Friday December 05, 2008

News Archive

Education must change to face newer challenges

29/04/2008
EDUCATION, like many other aspects of life, would have to go through necessary changes and evolutions due to the...


Ministry unveils 10-year strategic plan

29/04/2008
AFTER seven months of discussions, forums, and workshops with stakeholders, the Ministry of Communications unveiled its...


Brunei personal loans: $2.9b

29/04/2008
PERSONAL loans remained the biggest component in the banking sector's total portfolio despite the government's...


Match-fixing: DPMM FC are clean

29/04/2008
ALLEGATIONS of match-fixing might be rife in the Malaysian Super League at the moment but DPMM FC team manager Pg...


Gene therapy gets some vision

29/04/2008
AN EXPERIMENTAL gene therapy has helped restore partial vision to persons with congenital retinal disease, according to...


Aussies report weight loss breakthrough

29/04/2008
AUSTRALIAN scientists may have discovered how to help people lose weight without cutting back on food, a breakthrough...


Cool-off period for liposuction

29/04/2008
DOCTORS will have to make patients seeking liposuction wait 15 days to make sure they want to undergo the fat-removal...


Poor diet undermines health of Afghans

29/04/2008
LUNCH at Gada Mohammad's single-room mud-brick house in Afghanistan's far north is the same as most other meals: dry...


Not 'luck' but opportunity, hard work

29/04/2008
FORTUNE, like the moon you are changeable, ever waxing and waning (Mediaeval poem). For as long as storytelling has...


Genetically modified aquaculture rears its ugly head

29/04/2008
FISH raised in ponds are literally leaving a bad taste in the mouth because, even as it rakes in fishing profits,...