• Thursday, March 11, 2010

Archive - Jan 8, 2008

S'pore prices have 'little effect' on Brunei

8 Jan 08 - SINGAPORE'S concerns over soaring prices of goods and services do not present any possible significant impact on the Brunei economy for now, according to analysts interviewed by The Brunei Times. They did not, however, rule out the...

Student leaders to set example for peers

8 Jan 08 - EXPECTATIONS are riding high on the current batch of student leaders from Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (Uni ssa), who are counted upon to take the lead in the university's progress academically and in terms of extra-curricular...

Brunei for world meet in NZ

8 Jan 08 - Lawn bowlers leave tomorrow for World Bowls C'ships THE national lawn bowls team will be leaving for New Zealand tomorrow to compete in the 2008 World Bowls Championships in Christchurch at the Bowlside Bowling Club. Qualifying for the...

MoE fine-tunes SPN21 for a better workforce

8 Jan 08 - THE need for proper and in-depth student assessment was the focus of the roundtable discussion between relevant government authorities and consultants from UK's Qualifications and Curricu-lum Authority (QCA) yester-day. The consultants,...

National Quran readers urged to improve reading quality

8 Jan 08 - ALTHOUGH achievements by some of Brunei's Quran readers at the International Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran in Kuala Lumpur so far have made the country proud, their failure to get the top honours showed that they still have to improve the...

Unissa's student council starts leadership course

8 Jan 08 - NEWLY-appointed student leaders of Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (Unissa) yesterday began a three-day leadership course that will see to their mental, emotional, physical and spiritual growth as prime examples to their peers. Present...

Kaca seeks funds to build KB centre

8 Jan 08 - THE Kaca centre is currently seeking about $150,000 to finance the building of their own centre in Kuala Belait. Operations Manager for Kaca centres and Vice-President of the association, Hj Abd Alim Hj Othman said that Kaca, as one of...

A very special birthday celebration

8 Jan 08 - THE Association of Handicapped Children of Brunei Darussalam (Kaca) held a celebratory gathering at the Pg Isteri Hajah Mariam Kaca centre in the capital yesterday to celebrate its patrons whose birthdays fell between the months of August...

Local to receive journalist award in Malaysia

8 Jan 08 - ONE of Brunei Darussalam's prominent literary figures, Hj Ahmad Mohd Arshad, will be awarded with Berita Harian's Journalist Award this January 12 in a ceremony held in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The awards ceremony, to be held at the...

Preparations for Hijrah celebration well under way

8 Jan 08 - BRUNEI Darussalam is all ready to usher in the new year of Hijrah 1429 on Thursday, January 10. In the sultanate the new year of Hijrah is usually welcomed on a large scale with the intention to further strengthen the syiar or eminence...