March 2006

NEWS ARCHIVE 2006

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Monday, 27th March 2006

TECRO Closure Stirs
Displeasure Among
Public

Bandar Seri Begawan - The closure of the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office (TECRO) in Brunei last week has resulted in some sections of the people here being extremely unhappy. ...FULL STORY

Royalty Treated
To Fashion Show

Bandar Seri Begawan - Her Majesty Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha was treated to a private fashion show yesterday afternoon at the Songket Hall, Rizqun International Hotel, at The Mall. ...FULL STORY

Errant Teens On The Mat
Bandar Seri Begawan - In an effort to deal sternly with incidents of wayward youths engaging in anti-social activities and delinquency, a joint operation was mounted shortly after midnight on Saturday that prolonged till the wee hours of Sunday.
...FULL STORY

Temporary Telephone Stoppage
Bandar Seri Begawan - Telephone Services will be interrupted for a short temporary period from 12.01 am Tuesday, March 28 in order to upgrade the systems, the Telecommunications Department of Brunei (JTB) announced yesterday. ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Clerics to West, Karzai: Back off Christian convert case
Kabul - Under mounting foreign pressure, President Hamid Karzai searched for a way to free an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity without angering Muslim clerics who have called for him to be killed.

SPORTS

QAF FC Led Brunei Team For Dhaka Meet
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Darussalam represented by 17 players from B-League Premier 1 champions QAF FC and one from AR United will vie for honours in the inaugural Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup from April 1-16 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

YOUR HEALTH

Head injury may be major risk in sport fighting
New York - Blows to the head often leading to concussion may be the single most common ending to "no-holds-barred" sport fighting, according to a new study.

OTHER REPORTS

Armless speedster shocks New Zealand police
Wellington - A New Zealand police officer could not believe his eyes when he found the motorist he stopped for speeding at 121 kilometres per hour (75 mph) had no arms.

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