Editorial
Thursday, 23 May 2013
DO YOU need a college degree or even a high school diploma to become a billionaire? Not if you are a "tech genius", say news reports.David Karp, who recently sold the popular online blogging forum Tumblr to Yahoo! for US$1.1 billion, was allowed to...
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
ACCESS to and management of fresh water resources has become a critical global issue exacerbating in tandem with the growing human population. Moreover, the competition for transboundary water resources is also becoming an increasing source of...
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
AMID lukewarm international diplomatic efforts, the intractable Syrian crisis continues to slide into a morass, spilling violence across the borders. The recent bombings in a Turkish town near the Syrian border that claimed over 51 lives and the...
Monday, 20 May 2013
SECURING water resources and their services for economic and social development have become one of the most important agendas for governments across the region today. The number of humans expected to rise from seven billion in 2011 to at least nine...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
SOMETIMES we forget that we are living on an island rich in natural resources and historical heritage.At 130 million years old, our rainforest is one of the oldest in the world and is one of only two places apart from Sumatra, according to the World...
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
NOBEL laureate Muhammad Yunus's appeal for a global minimum wage in the wake of the collapse of the eight-storey Rana Plaza in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, that left a final and needless death toll of 1,127, exposes the dependence of...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
AS THE worsening Syrian standoff is drawing all the media and world attention, the Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives and the highhandedness of the Zionist state are totally going unnoticed and without being commented upon.The abrasive Israeli...
Monday, 13 May 2013
THERE is no denying that there is an urgent need for everyone here to join together to protect our country's rich biodiversity. Although not in extreme danger of extinction, we should never ever let our vigilance down.The United Nations in the past...
Thursday, 9 May 2013
THE family is the first institution of human life, stated scholars David B Ugal and Peter Obi Orim in their paper "Family as a Microcosm of the Larger Society: Implications for Societal Development". It is the "universal institution for human...
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
IT WAS the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... and so on. Charles Dickens could not have put it better. Malaysia's hotly contested general election, the South China Sea issue, the...
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
THE mounting death toll from Dhaka's textile building collapse on April 24 reflects the utter negligence for safety norms and disregard for human life. Disasters of this sort are not new in Bangladesh or the Subcontinent. Just last November, in a...
Monday, 6 May 2013
THERE is this truism that "Life cannot exist without water".But unfortunately this precious resource is in danger of becoming a cause of conflicts like never before.Amid changing weather patterns and depleting water resources worldwide and forecasts...
Thursday, 2 May 2013
MUCH has been written on the need to practise a healthy diet in order to lead a healthy lifestyle, and thus, prolonging a lifetime of well-being. Earlier last month, a programme on improving the quality of food and drinks was launched in an ongoing...
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
SINCE its eruption in March 2011, the Syrian uprising has been simmering unceasingly, wreaking an unprecedented havoc and claiming thousands of lives, thanks to the obstinacy of both the regime and the rebels and the polemics and schism between the...
Monday, 29 April 2013
RAISING awareness on intellectual property (IP) rights among ASEAN member countries remains a challenge due to fact that lack of original creations still persist in the region's burgeoning business and industrial sectors.The World Intellectual...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
BRUNEI rolled out the red carpet yesterday and extended its warmest welcome to the leaders and representatives of ASEAN member countries. The government machinery is most probably heaving a sigh of relief that the 22nd ASEAN Summit is finally...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
AN OUNCE of prevention is worth a pound of cure may be a platitude, but one which is neither trite nor meaningless when it comes to the dangers posed by diabetes to humans if it is not detected and treated early. In this respect the Minister of...
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
THE abduction, torture and rape of a five-year-old girl recently in New Delhi, India's burgeoning capital, has once again resulted in its indignant citizens taking to the streets against the ineptitude and utter failure of the law and order...
Monday, 22 April 2013
SOCIAL issues amongst schoolchildren have reached a point where it is worrying both parents and school authorities. The data recently disclosed by the Career Counselling Section under the Department of Schools is quite alarming as it cites theft,...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
WE WELCOME the recent announcement by the Acting Director of Transport Policy at the Ministry of Communications Dr Hj Supry Hj Ladi of an ambitious revamp of Brunei's public transport system that will incorporate an increase in the frequency of bus...
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