Borneo Bulletin

02/08/2024

Royalty grace Khatam ceremony

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 Darussalam and Her Majesty Duli Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha binti Al-Marhum Pengiran Pemancha Pengiran Anak Haji Mohamed Alam during a Khatam Al-Quran ceremony at the Banquet Hall of Istana Nurul Iman yesterday. Also in photo are His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, and Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah binti Pengiran Haji Salleh Ab Rahaman.

📸: Muiz Matdani

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Their Majesties attend Khatam Al-Quran for royal birthday

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01/08/2024

Flick opens his Barcelona tenure with win over Man City

AFP – New Barcelona manager Hansi Flick made a triumphant start to his tenure on Tuesday as the Spanish giants beat Manchester City on penalties after their pre-season friendly at Orlando finished 2-2 at full-time. Toni Fernandez, who signed with Barca earlier this month after turning 16, flicked ...

01/08/2024

Djokovic edges closer to first Olympic gold as Nadal, Alcaraz eye semis

PARIS (AFP) – Novak Djokovic remained comfortably on course for a first Olympic gold medal to add to his record-breaking collection of titles yesterday as fellow superstars Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz aimed for a place in the doubles semi-finals. Djokovic, who has won three of his 24 Grand Sla...

01/08/2024

Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-1 while Chelsea, Man Utd win

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Mo Salah and Fabio Carvalho scored first-half goals to give Liverpool a 2-1 victory over Arsenal on Wednesday while Chelsea cruised and Manchester United edged Real Betis 3-2 in pre-season matches. Kai Havertz scored Arsenal’s goal in front of a crowd of 69,879 at the home sta...

01/08/2024

Man City fined after delayed kick-offs

LONDON (Bernama-PA Media/dpa) – Manchester City have been fined GBP2.09 million (USD$2.7 million) by the Premier League for 22 instances of delaying the kick-off or restart of matches. The champions have accepted the sanction, which relates to rule infringements over the past two seasons, the leag...

01/08/2024

German city renamed ‘Swiftkirchen’ gets 1,400 bids for the signs
#1400

BERLIN (AP) – The German city of Gelsenkirchen, which temporarily renamed itself “Swiftkirchen” before the American superstar played three concerts there in mid-July, said Wednesday it received about 1,400 bids from Germany and abroad for signs it put up with the name. The new name was one of ...

01/08/2024

Hit Japanese video game now a streaming series

TOKYO (AP) – Amazon Prime Video’s “Like a Dragon: Yakuza,” which premieres in October, has all the glorious fare of a classic mobster story — bloody fistfights, beautiful women, expensive cars, muscle and flashy suits. Based on a popular Sega video game that debuted in 2005, the story cent...

01/08/2024

Squid Game 2 to premiere Dec 26

SEOUL (Bernama-Yonhap) – Netflix’s global sensation “Squid Game” will return for a second season on Dec 26, Netflix said Thursday, adding a third season is already in development, with plans for a release next year, Yonhap news agency reported. The first season of “Squid Game” became a g...

01/08/2024

Toyota acknowledges more certification cheating, apologises

TOKYO (AP) – Toyota reported yesterday more cases of cheating on certification tests for new models required by the Japanese government, on top of those acknowledged earlier. In the latest report, Toyota Motor Corp said it failed to carry out proper certification on seven models, including the Cam...

01/08/2024

Boeing names new CEO as it reports hefty loss

NEW YORK (AFP) – Boeing on Wednesday named the aerospace veteran Robert “Kelly” Ortberg its next CEO, as the aviation giant reported a hefty loss on continued operational problems. Ortberg, 64, helped lead aviation communications and electronics supplier Rockwell Collins and integrate it into ...

01/08/2024

India landslide toll hits 160 as rain hampers rescue work
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WAYANAD (AFP) – Relentless downpours and howling winds hampered yesterday’s search for survivors of landslides that struck Indian tea plantations and killed at least 160 people, most believed to be labourers and their families. Days of torrential monsoon rains have battered the southern coastal ...

01/08/2024

Thousands left homeless by North Korea rain, flood

SEOUL (AP) – The recent heavy rains in northwestern North Korea flooded thousands of houses and a vast extent of farmland and left many residents homeless and living in makeshift tents, North Korea’s state media reported yesterday. North Korea earlier said more than 5,000 people stranded in Sinu...

01/08/2024

British police charge 17-year-old with murder over stabbing that killed three children

LONDON (AP) – British police said Thursday they have charged a 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that left three little girls dead and several more in critical condition. The charges came as the traumatised town of Southport cleaned up after a bout of far-right violence, and agitators...

