4 Nov 09 -
CLIMATE change is being played like a zero-sum game between the developed countries on one side and the developing nations on the other where presumably the sum of the so-called winnings and losses of the players is always zero and cancel...
16 Feb 08 -
THE BRUNEI TIMES report "Minister: Realistic fuel pump price needed (January 9, 2008) has generated public debate and concern to the extent that it has elicited an apparent cross-purpose with the official economic domain with the...
19 Mar 10 -
SINCE last few weeks, we have been witnessing a high level political drama between Israel and the US. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as quoted by agencies said that the Israel approval of plans for new homes in East Jerusalem during...
18 Mar 10 -
WE CANNOT expect foreign investors to come rushing in to locate their projects in the Sultanate as soon as they learn of Brunei Darussalam's latest corporate tax cut. Tax reductions and tax holidays, after all, are no panacea to any...
17 Mar 10 -
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's recent visit to New Delhi which saw the signing of a plethora of defence deals worth billions of dollars, including an agreement to build 12 nuclear reactors in India, should be seen beyond...
16 Mar 10 -
IT'S not by chance that our country remains ranked among the top ten forested nations according to figures from the Food and Agriculture Organisation. We continue to be blessed with biodiversity wealth because we were good at protecting...
15 Mar 10 -
BUDGET allocations must be spent within the stipulated period to derive the desired benefits and the associated multiplier effects to chart a nation's economic development along the planned path over a projected period. In the case of the...
12 Mar 10 -
THE reported death of a suspected Bali bombing mastermind, in a raid this week, is a significant achievement of the Indonesian authorities in their ongoing campaign against militancy across the archipelago. Dulmatin, a suspected mastermind...
11 Mar 10 -
THIS week India took a historic step towards empowering women by introducing a bill in the national parliament that stipulates reserving a third or 33 per cent of seats in national and legislative assemblies across the country for women. ...
10 Mar 10 -
AFTER a hiatus of more than a year, the Mideast peace talks are about to restart — albeit without any eyeball contact — in a testimony to the hardy doggedness of US Special Middle East envoy George Mitchell's 14-month-long shuttle...
