Opinion
Monday, 10 December 2012
ESTABLISHING friendly relations through bilateral ties plays a very important role in Brunei's foreign affairs policy. In the past decades, the country under the guidance of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
SMARTING under international rebuke after the Palestinian vote at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, like a frustrated gambler, has upped the ante without bothering over its consequences. At a time when Israel faces...
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
NOWHERE does the adage old habits die hard seems more apposite than in Pyongyang if one looks at its recent announcement to launch a rocket soon, most probably marking the first death anniversary of its leader Kim Jong-il on December 17. As expected...
Monday, 5 November 2012
MANY articles discuss nowadays the baby boomers because of the global concern over the baby boomers' wealth accumulation, income after retirement, pension, social security, health care, savings, and so on. However, little attention is paid to...
Saturday, 3 November 2012
HIS new suit is ready, his background reading has been dutifully digested, and Wu Xie'en is all set to play his part in the transfer of power to a new generation of Chinese leaders.It was, he said solemnly, an honour and a responsibility."...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
EVEN as the UN and Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi tries to broker peace, the Syrian unrest threatens to transcend borders, vitiating atmosphere in the region. The interception of a Syrian passenger plane, last week by Turkey, returning from...
Saturday, 13 October 2012
AFTER watching two of his brothers die during four decades of fighting in the southern Philippines, Muslim rebel Abdulhamid Ganalan feels a planned peace deal could be surrender.Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders are set to sign an accord...
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
A TRADITIONAL leader in the Banggai district of Central Sulawesi explained to me that the village next to his was not an indigenous village, yet the village had been there for more than 150 years.This particular village, deemed as non-indigenous,...
Saturday, 22 September 2012
AROUND the world, women make peace in their homes and communities on a daily basis. But when it comes to negotiating and signing peace deals on a national or international level, they are almost universally shut out, according to a report that calls...
A TOP United Nations official has presented the first ever international investigation into the situation of indigenous peoples in the United States, urging the adoption of new policies and mechanisms to address persistent deep-seeded problems...
Thursday, 13 September 2012
CHARITY begins at home. So do healthy habits.In the quest to achieve a healthier nation, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam consented to the appointment of consultants to draft a "Master Plan for the Health System and...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
AS THE Syrian stalemate draws on with no solution in sight, the world watches with increasing dismay the slide of the country into worsening chaos. The four-nation — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran — meeting in Cairo and the Russian...
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
SINCE our country's independence in 1984, the government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has often reiterated that the nation's most valuable asset is the youth as it is they who will shoulder the responsibility to...
Saturday, 1 September 2012
TENSIONS in the South China Sea are ratcheting upward. China and the Southeast Asian nations with competing territorial claims seem set on a collision course. Though still low, the probability of conflict is rising inexorably.At this point, the...
REPUBLICANS unveiled several catchy slogans when they met here to nominate Mitt Romney for president. But one word kept popping up that summarised the shortcomings of their chosen candidate: "humanise."Though US voters may respect Romney,...
EGYPTIAN President Mohamed Morsi visited China from Tuesday to Thursday, leading a large delegation consisting of ministers and about 80 Egyptian entrepreneurs. The country was Morsi's first official destination outside the Arab world since he took...
THE government's employment first, education later policy for students at vocational high schools is yielding results.According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, about 41 per cent of the students who graduated from specialised high...
CHINA and Germany, each the biggest economy in their respective region, draw global attention every time high-ranking officials from both meet to forge new cooperative ties and discuss world economics and politics.German Chancellor Angela Merkel's...
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
EVEN as the beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad makes a rare appearance for prayer in Damascus on the occasion of Aidil Fitri on Sunday, the country slides further into chaos, with no sign of a thaw.The cheer and joy that mark the end of...
Friday, 3 August 2012
Dear Editor,A letter on water leakage near Chempaka park, Batu Satu, Jalan Tutong was published recently with the photo in your esteemed newspaper. As a result, the Department of Water Services (DWS) initiated prompt action. Since the stubborn...
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