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Positive Economic Growth In Q2 Of 2007 |
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Darussalam's economy recorded a positive growth of 0.3 per cent in the second quarter of last year compared to a negative growth of 3.6 per cent in the first —a result of the double-digit growth of the non-oil and gas sector, the Department of Economic Planning and Development reported recently.  |
Government Departments Owe $200m In Dues |
Bandar Seri Begawan - Government departments were yesterday reminded to clear their dues with other government agencies as dues reached a whopping over B$200 million as of March 31, 2008. |
Imams Lament Drug Abuse Among Malays |
Bandar Seri Begawan - Religious leaders yesterday lamented that among that 732 drug abusers arrested last year, 664 were Malay youths, who are considered to be an asset to the nation. |
MILF: KL is doing the right thing |
24 APRIL 2008 (LUAWARAN) - Instead of pleading for the stay of the Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team (IMT), the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has praised the Malaysian government’s decision to pull back its contingent in view of the continued impasse of the GRP-MILF peace talks. |
NDP worries over situation in Mindanao |
LIMBARUH HIJAU 24 APRIL 2008 – Ongoing peace process in Mindanao might be put in jeopardy if Malaysia and Brunei peacekeepers pull out from the southern Philippines.
Worse still, Philippines troops and anti-government insurgents might break cease-fire and resume decades-old deadly clashes once Malaysia-led International Monitoring Team (IMT) leaves the conflict area. |
Muslims in Sulu Rally for Independence |
JOLO, Sulu, 21 April 2008 — Hundreds of Muslims turned up here yesterday to join a rally that demanded independence of Sulu province, once the seat of power of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo. |
Brunei Keen On Investment Potential In The SDC |
KOTA KINABALU, April 16 (Bernama) -- Brunei Darussalam is keen on exploring investment opportunities in the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC), according to the Malaysian High Commissioner to Brunei, Datuk Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari.
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How Hunger Could Topple Regimes |
The idea of the starving masses driven by their desperation to take to the streets and overthrow the ancien regime has seemed impossibly quaint since capitalism triumphed so decisively in the Cold War. Since then, the spectacle of hunger sparking revolutionary violence has been the stuff of Broadway musicals rather than the real world of politics. And yet, the headlines of the past month suggest that skyrocketing food prices are threatening the stability of a growing number of governments around the world. Ironically, it may be the very success of capitalism in transforming regions previously restrained by various forms of socialism that has helped create the new crisis. |
IMF warns of 'food wars' |
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that if food prices remain high, there will be war and other dire consequences for people in many developing countries. |
Global crisis as food prices soar |
Almost all of a sudden comes news of food-related riots in many parts of the developing world, due to the rise in prices of staple foods like rice and wheat and shortages in the market.
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Better govt efficiency key to boosting per capita income |
Sunday, April 13, 2008 - DIVERSIFYING the economy, improving government efficiency and developing human resources are some of the key actions needed to reverse the decline in Brunei's per capita income. |
Steady Decline In Oil-Rich Brunei's Per Capita Income |
Singapore - A steady decline in Brunei's per capita income has highlighted the need to make investments beyond its oil and gas resources, a senior economic official from the sultanate said yesterday. |
Aiming For Growth Using GDP System Problematic
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Bandar Seri Begawan - Measuring Brunei's economic growth using the gross domestic product (GDP) system of national accounts can result in misleading indications, which in turn give way to unsustainable methods of boosting the health of the economy. |
Putting Brunei Into Top 10 Of World HD Index |
Bandar Seri Begawan - To put Brunei in the world's top 10 in the Human Development Index (HDI) by 2035 is a very tough aim for the government to achieve, a high ranking United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) official said yesterday. |
Dialogue On Economic Diversification
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Bandar Seri Begawan - Asia Inc Forum held an open dialogue session and invited Sami Sindi to present his views yesterday. |
The moderate nature of Islam |
The fact that Islam is easy and simple does not mean that it is a simplistic or an immature religion at all.
Firstly, its theological principles are receptive of reason, sensible and comprehensible even to the minds of common people.
Secondly, in the legal sphere, Islam comprises two closely interrelated qualities: strict adherence (azimah) and concession (rukhsah).
While the former reflects religion in reality, the latter provides some flexibilities of how those realities may be exercised under special circumstances.
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Dutch Government scrambles to contain Muslim anger |
1 APRIL 2008 - With condemnation of the documentary pouring in from across the world, the Dutch government pursued painstaking efforts to contain Muslim anger.
"We are aware of the concerns and feelings in the international Muslim community about this film," Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen told the ambassadors of 27 Muslim countries on Monday.
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Dutch Businesses to Sue Wilders |
THE HAGUE — Fearing a Muslim boycott, major Dutch businesses are threatening to sue far-right lawmaker
Geert Wilders over his documentary portraying the Noble Qur'an as inciting violence. "If they (Muslims) decide to boycott Dutch businesses, it will harm Dutch exports," Bernard Wientjes, the chairman of the Dutch employers' organization VNO-NCW, told the newspaper Het Financieel Dagblad, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). |
Dutch govt rejects anti-Qur'an film |
THE HAGUE - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has rejected a controversial documentary by a far-right lawmaker portraying the Noble Qur'an as inciting violence.
