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Thousands protest in Hong Kong over missing publishers
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a reprise of anti-China protests of over a year ago, demanding to know the whereabouts of five missing people...
View ArticleMan detained for using another person’s Mykad to enter Tawau
TAWAU (Bernama) – An illegal immigrant believed to be Indonesian was detained for using a Mykad belonging to another person in an attempt to enter the district, on Friday. The 27-year-old man had shown...
View ArticleNekad forced to import fish due to prolonged dry weather
ALOR SETAR (Bernama) – The Kedah Fishermen’s Association (Nekad) has been forced to import about 10 tonnes of frozen marine products to meet supply constraints due to the prolonged hot weather of late....
View ArticleGun ban imposed in Philippines ahead of May 9 elections
MANILA (dpa) – A five-month ban on guns has been imposed in the Philippines ahead of national elections in May. The ban went into effect on Sunday and will last for 150 days, covering the election...
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CSPOC delegates amazed with Sabah ethnic cultures
KOTA KINABALU (Bernama) – The delegates of the 23rd Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) who spent few hours at the Mari-Mari Cultural Village, a tourist...
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Najib attends Hasan Malek’s son’s wedding reception
SEREMBAN (Bernama) – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor yesterday attended the wedding ceremony of the son of Kuala Pilah Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Hasan...
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Idris Jusoh committed to achieving zero starvation for students
BESUT (Bernama) – Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh has pledged to take responsibility of public university students who had to starve due to financial difficulties. Idris had at the...
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Fiscal policy committee to meet this month on budget adjustments
IPOH (Bernama) – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will chair a Fiscal Policy Committee meeting this month to discuss adjustments to the Budget 2016 due to the current economic scenario. Second...
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Filipino woman claims trial in trafficking case
JOHOR BAHARU (Bernama) – A Filipino woman pleaded not guilty to trafficking a girl from Sabah from 2011 to 2013 in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Estrellita Tabanao Padilla, 55, who is a permanent...
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Two dead, hundreds hurt in relgious festival
MANILA (AFP) – Two people died and hundreds were injured during a huge religious festival in the Philippines, where barefoot crowds hurled themselves at a statue of Jesus believed to have healing...
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Yo-Splinter Club holds competition at Freshco
FRESHCO Batu Satu in collaboration with Yo-Splinter Club recently held a yo-yo competition called Brunei District Yo-yo Contest (BDYC). The contest is a smaller version of the Brunei National Yo-yo...
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Annual family gathering at Badi’ah Hotel
THE descendants of Haji Kura bin Abu Bakar recently held their first annual family gathering at Badi’ah Hotel in Bandar Seri Begawan. Organised by the second generation of Haji Kura, the event was...
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RBPF conducts clean-up at Semamang cemetery
| Hakim Hayat | PERSONNEL from the Temburong Police District conducted a clean-up at the Semamang Cemetery in Pekan Bangar on Wednesday, in conjunction with the Royal Brunei Police Force’s...
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Microsoft Brunei appoints new lead for SME business
MICROSOFT Brunei yesterday announced the appointment of Danial Azizan Abdullah Henry as its new Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Lead, and also the subsidiary’s first local full-time hire. This marks...
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Start of UBD’s MTeach programme
| Ishan Ibrahim | QUITE possible one of the best and most innovative programmes to ever come out from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) – the Master of Teaching (MTeach) – commenced...
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Minister monitors pre-school preparations
THE Minister of Education, Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, continued his school visits yesterday to monitor preparations to welcome pre-school students...
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Dialogue session looks to iron out issues
| Wani Roslan | IN HIS capacity as Village Head of Kampong Putat, Legislative Council (LegCo) member YB Awang Haji Jumat bin Akim yesterday underlined several issues in need of consideration...
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Youth Development Centre takes in 177 new trainees
| Achong Tanjong | A TOTAL of 177 individuals have been selected to undergo 10 courses offered by the Youth Development Centre for the January 2016 session. Of the 10 courses, 39 will pursue...
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Unity in Asean cultural diversity through puppetry
| Abdul Hakiim Yakof | THE closing ceremony for the five-day workshop entitled Asean Puppetry Exchange-Light (APEX-Light) was held last night at the Silaturrahim Hall of the Youth Centre in...
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Arabic schools see rise in student enrolment
| Azlan Othman | THE trend towards Arabic education in Brunei shows signs of increase, with 1,034 students (446 males and 588 females) registering for Year 5 education this year. Of the four...
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