Stories by Wardi Wasil on The Scoop

Defence strategy needs to be updated to reflect new threats: HM Radicalism, marine and cybersecurity threats present new challenges to country's security forces, the monarch says on the RBAF's 58th anniversary

June 30, 2019

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah on Sunday called on the country’s defence institutions to create a “more holistic…

More than 7,000 hectares of farm land available for development through DAA Gov't offering heavily subsidised land for rent to both locals and foreigners

June 28, 2019

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Three hundred hectares of government-owned agricultural land have been given out to emerging farmers and “agripreneurs” over the past…

Direct flights, K-Pop driving jump in Bruneian tourists to Korea Visitors from the sultanate went up by almost 30% in 2018

June 21, 2019

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Buoyed by direct flights to Seoul and the popularity of K-Wave culture, visitor numbers from Brunei to Korea jumped…

Gov’t proposes committee to oversee development of creative industries The committee would look at economic potential, job opportunities for youth in creative fields such as art and media

June 18, 2019

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – A working committee to oversee the development of creative industries in Brunei is currently being tabled by the government,…

‘Commercialisation of tropical resources key to preventing biodiversity loss’ UBD's Botanical Research Centre looks to cash in on Brunei's tropical wealth by developing herbal medicines, beauty products

June 10, 2019

BRUNEI-MUARA – As the world faces the worst biodiversity crisis in human history, Brunei remains a rare pocket of pristine plant and animal…

HM: Stand united, show the world we are peaceful The sultan reminds Bruneians to remain patient amid global outcry over Syariah law

June 6, 2019

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – As the country welcomes Hari Raya Aidilfitri on Thursday, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah called on Bruneians to…

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Malaysia banks on quality, affordable healthcare treatment to lure Bruneians Private hospitals and healthcare facilities in Malaysia saw a 11% increase in Bruneian patients last year, in what has become a RM$1.5 billion industry to the country's economy

June 4, 2019

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia saw an 11 percent increase last year in the number of Bruneians going across the border to seek healthcare…

Sultan gives annual kurnia to more than 19,000 people in need His Majesty's 'personal gift' is given each year before the Hari Raya

May 30, 2019

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – As roads and shopping complexes see droves of people scrambling to complete their Hari Raya shopping, not everyone in…

New association mulled to help Brunei, Malaysia businesses seek more trade opportunities Collaboration, not competition needed between neighbours, says envoy

May 14, 2019

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Business owners from Malaysia and Brunei will soon be able to foster greater trade cooperation and draw upon one…

Cosplay: A labour of love, a misunderstood art Often dismissed as a childish hobby, Bruneian cosplayers talk about how cosplay has emerged from subculture to the mainstream

May 14, 2019

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – The whirring of her sewing machine breaks the monotony of the room as Faeza Md Idrus puts needle to…