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BETTER car company offers an alternative
| James Kon | PEOPLE in Brunei will now have an alternative to car loans – a new car rental company that offers cheap and flexible service. The new company will launch its operations in...
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16th TELMIN hosts gala dinner, Asean ICT Awards at ICC
| Aziz Idris | THE 16th Asean Telecommunications and IT Ministers Meeting (TELMIN) hosted a gala dinner and the Asean ICT Awards (AICTA) last night at the International Convention Centre...
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Brunei takes lead to bridge digital divide
| James Kon | ACKNOWLEDGING that there is still a large portion of the population in Asean who have yet to enjoy the benefits of information and communication technology (ICT), member...
View ArticleMalaysia deplores selling of babies
KUCHING (Bernama) – Malaysia deplores selling of babies, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim. She said that as the minister responsible for family...
View ArticlePower outage in Sarawak unfortunate
SIBU (Bernama) – Sarawak Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh said it was unfortunate the power failure that affected the towns between Sibu and Kuching caused several hours of blackout...
View ArticleK-pop video director charged in S Korea’s scandal
SEOUL (AFP) – A prominent K-pop music video director was charged Sunday as part of a corruption scandal rocking South Korea and engulfing President Park Geun-Hye. Cha Eun-Taek, who has worked with...
View ArticleDeath toll from Australia’s thunderstorm asthma reaches 6
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Six people have died and five remain on life support after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia’s second-largest city. The Health Department says...
View ArticleCrown Prince on six-day visit to Singapore
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, is in...
View ArticleBrunei Job Fair 2016 officially opens
The Brunei Job Fair 2016 is now officially open at Exhibition Halls 1 and 2 of the Bridex International Exhibition Centre, following a launching ceremony that took place on Sunday. Organised by the...
View ArticleJPKE launches new mobile application
The Consumer Affairs Division (CAD), formerly known as Price Control Division, of the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE), Prime Minister’s Office announced the launch of the...
View ArticleDARE signs MoU with SME Corp Malaysia
DARE (Darussalam Enterprise) and SME Corp Malaysia (small and medium enterprises Corporation Malaysia) signed a Memo-randum of Understanding (MoU) on Sunday to mark both agencies’ cooperation in the...
View ArticleJob Centre Brunei to be established in December
Job Centre Brunei (Pusat Pekerjaan Brunei), a one-stop shop for jobseekers, is to be established in December 2016, and will be located at Kampong Beribi, Gadong. This was announced on Sunday by Pehin...
View ArticleWhole-of-nation approach needed to deal with unemployment
A whole-of-nation approach is needed to tackle the issue of unemployment – from the government, private sector, non-government organisations and jobseekers themselves. This was highlighted on Sunday by...
View ArticleSeoul glows with anti-presidential fervor
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In each of the past five Saturday evenings, thousands of protesters have transformed a darkened avenue near the South Korean presidential palace into a sea of light, waving...
View ArticleNorth Korea calls three-day mourning period for Castro
TOKYO (AP) — North Korea is observing a three-day period of mourning for Fidel Castro, seen by the North as a rare comrade-in-arms against the common enemy of the United States. The North has ordered...
View ArticleTens of thousands protest against India cash ban
KOLKATA (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people turned out Monday for nationwide protests against India’s controversial ban on high-value banknotes, which opposition party organisers say has caused a...
View ArticleAnti-EU UKIP picks new leader to replace Trump ally Farage
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s populist UK Independence Party chose European Parliament member Paul Nuttall as leader on Monday, replacing the charismatic but divisive Nigel Farage. Nuttall beat two other...
View ArticleTrump still facing concerns about white supremacists
ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump’s disavowal this past week of white supremacists who have cheered his election as president hasn’t quieted concerns about the movement’s impact on his White House or whether...
View ArticleImprovised bomb detonated near US Embassy
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – An improvised bomb found Monday in a trash bin near the US Embassy and detonated by police has the same design as one used by local sympathisers of the Islamic State group in...
View ArticleIndonesian army chopper pilot saved, three crew dead
JAKARTA (AFP) – The pilot of an Indonesian army helicopter has been rescued alive three days after the aircraft crashed on Borneo island, an official said Monday, but three other crew members were...
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