Editorial

NO BUSINESS is good business - especially if you are selling pirated DVDs or VCDs. The authorities have finally shown that they mean business, that they are "walking the talk" with the recent directive on retail outlets to stop selling ...

News Article - 24/05/2012 - 9:08am

THE much anticipated Chicago NATO summit has endorsed plans to handover security to the Afghan forces by next year and to pull out the combat troops from the country by the end of 2014. However, the future of Afghanistan still remains uncertain as there ...

News Article - 23/05/2012 - 8:22am

THE first Bruneian to break into the Top 100 in any sports, national cueist Ahmad Taufiq Murni said last week that a lack of funds/sponsorships could very well see him slip out of the Top 60 soon. Taufiq's problem is not new with various other local ...

News Article - 22/05/2012 - 9:09am

AS JUNE 5th, the World Environment Day, is approaching fast, there seems to be no dearth of dire reports on the destruction of biodiversity the world over. The world's biodiversity has plunged by 30 per cent since the 1970s, dealing a lethal blow ...

News Article - 21/05/2012 - 8:25am

ON TUESDAY, May 15, the nation celebrated National Family Day, with the theme "My Family, My Aspirations", which was held in conjunction with International Family Day celebrated around the world under the theme "Ensuring Work Family ...

News Article - 17/05/2012 - 8:45am

THE statement from the Pakistani foreign minister on need to repair the country's ties with United States and NATO, is a clear sign that Islamabad is ready to open key supply routes for the US-led NATO forces fighting a Taliban insurgency in ...

News Article - 16/05/2012 - 8:16am

CHAMPIONS again after 44 long years. Newly crowned English champions Manchester City, long the poor relations to local rivals Manchester United, have finally been transformed thanks to an estimated £800 million pumped into the club since 2008 by owner ...

News Article - 15/05/2012 - 9:47am

AS LAST Thursday's twin suicide attacks during morning rush-hour in Damascus - which killed over 55 persons - remind us of the Iraq insurgency and mayhem, the six-point peace plan initiated by UN- Arab League envoy Kofi Annan looks increasingly ...

News Article - 14/05/2012 - 8:26am

THE victory of Francois Hollande in French presidential election has been greeted with caution by the United States and Europe as many expect that the President-elect would radically change the foreign policy of France, a leading member of NATO and one of ...

News Article - 10/05/2012 - 8:20am

IT WAS heartwarming to see families enjoying time together during Brunei's first National Family Day last Sunday. It was an indication that many of us care about further strengthening our immediate shield against social ills and that is the bond that ...

News Article - 09/05/2012 - 9:25am

NO pain, no gain. But how far are we willing to push through the pain barrier in the name of money and success? Norwegian world champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen died suddenly on April 30 at the age of 26 after suffering a cardiac arrest while ...

News Article - 08/05/2012 - 9:35am

LAST week an overcrowded ferry capsized, in the Brahmaputra River in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, killing over 100 people, including women and children. Expressing his shock and grief, the Indian premier Dr Manmohan Singh announced relief to ...

News Article - 07/05/2012 - 9:15am

THE shocking statement by a top US security official declaring the deadly drone attacks inside Pakistan, Yemen and other countries legal and ethical has raised global concerns as it could justify extra-judicial killings by any state inside other sovereign ...

News Article - 03/05/2012 - 9:20am

WHEN did you last give your undivided attention to your children or your parents and elders? Didn't we use to have a real family day once a week at least? Bring it back before its disappearance loses its ability to worry you. Contemporary lifestyles ...

News Article - 02/05/2012 - 8:27am

IGNORANCE is no bliss but a curse. In fact, it's the most dangerous human trait that can cause irreparable damage to an individual, society and the nation. Dr David Dunning, a professor of psychology at Cornell University, says most incompetent ...

News Article - 01/05/2012 - 8:27am

DEPRIVING the children of access to the Internet can be a tempting option for some protective parents. It is not, however, an assurance that the child will be safe from possible harm. We know there is an abundance of information that can aid in a ...

News Article - 25/04/2012 - 8:53am

THE trial of Anders Behring Breivik in Norway and the remarkable surge of far-right in the French presidential election point to a dangerous xenophobic trend gaining currency in Europe. The incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy's second term was ...

News Article - 24/04/2012 - 8:43am

SPORADIC violence continues to imperil the fragile truce in Syria. Though the UN Security Council passed a resolution on Saturday to depute 300 ceasefire monitors for an initial period of three months in Syria, quite a few nations see it as an exercise in ...

News Article - 23/04/2012 - 9:06am

SINCE the successful holding of Parliamentary by-elections and initiating peace talks with the ethnic rebel groups, the positive news continues to flow from Myanmar. Two very significant developments took place almost on the same day. First the ...

News Article - 19/04/2012 - 9:48am

WE'VE glanced at it but it probably did not register. Brunei recently made another headway in early childhood care and education, and this has been reported by local news outlets. The headlines said it. The Ministry of Education has made investing ...

News Article - 18/04/2012 - 9:03am

A REPORT in The Brunei Times pointed out that peer pressure is one of the most common causes of smoking among the younger generation. Of course, peer pressure is a fact of life and it influences the behaviour and choices of others in the peer group. ...

News Article - 17/04/2012 - 9:23am

THE failure of the much-hyped rocket launch, barely a day or two ahead of the birth centenary of its founding leader Kim Il-sung, has undoubtedly caused the North Korean regime a huge embarrassment. And Pyongyang tamely admitted its setback, unlike in the ...

News Article - 16/04/2012 - 9:29am

CHARITY and social responsibility in the books of businesses in Brunei Darussalam have increasingly become important items. It is a trend that we hope will continue to blossom even as consumers become more particular about noting which corporates are ...

News Article - 11/04/2012 - 9:16am

GERMANY'S most famous living writer, the Nobel literature laureate Gunter Grass, has attracted lot of criticism over a poem which is being called "anti-Israel". In fact the German writer must be commended for speaking the truth and having ...

News Article - 10/04/2012 - 9:46am

UPBEAT over the fair conduct of the recent by-elections, Myanmar president Thein Sein has initiated moves to resolve the Karen separatist issue. The talks on Saturday with the delegates of Karen National Union (KNU) to work out a peaceful settlement of the ...

News Article - 09/04/2012 - 9:00am