"The film equates Islam with violence. We reject that interpretation," said Balkenende said in a statement in Dutch and English, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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Bhutan joins the democracy club |
On Monday the whole world quietly watched the first general election ever held in Bhutan.
The world's youngest democracy was born.
Unlike democracies in other parts of the world, the Bhutanese people didn't have to struggle for their freedom; they were given democracy by their revered king.
The people made their choices, and it soon became clear that the royalist party, Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT, or the Bhutan United Party), had won by a landslide 44 of the 47 contested seats.
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NDP leaders in dilemma |
LIMBARUH HIJAU 22 MACH 2008 - Deputy Secretary General of NDP, Awang Haji Mohidin Dato Paduka Pengarah Haji Othman, the second in command of Management and Administration has announced that he will be taking an indefinite leave of absence in protest as of today. |
Launch Defence Against Extremism, OIC Told |
Dakar - Leaders of the world's biggest Muslim body opened talks on Thursday to tackle difficult issues from poverty to hostility toward Islam, but those goals were quickly overshadowed by a confrontation between Chad and Sudan. |
Palestinian 'cleansing' in OIC summit |
DAKAR — The Palestinian cause and the sufferings of the civilian population under the yoke of the Israeli occupation figured high in speeches delivered at the opening of theIslamic summit on Thursday, March 13. |
$40m Allocated For Tourism Promotion |
Bandar Seri Begawan - The budget allocation for marketing and promotion of Brunei Darussalam's Tourism industry is not $1S million, says Sheikh Jamaluddin Sheikh Mohamed, Director of Brunei Tourism, a figure which is deemed too small by industry insiders. |
Staggering $226 M dues owed to govt |
13 MARCH 2008 - BB :The week-long Legislative Council session wound up yesterday with the Minister of Finance II urging the public and businessmen to pay up dues amounting to a whopping $226 million owed to the government, which could be used to finance the construction of basic amenities and infrastructure like roads, hospitals and schools. |
US issues report on Brunei human rights |
MARCH13 - BB - The 31st edition of the US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 gave a relatively positive overview of the human rights issues in the Sultanate. |
Environment Collective Responsibility, Says Sultan |
Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam underscored the need to protect the environment to sustain human security and economic well-being and added that only through cooperation can we sustain a healthy and productive environment. |
Bhutto party, Sharif agree to form Pakistan government |
SLAMABAD : The party of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto will form a coalition government with ex-premier Nawaz Sharif after their crucial election victory, the parties announced Thursday. |
3 more countries ratify Asean Charter
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Three more countries including Brunei have ratified the Asean Charter, bringing the total to four member countries, with the remaining six expected to come round to it by December. |
$100 oil makes alternative energy a must |
Oil prices again climbed over US$100 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday (Wednesday morning in Asia), setting a new trading record. |
Pakistan leaders talk about sharing power |
Pakistan's victorious parties discussed a new coalition government that holds out hope of checking an unpopular president, with the word on most lips being 'reconciliation', at least for now.
From President Pervez Musharraf to his nemesis Nawaz Sharif, and Asif Ali Zardari, who now leads the party of his assassinated wife Benazir Bhutto, the talk is about sharing power, restoring the judiciary and press freedoms.
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Analysts say ban on Suu Kyi shatters hopes for Myanmar polls |
BANGKOK: Myanmar's sudden decision to bar Aung San Suu Kyi from planned elections shatters any shard of credibility for the ruling military government's self-proclaimed "road map" to democracy, analysts said Wednesday. |
Prince Calls On Asean To Find ‘Common Ground’ |
Singapore – His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, underlined the future vision of a "Real Southeast Asian Community" and the need for real action by Asean to realise the various plans spelt out to evolve a Southeast Asian Community. |
Crown Prince lays foundation for Brunei’s Methanol Plant Complex |
His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, Monday consented to lay the foundation for Brunei Darussalam’s Methanol Company’s Plant Complex. The ceremony took place at the plant’s site in Mukim Liang, Belait District. |
Aung San Suu Kyi's party calls for 'fair political climate' in Myanmar
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YANGON : Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy on Tuesday urged the military government to create a "fair political climate," after the regime announced a constitutional referendum for May. |
New Thai govt to consider self-rule for Muslim south
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BANGKOK: Thailand's new government will consider granting some degree of self-rule to Muslim-majority provinces hit by bloody separatist unrest, Interior Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Tuesday. |
Military man was Indonesia’s longest-serving leader |
Mohammed Suharto was the second and longest-serving president of the Republic of Indonesia.
He was born in 1921 in the impoverished village of Kemusuk near Yogyakarta in Central Java. Differing accounts of his childhood add to a sense of mystique in his early years.
From a troubled family background, he joined the Dutch military academy. As a youth he bore witness to the Second World War and the Indonesian National Revolution, changing sides repeatedly until he identified with Indonesian nationalists.
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Brunei Long-Term Development Plan publication out |
The Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE), Prime Minister's Office has announced the publication of the 'Brunei Darussalam Long-Term Development Plan' during a press conference held at its premises in Ong Sum Ping. |
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President of NDP |
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Hj. Muhammad Yasin bin Abdul Rahman @ Yasin Affandy
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Sdra. Mahmud Morshidi Othman
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Secretary-General |
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Hj. Aminorashid Hj. Ghazali
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