Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Masna, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a farewell courtesy call from High Commissioner of India to Brunei Darussalam Ajaneesh Kumar on January 4. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
Minister of Education Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Hamzah bin Haji Sulaiman made a working visit to the Sufri Bolkiah Secondary School, which is temporarily housed at the Muda Hashim Secondary School building. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
The Asia Pacific Division (APD) of the Foodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI) recently awarded the development project of Royal Brunei Culinary’s (RBC) Central Kitchen as one of the winners of its inaugural Project Excellence initiative. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
The country recorded another COVID-19 related death for the second consecutive day yesterday, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 59, according to a statement provided by the Ministry of Health. No details on the latest fatality were included. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
Tamu Tutong’s return was met with a muted response in comparison to its usual crowds before it was temporarily closed during the second wave of COVID-19 infections in the country. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
BEIJING (AP) – China has recommitted itself to completing its orbiting space station by the end of the year and says it is planning more than 40 launches for 2022, putting it roughly level with the United States (US). More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
MOSCOW (AP) – Security forces killed dozens of protesters and 12 police died during extraordinarily violent demonstrations in Kazakhstan that saw government buildings stormed and set ablaze, authorities said yesterday. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
SEOUL (AP) – North Korea claimed yesterday to have conducted the second successful test flight of a hypersonic missile, days after leader Kim Jong-Un vowed to bolster his military forces despite pandemic-related difficulties. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
TOKYO (AP) – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi yesterday asked that the United States (US) military in Japan stay inside its bases to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
SINGAPORE (CNA) – Singapore must brace for a “much bigger” COVID-19 infection wave from Omicron compared to that from the Delta variant, Singapore Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Wednesday. More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
