March 2006

NEWS ARCHIVE 2006

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Sunday, 26th March 2006

Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam consented to receive in audience the Malaysian Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim, who is currently in the country. ...FULL STORY

Schools Stay Closed

Bandar Seri Begawan - The current school holidays have been extended by one more week, from March 27 until April 2, 2006, a press release from the Ministry of Education said yesterday (on advice from the Ministry of Health), as precautionary measures in tackling the hand, foot and mouth (HFMD) out-break in the country. ...FULL STORY

Ministry Of Communications' 20-Year Plan
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Ministry of Communications and departments under it have drawn up a 20year implementation plan for all the projects, programmes and activities that have been identified to realise the vision and to meet the challenges of the 21st century. ...FULL STORY

Power Play
Bandar Seri Begawan - People flocked to the Department of Electrical Services in the capital yesterday (pie above) to settle electricity bills or face a power cut, the DES warning coming into effect from Monday (April 3). ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Report: Russia gave Iraq details about war
Baghdad - Iraqi documents captured by U.S. forces in 2003 say Russian intelligence had sources inside the American military that enabled it to feed information about U.S. troop movements and battle plans to Saddam Hussein.

SPORTS

Brunei Fight Back To Draw
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei DPMM FC were made to rue their chances against Sarawak as they were twice made to come back and held to a 2-2 draw at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in a Group A fixture of the 2005/2006 Malaysian Premier League last night.

YOUR HEALTH

Does Mozart help newborn babies?
London - Doctors are to run trials to see if playing classical music to newborn babies helps them recover from the trauma of birth.

OTHER REPORTS

Indian tortoise, Clive's pet, dies at 250 years
Calcutta - A giant aldabra tortoise thought to be around 250 years old has died in the Kolkata zoo of liver failure, Indian authorities said on Thursday.

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