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Borneo Bulletin - first appeared on November 7, 1953; the only newspaper in Brunei to publish seven days a week; BruDirect - also known as Brunei Direct; an online newspaper and the largest online media information tool; a pioneer in the field of online media in Brunei Darussalam; the website has an audience of 70,000 to 80,000 visits per day
Mass media in Brunei. The headquarters of Radio Television Brunei at the Secretariat Building. The mass media in Brunei are strictly controlled by the government under Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, which has effectively imposed martial law in the country since the Brunei Revolt of 1962. News coverage consists of police-beat reporting, lifestyle ...
Founded. 1999. Language. Malay, English. Website. brudirect .com. BruDirect is a daily online [1] Brunei newspaper, established in 1999. [2] The newspaper was founded by the Brunei journalist Ignatius Stephen [3] [4] and is published in both the Malay and English languages.
Brunei, officially State of Brunei, and formally Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea , it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak , with its territory bifurcated by the Sarawak district of Limbang .
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brunei was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus spread to Brunei on 9 March 2020, when its first case was confirmed in Tutong. [note 1] [3] Many early cases were linked to Jamek Mosque Sri Petaling in ...
The sultan is the head of state and head of government in Brunei, exercising absolute powers and full executive authority under the framework of the 1959 constitution. [citation needed] The sultan is advised by and presides over five councils: the privy council, council of succession, religious council, council of ministers, and legislative council.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei made a state visit on 15–16 April 2013 to the Philippines to discuss Brunei's chairmanship in the ASEAN summit. The sultan thanked President Aquino for the Philippines' support for his country's ASEAN chairmanship. [9] The South China Sea dispute was also on agenda. The Philippines urged Brunei as chair, to ...
Brunei maintains diplomatic relations with 170 out of 193 countries, joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, one week after resuming full independence, and gives its ASEAN membership the highest priority in its foreign relations. Brunei joined the United Nations in September 1984. It is also a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC ...