Monthly Archives: February 2022
Sultan sends congratulatory message to Vietnam president, prime minister
His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei...
Call to expand research into local herbs
Hakim Hayat
Legislative Council (LegCo) member Yang Berhormat Haji Ramli bin Haji Lahit mooted the idea of expanding scientific research on the health benefits and...
Revised pension scheme to account for inflation
Azlan Othman
The new pension scheme will take into account current inflation, said Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy...
Financial regulation amendments will bring system up to date
Azlan Othman
Amendments to the Constitutional Order (Financial Procedure) (Amended) 2022 and Financial Regulations 2022 which will take effect on April 1 will be more...
New ART feature irons out delay in BruHealth colour code change
James Kon
The ART feature on the BruHealth application was activated on Friday, recording over 3,000 antigen rapid test (ART) results from COVID-19 cases and...
Sultanate records 3,962 cases
James Kon
Brunei Darussalam yesterday registered the deaths of four COVID-19 cases. Of these, three were non-COVID-19 related, while the other is being investigated. This...
Jalan Bunga Simpur closed temporary for repair works
Adib Noor
The Public Works Department (JKR) under the Ministry of Development (MoD) announced the month-long partial road closure along Jalan Bunga Simpur in Kuala...
Telltale signs for COVID in children
James Kon
As the Omicron wave sweeps through the Sultanate, children too are catching the infection.
In a Ministry of Health (MoH) statement on ‘Children with...
Warning bells on plastic pollution
Some 16 per cent of the overall waste in the Sultanate is composed of plastic materials and the issue is worrying in the country,...
Committed to developing skilled local youth
Since the establishment of Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd joint scholarship programme with Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and Zhejiang University in March 2014, Hengyi has...