Brunei

Trade pacts boom

Bilateral FTAs are more palatable deals for Asian exporters COME Jan 1, which is not too long from now, the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) arrangement will be implemented. A late comer to Asian FTA party, Malaysia to date, had...

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Government plans polymer bank notes

In a bid to check proliferation of counterfeit currency notes and make bank notes last longer, India's central bank will introduce 100 crore polymer notes of Rs.10 denomination on a trial basis soon, it said Friday.

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Sultan Offers To Help Zsa Zsa Financially

The SULTAN OF BRUNEI has offered to take care of movie icon ZSA ZSA GABOR's tax problems, according to the reclusive actress' husband. Frederic Prinz von Anhalt claims the world's richest man is a big fan of Gabor's and called...

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ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Asian Youth Day opens with young people from 22 nations, to give Asia a ...

Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The youth are “agents of true change and transformation before their respective church communities, families and friends...” hope for the Church's evangelization and for the future of Asia. With Asian...

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What car to buy in Brunei?

Honest John reports on a Thai-assembled Toyota that will suit a reader moving to the Far East. Brunei’d girl My wife and I are moving to Brunei and will need to buy a car there. I have heard good reports of the Toyota Soluna...

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Welcome to ‘Borneo Corridor’

MIRI: Borneo island can become a magnet for globetrotters and adventure seekers if the three governments, namely Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, give it the tagline “Borneo Corridor” during their tourism promotions abroad.

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Global Health: World Toilet Day Raises a Stink

While it may sound like a bad joke, today's World Toilet Day focuses on a not-so-funny issue impacting almost half the world's population — a lack of toilets and sanitation. World Toilet Day helps people celebrate the...

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The Invention of The Jewish

This evenings Clear Spot is a lecture by Professor Shlomo Sand, author of The Invention Of The Jewish People (Verso). This programme is introduced by The New Statesman’s Jonathan Derbyshire and was recorded at the Brunei...

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Always an "extremist"

The Muslim Council of Britain was rightly shunned by the government, after all it does support the Islamization of the UK, however this organization has crept back in and once again advises the present government on Islamic...

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Somali UFO mothership pirates seize North Korean cocaine tanker

Somali Basin - (Crackers): The Singapore-operated MV Mother Theresa 666 was carrying President Kim Jong Very Ill's entire 2010 recreational supply when the mothership struck. The 22,294 deadweight tanker was seized near Mahe...

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