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Archive - Jan 4, 2008

ACB renews its pledge to rid Brunei of corruption

4 Jan 08 - THE Anti-Corruption Bureau has restated its commitment to redouble efforts in combating graft and is aiming to make the sultanate as the least corrupt country in the world. During a special press conference chaired by the Director of the...

UK consultants to scrutinise Brunei's new education plan

4 Jan 08 - THREE consultants from the United Kingdom are assisting Brunei to develop its plans for educational reforms, as another step towards fully implementing the new 21st national education system next year. Senior officials from the Ministry...

Unemployment rate high among visually impaired

4 Jan 08 - CHALLENGES still continue for the Brunei Darussalam National Association of the Blind (BDNAB) as they observe World Braille Day today. High unemployment amongst the visually and partially sighted members is still prevalent today...

Traffic lights turn roundabout into a circle of confusion

4 Jan 08 - CONCERNS still persist over the adequacy of the Beribi Jangsak roundabout, which has been equipped with traffic lights and in operation during peak hours of the day. Whilst days have passed without much incident, there have been moments of...

Fair gives good exposure to entrepreneurs

4 Jan 08 - PARTICIPANTS of the Consumer and Food Fair 2008 are optimistic in the amount of exposure that will be generated from the public visiting their booths during the country's largest consumer products and food fair thus far. Operations...

Secondary One students' familiarisation week begins

4 Jan 08 - ANOTHER step forward. Another step to climb upon. As the Bruneians ushered in the new academic session, yesterday was a new day for students who have cleared successfully an important milestone in their academic life. Entering the...

Transit travellers' tour programme kicks off

4 Jan 08 - ROYAL Brunei Airlines' tour programme for transit passengers has started yesterday, with hopes that the programme would encourage travellers to stay longer in Brunei. The programme will allow passengers who transit in Brunei for more than...

Royal messages to Myanmar

4 Jan 08 - HIS MAJESTY the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has consented to send congratulatory messages to Myanmar's Chairman of the State of Peace and Development Council and Myanmar's Prime Minister on the occasion of the country's...

Agriculture Dept clarifies

4 Jan 08 - WITH reference to the article "Agriculture posts $12m output increase in 2007" published in The Brunei Times on January 3, 2008, the Department of Agriculture would like to make some clarifications which are as follows: 1....

BDNAB seeks to generate more Braille awareness

4 Jan 08 - THE WORLD Braille Day is observed not only by the Brunei Darussalam National Association of the Blind (BDNAB) but also the rest of the world in order to generate more public awareness about the importance of Braille. It is one of the...