonesia after attending the ASEAN Leaders’ gathering. Prior to departure from the hotel, Doa Selamat was recited by State Mufti Pehin Datu […]

IN A titah delivered yesterday at the ASEAN Leaders’ gathering held at the Sofitel Nusa Dua Beach Resort in Bali, Indonesia, 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 said ASEAN should focus on sub-regional initiatives such as […]

A total of 100 volunteers comprising four former ‘A’ Level students and 96 ‘O’ Level students who completed their temporary work placement programme as Voluntary Preschool Assistant Teachers for 2018 received certificates yesterday. The Early Childhood Education Care and Education (ECCE) Unit of the Ministry of Education held the certificate presentation ceremony. More details in […]

SINCE its establishment, the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Defence Academy has achieved a number of successes, the most notable of which is producing new generations of staff-qualified officers, said guest of honour, Minister of Defence II Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof. The minister […]

In a titah delivered yesterday at the ASEAN Leaders’ gathering held at the Sofitel Nusa Dua Beach Resort in Bali, Indonesia, 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 said ASEAN should focus on sub-regional initiatives such as […]

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Qatari-bought fuel arrived at the Gaza Strip’s only power station after entering through Israel on Tuesday in a bid to alleviate conditions in the Palestinian enclave, a Hamas spokesman and sources said. More details in Thursday’s Bulletin.

HONG KONG (AFP) – Asian stocks were mostly trading up on Wednesday, after a volatile session for US equities and as yields on Treasury bonds retreated from a seven-year peak. More details in Thursday’s Bulletin.

  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — On a bright Sunday afternoon, a group of government workers walked around Bogota’s most famous square dressed as pigeons, with cardboard beaks covering their noses, as thousands of real birds swarmed overhead and left their droppings on stately monuments. More details in Thursday’s Bulletin.

BEIRUT (AFP) – Militant factions including Syria’s former al-Qaeda branch have withdrawn heavy weapons from parts of a planned buffer zone in Idlib province, a monitor said on Monday, two days ahead of a deadline. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) “and other less influential militant groups have withdrawn their heavy weapons from large areas of the […]

HALF MOON BAY, California (AP) — “One special seed” and months of care by an Oregon commercial pilot produced a massive pumpkin that tipped the scales at a global weigh-in on Monday in Northern California, the fourth time his gargantuan plants were awarded top honours. Steve Daletas of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, also credited lots of […]

ABS, Yemen (AP) — Sometimes, the raw material of Ali Ghomari’s work comes screaming from the skies over Yemen. Missiles fired by coalition jets rain down on militiamen and civilians alike, killing and maiming thousands. Children, farmers and others collect shrapnel from their farmlands, from dirt alleys in impoverished neighbourhoods, and offer it for sale […]

THE Brunei Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DPPMB) must open trade and investment opportunities for members and help find alternative sources of funding for fledgling small businesses to achieve Brunei Vision 2035, said DPPMB President Dr Haji Kamaruddin bin Dato Seri Paduka Haji Talib. More details in Wednesday’s Borneo Bulletin.

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 the establishment of the Humanitarian Fund for the Sulawesi Disaster, together with the setting up of a National Committee to oversee the process. With the establishment of […]

DPMM FC ended their 2018 Singapore Premiere League season in third place after winning 3-1 against Garena Young Lions at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas last night. 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 […]

Four Rover Scouts representatives from the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association (PPNBD) left for Manila, Philippines on Sunday to attend the 9th Asia-Pacific Region Scout Youth Forum that will begin today. Present at the Brunei International Airport to bid farewell was the International Commissioner of PPNBD Abdul Manan bin Haji Abdul Latip. More details in Tuesday’s […]

HER Majesty Duli Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha binti Al-Marhum Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Haji Mohamed Alam consented to grant an audience to ambassadors and spouses of heads of diplomatic missions in Brunei Darussalam. More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin.

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 received in audience outgoing High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Brunei Darussalam Major General (Rtd) Tariq Rashid Khan yesterday afternoon at the Istana Nurul Iman. More details […]

BAGHDAD (Xinhua) – Al-Mutanabi Street is a unique cultural place located in downtown Baghdad, which has been revived in the Iraqi capital after many years of insecurity and economic crises. The cultural iconic location of Mutanabi Street has a history of hundreds of years, but in the last century the street has turned to a […]

|     Hiroshi Hiramatsu     | TOKYO (The Japan News/ANN) – Daito Bunka University’s Beatrix Potter Reference Library, which opened in April 2006 in Higashimatsuyama, Sai-tama Prefecture, is dedicated to the work of British writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), creator of the widely read Peter Rabbit picture books. English literature expert Professor Yoshihide Kawano has assembled […]

SEOUL (AFP) – Kim Jong-un has agreed to hold a second summit with United States (US) President Donald Trump as soon as possible, Seoul said yesterday, after Washington’s top diplomat held “productive” talks on denuclearisation with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Kim yesterday morning for around […]

|     Rokiah Mahmud     | THE Association of Wives of Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and Permanent and Deputy Permanent Secretaries and its associates organised a Khatam Al-Quran ceremony to commemorate the birthday celebration of Her Majesty Duli Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha binti Al-Marhum Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Haji Mohamed Alam. The event was hosted […]

|     Azlan Othman     | THE Ministry of Health’s (MoH) Department of Scientific Services has achieved another milestone by acquiring the ISO/IEC 17025 certification for its two laboratories in Madaras and Serasa, from the Singapore Accreditation Council-Singapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS). A presentation ceremony was held at the Department of Scientific Services building in Jalan Menteri […]

|     Lyna Mohamad     | THE Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) of Singapore will launch an electronic arrival card which will replace the current paper-based disembarkation/embarkation card to be submitted by foreign visitors on arrival. To ensure the smooth implementation of the new electronic arrival card, a three-month trial for foreign visitors to Singapore was launched […]

PALU, Indonesia (AFP) – More than a thousand people could still be missing after Indonesia’s devastating quake-tsunami, officials said on Friday, drastically upping the total number of people unaccounted for a week after the disaster. More details in the Weekend Bulletin.

  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, together with His Majesty King Abdullah II ibni Al-Hussein, the King of Jordan and Supreme Commander of […]

His Royal Highness Prince ‘Abdul Malik,  Chairman of the Yayasan Committee of Governors on Friday graced a Doa Kesyukuran ceremony held in conjunction with the 26th Anniversary of the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (Yayasan) at the Multipurpose Hall of the Yayasan Complex in the capital. More details in the Weekend Bulletin.