Editorial
Thursday, 2 August 2012
THINGS look bleak as a decisive battle rages in Aleppo, the Syrian commercial hub, between government troops and the rag-tag rebel force that calls itself the Free Syrian Army (FSA). It's unfortunate that since the failure of UN-Arab League envoy...
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
GIVE the local or domestic workforce a fighting chance, urges the government. All they need is opportunity. Let them prove their worth.There is a long running debate whether it is feasible or sustainable for the private sector to reduce...
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
THE South China Sea — long regarded, with the Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula, as one of East Asia's three major flashpoints — is making waves again.Stretching from Singapore to Taiwan, the South China Sea is the world's second-busiest sea-...
Monday, 30 July 2012
BARON Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, once famously said: "It's not the winning, it's the taking part (in the Olympics ) that counts." But, having been given the opportunity to compete at the highest level with the...
Thursday, 26 July 2012
OF LATE, there has been an alarming rise in climate-related disasters the world over. The vagaries of nature are increasingly becoming more pronounced with droughts, rains, flashfloods and landslides causing havoc. In this age of climate crisis and...
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
ON MONDAY, a 24-year-old man suspected of mass shooting which killed 12 people and injured 58 others, appeared in a Colorado court. James Holmes allegedly committed the offence during last Friday's screening of "The Dark Night Rises", the latest...
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
THE call by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, for an emergency Islamic summit in Mekah on August 14-15 to address major issues facing the Islamic world couldn't come at a right time. The Muslim world is facing...
Monday, 23 July 2012
BRUNEI will be playing a pivotal role in maintaining regional stability when it assumes the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) chairmanship next year.Taking over the chair from Cambodia, Brunei will be facing a regional political...
Thursday, 19 July 2012
THE plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is finally getting international attention after recent incidents of violence against one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Not only the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and other...
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
THE 16-month-old Syrian uprising is getting hotter by the day with the battle between the rebels and the government troops reaching the outskirts of the capital, Damascus. As UN-Arab-League envoy Kofi Annan and UN chief Ban Ki-moon are engaged in...
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
ON HIS Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam's birthday, the monarch announced that he has given his consent to the implementation of the Perintah Kanun Hukuman Jenayah Syariah (Syariah Penal Code Order).His Majesty said: "In...
Monday, 16 July 2012
JULY 15 is an auspicious day for the people of Brunei. It marks the 66th birthday anniversary of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam.Since His Majesty ascended the...
Thursday, 12 July 2012
BARELY two weeks into his presidency, Mohamed Morsi- Egypt's first democratically elected leader- seems to be on a collision course with the country's powerful military. His decision to reinstate the parliament, dissolved by the military under a...
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
THE UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's meeting with the embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, his third in recent months, gives some hopes again of resolving the 16-month-old unrest, which according to the UN observers, has claimed...
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
IT IS never too late to start running. Or to learn knitting. Or to start a business.If there's a will, there's a way. You can do anything at whatever age.The most important thing is having the intention and then putting it into action. Get up and...
Monday, 9 July 2012
THE recent National Conference on Jawi Spelling, with the Memperteguh Ejaan Jawi Sebagai Khazanah Bangsa (Strengthening Jawi Spelling as a National Treasure) theme, was considered by many in the Sultanate as appropriate and timely.The conference,...
Thursday, 5 July 2012
ISLAMABAD'S decision to re-open key supply routes to NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, after the US apology over killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers, is a positive development and the two sides are now expected to work jointly to restore peace in the war...
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
AT A time when we are celebrating the Language Month (Bulan Bahasa), it is imperative to discuss the role of the mother tongue in shaping a nation's identity. Naturally, in all the programmes held in conjunction with the Language Month, people have...
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
BORING? Just the contrary, actually, for Spain were unquestionably, undeniably outstanding. Si senor, 4-0 that was the final score. And in beating Italy in the Euro 2012 final in Kiev Spain have passed their way into the history books. In...
Monday, 2 July 2012
THERE were thunderous rounds of applause in the Asia Pacific region and throughout the world when the astronauts of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, which means Divine Vessel in Chinese, returned to earth safely last Friday. The historic voyage saw China...
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