Brunei News Gazette

Day: August 28, 2023

Uncertainty in Transport Sector

The Transport sector which includes air, land and sea in Brunei Darussalam has experienced uncertainty in the last ten years due to several external and internal factors, especially with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in the dec…

Variety Mini Sales

In order to increase the economic activities and generate income, the Tutong District New Convert Association, PESATU held the Variety Mini Sales this morning.Such an activity was the association’s new project as an effort to support and provide oppor…

South Sudan wins 1st FIBA WC game

South Sudan finally notched a win in the FIBA World Cup, romping China, 89-69, on Monday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. South Sudan’s hot streak from three-point range outweighed Kyle Anderson’s bounce-back game for China as the African team kep…

Army bets Basin, Gomobos rule 200m in ROTC Games

Jerome Marc Dave Basin and Christine Gomobos ruled the 200 meters in the Philippine Army category of the 2023 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Mindanao leg athletics competition held Monday at the Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Compl…

Poll body eyes Negros special polls in December

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said it aims to conduct the special elections in Negros Oriental by the second week of December. The polls are intended to fill the vacant seat of former Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr., following calls o…

NorMin cops seize P1-M worth of shabu

The Police Regional Office in Northern Mindanao Region (PRO-10) seized PHP1 million worth of ‘shabu’ over the weekend. In a statement on Monday, PRO-10 director Brig. Gen. Lawrence Coop said the weekend operation was carried out by the City Drug Enfor…

Flood impacts, solutions tackled in CCC’s forum in Quezon

Participants from various sectors, policymakers and experts gathered at the Climate Change Commission’s (CCC) 2nd National Panel of Technical Experts (NPTE) Policy Forum held here on Aug. 25 to explore policy and technological solutions to address flo…

SK leaders eat seafood to ease fears over Fukushima water release

President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo ate seafood during their weekly lunch meeting Monday, the presidential office said, as the government tries to promote seafood safety in the wake of Japan’s release of radioactive water into the …

Victorias Milling fire unlikely to affect sugar supply, operation

The fire that hit the warehouse of Victorias Milling Company, the country’s largest refined sugar producer based in Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, would unlikely affect the sugar supply and the scheduled start of its milling operat…