25 Jan 08 -
EDUCATION has been made compulsory for all children in the country between the age of six and 15, whether at government schools or private institutions, under the Compulsory Education Order 2007. The order came into affect on November 24...
25 Jan 08 -
E-GOVERNMENT authorities may be considering the appointment of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) within every Bruneian ministry to see e-government projects through. The CIO role was discussed by participants at the E-government...
25 Jan 08 -
BRUNEI'S representatives to the Asia-Pacific Business Advisory Council (Abac) recently participated in a discussion on energy security and climate change. Salleh Bostaman Zainal Abidin, asset director at Brunei Shell Petroleum,...
25 Jan 08 -
WITH a medal tally of three gold, one silver and nine bronze medals, Brunei currently sits at eighth place at the 4th Asean Para Games which brings together 13 countries in Korat, Thailand. The country's first gold medal came courtesy of...
25 Jan 08 -
BEIJING faces a tough task curbing its notorious air pollution ahead of the Olympics in August, the capital's mayor said on Sunday. "The task of bringing environmental pollution and traffic congestion under control remain...
25 Jan 08 -
THE Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a consortium of 315 top institutional investors assessing industries about their CO2 emissions, announced Sunday a new partnership to extend its global initiative to companies and suppliers. With...
25 Jan 08 -
A GIANT Chinese salamander that predates Tyrannosaurus rex and the world's smallest frog are among a group of extremely rare amphibians identified by scientists on Monday as being in need of urgent help to survive. The Olm, a blind...
25 Jan 08 -
THIS morning I filled up my Land Cruiser. It holds about 70 litres of diesel and I paid $24. Two weeks ago in London I put about 40 litres of four star into a more modest vehicle and paid the equivalent of $120. It's good to be back in...
25 Jan 08 -
DPMM FC are set to face Selangor in their first ever Malaysian FA Cup outing come next month but the Brunei's premier club is undaunted by the challenge at hand. They take on the Red Giants in the first round of the competition at the...
25 Jan 08 -
DESPITE having won all of their matches yesterday and on Wednesday and coming up with the best performance among the eight disciplines that Brunei took part in, the national women's doubles lawn bowls team was not good enough to be the...
