BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 12, 2014: There has been a 7 per cent drop in the number of Radio Televisyen Brunei (RTB) viewers since the last study was conducted in 2009, the Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. There was a drop from 84 per cent of total viewers in 2009 to 77 per cent in 2013, said Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Singamanteri Kolonel (Rtd) Dato Seri Setia Hj Mohammad Yasmin H ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 12, 2014: A Legislative Council member yesterday questioned whether the government has set guidelines to improve its websites. Yang Berhormat Hj Zulkipli Hj Abd Hamid asked: “Does the Management Services Department have a plan to provide guidelines for government websites?” During the 10th LegCo proceedings yesterday, he said the rationale of this guideline can mobilise the dissemin ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 7, 2014: Issues and areas of concern which are affecting the people of the Sultanate will be heard and resolved at the 10th Session of the Legislative Council. The meetings usually span two weeks when new and existing issues pertaining to national budget and other relevant national matters are discussed. Steeped in tradition and protocol, the officiating of this year’s session was a ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 6, 2014: About 40 ASEAN telecommunications regulators recently converged at The Rizqun International Hotel in Gadong to discuss the progress of the 10-member bloc’s information and communications technology masterplan. Delegates attending the ASEAN Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (ATRC) Joint Working Group (JWG) and Working Group (WG) Meeting reviewed the projects and initiati ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 6, 2014: Children's online safety has been given a boost with the introduction of the “Child Online Protection Framework” (COP). Hj Yahkup Hj Menudin, CEO of Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI), said the government had undertaken several measures to develop the framework, including recent amendments to legislation to criminalise “sexual ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 24, 2014: Confetti and balloons rained down on the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium yesterday, as the Generasi Berwawasan (Visionary Generation) marked Brunei Darussalam’s 30th National Day with patriotic fervour. More than 30,000 people filled the stadium to capacity, all to witness a significant milestone in the Sultanate’s history — 30 years of independence. Traditionally, Natio ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 20, 2014: Media plays an important part in portraying the upcoming 30th National Day celebration to the whole nation as well as to the other parts of the world, said the Acting Director of Information during the media briefing for the event, yesterday. Mawardi Hj Mohammad, acting director of Information said that photographers should take this opportunity to look for different angle ...

BRUNEI-MUARA, Feb 19, 2014: The Brunei government has renewed its cybersecurity cooperation with Microsoft in the wake of increasing malicious security incidents online. IT Protective Security Services Sdn Bhd (ITPSS) and Microsoft yesterday inked a Security Cooperation Programme (SCP), helping the government to address threats to national security and public safety through collaboration in computer inciden ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 20, 2014: Thirty youths from the second phase of the Ninth Belia Cinta Tanah Air (Youth Love the Nation) programme completed a five-day patriotic run across the country. The so-called flag parade took place in the Brunei-Muara district, with the youths starting the run at the Youth Centre in the capital. Before the start of the parade, Brunei-Muara District Officer, Hj Jamain Momin ...

BRUNEI-MUARA, Feb 20, 2014: Only 1,400 seats will be available to the public for the 30th National Day celebration on Sunday, prompting the authorities to launch pre-booking hotlines for the limited tickets. The pre-booking hotlines will open from 8.30am today and close by 4.30pm tomorrow, giving the members of the public a chance to grab complimentary tickets to the celebration at the Hassanal Bolkiah Nati ...