01/08/2024

BBC shocked at ‘abhorrent’ conduct of former news presenter who had indecent images of children

LONDON (AP) – The BBC said it is shocked at the “abhorrent” behaviour of its former top news presenter Huw Edwards, who admitted Wednesday to accessing indecent images of children sent to him by a man via the WhatsApp messaging service. During a 26-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ ...

01/08/2024

Iran to hold funeral for Hamas chief Haniyeh

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran was set to hold funeral processions on Thursday for Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh after he was killed in a strike in Tehran by Israel. The Islamic republic’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead the prayers for Haniyeh ahead of his burial in Doha, having ear...

01/08/2024

US says plea deal reached with 9/11 mastermind
#911

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US prosecutors have reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death penalty trial. The agreements with Mohammed and two other accused moves their long-running cases towar...

01/08/2024

Curfew in Bangladesh to be lifted soon

DHAKA (ANN/THE DAILY STAR) – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said the country’s situation is gradually becoming normal and the curfew would be lifted soon. He said this in response to a query of Gwyn Lewis, UN resident coordinator in Bangladesh. “We are expecting that we will be ab...

01/08/2024

Boy dies in residential fire in Manila

MANILA (XINHUA) – A 10-year-old boy died in a fire that gutted three houses in the Philippine capital yesterday morning, the Bureau of Fire Protection said. The bureau said the fire broke out in a residential area in Paco district in Manila City at around 10.30am local time and quickly spread to t...

01/08/2024

Former security guard jailed 13 years for cook’s death in Malaysia
#13

GEORGE TOWN (BERNAMA) – An elderly man was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Malaysian High Court yesterday for causing the death of a cook in 2020. Judge Datuk Quay Chew Soon ordered the accused, Ong Lai Seng, 69, a former security guard, to serve his sentence from the date of his arrest [.....

01/08/2024

Thai activist sentenced over royal insult

BANGKOK (AFP) – A prominent Thai pro-democracy activist was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday for posting an insult below an upside-down picture of the king on social media, a human rights lawyers’ group said. Parit Chiwarak, also known as ‘Penguin’, was found guilty of infringing T...

01/08/2024

Typhoons forming closer to coast due to climate change: Study

SINGAPORE (AFP) – Typhoons in Southeast Asia are forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly and lasting longer over land due to climate change, according to a joint scientific study released yesterday. Coastal communities and cities like Hai Phong in Vietnam and the Thai capital Bangk...

01/08/2024

Anwar condemns Israeli hit job on Hamas leader

PETALING JAYA (ANN/THE STAR) – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has strongly condemned the assassination of former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, describing it as a deliberate act aimed at derailing ongoing truce talks in the Gaza conflict. Anwar denounced the murder, which targ...

01/08/2024

KUPU SB launches online student help desk

The Seri Begawan Religious Teachers University College (KUPU SB) marked the end of its 18th Ta’aruf (orientation) week for the 2024/2025 academic session with a Doa Kesyukuran, with 154 new students participating in the closing activities. The guest of honor, KUPU SB Ra’es Professor Madya Dr Abd...

01/08/2024

Brunei Darussalam’s giant-sized national flag was officially lowered on Wednesday at the open area of the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Complex in the capital to mark the conclusion of 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 Darussalam’s 78th birthday celebration.

📹: James Kon
🎶: Envato

01/08/2024

Youth depart for ASEAN Youth Leadership event

A group of young leaders from Brunei Darussalam left yesterday for Bangkok, Thailand to participate in the Empowering Youths Across ASEAN (EYAA) programme. The delegation includes 10 members from Cohort 4 and four alumni from the previous cohorts. The EYAA programme, organised by the ASEAN Foundatio...

01/08/2024

5 Bruneians awarded Canada-ASEAN scholarships
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Five students from Bruneian universities have been awarded the prestigious Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) for the 2024-2025 academic session, as announced by the Canadian High Commission in Brunei. Among the recipients, three are from Universiti Teknologi....

01/08/2024

JPD approval required for new tinted glass policy

The Land Transport Department (JPD) recently unveiled a revised policy on the Visible Light Transmission (VLT) rates for tinted glass and solar film installations on vehicles in Brunei. The updated guidelines aim to reduce heat and harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays from penetrating car windows and to mi...

01/08/2024

Culture, language promoted among university students

Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) yesterday hosted a Turkish Promotion Day at Jubilee Hall, aimed to celebrate and promote Turkish culture and language. Turkish Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam Professor Dr Hamit Ersoy, the guest honour, delivered his welcoming remarks. The event featured a...

01/08/2024

Strong team spirit drives successful sports events

Team spirit evident among the management, players and the support from the school community, students, and families throughout the tournament contributed to the successful achievement of the championship’s objectives from an organisational perspective. Head of Physical and Recreation Division, Dep...